Update Dec 19, 2012 The final Spring Framework reference documentation contains guidance on migration as well as a complete section on Spring MVC Test. Last week Juergen Hoeller announced the release of Spring Framework 3.2 RC1 and Sam Brannen discussed exciting additions in its spring-test module such as support for WebApplicationContext's and upcoming plans for Read more…

As Juergen Hoeller mentioned in his post announcing the release of Spring Framework 3.2 RC1, the Spring Team has introduced some exciting new features in terms of testing support. Most importantly, we've added first-class support for testing web applications. [1]       Please note: this is a cross post from my Swiftmind company blog. In this post Read more…

Spring Integration implements Enterprise Integration Patterrns using the Spring programming model to enable messaging in Spring-based applications. Spring Integration also provides integration with external systems using declarative adapters supporting jms, http, amqp, tcp, ftp(s), smtp, and so on. Currently, configuring message flows is primarily done via Spring XML and Spring Integration supports several namespaces to Read more…

Dear Spring community, I'm pleased to announce that the first Spring Framework 3.2 release candidate is now available. This generation of the core framework is a straightforward next step after last year's Spring Framework 3.1, continuing several well-established themes. Key features in Spring Framework 3.2 include: * A new Gradle-based framework build, making it easier Read more…

When it comes to the view layer, Spring @MVC gives you a variety of choices. In this article, we will first discuss the way you have most likely used the view layer in the past few years: JSP. We will see the bad and better ways to work with them (plain JSP, JSP with custom Read more…

Introduction This is the fourth part in a series of blog posts highlighting some of the new features available in Spring Integration 2.2 following the recent release of Release Candidate 1. The first part talks about the MongoDB adapters, the second part talks about transaction synchronization; the third part talks about JPA support. Spring Integration Read more…

This is the third part in a series of blog posts highlighting some of the new features available in Spring Integration 2.2 following the recent release of Release Candidate 1. The first part described the new set of MongoDB adapters. In part two we highlighted the new extended support for synchronizing non-transactional resources with transactions. In Read more…

It’s JavaOne time again and this year you’ll find sessions on how Spring works with Java SE to address Big Data, NoSQL, and enterprise integration challenges. We’ve always worked hard to ensure that Spring remains at the forefront of enterprise Java by providing timely support for emerging trends and technologies. The numbers suggest that our Read more…

Introduction This is the second part in a series of blog posts highlighting some of the new features available in Spring Integration 2.2 following the recent release of Release Candidate 1. The first part talks about the MongoDB adapters. Spring Integration 2.2 introduces extended support for synchronizing non-transactional resources with transactions. Background Spring has provided Read more…

Introduction Spring Integration 2.2.RC1 is out and we will be coming out with a set of blogs in the coming days discussing some of its new features. In this first blog we'll talk about MongoDb Inbound and Outbound Channel Adapters. Full set of discussed samples is available here MongoDb Outbound Channel Adapter MongoDb Outbound Channel Read more…