Summary

Totally revised for Spring 3.0, this book is a hands-on guide to the Spring Framework. It covers the latest features, tools, and practices including Spring MVC, REST, Security, Web Flow, and more. Following short code snippets and an ongoing example developed throughout the book, you'll learn how to build simple and efficient J2EE applications.

Spring Framework is required knowledge for Java developers, and Spring 3.0 introduces powerful new features like SpEL, the Spring Expression Language, new annotations for the IoC container, and much-needed support for REST. Whether you're just discovering Spring or you want to absorb the new 3.0 features, there's no better way to master Springthan this book.

Spring in Action, Third Edition continues the practical, hands-on style of the previous bestselling editions. Author Craig Walls has a special knack for crisp and entertaining examples that zoom in on the features and techniques you really need. This edition highlights the most important aspects of Spring 3.0 including REST, remote services, messaging, Security, MVC, Web Flow, and more.

Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.

• Using annotations to reduce configuration
• Working with RESTful resources
• Spring Expression Language (SpEL)
• Security, Web Flow, and more

Nearly 100,000 developers have used this book to learn Spring!

Table of Contents

PART 1 CORE SPRING

1. Springing into action
2. Wiring beans
3. Minimizing XML configuration in Spring
4. Aspect-oriented Spring

PART 2 SPRING APPLICATION ESSENTIALS

5. Hitting the database
6. Managing transactions
7. Building web applications with Spring MVC
8. Working with Spring Web Flow
9. Securing Spring

PART 3 INTEGRATING SPRING

10. Working with remote services
11. Giving Spring some REST
12. Messaging in Spring
13. Managing Spring beans with JMX
14. Odds and ends

Craig Walls is a professional software developer with over 15 years of experience in several industries, including telecommunications, finance, retail, and education. He's currently the software developer at SpringSource. He is the author of Spring in Action and XDoclet in Action (published by Manning) and is an avid proponent of Spring, open-source, and agile development. He's a popular author and a frequent speaker at user groups and conferences. Craig lives in Plano, Texas.