Fast Track to Spring 3 and Spring Web Flow 2.1

This five-day course is a new course based on the Spring® 3 release. Starting with the basics of Spring and the Core module, it then moves on to cover the various capabilities of Spring, the Spring MVC, Spring Web Flow 2.1, and Spring Security.

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

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
Fast Track to Spring® 3
and Spring Web Flow 2.1
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

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

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
Bean Creation Lifecycle Details
Using the Lifecycle Interfaces for Beans
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
Other Stereotype Annotations
@Resource – Additional Uses
@AutoWired
Qualififers
Lifecycle Annotations
XML Config – Annotations and Scanning
Annotation Configuration – Pro / Con
A Note on the XML Configuration
A Brief Note on Annotations
Java-Based Configuration
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

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
Other Kinds of Query Methods
The SimpleJdbcTemplate Class
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
LocalContainerEntityManagerFactory
Bean
Container-Managed EntityManager
Additional Spring Configuration
JPA Data Access Object
Extended Persistence Context

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
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

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

Integration with Java EE
Spring and Java EE
Java EE Web Applications
Web Application Structure
Web Application Components
ApplicationContext and Web Apps
Configuring ContextLoaderListener
Using the Application Context
Spring MVC Basics
What is Spring MVC?
MVC Architecture
MVC Pattern Flow
Spring MVC Architecture
Simple Search App Model – Servlets/JSP
Simple Search App Model – Spring MVC
DispatcherServlet
DispatcherServlet Initialization
Controllers
Very Simple Controller
Control Flow
@RequestParam – Parameter Binding
Returning Model Data
The Associated JSP Pages
Other Handler Method Capabilities
View Resolvers
Controller with Logical Names
Other View Resolvers
Forms and Command Objects
Spring MVC Form Tags
A JavaBean Command Class
Working with Model Classes
Request Handling Flow
Expsosing Reference Data in the Model
Pre-Annotation Based Configuration
MVC Without Annotations
Command Controllers
Configuring the Command Controller
Working with Forms
Defining a FormController
Configuring a Form Controller
Rendering the Form via Spring MVC
HandlerMappings
Summary Non-Annotation Method

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

Spring Web Flow Overview
The Need for Spring Web Flow
What is Spring Web Flow?
Benefits of Spring Web Flow
Overview of Flow in SWF
Elements of a Flow
Defining a Flow
Defining Flows
Elements of a Flow Definition
How a Flow Works – Start State
How a Flow Works – Transition
How a Flow Works – End State
How a Flow Works – Web Pages
Leaving a Flow
Basic System Configuration
Configuring Spring Web Flow
Configuring a Flow Registry
Integrating with Spring MVC
Customizing the Flow Registry
Complete Application Context Configuration
Working with Data and Actions
Data Available to a Flow
Flow Instance Variables in Flow Definitions
Binding Model Objects to Views
View Pages and Model Binding
Flow Inputs in Flow Definitions
Actions and Programming in Flow Definitions
Examining an Action:

The Spring Expression Language
EL Syntax
More of SpEL Expressions
EL Literals and Implicit Objects
EL Implicit Objects
Flow Control Using EL Expressions
Data Scopes
Variable Scopes
POST – REDIRECT – GET Idiom
Request vs. Flash Scope
Flow Scope
Conversation Scope, and Subflows
Session Scope
Accessing the Scopes Within a Flow
Flow Language Elements
Overview of Language Elements
Overview of Action Related Elements
Overview of Other Elements
Routing
decision-state
on-* Actions
Configuring Security

Creating Custom Actions
Programming Your Own Actions
The RequestContext
The ExternalContext
Using a Custom Action
Validation and Error Reporting
Validating a Model
Defining a Validator Method in the Model
Validation and ValidationContext
The MessageContext
Using Validation
Validation at Work
Defining a Validator Class
Resource Bundles
Parameterizing Error Messages
Converters
Data Conversion in Spring Web Flow
Defining a Converter
Registering a Converter
Using Subflows
Branching on Subflow End-State
Using Input/Output Variables
Using Conversation Scope
When to Use Subflows