Get a concise introduction to Spring, the popular open source framework for building lightweight enterprise applications on the Java platform. This example-driven book for Java developers delves into the framework’s basic features, as well as complex concepts such as containers. You’ll learn how Spring makes Java Messaging Service easier to work with, and how its support for Hibernate helps you work with data persistence and retrieval. In this revised edition of Just Spring, you’ll get your hands deep into sample code, beginning with a problem that illustrates Spring’s core principle: dependency injection. In the chapters that follow, author Madhusudhan Konda walks you through features that underlie the solution. Dive into the new chapter on advanced concepts, such as bean scopes and property editors Learn dependency injection through a simple object coupling problem Tackle the framework’s core fundamentals, including beans and bean factories Discover how Spring makes the Java Messaging Service API easier to use Learn how Spring has revolutionized data access with Java DataBase Connectivity (JDBC) Use Spring with the Hibernate framework to manipulate data as objects

Get started with Spring Integration, the lightweight Java-based framework that makes designing and developing message-oriented architectures a breeze. Through numerous examples, you’ll learn how to use this open source framework’s basic building blocks to work with both inter- and intra-application programming models. If you’re a Java developer familiar with the Spring framework (perhaps through O’Reilly’s Just Spring tutorial) and want to advance your skills with Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) patterns, and messaging systems in particular, this book is ideal. Learn Spring Integration fundamentals, including channels, endpoints, and messages Use message channels to decouple applications, separating producers from consumers Discover how common endpoint patterns separate a messaging application’s business logic from integration details Create a seamless integration between the endpoints, using Transformers Implement Spring Integration’s flow components to design your messaging application’s business flow Configure the framework’s File, FTP, JMS, and JDBC adapters to integrate with external systems

JDBC has simplified database access in Java applications, but a few nagging wrinkles remain—namely, persisting Java objects to relational databases. With this book, you’ll learn how the Spring Framework makes that job incredibly easy with dependency injection, template classes, and object-relational-mapping (ORM). Through sample code, you’ll discover how Spring streamlines the use of JDBC and ORM tools such as Hibernate, the Java Persistence API (JPA), and Java Data Objects (JDO). If you’re a Java developer familiar with Spring (perhaps through O’Reilly’s Just Spring tutorial) and want to advance your data access skills, this book shows you how. Learn how to use Spring’s basic and advanced data access tools Work with Spring’s JdbcTemplate class to separate non-critical code from business code Eliminate placeholder variables in your queries with the NamedParameterJdbcTemplate class Use Spring’s template classes to perform batch executions Operate inserts on database tables without writing any SQL statements Learn about Spring’s support for Hibernate as an object-relational-mapping tool Use JPA as a standards-based ORM—alone or with Spring support Move data from a relational to a non-relational database with JDO

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Get started with Spring Integration, the lightweight Java-based framework that makes designing and developing message-oriented architectures a breeze. Through numerous examples, you'll learn how to use this open source framework's basic building blocks to work with both inter- and intra-application programming models. If you're a Java developer familiar with the Spring framework (perhaps through O'Reilly's Just Spring tutorial) and want to advance your skills with Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) patterns, and messaging systems in particular, this book is ideal. Learn Spring Integration fundamentals, including channels, endpoints, and messages Use message channels to decouple applications, separating producers from consumers Discover how common endpoint patterns separate a messaging application's business logic from integration details Create a seamless integration between the endpoints, using Transformers Implement Spring Integration's flow components to design your messaging application's business flow Configure the framework's File, FTP, JMS, and JDBC adapters to integrate with external systems

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