Pro Spring: Fourth Edition

Pro Spring updates the perennial bestseller with the latest that the Spring Framework 4 has to offer. Now in its fourth edition, this popular book is by far the most comprehensive and definitive treatment of Spring available.With Pro Spring, you’ll learn Spring basics and core topics, and share the authors’ insights and real–world experiences with remoting, Hibernate, and EJB. Beyond the basics, youll learn how to leverage the Spring Framework to build the various tiers or parts of an enterprise Java application: transactions, web and presentation 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.The agile, lightweight, open-source Spring Framework continues to be the de facto leading enterprise Java application development framework for todays Java programmers and developers. It works with other leading open-source, agile, and lightweight Java technologies such as Hibernate, Groovy, MyBatis, and more. Spring now works with Java EE and JPA 2 as well.After reading this definitive book, youll be armed with the power of Spring to build complex Spring applications, top to bottom.What you’ll learnGet started with the Spring Framework and its latest featuresUse inversion of control (IoC) and dependency injection (DI)Apply aspect-oriented programming (AOP) techniques with Spring, and why theyre importantAccess and persist data using Spring and Hibernate, MyBatis, JPA 2 and moreBuild transaction engines for your enterprise application and take advantage of other middle-tier features in SpringCreate Spring-based web applications using Spring MVC and moreDesign and build Spring-based front endsWork with scripting languages such as Groovy to provide enhanced functionality for your applicationsWho this book is forThis book is for experienced Java developers who may be learning Spring for the first time or have minimal exposure to the Spring Framework. Its aimed at those who are active in or plan on getting into enterprise Java application development. Pro Spring updates the perennial bestseller with the latest that the Spring Framework 4 has to offer. Now in its fourth edition, this popular book is by far the most comprehensive and definitive treatment of Spring available. With Pro Spring , you’ll learn Spring basics and core topics, and share 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 the various tiers or parts of an enterprise Java application: transactions, web and presentation 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. 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 such as Hibernate, Groovy, MyBatis, and more. Spring now works with Java EE and JPA 2 as well. After reading this definitive book, you'll be armed with the power of Spring to build complex Spring applications, top to bottom. Front Matter....Pages i-xxv Introducing Spring....Pages 1-14 Getting Started....Pages 15-26 Introducing IoC and DI in Spring....Pages 27-92 Spring Configuration in Detail....Pages 93-160 Introducing Spring AOP....Pages 161-239 Spring JDBC Support....Pages 241-302 Using Hibernate in Spring....Pages 303-343 Data Access in Spring with JPA2....Pages 345-411 Transaction Management....Pages 413-445 Validation with Type Conversion and Formatting....Pages 447-472 Task Scheduling in Spring....Pages 473-489 Using Spring Remoting....Pages 491-532 Spring Testing....Pages 533-550 Scripting Support in Spring....Pages 551-566 Spring Application Monitoring....Pages 567-572 Web Applications with Spring....Pages 573-643 WebSocket....Pages 645-661 Spring Projects: Batch, Integration, XD, and Boot....Pages 663-683 Back Matter....Pages 685-698