WebConfig.java

package com.hantsylabs.example.spring.config;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan.Filter;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.FilterType;
import org.springframework.data.web.config.SpringDataWebConfiguration;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ControllerAdvice;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ViewResolver;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ContentNegotiationConfigurer;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.DefaultServletHandlerConfigurer;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ResourceHandlerRegistry;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ViewControllerRegistry;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ViewResolverRegistry;
import org.thymeleaf.spring4.SpringTemplateEngine;
import org.thymeleaf.spring4.view.ThymeleafViewResolver;
import org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.ServletContextTemplateResolver;

import nz.net.ultraq.thymeleaf.LayoutDialect;

@Configuration
@EnableWebMvc
@ComponentScan(
		basePackages = { "com.hantsylabs.example.spring" }, 
		useDefaultFilters = false, 
		includeFilters = { 
			@Filter(
				type = FilterType.ANNOTATION, 
				value = {
					Controller.class, 
					RestController.class, 
					ControllerAdvice.class 
				}
			) 
	   }
)
public class WebConfig extends SpringDataWebConfiguration implements ApplicationContextAware  {
	
	private ApplicationContext applicationContext;

	public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) {
		this.applicationContext = applicationContext;
	}
	
    @Override
	public void addViewControllers(ViewControllerRegistry registry) {
    	registry.addRedirectViewController("/", "/tasks");
	}
    
	@Override
	public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {
		registry.addResourceHandler("/**").addResourceLocations("classpath:/static/");
		registry.addResourceHandler("/webjars/**").addResourceLocations("classpath:/META-INF/resources/webjars/");
	}
	
	@Override
	public void configureViewResolvers(ViewResolverRegistry registry) {
		registry
			.viewResolver(viewResolver());
	}


	@Bean
	public ViewResolver viewResolver() {
		ThymeleafViewResolver resolver = new ThymeleafViewResolver();
		resolver.setApplicationContext(applicationContext);
		resolver.setTemplateEngine(templateEngine());
		resolver.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
		return resolver;
	}

	private SpringTemplateEngine templateEngine() {
        SpringTemplateEngine engine = new SpringTemplateEngine();
        engine.setTemplateResolver(templateResolver());
        engine.addDialect(new LayoutDialect());
        return engine;
    }
 
    private ServletContextTemplateResolver templateResolver() {
    	ServletContextTemplateResolver resolver = new ServletContextTemplateResolver();
        resolver.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/templates/");
        resolver.setSuffix(".html");	
        resolver.setTemplateMode("HTML5");
        resolver.setCacheable(false);
        return resolver;
    }

	@Override
	public void configureDefaultServletHandling(
			DefaultServletHandlerConfigurer configurer) {
		configurer.enable();
	}
	
	@Override
	public void configureContentNegotiation(
			ContentNegotiationConfigurer configurer) {
		configurer.favorParameter(false);
		configurer.favorPathExtension(false);
	}

}