*Readers will witness a real application being built with Spring framework, which is a very hot topic. *Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) is most up to date at time of book's release; AOP is a hot topic right now.

*Will be endorsed by Open Source Spring Framework founder and head, Rod Johnson (plus a Foreward, name on cover, and/or possible Spring logo).

Autorentext
Rob Harrop is a software consultant specializing in delivering high-performance, highly-scalable enterprise applications. He is an experienced architect with a particular flair for understanding and solving complex design issues. With a thorough knowledge of both Java and .NET, Harrop has successfully deployed projects across both platforms. He also has extensive experience across a variety of sectors, retail and government in particular. Harrop is the author of five books, including Pro Spring, a widely-acclaimed, comprehensive resource on the Spring Framework. Harrop has been a core developer of the Spring Framework since June 2004 and leads the JMX and AOP efforts. He co-founded U.K.-based software company, Cake Solutions, in May 2001, having spent the previous two years working as lead developer for a successful dotcom start-up. Rob is a member of the JCP and is involved in the JSR-255 Expert Group for JMX 2.0.

Zusammenfassung

Springthe open source Javabased frameworkallows you to build lighter, better performing applications. Written by Spring insiders Rob Harrop and Jan Machacek, Pro Spring is the only book endorsed by Rod Johnson, founder of the Spring Framework. At over 800 pages, this is by far the most comprehensive book available and thoroughly explores the power of Spring. You'll learn Spring basics and core topics, as well as share the authors' insights and realworld experience with remoting, mail integration, hibernate, and EJB.

From the foreword: Rob's enthusiasm for Springand technology in generalis infectious. He has a wide range of industry experience and a refreshingly practical, common sense approach to applying it. All those qualities come out in this book. It's evident on nearly every page that it reflects indepth experience with Spring and J2EE as a whole. Rob is not only an author and open source developerhe is an application developer, like his readers. I firmly believe that the best writing on software development comes out of experience in the trenches, so this is my kind of book.

If you're new to Spring, this book will help you understand its core concepts and the background in areas such as transaction management and O/R mapping that underpins them. If you're already using Spring, you will learn about features you haven't yet seen and hopefully, gain a deeper understanding of those features youre already using. Rod Johnson, Founder of the Spring Framework

Inhalt
Getting Started with Spring.- Introducing Spring.- Getting Started.- The Sample Application.- Spring Basics.- Introducing Inversion of Control.- Beyond the Basics.- Aspect Oriented Programming with Spring.- Introducing Spring AOP.- More on Spring AOP.- Data Access with Spring.- Spring JDBC Support.- Using Hibernate in Spring Applications.- iBATIS Integration.- Spring in the Middle Tier.- Designing and Implementing Spring-Based Applications.- Transaction Management.- Spring and J2EE.- Job Scheduling with Spring.- Mail Support in Spring.- Using Spring Remoting.- Web Applications with Spring.- Web Applications with Spring MVC.- Beyond JSP.- Spring and Struts.