how select viewResolver implicitly

Question

I use spring mvc

I have controller for rest web service

Sometimes I want to returns xml, Sometimes - json. In classPath I have and jackson and jaxb

How I can switch between them?

Answer 1

You'll need ContentNegotiatingViewResolver. Please check Spring documentation on the matter especially the Returning multiple representations section.

Answer 2

What you want is the ContentNegotiatingViewResolver:

http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/3.2.x/javadoc-api/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/ContentNegotiatingViewResolver.html