Overview
This course provides students with the knowledge needed to use the Spring Framework and to use the Hibernate Object/Relational Mapping (ORM) framework to implement the persistence layer of J2EE applications to develop flexible, testable and maintainable Java EE enterprise applications.
Prerequisites
- Understand Java - Course addresses the Java prerequisite
- Understand Servlets and JSP - Course addresses the Servlet and JSP prerequisite
Audience
Software designers, developers and programmers
What you will learn
After completing this course, the student should be able to:
- Understand the need for the Spring framework
- Use inversion of control to increase flexibility and
testability of applications
- Understand the concepts of object/relational mappings
- Create Hibernate mappings
- Understand and use aspect-oriented programming to better
handle cross-cutting concerns
- Integrate Spring with the Hibernate ORM framework
- Retrieve and update persistent objects using Hibernate
- Use HQL (Hibernate Query Language) and criteria queries
- Know when to use database and application transactions
- Use the Spring MVC web framework and form tag library to
develop flexible web applications
- Access enterprise services including JMS, email, job
schedulers and JNDI
- Use various Spring and Hibernate tools
Topics
- The Need for Spring
- Inversion of Control
- Wiring Beans
- Object/Relational Mapping Concepts
- Basic Hibernate Mappings
- Aspect-Oriented Programming in Spring including support
for AspectJ
- Manipulating Persistent Objects
- Advanced Hibernate Mappings
- Transactions and Concurrency
- Spring MVC, form tag library and portlet framework
- Accessing Enterprise Services
Course Duration
5 Days
Course outline
1. Introduction to the Spring Framework
- Topics
- What is the Spring Framework?
- Spring Characteristics
- Spring Modules
- Why Spring?
- Problems with EJB
- Spring Philosophies
- Alternatives to Spring
- Simple Example
- What is Inversion of Control?
- IoC Example
2. Spring Dependency Injection
- Topics
- Spring Containers
- Bean Creation
- Bean Destruction
- Wiring Beans
- Bean Element
- Dependency Injection Primitives and Strings
- Dependency Injection - References
- Dependency Injection Inner Beans
- Dependency Injection Lists, Arrays and Sets
- Dependency Injection Maps
- Dependency Injection - Properties
- Constructor Injection
- Constructor Injection Handling Multiple Arguments
- Constructor vs. Setter Injection
- Autowiring
- Autowiring Example
- Autowiring
- Mixing Explicit and Autowiring
- Special Spring Interfaces
- BeanPostProcessor
- BeanFactoryPostProcessor
- PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer
- CustomEditorConfigurer
- Awareness Interfaces
- Listening For and Publishing Events
- XML Schema-based Configuration
- XML Schema jndi Example
- XML Schema util Example
3. Database Integration and Transaction Management
- Topics
- DAO Support in Spring
- DataAccessException
- Using DataSources
- DAO Templates
- DAO Templates and Callbacks
- Using Spring with JDBC
- Writing Data with JdbcTemplate
- Reading Data with JdbcTemplate
- Reading Single-Row Scalar Data
- Spring 2.5 NamedParameterJdbcTemplate
- ORM Tool Support in Spring
- Hibernate
- Hibernate Session Factory
- Spring LocalSessionFactoryBean
- Spring HibernateTemplate
- Spring HibernateCallback
- HibernateTemplate Convenience Methods
- LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean
- Spring JpaTemplate
- Spring JpaCallback
- JpaTemplate Convenience Features
- Transactions
- Transaction Management in Spring
- Spring Transaction Managers
- Programmatic Transactions
4. Introduction to Hibernate
- Topics
- What is Hibernate?
- Relational Database Technology
- Accessing Relational Databases from Java
- Domain Models
- Comparing Object and Relational Models
- Identity Modeling
- Granularity of Objects and Tables
- Association Modeling
- Navigation
- Inheritance
- What is Object/Relational Mapping?
- Advantages of using an ORM Tool
- Architecture of Hibernate
- Hibernate API
- Extension Interfaces
- Hibernate Configuration
- Hibernate Mappings
- Hibernate Properties
- Hibernate XML Configuration Files
- Non-Managed and Managed Environments
- Configuration in a Non-Managed Environment
- Configuration in a Managed Environment
- Binding SessionFactory to JNDI
- A Simple Example
- Alternatives to Hibernate
- EJB Entity Beans
- Java Persistence API
- Hand-Coded Persistence Using JDBC
- Object-Oriented Databases
- Other ORM Tools
5. Basic Mappings
- Topics
- Creating the Domain Model
- Domain Model
- Domain Objects
- Hibernate Requirements
- Object Identity
- Primary Keys
- Natural Keys vs. Surrogate Keys
- Identifier Property
- Identifier Generators
- Hibernate Managed Identifiers
- Mapping Metadata
- Mapping Properties
- Property Access Strategies
- Derived Properties
- Preventing Insert/Update
- Using Database Schemas
- Quoted SQL Identifiers
- Specifying Java Packages
- Entity and Value Types
- Components
- Bi-Directional Components
- Other Component Details
- Association Mappings
- Many-to-One Association
- One-to-Many Association
- Inheritance Mapping Strategies
- Table per Concrete Class
- Table per Subclass
- Table per Class Hierarchy
6. Introduction to Aspect-Oriented Programming
- Topics
- What is AOP?
- Cross-Cutting Concerns
- AOP Concepts
- AOP in Spring
- Declarative Transactions
- Transaction Attributes
- Transaction Propagation Behavior
- Transaction Isolation Levels
- Read-Only and Timeouts
- NameMatchTransactionAttributeSource
- Declaring Transactions with Metadata
- Inheriting Transaction Details
- Autoproxying Transactions
- Spring 2.5 XML Syntax for Transaction Advice
7. Aspect-Oriented Programming in Spring
- Topics
- Types of Advice
- Before Advice
- Before Advice Example
- After Returning Advice
- Around Advice
- Around Advice Example
- Throws Advice
- Pointcuts
- Advisors
- NameMatchMethodPointcut
- NameMatchMethodPointcut Example
- Perl5RegexpMethodPointcut
- ControlFlowPointcut
- IntroductionInterceptor
- IntroductionInterceptor Example
- DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor
- IntroductionAdvisor
- BeanNameAutoProxyCreator
- BeanNameAutoProxyCreator Example
- DefaultAdvisorAutoProxyCreator
- DefaultAdvisorAutoProxyCreator Example
- Metadata Autoproxying
- Spring 2.5 AOP
- @AspectJ
- Aspects in @AspectJ
- Pointcuts in @AspectJ
- execution Pointcut
- Composite Pointcuts in @AspectJ
- Before Advice in @AspectJ
- After Returning Advice in @AspectJ
- After Throwing Advice in @AspectJ
- After (Finally) Advice in @AspectJ
- Around Advice in @AspectJ
- Introductions in @AspectJ
- Accessing Parameters in @AspectJ
- Determining Parameter Names in @AspectJ
- Advice Ordering in @AspectJ
- XML Schema-based AOP Support
- Declaring Pointcuts
- Before Advice in XML Syntax
- After Returning Advice in XML Syntax
- Introductions in XML Syntax
- Advisors in XML Syntax
8. Manipulating Persistent Objects
- Topics
- Object States
- Transient Objects
- Persistent Objects
- Detached Objects
- Object Identity
- Persisting a Transient Object
- Retrieving and Updating a Persistent Object
- Deleting a Persistent Object
- Updating a Detached Object
- Transitive Persistence
- Using save-update
- Differentiating Between Transient and Detached Objects
9. Advanced Mappings
- Topics
- One-to-One Associations
- Many-to-Many Associations
- Polymorphic Associations
- Entity vs. Value Types
- Built-in Mapping Types
- Using Mapping Types
- Custom Mapping Types
- Collections of Value Types
- Set of Value Types
- Bag of Value Types
- List of Value Types
- Map of Value Types
- Collections of Components
- Sorting Collections
10. Hibernate Queries
- Topics
- HQL Queries
- Parameter Binding
- Pagination
- Named Queries
- Polymorphic Queries
- Restriction
- String Comparison
- Logical Operators
- Ordering the Results
- Join Queries
- Implicit Joins
- Where Clause Joins
- Criteria Queries
- Polymorphic Criteria Queries
- Restricting Criteria Queries
- Comparing Strings in Criteria Queries
- Using Logical Operators in Criteria Queries
- Ordering Results in Criteria Queries
- Using Joins in Criteria Queries
- Using Dot Notation to Get Component Properties
11. Transactions, Concurrency and Performance
- Topics
- Database Transactions
- JDBC and JTA Transactions
- Hibernate Transactions
- Flushing the Hibernate Session
- Isolation Issues
- Isolation Levels
- Configuring the Isolation Level
- Pessimistic Locking
- Application Transactions
- Application Transaction Isolation
- Managed Versioning
- Using Existing Properties to Implement Optimistic Locking
- Caching
- Hibernate Cache Architecture
- The First-Level Cache
- The Second-Level Cache
- Cache Concurrency Strategies
- Enabling the Second-Level Cache
- Cache Regions
- Specifying a Cache Provider
- Support for Cache Providers
- Explicitly Evicting Objects From the Second-Level Cache
- Fetching Strategies
- Fetching Strategies in Mappings - Single Point Associations
- Fetching Strategies in Mappings - Collections
- Fetching Strategies in Mappings - Batches
- Explicit Initialization of Lazily Loaded Objects
- Fetching Strategies in HQL Queries
- Fetching Strategies in Criteria Queries
- The N+1 Selects Issue
- Report Queries - Projections
- Report Queries - Aggregation
- Report Queries - Grouping
12. Spring MVC
- Topics
- 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 2.5 Form Tags
- form and input Tags
- password and hidden Tags
- checkbox Tag
- radiobutton Tag
- textarea Tag
- select Tag
- option Tag
- options Tag
- errors Tag
- Portlets
- Spring 2.5 Portlet MVC Framework
13. Web Application Alternatives
- Topics
- Velocity Templates
- Configuring Velocity in Spring
- Velocity View Resolution
- Using Velocity Utility Tools
- Accessing Session/Request Attributes in Velocity
- Binding Velocity Views to the Model
- FreeMarker
- Configuring FreeMarker in Spring
- FreeMarker View Resolution
- Accessing Session/Request Attributes in FreeMarker
- Binding FreeMarker Views to the Model
- Jakarta Tiles
- Configuring Tiles in Spring
- Tiles View Resolution
- Tiles Component Controller
- Creating Excel Spreadsheets
- Creating PDF Documents
- Creating Other Non-HTML Documents
- Jakarta Struts
- Using Spring with Struts
- Configuring Spring in Struts
- Spring-Aware Struts Actions
- Delegate Requests to Struts Action Beans
- DelegatingRequestProcessor
14. Accessing Enterprise Services
- Topics
- Remoting in Spring
- Clients of RMI Services
- Exporting RMI Services
- Hessian and Burlap
- Clients of Hessian/Burlap Services
- Exporting Hessian/Burlap Services
- Spring HTTP Invoker
- Clients of HTTP Invoker Services
- Exporting HTTP Invoker Services
- Clients of EJB Services
- Clients of Web Services
- Accessing Objects in JNDI
- Using the Quartz Scheduler
- Configuring a Quartz Job
- Scheduling a Quartz Job
- Starting Quartz Jobs
- Scheduling a Quartz Job Using a Cron Expression
- MethodInvokingJobDetailFactoryBean
- Sending Email
- Message-Oriented Middleware and JMS
- Spring JMS Resources
- JMS Templates and Callbacks
- Sending JMS Messages
- Receiving JMS Messages
- Converting Messages
- Asynchronous Reception of JMS Messages
- Spring 2.5 Dynamic Language Support
15. Tools and Design Techniques
- Topics
- Generating the Database Schema
- Generating the Domain Model
- Generating the Database Schema
- Using Middlegen
- Using XDoclet
- The Open Session in View Pattern
- Using a Natural Key
- Using a Composite Key
- Dealing with Database Triggers
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