Target Audience

This course is targeted at application developers, already familiar with JAVA programming, looking to gain a knowledge of coding using the Spring Framework. During the course the student will write production quality examples that ustilise many of the features the Spring Framework has to offer.

Pre-requisites

The student should be familiar with Java Programming. They should have a good understanding of the basic Java language and the more commonly used Java API classes. This knowledge can be gained by attending courses EC60 and EC61. Further practical experience is beneficial but not required.

Course Objectives

This course enables experienced Java developers to use the Spring Application Framework.

The first two days focus on the core features, namely Inversion of Control and Aspect Oriented Programming. The third day is an optional component containing the database access features of Spring, this can be one of the following, or ommited entirely making this a 2 day course:

Spring JDBC
Spring with Hibernate
Spring with iBATIS

During the course the student will write production quality applications to ensure that the subject is fully understood and practical experience is gained.

On completion of this course the student will be able to:

•     understand the benefits of using Spring
•     understand the principles of Inversion of Control and Aspect Oriented Programming
•     use Spring to replace commonly used EJB features
•     manage transactions in Spring declaratively and programatically
•     use aspect-oriented programming to handle cross-cutting requirements
•     connect business objects to persistent stores using Spring's DAO and ORM modules (optional 3rd day)

Course Environment

Development will be performed using:

•     NetBeans
•     Websphere Studio Application Developer
•     Rational Application Developer 6 or 7
•     Eclipse (plus relevant plugins)

Course Details

INTRODUCTION TO SPRING

Benefits Of Spring Over EJB

Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection

Simple Spring Example

The Spring Libraries

Aspect Oriented Programming

Data Access with Spring

Spring JDBC

Spring and Hibernate

Spring and iBATIS

DEPENDENCY INJECTION AND BEAN FACTORIES

Configuring Beans

Setter Injection

Constructor Injection

Injecting Collections

Bean Lifecycle Notifications

Property Editors

OTHER IOC FEATURES

Method Injection

Factory Beans

JavaBeans Property Editors

Spring Application Context

ASPECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING

Introduction To AOP

JoinPoints

Advice

Poincuts

Aspects

Weaving

Proxies

SPRING JDBC DATABASE ACCESS

JDBC vs Spring JDBC

Connections and Datasources

DAO Classes

JDBC Template

CRUD Operations with Spring JDBC

SPRING HIBERNATE DATABASE ACCESS

Introduction to Hibernate

Mapping Files

Hibernate Query Language

CRUD Operations with Hibernate

SPRING IBATIS DATABASE ACCESS

Introduction to iBATIS

Mapping Files

CRUD Operations with iBATIS

TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT

Isolation Levels

Propogation Values

Transaction Managers

Declarative Transactions

Meta Data Transactions

Programmatic Transaction

Course Format

Practical sessions make up a large part of the course, allowing delegates to demonstrate and reinforce the lectures given. Examples are used extensively, ranging from simple code 'snippets' to full applications with complete ‘real world’ functionality. These are supplied at the start of the course and it is encouraged that the delegates execute and ‘experiment’ with these under the instructor’s guidance as they are introduced. These examples are available to take away, along with the delegate’s own work. The comprehensive Student Guide supplied is fully indexed serving as a useful reference tool long after the course has finished. Delegates will also be able to access a free help-line with technical questions relating to topics covered on the course.