Pro Spring 3

The agile, lightweight, open-source Spring Framework continues to be the de facto leading enterprise Java application development framework for today’s Java programmers and developers. It works with other leading open-source, agile and lightweight Java technologies like Hibernate, Groovy, MyBatis, and more. Spring now also works with Java EE and JPA 2 as well.

Pro Spring 3 updates the bestselling Pro Spring with the latest that the Spring Framework has to offer: version 3.1. At 1000 pages, this is by far the most comprehensive Spring book available, thoroughly exploring the power of Spring.

With Pro Spring 3, you’ll learn Spring basics and core topics, and gain access to the authors’ insights and real–world experiences with remoting, Hibernate, and EJB. Beyond the basics, you’ll learn how to leverage the Spring Framework to build various tiers or parts of an enterprise Java application like transactions, the web and presentations tiers, deployment, and much more. A full sample application allows you to apply many of the technologies and techniques covered in this book and see how they work together.

After reading this definitive book, you’ll be armed with the power of Spring to build complex Spring applications, top to bottom.

What you’ll learn

• How to get started with the Spring Framework and its latest features
• What Inversion of Control (IoC) and dependency injection (DI) are
• Aspect-oriented programming techniques with Spring, and why they’re important
• Data access and persistence using Spring and Hibernate, MyBatis, JPA 2 and more
• How to build transaction engines for your enterprise application and take advantage of other middle-tier features in Spring
• How to build Spring-based web applications using Spring MVC and more
• How to build Spring-based front ends
• How the Spring Framework can work with scripting languages like Groovy to provide enhanced functionality for your applications
• How to benefit from the Spring IDE

Who this book is for

This book is for experienced Java developers who may be learning Spring for the first time or have minimal exposure to the Spring Framework. It’s aimed at those who are active in or plan on getting into enterprise Java application development.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introducing Spring
Chapter 2. Getting Started
Chapter 3. Introducing the Sample Application
Chapter 4. Introducing IoC and DI in Spring
Chapter 5. Spring Configuration in Detail
Chapter 6. Introducing Spring AOP
Chapter 7. More Spring AOP and Annotations
Chapter 8. Spring JDBC Support
Chapter 9. Using Hibernate in Spring
Chapter 10. Data Access in Spring with JPA 2
Chapter 11. Using MyBatis in Spring
Chapter 12. Designing and Implementing Spring-Based Applications
Chapter 13. Transaction Management
Chapter 14. Validation with Type Conversion and Formatting
Chapter 15. Task Scheduling in Spring
Chapter 16. Using Spring Remoting
Chapter 17. Web Applications with Spring
Chapter 18. Spring Web Flow and JSF
Chapter 19. Spring Testing
Chapter 20. Spring Projects: Batch, Integration, Roo
Chapter 21. Sample Application in Detail
Chapter 22. Scripting Support in Spring
Chapter 23. Spring Application Monitoring

A. SpringSource Tool Suite (Spring IDE)