Training

Chapter 1. Entities and Java Persistence API

• Data Persistence
• Java Persistence API
• Entities
• Session Beans Vs Entities
• Entities
• Persisting and Retrieving Data
• Accessing Entities
• EntityManager & Persistence Unit
• Persistence Context
• Entities - Example
• persistence.xml – Hibernate Provider
• persistence.xml – Open JPA Provider
• persistence.xml - Toplink
• Entity Instance Lifecycle
• Creating EntityManager in Session EJB
• Creating EntityManager in a Plain Java Class
• Working With the EntityManager Interface
• Transaction Basics
• Summary

Chapter 2. Using Spring with JPA or Hibernate

• Spring ORM
• Benefits of Using Spring with ORM
• Spring @Repository
• Using JPA with Spring
• Configure Spring JPA EntityManagerFactory
• Using JNDI to Lookup JPA EntityManagerFactory
• LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean
• LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean
• Application JPA Code
• Hibernate
• Hibernate Session Factory
• Spring LocalSessionFactoryBean
• Application Hibernate Code
• "Classic" Spring ORM Usage
• Spring JpaTemplate
• Spring JpaCallback
• JpaTemplate Convenience Features
• Spring HibernateTemplate
• Spring HibernateCallback
• HibernateTemplate Convenience Methods
• Summary

Chapter 3. Spring MVC

• Spring MVC
• Spring MVC Components
• DispatcherServlet
• Context Loaders
• Spring MVC Example
• Mapping Web Requests
• BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping
• CommonsPathMapHandlerMapping
• Using Multiple Handler Mappings
• Controller Hierarchy
• AbstractCommandController
• SimpleFormController
• AbstractWizardFormController
• MultiActionController
• ThrowawayController
• View Resolution
• InternalResourceViewResolver
• BeanNameViewResolver
• XmlViewResolver
• ResourceBundleViewResolver
• Using Multiple View Resolvers
• Binding Views to Models
• Spring Form Tags
• form and input Tags
• password and hidden Tags
• checkbox Tag
• radiobutton Tag
• textarea Tag
• select Tag
• option Tag
• options Tag
• errors Tag

Chapter 4. Tiles Web Application Templates

• Apache Tiles
• Configuring Tiles in Spring
• Tiles URL-based View Resolver
• Tiles ViewPreparer
• Tiles ViewPreparer Configuration
• Summary

Chapter 5. Alternate Content with Spring Web Apps

• Creating Excel Spreadsheets
• Creating PDF Documents
• Creating Other Non-HTML Documents
• Summary

Chapter 6. Introduction to Spring Web Flow 2

• What is Spring Web Flow 2?
• Relationship to Spring and Spring MVC
• Spring Web Flow 2 Modules
• Integration Support
• What is a Flow?
• Book Hotel Flow Example
• Book Hotel Flow Definition
• Benefits of Spring Web Flow 2
• Required Software
• Configuration Steps
• JAR File Instructions
• Configure web.xml
• Spring Web Flow Components
• Sample Spring Web Flow Configuration File
• Summary

Chapter 7. Defining Flows

• Recap: What is a Flow?
• Recap: Book Hotel Flow Example
• Flow Definition Language
• Skeletal Flow Definition
• States
• View State
• Transitions
• Generating Events
• Generating Events using Submit Button
• Generating Events using Links
• End States
• Actions
• When do Actions Occur?
• Putting it all Together
• Introduction to Unified Expression Language
• Unified Expression Language Functionality
• Unified Expression Language Implicit Variables
• Flow Instances
• Flow Variables
• Variable Scopes
• Assigning and Accessing Variables
• Flow Input
• Binding a View to a Model
• Summary

Chapter 8. Using JSF with Spring

• JSF Integration Options
• DelegatingVariableResolver
• SpringBeanVariableResolver
• SpringBeanFacesELResolver
• Spring Bean Scopes
• FacesContextUtils
• JSF with Spring Web Flow

Chapter 9. Spring Security

• Securing Web Applications with Spring Security 3.0
• Spring Security 3.0
• Authentication and Authorization
• Programmatic v Declarative Security
• Getting Spring Security from Maven
• Spring Security Configuration
• Spring Security Settings in Spring Configuration
• Basic Web Security Configuration
• Granting Anonymous Access to Pages and Resources
• Requiring Encrypted HTTPS Communication
• Customizing Form-based Login
• Custom Login Page
• Configure Logout
• Session Management
• Selectively Display Links in a JSP
• Method Level Security
• Authentication Manager
• Using Database User Authentication
• LDAP Authentication
• Encoding Passwords
• Using an External Authentication Provider
• Summary

Chapter 10. Introduction to AJAX

• What is AJAX?
• A Simple Example
• The Old Way
• The AJAX Way
• Two Key Aspects of AJAX
• What are the Advantages of the AJAX Approach?
• AJAX Technologies
• The Basic AJAX API
• Creating the XMLHttpRequest Object
• The XMLHttpRequest Object Basics
• Complete Example
• The Timeline
• Review Questions
• Review Answers

Chapter 11. Using JavaScript with Spring

• Spring JavaScript
• Relationship to Dojo
• Serving JavaScript Resources
• Including Spring JavaScript
• Spring JavaScript Decorations
• Dijit ValidationTextBox Decoration
• Dijit DateTextBox Decoration
• Spring ValidateAllDecoration
• Handling Ajax Requests with Spring MVC
• Handling Ajax Requests with Spring Web Flow
• Summary

Chapter 12. Spring REST Services

• Many Flavors of Services
• Understanding REST
• RESTful Services
• REST Resource Examples
• REST vs SOAP
• Relation to Spring MVC
• Adding REST Capability to Existing Spring MVC Applications
• RestTemplate
• HTTP Message Conversion
• Summary

Chapter 13. Review of New Features in Spring 3.0

• Requirements and Supported Environments
• Using Spring with Servers
• Packaging
• Spring Expression Language
• Java-based Configuration
• Annotation-based Configuration
• Spring MVC Changes
• New Spring MVC Configuration
• Spring MVC Annotation Example
• Validation
• Summary