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Introduction to Spring 4, Spring MVC and Spring REST On-Site Training

This on-site training class is also available as Public Schedule Seminar.

This course introduces the techniques for using the powerful capabilities of Spring 4 including the three main configuration styles.

Course Description/Agenda

This course introduces the techniques for using the powerful capabilities of Spring 4 including the three main configuration styles: Java-based (@Configuration), annotation-based (@Component), and the traditional XML-based configuration that may still play an important role in existing and new projects. It also provides guidelines for when and how to use each one.

The course starts with in-depth coverage on using the powerful capabilities of Spring's Core module to reduce coupling and increase the flexibility, ease of maintenance, and testing of your applications. Coverage also includes integrating persistence layers (e.g. Hibernate/JPA) with Spring, using Spring's powerful Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) to program cross-cutting concerns in a safe and maintainable way and using Spring's declarative transaction capabilities.

The course includes integrating Spring with Java EE Web applications and an introduction to Spring MVC. Spring MVC utilizes a Model-View-Controller pattern for building Web applications and the introduction covers the basics of Spring MVC and how it supports organizing your Web applications in a highly structured, loosely coupled manner. This includes an introduction to REST (Representational state transfer) and how to use Spring MVC to build RESTful resources and invoke them from Ajax-based front ends.

This course will enable you to build working Spring applications and give you an understanding of the important concepts and technology. Comprehensive hands-on labs provide reinforcement of the topics covered in the course and practical experience deploying solutions.

Students who do not require coverage of Spring MVC and RESTful Web Services may want to take the 3-day Introduction to the Spring 4 Framework class instead.

Students requiring an introduction to JEE Web Development, JDBC, JNDI, and JSP as well as Spring and Hibernate, may want to take the Web Application Development Using JEE, Frameworks, Web Services and AJAX class instead.

Course Prerequisites

Java SE programming experience and an understanding of object-oriented design principles. Fundamental knowledge of XML is helpful but not required. HOTT's course Java Programming or equivalent knowledge provides a solid foundation.

What You Will Learn

Understanding the core principles of Spring and of Dependency Injection (DI) / Inversion of Control
Using the Spring Core module and DI to configure and wire application objects (beans) together
Knowing the different types of metadata (XML, annotations/@Component, and Java Configuration/@Configuration) and how and when to use them
Understanding and using the complete capabilities of the Core module, such as lifecycle events, bean scopes and the Spring API
Working with the ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) module to integrate Spring with technologies such as Hibernate or JPA
Understanding and using Spring's powerful AOP capabilities for programming cross-cutting concerns across multiple points in an application
Learning safe and maintainable techniques for programming with AOP
Understanding and using Spring's transaction support, including the easy-to-use Java annotation support, as well as the tx/aop XML configuration elements
Integrating Spring with Java EE Web applications
Building Web applications with Spring MVC, including configuration using Java config and Servlet 3 capabilities
Understanding REST, and use Spring MVC to build RESTful services
Using Ajax-based front ends with Spring MVC / Spring REST

Course Overview

Introduction to Spring Overview of Spring Technology Challenges for Modern Applications Motivation for Spring, Spring Architecture The Spring Framework Spring Introduction Managing Beans Inversion of Control / IoC, Dependency Injection / DI Configuration Metadata Overview, Configuring Beans (XML) The Spring Container Overview of the Spring Container ApplicationContext Overview ClassPathXmlApplicationContext, FileSystemXmlApplicationContext, AnnotationConfigApplicationContext API and Usage Dependencies and Dependency Injection (DI) Examining Dependencies Dependency Inversion Configuration and Usage of Dependency Injection (DI) in Spring	Configuration in Depth Annotation Driven Configuration JSR 330 (@Named) and Spring (@Component) Annotation Styles @Named/@Component, @Inject/@Autowired, @Repository, @Service Configuring Beans and Autowiring with Annotations Enabling Annotations - context:component-scan Java Based Configuration (@Configuration) Overview - code-centric Configuration @Configuration and @Bean Dependency Injection Resolving Dependencies on Other Beans Injecting Configuration Classes Integrating Configuration Types Choosing a Configuration Style Integrating Configuration Styles Importing: @Import and Scanning with @Configuration style Bean Scope and Lifecycle Bean Scope Defined - Singleton, Prototype, and Other Scopes Configuring Scope Bean Creation Lifecycle Lifecycle Callbacks BeanPostProcessor Event Handling
Wiring in Depth Value Injection Configuring Value Properties Property Conversions Externalizing Values in Properties Files Constructor Injection Constructor Injection Overview Configuration - @Configuration and XML p: and c: namespaces for XML configuration Qualifiers / Domain Specific Language (DSL) Limitations of Autowiring Qualifiers and DSL Creating and Using an Annotation-Based DSL for Bean Configuration Benefits of Qualifiers for Bean Configuration Profiles Profiles Overview Configuring Profiles (XML and @Configuration) Activating Profiles Overview of SpEL	Database Access with Spring Overview of Spring Database Support Configuring a DataSource Using Spring with Hibernate High Level Hibernate Overview SessionFactory configuration LocalSessionFactoryBean Contextual Sessions and Spring Integration Using Spring with JPA Managing the EntityManager (EM) LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean and Container-managed EMs JEE and JNDI Lookup of the EM Configuration and Vendor Adaptors Creating a JPA Repository/DAO Bean - @PersistenceUnit, @PersistenceContext
Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) Overview of AOP Crosscutting Concerns AOP Basics, Aspect, Joinpoint, Advice, Pointcut Spring AOP Introduction Configuration - XML and @AspectJ Defining an Aspect, Pointcut, and Advice How Advice is Triggered Pointcut Expressions and Advice Pointcut Expression Overview The execution() Designator Other Designators (within, target, args, @target, ...) Kinds of Advice - before, after, around, after-returning, after-throwing Marker Annotations (Rubber Stamp AOP) Issue with AOP Configuration Defining an AOP Marker / Rubber Stamp Configuring AOP Using a Marker Advantages of Marker Annotations @AspectJ Based AOP Support @AspectJ Annotations Overview Defining an Aspect, Pointcut, and Advice Other Considerations Spring AOP Proxies and Self-Invocation Issues Load-Time Weaving Caveats of AOP	Spring Transaction (TX) Management Introduction to Spring Transaction Management Spring Transaction Managers Spring Declarative TX Management Spring TX Scope and Propagation Spring TX Attributes (REQUIRED, SUPPORTS, etc) XML Configuration of Transactions Specifying Advice, TX Attributes, and Methods Linking Advice with Pointcuts Benefits of XML Configuration of TX Behavior Spring Web Integration and Introduction to Spring MVC Integrating Spring with Java EE Web Apps ContextLoaderListener WebApplicationContext Spring Web MVC Overview Capabilities Architecture (Front Controller, MVC Pattern) Spring MVC Basics DispatcherServlet, Configuration (@EnableWebMvc, Servlet 3 initialization), mvc Namespace Controllers, @Controller, @RequestMapping (Handler Methods) @RequestParam and Parameter Binding View Resolvers Controller Details, @RequestMapping, @RequestParam, @PathVariable Model Data, @ModelAttribute, Model/ModelAndView Classes
Additional Spring MVC Capabilities Reference Data with @ModelAttribute Forms and Binding, Spring Form Tags Session Attributes, @SessionAttributes Validation / JSR-303 XML Specific Configuration Collection Valued Properties Configuring and Using Lists and Sets Factory Classes and Factory Methods Definition Inheritance (Parent Beans) AutoWiring with XML Inner Beans Compound Names	RESTful Services with Spring REST Overview Characteristics/Capabilities URI Templates REST vs SOAP REST and Spring MVC Spring support for REST @RequestMapping/@PathVariable, @RequestBody, @ResponseBody, HTTP Method Conversion Writing RESTful Controllers Returning XML and JSON Data Client-Side Access to RESTful Services Ajax Access (Browser/JavaScript/jQuery) Using Spring's RestTemplate Programming Common REST Patterns GET: Read POST: Create PUT: Update DELETE: Delete

Course Benefits

Course materials include student guide, hands-on lab manual and USB flash drive for examples and lab work
Students receive a certificate of completion at the end of class
Students can retake any portion of a class that has been completed, within 12 months at no extra cost
There are no registration fees or cancellation fees

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