Best way to configer StringTrimmerEditor globally using Spring 3.1 with Java Config

[marceloverdijk]

What is the best way to configer StringTrimmerEditor globally using Spring 3.1 with Java Config

[Chris Beams]

Hi Marcel, please watch (and comment on if you like) https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-7077

[Rossen Stoyanchev]

What is the best way to configer StringTrimmerEditor globally using Spring 3.1 with Java Config

With Java Config you can do:

@Configuration
public class WebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurationSupport {

	@Override
	public RequestMappingHandlerAdapter requestMappingHandlerAdapter() {
		RequestMappingHandlerAdapter adapter = super.requestMappingHandlerAdapter();
		ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer initializer = 
			(ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer) adapter.getWebBindingInitializer();
		// Use initializer
		return adapter;
	}
}

Instead of using @EnableWebMvc, the above config class extends directly from WebMvcConfigurationSupport and overrides the method that creates the RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.

[s_gilou]

With Java Config you can do:

@Configuration
public class WebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurationSupport {

	@Override
	public RequestMappingHandlerAdapter requestMappingHandlerAdapter() {
		RequestMappingHandlerAdapter adapter = super.requestMappingHandlerAdapter();
		ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer initializer = 
			(ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer) adapter.getWebBindingInitializer();
		// Use initializer
		return adapter;
	}
}

Instead of using @EnableWebMvc, the above config class extends directly from WebMvcConfigurationSupport and overrides the method that creates the RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.

I added the line:

		// Use initializer
		initializer.setPropertyEditorRegistrar(new StringTrimmerRegistrar());

and an private class:

private class StringTrimmerRegistrar implements PropertyEditorRegistrar {
		@Override
		public void registerCustomEditors(PropertyEditorRegistry registry) {
			registry.registerCustomEditor(String.class,
					new StringTrimmerEditor(true));
		}

	}

But the StringTrimmerEditor is not taken into account in controllers...