Spring® Framework 3

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Spring Framework 3 Training Class Summary

This course is a new course based on the Spring 3 release. It includes complete coverage of the annotation based approach to configuration and the use of Java-5 capabilities that was first introduced in Spring 2.x, and which has been greatly enhanced in Spring 3. It also provides coverage of the traditional XML-based configuration that can still play an important role in existing and new projects. The course starts with the basics of Spring and in-depth coverage on using the powerful capabilities of the Core module to reduce coupling, and increase the flexibility, ease of maintenance, and testing of your applications. It goes on to cover all the important capabilities of Spring 3, including using Spring to simplify the creation of a persistence layer with JDBC and/or persistence frameworks like Hibernate and JPA. It includes coverage of advanced capabilities such as using Spring's Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) to program cross-cutting concerns such as transactions and security. The course includes integration of Spring with Java EE Web applications, and an introduction to Spring Security v3, its architecture, and how to use it to secure both Web application request and bean invocations.A Spring 2.x version of this course is also available. Please contact us if you have questions regarding the Spring 2.x course.

Audience: Java developers who need to work with Spring based applications.

>Prerequisites: A good working knowledge of basic Java, JDBC, and Servlets/JSP.

Class Length: 3 days

Spring Framework 3 Training Class Objectives
  • Understand the core principles of Spring, and of Dependency Injection (DI)/Inversion of Control
  • Use the Spring Core module and DI to configure and wire application objects (beans) together
  • Understand and use the complete capabilities of the Core module, such as lifecycle events, bean scopes, and the Spring API
  • Work with the DAO and/or ORM modules to create a well structured persistence layer with JDBC
  • Use Springs Data Integration with JDBC and technologies such as Hibernate or JPA.
  • Understand and use Spring's powerful new AOP capabilities for programming cross-cutting concerns across multiple points in an application
  • Understand and use Spring's transaction support, including its easy to use tx/aop XML configuration elements and Java 5 annotations
  • Integrate Spring with Java EE Web applications
  • Understand the basics of Spring Security, and how to secure Web apps and Spring managed beans with it
  • Understand and use Spring Web Flow 2 to define complex user interface flow in Web applications.
Spring Framework 3 Training Class Detailed Outline
  1. Introduction to Spring
    • The Challenge of Enterprise Applications
    • Shortcomings of Java/Java EE
    • What is Spring?
    • The Spring Modules
    • The Spring Distribution
    • Spring Introduction
    • Managing Beans
    • A Basic Spring Application
    • Some Bean Classes
    • Configuration Metadata
    • Declaring Beans
    • The Spring Container
    • Working with Spring
    • Why Bother?
    • Some BeanFactory Methods
    • Dependencies and Dependency Injection
    • Dependencies Between Objects
    • Dependency Inversion Principal
    • Dependency Injection (DI) in Spring
    • Dependency Injection Configuration
    • Advantages of Dependency Injection
    • Dependency Injection Reduces Coupling
  2. More about Bean Properties
    • Working with Properties
    • Configuring Value Based Properties
    • Using Value Based Properties
    • Property Conversions
    • Constructor Injections
    • Constructor Argument Resolution
    • Setter Injection vs. Constructor Injection
    • Collection Valued Properties
    • Working with Collections
    • Configuring and Properties
    • Configuring Collections of Bean References
    • Map Valued Properties
    • java.util.Properties Valued Properties
    • Additional Capabilities
    • Factory Methods
    • Instance Factory Methods
    • Bean Aliases
    • Bean Definition Inheritance
    • Autowiring
    • Autowiring byType
    • Pros and Cons of Autowiring
    • To Autowire or Not to Autowire
  3. The Spring Container and API
    • ApplicationContext
    • ApplicationContext Interface
    • ApplicationContext Implementations
    • Constructors
    • Using an ApplicationContext
    • Spring Resource Access
    • Built-in Resource Implementations
    • Bean Scope and Lifecycle
    • Bean Scope
    • Specifying Bean Scope
    • Inner Beans
    • Compound Names
    • Depends On
    • Bean Creation Lifecycle
    • Using the Lifecycle Interfaces for Beans
    • Bean Creation Lifecycle Details
    • Bean Destruction Lifecycle
    • BeanPostProcessor
    • @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy
    • Event Handling
    • MessageSources
    • Issues with Messages
    • Resource Bundles
    • Defining Resource Bundles
    • Using Resource Bundles and MessageSource
    • Localization/Internationalization
    • Paramaterizing Messages
    • Annotation Driven Configuration
    • Annotations in Spring
    • Enabling Spring Annotations
    • @Component and Auto-Detecting Beans
    • DI Using @Resource
    • Complete Declarations Using Annotations
    • @Resource – Additional Uses
    • @AutoWired
    • Qualifiers
    • Lifecycle Annotations
    • XML Config – Annotations and Scanning
    • Annotation Configuration – Pro/Con
    • A Note on the XML Configuration
    • A Brief Note on Annotations
    • Java-Based Configuratio
    • Java Configuration Overview
    • Using Java-Based Configuration
    • Dependency Injection
    • More on How it Works
    • Dependencies Between Configuration Classes
    • Other Usage Scenarios
    • Classpath Scanning
    • Other @Bean Capabilities
    • Java-Based Configuration – Pro / Con
    • Other Capabilities
    • SpEL – Spring Expression Language
    • Other SpEL Capabilities
    • Validation
    • Using Validation
    • Configuring Validation
    • Validation Constraints
    • Additional Capabilities
  4. Database Access with Spring
    • Issues with JDBC
    • Problems Using JDBC Directly
    • Let’s Review Some Simple JDBC Usage
    • Simple Query on the Database
    • Problems with the Previous Approach
    • Spring Support for the DAO Pattern
    • Spring DAO Support
    • The Spring Database API
    • The JdbcTemplate Class
    • The JdbcDaoSupport Class
    • DataSources
    • Spring Jdbc Exception Hierarchy
    • DAO Based on Spring Classes
    • Configuring a DataSource
    • Looking up a DataSource in JNDI
    • Building a DAO Without the Support Class
    • Queries and Updates
    • Querying with JdbcTemplate
    • Mapping Result Rows to Objects
    • Defining a RowMapper Class
    • Inserting/Updating
    • SimpleJdbcTemplate
    • The SimpleJdbcTemplate Class
    • Using Spring with Hibernate
    • Hibernate Overview
    • Typical Hibernate Configuration File
    • Using Hibernate Directly
    • Spring Support for Hibernate
    • Template Support for Hibernate
    • LocalSessionFactoryBean
    • Configuring a Hibernate Session Factory
    • Contextual Sessions
    • Spring-Free DAO
    • What Approach to Use
    • Using Spring with JPA
    • Template Support for JPA
    • Support for Managing EntityManager
    • LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean
    • Obtaining an EntityManager from JNDI
    • LocalContrainerEntityManagerFactory
    • Bean
    • Container-Managed EntityManager
    • Additional Spring Configuration
    • JPA Data Access Object
    • Extended Persistence Context
  5. Aspect Oriented Programming
    • AOP Overview
    • The Issue with Crosscutting Concerns
    • Crosscutting Illustrated
    • Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) Defined
    • Spring AOP Introduction
    • Spring AOP with AspectJ Annotations
    • Defining an Aspect with @AspectJ
    • Defining a Pointcut
    • Defining Advice
    • Configuring Spring
    • A Program that Triggers Advice
    • More on How Spring AOP Works
    • Pointcut Expressions and Advice
    • Pointcut Expressions
    • Sample Execution Designator Patterns
    • Other Designators Available in Spring AOP
    • Combining Pointcut Expressions
    • Kinds of Advice
    • XML Based AOP Support
    • Defining Aspects Using XML
    • Specifying Advice with XML
    • Other Considerations
    • Spring Proxies and Direct Invocation
    • More on Spring Proxies
    • Issues with AOP
    • Is AOP Worth It
    • Other AOP Capabilities and Functionality
  6. Transactions
    • Transaction Lifecycle
    • Transaction Managers
    • Configuring Transaction Managers
    • JTA Transaction Manager
    • Spring Declarative Transaction Management
    • Transactional Scope
    • Transaction Attributes for Propagation
    • MANDATORY
    • NESTED
    • NEVER
    • NOT_SUPPORTED
    • REQUIRED
    • REQUIRES_NEW
    • SUPPORTS
    • Transaction Attributes – Some Choices
    • Specifying Transaction Attributes
    • Additional Transactional Attributes
    • Rolling Back and Exceptions
    • XML Configuration
    • Specifying Transactions Using XML
    • Linking Advice with Pointcuts
    • Attributes
  7. Integration with Java Web Applications
    • Spring and Java EE
    • Java EE Web Applications
    • Web Application Structure
    • Web Application Components
    • ApplicationContext and Web Apps
    • Configuring ContextLoaderListener
    • Using the Application Context
  8. Spring Security Overview
    • Spring Security
    • Spring Web Security – web.xml
    • Spring Web Security – Spring Configuration
    • More Capabilities
    • Other Authentication Providers
    • Method Security
    • Method Security – Annotations
    • Method Security – Pointcut Expressions
    • Method Security – XML Configuration

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