XStream JavaBeanConverter Spring config to serialize using getter - spring

Question

I would like to register XStream JavaBeanConverter in Spring config. I see test examples where JavaBeanConverter is registered as below.
xstream.registerConverter(new JavaBeanConverter(xstream.getClassMapper(), "class"), -20);
But how do I set it up in my spring config.
Currently my spring config is setup as below
<bean
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ContentNegotiatingViewResolver">
<property name="order" value="1" />
<property name="mediaTypes">
<map>
<entry key="json" value="application/json" />
<entry key="xml" value="application/xml" />
</map>
</property>
<property name="defaultViews">
<list>
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.json.MappingJacksonJsonView" >
<property name="renderedAttributes" value="document" />
</bean>
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.xml.MarshallingView">
<property name="marshaller">
<bean class="org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller" p:autodetectAnnotations="true">
<property name="encoding" value="UTF-8" />
</bean>
</property>
<property name="contentType" value="application/xml;charset=UTF-8" />
<property name="modelKey" value="person" />
</bean>
</list>
</property>
<property name="ignoreAcceptHeader" value="true" />
</bean>
I am using xstream annotation for Alias and Converter.
I tried extending my custom converter from JavaBeanConverter. It serializes normal properties fine but I want it to serialize getXXX method.
public class MyCustomConverter extends JavaBeanConverter {
public MyCustomConverter(Mapper mapper) {
super(mapper);
}
#Override... marshal.. unmarshal... canConvert methods...
}
Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

Add this to your marshaller bean definition:
<property name="converters">
<util:list>
<bean class="com.MyBeanConverter">
<constructor-arg value="com.MyBean" index="0" />
</bean>
</util:list>
</property>
And then, define the following class that will implement the conversion
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.javabean.JavaBeanConverter;
public class MyBeanConverter extends JavaBeanConverter {
public MyBeanConverter(Class<?> theClass) {
super(new XStream().getMapper(), theClass);
}
}