Beginning Spring

Get up to speed quickly with this comprehensive guide to Spring Beginning Spring is the complete beginner's guide to Java's most popular framework. Written with an eye toward real-world enterprises, the book covers all aspects of application development within the Spring Framework. Extensive samples within each chapter allow developers to get up to speed quickly by providing concrete references for experimentation, building a skillset that drives successful application development by exploiting the full capabilities of Java's latest advances. Spring provides the exact toolset required to build an enterprise application, and has become the standard within the field. This book covers Spring 4.0, which contains support for Java 8 and Java EE 7. Readers begin with the basics of the framework, then go on to master the most commonly used tools and fundamental concepts inherent in any Spring project. The book emphasizes practicality and real-world application by addressing needs such as meeting customer demand and boosting productivity, and by providing actionable information that helps developers get the most out of the framework. Topics include: Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control Unit testing Spring enabled Web Applications Data Access using Spring JDBC and ORM support along with Transaction Management Building Web Applications and RESTful Web Services with Spring MVC Securing Web Applications using Spring Security Spring Expression Language with its Extensive Features Aspect Oriented Programming Facilities Provided by Spring AOP Caching with 3rd Party Cache Providers Support The Best of the Breed: Spring 4.0 The information is organized and structured an ideal way for students and corporate training programs, and explanations about inner workings of the framework make it a handy desk reference even for experienced developers. For novices, Beginning Spring is invaluable as a comprehensive guide to the real-world functionality of Spring.

Get up to speed quickly with this comprehensive guide toSpringBeginning Spring is the complete beginner's guide toJava's most popular framework. Written with an eye towardreal-world enterprises, the book covers all aspects of applicationdevelopment within the Spring Framework. Extensive samples withineach chapter allow developers to get up to speed quickly byproviding concrete references for experimentation, building askillset that drives successful application development byexploiting the full capabilities of Java's latest advances.Spring provides the exact toolset required to build anenterprise application, and has become the standard within thefield. This book covers Spring 4.0, which contains support for Java8 and Java EE 7. Readers begin with the basics of the frameworkthen go on to master the most commonly used tools and fundamentalconcepts inherent in any Spring project. The book emphasizespracticality and real-world application by addressing needs such asmeeting customer demand and boosting productivity, and by providingactionable information that helps developers get the most out ofthe framework. Topics include:* Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control* Unit testing Spring enabled Web Applications* Data Access using Spring JDBC and ORM support along withTransaction Management* Building Web Applications and RESTful Web Services with SpringMVC* Securing Web Applications using Spring Security* Spring Expression Language with its Extensive Features* Aspect Oriented Programming Facilities Provided by SpringAOP* Caching with 3rd Party Cache Providers' Support* The Best of the Breed: Spring 4.0The information is organized and structured an ideal way forstudents and corporate training programs, and explanations aboutinner workings of the framework make it a handy desk reference evenfor experienced developers. For novices, Beginning Spring isinvaluable as a comprehensive guide to the real-world functionalityof Spring.

FOREWORDS xxviiINTRODUCTION xxxiCHAPTER 1: POJO PROGRAMMING MODEL, LIGHTWEIGHT CONTAINERS, AND INVERSION OF CONTROL 1CHAPTER 2: DEPENDENCY INJECTION WITH SPRING 17CHAPTER 3: BUILDING WEB APPLICATIONS USING SPRING MVC 63CHAPTER 4: JDBC DATA ACCESS WITH SPRING 103CHAPTER 5: DATA ACCESS WITH JPA USING SPRING 137CHAPTER 6: MANAGING TRANSACTIONS WITH SPRING 175CHAPTER 7: TEST?]DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT WITH SPRING 209CHAPTER 8: ASPECT?]ORIENTED PROGRAMMING WITH SPRING 237CHAPTER 9: SPRING EXPRESSION LANGUAGE 263Configuring Applications with SpEL 268CHAPTER 10: CACHING 285CHAPTER 11: RESTFUL WEB SERVICES WITH SPRING 305CHAPTER 12: SECURING WEB APPLICATIONS WITH SPRING SECURITY 331CHAPTER 13: NEXT STOP: SPRING 4.0 369APPENDIX: SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES 385INDEX 425