web.xml

<web-app ...>
        <context-param>
            <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
            <param-value>context.xml</param-value>
        </context-param>
        <listener>
            <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
        </listener>
        <filter>
            <filter-name>shiroFilter</filter-name>
            <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>targetFilterLifecycle</param-name>
                <param-value>true</param-value>
            </init-param>
        </filter>
        <filter-mapping>
            <filter-name>shiroFilter</filter-name>
            <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
        </filter-mapping>
        <filter>
            <filter-name>characterEncodingFilter</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>characterEncodingFilter</filter-name>
            <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
        </filter-mapping>

        <!-- Handles all requests into the application -->
        <servlet>
            <servlet-name>Spring MVC Dispatcher Servlet</servlet-name>
            <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
                <param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/webapp-context.xml</param-value>
            </init-param>
            <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
        </servlet>

        <servlet-mapping>
            <servlet-name>Spring MVC Dispatcher Servlet</servlet-name>
            <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
        </servlet-mapping>
    </web-app>