Spring 3.1 M2: Spring MVC Enhancements
This post focuses on what's new for Spring MVC in Spring 3.1 M2. Here are the topics: Code-based equivalent for the MVC namespace. Customizable @MVC processing. Programming model improvements. A brief reminder that the features discussed here are in action at the Greenhouse project. Code-based Configuration For Spring MVC As Chris pointed out in his Read more…
Spring 3.1 M1: MVC Namespace Enhancements and @Configuration
In this 5th post of the series describing Spring 3.1 M1 features, I will focus on web applications. In the first half I'll discuss enhancements to the MVC XML namespace. Then I'll show how to create the equivalent of the MVC namespace with all Java configuration. At the end I mention some of the Servlet Read more…
Spring Web Flow 2.2.0.M1 Released
I'm pleased to announce the first milestone of Spring Web Flow 2.2 is now available for download. The release is also available through the Maven milestone repository at http://maven.springframework.org/milestone. As with Spring Web Flow 2.1, this release requires JDK 1.5, Spring 3 and Spring Security 3. The main focus of the release is to address Read more…
Using a Hybrid Annotations & XML Approach for Request Mapping in Spring MVC
In Spring 2.5 it is possible to use annotations to configure all parts of a web application. Seeing annotations applied is particularly interesting in the Web layer where developers traditionally rely on the SimpleFormController and the MultiActionController for form page handling. The introduction of annotations has created a third option, one that does not require Read more…
Putting Spring Web Flow to a Load Test
Load testing a Web Flow application is similar to load testing any other web application – we'll use a load testing tool to simulate increasing levels of concurrent client access in order to capture essential performance statistics. With Web Flow there will be a couple of important considerations for the load test: The load test Read more…
The Essence of Spring
This happened in Atlanta last week while I was in a Barnes & Noble bookstore. I circled around to the computer section and began scanning titles. With my head tilted I overheard a conversation about a job. I wasn't actively listening but I knew one side was pitching a job while the other was inquiring Read more…
