initial work on replacing the web.xml

spring-mvc-no-xml/src/main/java/org/baeldung/servlet/NewWebApp.java

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+package org.baeldung.servlet;
+
+//
+//public class NewWebApp extends AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer {
+//
+//    public NewWebApp() {
+//        super();
+//    }
+//
+//    // API
+//
+//    @Override
+//    public void onStartup(final ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException {
+//        final AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext root = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext();
+//        root.setServletContext(servletContext);
+//        root.scan("org.baeldung.spring");
+//        root.refresh();
+//
+//        final Dynamic servlet = servletContext.addServlet("mvc", new DispatcherServlet(root));
+//        servlet.setLoadOnStartup(1);
+//        servlet.addMapping("/*");
+//    }
+//
+//    @Override
+//    protected Class<?>[] getRootConfigClasses() {
+//        return null;
+//    }
+//
+//    @Override
+//    protected Class<?>[] getServletConfigClasses() {
+//        return new Class<?>[] { ClientWebConfig.class };
+//    }
+//
+//    @Override
+//    protected String[] getServletMappings() {
+//        return new String[] { "/*" };
+//    }
+//
+//}
+

spring-mvc-no-xml/src/main/java/org/baeldung/servlet/WebApp.java

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+package org.baeldung.servlet;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.ServletRegistration.Dynamic;
+
+import org.springframework.web.WebApplicationInitializer;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet;
+
+public class WebApp implements WebApplicationInitializer {
+
+    public WebApp() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    // API
+
+    @Override
+    public void onStartup(final ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException {
+        final AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext root = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext();
+        root.setServletContext(servletContext);
+        root.scan("org.baeldung.spring");
+        root.refresh();
+
+        final Dynamic servlet = servletContext.addServlet("mvc", new DispatcherServlet(root));
+        servlet.setLoadOnStartup(1);
+        servlet.addMapping("/");
+    }
+
+}