web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://JAVA.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee https://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">

	<!-- The definition of the Root Spring Container shared by all Servlets and Filters -->
	<context-param>
		<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
		<param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/root-context.xml</param-value>
	</context-param>
	
	<!-- Creates the Spring Container shared by all Servlets and Filters -->
	<listener>
		<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
	</listener>

	<!-- Processes application requests -->
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
		<init-param>
			<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
			<param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/appServlet/servlet-context.xml</param-value>
		</init-param>
		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
	</servlet>
		
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>
	
	
	<filter> 
	    <filter-name>encodingFilter</filter-name>
	    <filter-class> 
	        org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter
	    </filter-class> 
	    <init-param>
	        <param-name>encoding</param-name> 
	        <param-value>UTF-8</param-value> 
	    </init-param> <init-param> 
	        <param-name>forceEncoding</param-name> 
	        <param-value>true</param-value> 
	    </init-param> 
	</filter> 
	<filter-mapping> 
	    <filter-name>encodingFilter</filter-name> 
	    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> 
	</filter-mapping>

</web-app>