Added sample project

hello-world-rest/build.gradle

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+apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'jetty'
+apply plugin: 'eclipse-wtp'
+
+repositories { mavenCentral() }
+
+dependencies {
+	compile "org.springframework:spring-webmvc:3.2.2.RELEASE"
+	compile "org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.9"
+}
+
+task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
+	gradleVersion = '1.5'
+}

hello-world-rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/hello/HelloWorldResource.java

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+package org.springframework.hello;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
+
+@Controller
+@RequestMapping("/hello-world")
+public class HelloWorldResource {
+
+  private static final String template = "Hello, %s!";
+  private final AtomicLong counter = new AtomicLong();
+
+	@RequestMapping(method=RequestMethod.GET)
+	public @ResponseBody Saying sayHello(@RequestParam(value="name", required=false, defaultValue="Stranger") String name) {
+		return new Saying(counter.incrementAndGet(), String.format(template, name));
+	}
+
+}

hello-world-rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/hello/Saying.java

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+package org.springframework.hello;
+
+public class Saying {
+
+  private final long id;
+  private final String content;
+
+  public Saying(long id, String content) {
+    this.id = id;
+    this.content = content;
+  }
+
+  public long getId() {
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  public String getContent() {
+    return content;
+  }
+
+}

hello-world-rest/src/main/java/org/springframework/hello/config/HelloWorldConfiguration.java

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+package org.springframework.hello.config;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan.Filter;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
+
+@Configuration
+@EnableWebMvc
+@ComponentScan(basePackages="org.springframework.hello", excludeFilters=@Filter(Configuration.class))
+public class HelloWorldConfiguration {
+}

hello-world-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml

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+<?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 http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
+
+	<!-- Java-based annotation-driven Spring container definition -->
+	<context-param>
+		<param-name>contextClass</param-name>
+		<param-value>org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext</param-value>
+	</context-param>
+
+	<!-- Location of Java @Configuration classes that configure the components that makeup this application -->
+	<context-param>
+		<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
+		<param-value>org.springframework.hello.config</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>contextClass</param-name>
+			<param-value>org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext</param-value>
+		</init-param>
+		<init-param>
+			<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
+			<param-value>org.springframework.hello.config</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>
+
+</web-app>