upgrade spring-rest module

spring-rest/pom.xml

@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
     <packaging>war</packaging>
 
     <parent>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-        <version>2.0.1.RELEASE</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>

spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/log/config/TaxiFareMVCConfig.java

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import com.baeldung.web.log.app.TaxiFareRequestInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.InterceptorRegistry;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
 
 @Configuration
-public class TaxiFareMVCConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
+public class TaxiFareMVCConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
 
     @Autowired
     private TaxiFareRequestInterceptor taxiFareRequestInterceptor;

spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/WebConfig.java

@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 package org.baeldung.config;
 
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.json.Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.xml.MarshallingHttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
 
@@ -17,7 +25,6 @@ public class WebConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
         super();
     }
 
-    //
     /*
     @Override
     public void configureMessageConverters(final List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters) {
@@ -31,7 +38,7 @@ public class WebConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
         // messageConverters.add(new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter());
     
         // messageConverters.add(new ProtobufHttpMessageConverter());
-            super.configureMessageConverters(messageConverters);
+    
     }
     
     private HttpMessageConverter<Object> createXmlHttpMessageConverter() {