Summary Totally revised for Spring 3.0, this book is a hands-on guide to the Spring Framework. It covers the latest features, tools, and practices including Spring MVC, REST, Security, Web Flow, and more. Following short code snippets and an ongoing example developed throughout the book, you'll learn how to build simple and efficient J2EE applications. About the Technology Spring Framework is required knowledge for Java developers, and Spring 3.0 introduces powerful new features like SpEL, the Spring Expression Language, new annotations for the IoC container, and much-needed support for REST. Whether you're just discovering Spring or you want to absorb the new 3.0 features, there's no better way to master Spring than this book.

About the Book Spring in Action, Third Edition continues the practical, hands-on style of the previous bestselling editions. Author Craig Walls has a special knack for crisp and entertaining examples that zoom in on the features and techniques you really need. This edition highlights the most important aspects of Spring 3.0 including REST, remote services, messaging, Security, MVC, Web Flow, and more. What's Inside Using annotations to reduce configuration Working with RESTful resources Spring Expression Language (SpEL) Security, Web Flow, and more Who Should Read This Book Nearly 100,000 developers have used this book to learn Spring! About the Author Craig Walls is a software developer at SpringSource. He's a popular author and a frequent speaker at user groups and conferences. Craig lives in Plano, Texas. ====================================== Table of Contents PART 1 CORE SPRING Springing into action Wiring beans Minimizing XML configuration in Spring Aspect-oriented Spring PART 2 SPRING APPLICATION ESSENTIALS Hitting the database Managing transactions Building web applications with Spring MVC Working with Spring Web Flow Securing Spring PART 3 INTEGRATING SPRING Working with remote services Giving Spring some REST Messaging in Spring Managing Spring beans with JMX Odds and ends.