Introducing Spring Framework

Introducing Spring Framework 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:• How to programmatically configure the Spring container and beans• How to use annotations for dependency injection• How to use collections and custom types• How to customize and configure bean properties and bean lifecycle interfaces• How to handle metadata using XML, annotations, and the Groovy bean reader• How to use the new Spring Boot and Spring XDAfter reading this book, you will have all you need to start using the Spring Framework effectively.