Spring global data binding - spring

Question

I have a custom date binder in my controller that uses the following code:
#InitBinder
private void dateBinder(WebDataBinder binder) {
// The date format to parse or output your dates
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
// Create a new CustomDateEditor
CustomDateEditor editor = new CustomDateEditor(dateFormat, true);
// Register it as custom editor for the Date type
binder.registerCustomEditor(Date.class, editor);
}
This is working fine, however I'm trying to apply this globally, to do that, I created a class
public class ClinicBindingInitializer implements WebBindingInitializer {
#Override
public void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder, WebRequest arg1) {
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
// Create a new CustomDateEditor
CustomDateEditor editor = new CustomDateEditor(dateFormat, true);
binder.registerCustomEditor(Date.class, editor);
}
}
and adding the following configuration in my servlet-context.xml
<beans:bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter">
<beans:property name="cacheSeconds" value="0" />
<beans:property name="webBindingInitializer" ref="webBindingInitializer"/>
</beans:bean>
<beans:bean id="webBindingInitializer"
class="br.com.appus.hub.infrastructure.web.ClinicBindingInitializer">
</beans:bean>
and removing the init bind in the controller. However it doesn't work. I checked some places and it seems like it is correct. Is there anything else that I should do?
Edit: Forgot to mention the version of Spring. 3.1.1

Answer 1

Seems like the default AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter (registered by the annotation-config tag) is handling the request first.
Try setting a order in your handler adapter or use a ConversionService instead.
<beans:bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter">
<beans:property name="cacheSeconds" value="0" />
<beans:property name="webBindingInitializer" ref="webBindingInitializer"/>
<beans:property name="order" value="0" /> <!-- default value is Integer.MAX_VALUE -->
</beans:bean>