public class MyWebApplicationInitializer implements WebApplicationInitializer {

@Override
public void onStartup(ServletContext servletCxt) {

    // Load Spring web application configuration
    AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext ac = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext();
    ac.register(AppConfig.class);
    ac.refresh();

    // Create and register the DispatcherServlet
    DispatcherServlet servlet = new DispatcherServlet(ac);
    ServletRegistration.Dynamic registration = servletCxt.addServlet("app", servlet);
    registration.setLoadOnStartup(1);
    registration.addMapping("/app/*");
}