Spring MVC REST produces XML on default

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I have a problem with Spring MVC and REST. The problem is that when i post a url without extension or whatever extension other then json or html or htm i am always getting an xml response. But i want it to default to text/html response. I was searching in many topics and cant find the answear to this.

Here is my Controller class :

@RequestMapping(value="/user/{username}", method=RequestMethod.GET)
public String showUserDetails(@PathVariable String username, Model model){
    model.addAttribute(userManager.getUser(username));
    return "userDetails";
}

@RequestMapping(value = "/user/{username}", method = RequestMethod.GET,   
        produces={"application/xml", "application/json"})  
@ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.OK)
public @ResponseBody 
    User getUser(@PathVariable String username) {
    return userManager.getUser(username);
}

Here is my mvc context config: 

<mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**"
    location="/resources/"/>

<context:component-scan
    base-package="com.chodak.controller" />


    <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ContentNegotiatingViewResolver">
    <property name="defaultContentType" value="text/html" />  
    <property name="mediaTypes">
       <map>
         <entry key="json" value="application/json"/>
         <entry key="xml" value="application/xml"/>
       </map>
     </property>

   </bean>

<bean id="viewResolver"
    class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.UrlBasedViewResolver">
    <property name="viewClass">
        <value>
            org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles3.TilesView
        </value>
    </property>
</bean>
<bean id="tilesConfigurer"
    class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles3.TilesConfigurer">
    <property name="definitions">
        <list>
            <value>/WEB-INF/tiles.xml</value>
        </list>
    </property>
</bean>

Actually when I tried the built in Eclipse browser it works fine, but when I use firefox or chrome it shows xml response on a request with no extension. I tried using ignoreAcceptHeader, but no change.

Also works on IE :/

If anyone has an idea please help, Thank you.

spring-restcontroller spring-mvc spring
2 Answers

I actually found out how to do it, i dont really understand why but it is working now, I added default views to the contentresolver like :

<property name="defaultViews">
    <list>
      <!-- JSON View -->
      <bean
        class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.json.MappingJacksonJsonView">
      </bean>

      <!-- JAXB XML View -->
      <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.xml.MarshallingView">
        <constructor-arg>
            <bean class="org.springframework.oxm.jaxb.Jaxb2Marshaller">
               <property name="classesToBeBound">
                <list>
                   <value>com.chodak.tx.model.User</value>
                </list>
               </property>
            </bean>
        </constructor-arg>
      </bean>
     </list>
  </property>

and removed the getUser method, the one annoted to produce xml and json. If I leave it with the added default views its still not working. If anyone can explain why it would be awesome :)

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