The Spring Framework
Simplifying J2EE
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Who is Matt Raible?
Developing websites since 1994 - Developing
J2EE webapps since 1999
Committer on several open source projects:
Roller Weblogger, XDoclet, Struts Menu,
Display Tag, AppFuse
J2EE 5.0 and JSF 1.2 Expert Group Member
Author: Spring Live (SourceBeat) and
contributor to Pro JSP (Apress)
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Spring Mission Statement
J2EE should be easier to use.
Its best to program to interfaces, rather than
classes. Spring reduces the complexity of
using interfaces to zero.
JavaBeans oer a great way of conguring
applications.
OO Design is more important than any
implementation technology, such as J2EE.
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Spring Mission Statement
Checked exceptions are overused in Java. A
framework shouldnt force you to catch
exception youre unlikely to recover from.
Testability is essential, and a framework such
as Spring should help make your code easier
to test.
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What is it?
A J2EE Framework designed to make building
applications easier.
Provides a means to manage your business
objects and their dependencies.
Inversion of Control allows classes to be
loosely coupled and dependencies written in
XML.
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What is it?
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Sample Architecture
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The BeanFactory
Example: DAO and DataSource
DAO has a setter or a constructor argument
for the DataSource
DataSource is congured as a dependency of
the DAO
Makes it easy to swap out implementations
Tests can verify operations succeed on the
interface
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Spring MVC
Front-Controller Servlet: DispatcherServlet
Controllers loaded as beans from servlets
XML context les
ContextLoaderListener loads other XML
context les
Many dierent Controller options:
Controller, SimpleFormController, Wizard
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Examples: Controllers
The Controller interface is generally used to
display data, not for forms.
SimpleFormController easiest for forms.
JSP Tags, Velocity, FreeMarker, PDF, Excel
Validation: Commons Validator or Validation
classes
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Supports MVC Frameworks
ContextLoaderListener loads beans into
ServletContext
Struts has ContextLoaderPlugin and
ActionSupport classes
WebWork has SpringObjectFactory
Tapestry - override BaseEngine and stu the
context into the Global
JSF - VariableDelegateResolver
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MVC Tips
JSP 2.0 Tag les in JIRA - for syntax
simplication
Use SiteMesh - simple yet powerful
AppFuse and Equinox have good integration
examples
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Data Access
Spring JDBC Framework
No exceptions to catch or resources to
close
Base DAO and Template classes for many
frameworks:
Hibernate, iBATIS, OJB, JDO - even
TopLink
Hibernate 3 support in JIRA
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DataAccessException
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Data Access Examples
UserDAOTest
Hibernate
iBATIS
Spring JDBC
JDO
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Transactions
Much easier to use than UserTransaction in
J2EE
CMT-like capabilities with XML and
transparent AOP
Supports Commons Attributes and JDK 5
Annotations
Pluggable Transaction Managers, including
JTA
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Testing Spring Applications
Easy to mock dependencies with EasyMock
and jMock
Load context in tests and bind dependencies
as you would in production
TIP: Use a static block or Spring classes in
Spring Mock. In the org.springframework.test
package.
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AOP
AOP - Reduces duplication among classes
Interceptors make it easy to add before,
around and after method advice
Useful for caching, logging and security
EHCache, Performance/Tracing
interceptors, Acegi for Security
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App Server Support
Spring should run on any app server.
Hooks into many app servers Transaction
Manager.
Survey: which app servers are you running it
on?
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Tools
Spring IDE Plugin For Eclipse
BeanDoc
Screenshots
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Spring vs. J2EE
Its not really a comparison, Spring builds o
J2EE and merely makes the APIs easier
Its still using many of J2EEs and Javas
underlying infrastructure
EJB vs. Spring Managed POJOs
Opinions and Hesitations?
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Questions
Practical applications of AOP?
Multithreading with singleton beans - is it
safe?
Tips and Tricks?
What are the Gotchas?
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Questions, cont.
What environment is the best match for
Spring? Where will it not perform well?
Maintaining inter-class dependencies - tools?
Is Spring a replacement for Struts?
Can I use Spring with EJBs and Hibernate for
CMT?
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Resources
www.springframework.org and
forum.springframework.org
Interface21 oers commerical support at
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Spring Live, Spring in Action and Professional
Spring Development
AppFuse (appfuse.dev.java.net) and Equinox
(equinox.dev.java.net)
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This Presentation
http://equinox.dev.java.net/SpringFramework.pdf
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