Spring MVC - ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer Examples

@Configuration
@ComponentScan
public class MyWebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurationSupport {

    @Override
    protected ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer getConfigurableWebBindingInitializer() {
        ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer initializer = super.getConfigurableWebBindingInitializer();
        initializer.setPropertyEditorRegistrar(propertyEditorRegistry -> {
            SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
            propertyEditorRegistry.registerCustomEditor(Date.class,
                    new CustomDateEditor(dateFormatter, true));
        });
        return initializer;
    }
}

@SpringBootApplication
public class ExampleMain {

    @Bean
    public ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer getConfigurableWebBindingInitializer() {
        ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer initializer = new ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer();
        FormattingConversionService conversionService = new DefaultFormattingConversionService();
        //we can add our custom converters and formatters
        //conversionService.addConverter(...);
        //conversionService.addFormatter(...);
        initializer.setConversionService(conversionService);
        //we can set our custom validator
        //initializer.setValidator(....);

        //here we are setting a custom PropertyEditor
        initializer.setPropertyEditorRegistrar(propertyEditorRegistry -> {
            SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
            propertyEditorRegistry.registerCustomEditor(Date.class,
                    new CustomDateEditor(dateFormatter, true));
        });
        return initializer;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        SpringApplication.run(ExampleMain.class, args);
    }
}