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Professional Java Development with the Spring Framework
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This book is for Java/J2EE architects and developers who want to gain a
deeper knowledge of the Spring Framework and use it effectively.
The Spring Framework
is a major open source application development framework that makes
Java/J2EE(TM) development easier and more productive. This book shows
you not only what Spring can do but why, explaining its functionality
and motivation to help you use all parts of the framework to develop
successful applications.
You will be guided through all the Spring features and see how they
form a coherent whole. In turn, this will help you understand the
rationale for Spring's approach, when to use Spring, and how to follow
best practices. All this is illustrated with a complete sample
application. When you finish the book, you will be well equipped to use
Spring effectively in everything from simple Web applications to
complex enterprise applications.
What you will learn from this book:
- The core Inversion of Control container and the concept of Dependency Injection
- Spring's Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) framework and why AOP is important in J2EE development
- How to use Spring's programmatic and declarative transaction management services effectively
- Ways to access data using Spring's JDBC functionality, iBATIS SQL Maps, Hibernate, and other O/R mapping frameworks
- Spring services for accessing and implementing EJBs
- Spring's remoting framework
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Chapter 1: Introducing the Spring Framework.
Chapter 2: The Bean Factory and Application Context.
Chapter 3: Advanced Container Concepts.
Chapter 4: Spring and AOP.
Chapter 5: DAO Support and JDBC Framework.
Chapter 6: Transaction and Resource Management.
Chapter 7: Object/Relational Mapping.
Chapter 8: Lightweight Remoting.
Chapter 9: Supporting Services.
Chapter 10: Acegi Security System for Spring.
Chapter 11: Spring and EJB.
Chapter 12: Web MVC Framework.
Chapter 13: Web View Technologies.
Chapter 14: Integrating with Other Web Frameworks.
Chapter 15: The Sample Application.
Chapter 16: Conclusion.
Appendix A: Requirements for the Sample Application.
Index.
About the Authors
Rod Johnson is the founder of the Spring Framework and a well-known expert on Java and J2EE.
Rod holds a Ph.D. from Sydney University. Originally from a C/C++
background, he has been involved with Java and J2EE since their
releases as a developer, architect, and consultant.
He is the author of two of the most popular and influential books on J2EE: Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development (Wrox, 2002), and J2EE without EJB
(Wrox, 2004, with Juergen Hoeller). Both have played a major role in
the rise of “agile” J2EE, and the move away from overly complex
traditional J2EE architecture.
Rod is co-lead of the Spring Framework. He is a popular conference
speaker and regularly appears at leading Java events in the US, Europe,
and Asia. He serves in the Java Community Process (JCP) on the expert
groups of several JSRs.
He also has wide consulting experience in banking and finance,
insurance, software, and media. He is CEO of Interface21
(www.interface21.com), a consultancy devoted to providing expert J2EE
and Spring Framework services.
He is actively involved with client projects as well as Spring development.
Juergen Hoeller is co-founder of Interface21, the company
providing commercial Spring services from the source. He is a key
driver of Spring development and has been release manager since
Spring’s inception. His special interests and responsibilities in the
project cover a wide variety of topics, from the core container to
transaction management, data access, and lightweight remoting.
Juergen has a Master’s degree in computer science from the University
of Linz, specializing in Java, OO modeling, and software engineering.
He is co-author of Expert One-on-One J2EE Development without EJB
(Wiley, 2004) and regularly presents at conferences and other events.
He is also active in many community forums, including TheServerSide.
Alef Arendsen studied computer sciences at the University of
Utrecht. Later, also in Utrecht, Alef started his first company. After
this turned out to be too little a challenge, Alef went to work for
SmartHaven, an Amsterdam-based VCfunded company providing J2EE
components for knowledge management applications. He was responsible
for streamlining the development process and designing parts of the
component infrastructure. In early 2002, together with Joost van de
Wijgerd, Alef founded JTeam, a software company providing J2EE
development services. Alef is a core Spring committer and, while
remaining involved with JTeam, he is now a consultant for Interface21.
He is a frequent speaker at public conferences. Alef can be reached by
email at alef@interface21.com. You can also read his blog at
blog.arendsen.net.
Thomas Risberg is a database developer working for TargetrRx, a
pharmaceutical market research company located in Horsham,
Pennsylvania. He has many years of experience working with both large
and small organizations on various database-related projects ranging
from simple data entry programs to large data warehousing
implementations. Thomas is a reformed COBOL programmer who came to Java
via Xbase, Visual Basic, and PL/SQL. He served as an Oracle DBA for a
couple of years but decided that software development was really where
his heart was. Thomas has a B.A. degree in information processing from
the University of Stockhom, Sweden. He is a certified Oracle
Professional DBA and a Sun Certified Java Programmer and J2EE Architect.
Thomas joined the Spring Framework development team in early 2003 and
is mostly involved in evolving the JDBC layer. His non-computer–related
interests are soccer, photography, and travel.
Colin Sampaleanu has had a long and varied career spanning
almost two decades—after a childhood spent tinkering with computers and
software—including experience developing for and managing his own
retail software company, other years in the C++ shrinkwrap and
enterprise software space, experience with Java since the early days of
the language, and a complete focus on enterprise Java since the late
nineties.
Colin is a currently a principal partner at Interface21, which
specializes in Spring training, consulting, and support. Prior to
joining Interface21, Colin was Chief Architect at a software incubator
/ VC.
As a core Spring developer and Interface21 principal, Colin spends much
of his time talking and writing about the benefits of Spring, and
promoting agile software development architectures and methodologies in
general.
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 1 Average Customer Rating: Jul 27, 2005 Randy from Atlanta, GA USA
One small but meaty tome
This is the book I had been waiting for, taking off where Pro Spring by Harrop & Machacek left me. It is typical in that it gives short examples on the key Spring functionality, but it adds the Acegi Security System for Spring add-on module. The primary advantage of this book is that it not only explains the Spring functionality, but also explains some of the decisions behind the various implementation options and, most importantly, gives best practice information and specific decision points to assist developers in choosing the right option for the situation. The sample web application that finishes up the book is a re-write of the one in Rod Johnson's Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development. A good choice as it allows one to see not only how the framework has grown and matured, but that the architecture is maintainable. Unlike other Wrox 'book by committee' offerings, this one is well organized, tight, and has a common writing style; probably a result of the team working together for so long. Definitely a must have!
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