Introducing Spring Framework: A Primer
<p><em>Introducing Spring Framework </em>is your hands-on guide to learning to build applications using the Spring Framework. The book uses a simple My Documents application that you will develop incrementally over the course of the book and covers:</p><p>• How to programmatically configure the Spring container and beans<p>• How to use annotations for dependency injection<p>• How to use collections and custom types<p>• How to customize and configure bean properties and bean lifecycle interfaces<p>• How to handle metadata using XML, annotations, and the Groovy bean reader<p>• How to use the new Spring Boot and Spring XD<p></p><p>After reading this book, you will have all you need to start using the Spring Framework effectively. </p>