spring mvc not returning json content - error 406

Question

I am using Spring MVC with JSON as specified in Ajax Simplification Spring 3.0 article.

After so many attempts and variations of my code depending on advice found on

Answer 1

Add org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter and org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter to DispatcherServlet-servlet.xml. and refer to the the first one in the second using