JavaOne 2008: Spring Framework 2.5: New and Notable - Repeat

Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, USA

In a repeated presentation from Tuesday's session, Rod Johnson updates the JavaOne audience on the features available in Spring 2.5. Topics covered include:

•  Annotation-based options for dependency injection: how you can configure Spring without XML if desired and how to mix and match annotation and XML configuration
• The ability to make the Spring container scan the classpath for components and how to use and customize this important feature
• The @Component and other “stereotype” annotations and how you can use them to simplify your applications and extend the capabilities of Spring
• The significant improvements in the Spring Web MVC Controller model, taking advantage of annotations for URL mapping and parameter binding
• The overhaul of the Spring integration testing functionality, including support for JUnit 4 and TestNG