Spring 4 training course

INTRODUCTION TO THE SPRING FRAMEWORK

• The need for spring
• Implementing dependency injection with spring
• The spring core
• Programming to interfaces using spring
• Incorporating spring into Java EE applications

CONFIGURING SPRING BEANS

• Using XML
• Using Spring Annotations
• Using javax.persistence annotations
• Using Configuration classes

SPRING AND JDBC DATABASE CONNECTIVITY

• The Spring JDBC Related Module
• The challenges of pure JDBC
• The Spring JDBC Template
• Writing an effective DAO using the Spring template class
• Spring configuration elements required for database access

INTRODUCTION TO THE JAVA PERSISTENCE API

• History of JPA
• The need for Object Relational Mapping technology
• Hibernate and the JPA
• Mapping beans using JPA annotations
• Using the EntityManager to work with data
• Implementing relationships

SPRING AND THE JPA

• Integrating Spring with the JPA
• Injecting EntityManagers into DAOs
• Spring configuration for effective use of JPA with Spring
• Session management
• Working with Transactions
• Coordinating transactions with appropriate propagation

SPRING DATA

• Building CRUD APIs
• Working with finder methods
• The Repository pattern

SPRING AND NOSQL DATABASES

• Working with Spring Data and Mongo DB
• The MongoDB template class
• Configuring Spring applications to use MongoDB

SPRING VALIDATION

• Using Validator Annotations
• Enabling validation
• Displaying validation error messages

SPRING MVC

• The Model/View/Controller Pattern
• The DispatcherServlet Class
• Configuring DispatcherServlet
• Web Application Contexts
• Controller Responsibilities
• The ModelAndView Class
• The View Interface
• The ViewResolver Interface
• The redirect: Prefix

SPRING MVC FOR REST SERVICES

• Overview of REST principles
• Creating REST controllers
• Using Paths and Parameters
• Processing JSON and XML Data

SPRING SECURITY

• Authentication and Authorization
• The Spring Security Servlet Filter
• AOP based security for components
• Configuring form based authentication
• Realm configuration using Spring

SPRING BOOT

• Creating entire applications using Boot
• Configuring a Repository using Boot
• Creating a REST API using Boot
• Maintaining Spring Boot Applications

SPRING WEB SERVICES

• Overview of SOAP services
• WSDL First Services
• Defining the XML Schemas
• Configuring the Services
• Creating the Java service class

ASPECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING WITH SPRING

• The need for AOP
• Defining Aspects
• Defining Pointcuts
• Defining Advices
• Configuration options for AOP
• Weaving options when using AOP