Table Of ContentSpring MVC: A Tutorial
Second Edition
Paul Deck
Spring MVC: A Tutorial, Second Edition
Second Edition: April 2016
ISBN: 9781771970310
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Paul Deck is a Java and Spring expert who has developed large-scale enterprise
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Servlet and JSP Overview
Downloading Spring or Using STS with Maven/Gradle
About This Book
Downloading the Sample Applications
Chapter 1: The Spring Framework
Dependency Injection
XML-Based Spring Configuration
Using Spring to Manage Dependencies
Summary
Chapter 2: Model 2 and the MVC Pattern
Model 1 Overview
Model 2 Overview
Model 2 with A Servlet Controller
Model 2 with A Filter Dispatcher
Validators
Dependency Injection
Summary
Chapter 3: Introduction to Spring MVC
The Benefits of Spring MVC
Spring MVC DispatcherServlet
The Controller Interface
Your First Spring MVC Application
The View Resolver
Summary
Chapter 4: Annotation-Based Controllers
Spring MVC Annotation Types
Writing Request-Handling Methods
Using An Annotation-Based Controller
Dependency Injection with @Autowired and @Service
Redirect and Flash Attributes
Request Parameters and Path Variables
@ModelAttribute
Summary
Chapter 5: Data Binding and the Form Tag Library
Data Binding Overview
The Form Tag Library
Data Binding Example
Summary
Chapter 6: Converters and Formatters
Converters
Formatters
Choosing Between Converters and Formatters
Summary
Chapter 7: Validators
Validation Overview
Spring Validators
The ValidationUtils Class
A Spring Validator Example
JSR 303 Validation
A JSR 303 Validator Example
Summary
Chapter 8: The Expression Language
A Brief History of the Expression Language
The Expression Language Syntax
Accessing JavaBeans
EL Implicit Objects
Using Other EL Operators
Referencing Static Fields and Methods
Creating Sets, Lists and Maps
Accessing List Elements and Map Entries
Manipulating Collections
Formatting Collections
Formatting Numbers
Formatting Dates
Configuring the EL in JSP 2.0 and Later Versions
Summary
Chapter 9: JSTL
Downloading JSTL
JSTL Libraries
General-Purpose Actions
Conditional Actions
Iterator Actions
Formatting Actions
Functions
Summary
Chapter 10: Internationalization
Locales
Internationalizing Spring MVC Applications
Summary
Chapter 11: File Upload
Client Side Programming
The MultipartFile Interface
File Upload with Commons FileUpload
File Upload with Servlet 3 or Later
Upload Clients
Summary
Chapter 12: File Download
File Download Overview
Example 1: Hiding A Resource
Example 2: Preventing Cross-Referencing
Summary
Chapter 13: Testing Your Application
Unit Testing Overview
State Testing vs. Behavior Testing
Using JUnit
Using Test Doubles
Unit Testing Spring MVC Controllers
Integration Testing with Spring MVC Test
Changing the Web Root in Integration Testing
Summary
Appendix A: Tomcat
Downloading and Configuring Tomcat
Starting and Stopping Tomcat
Defining A Context
Defining A Resource
Installing TLS Certificates
Appendix B: Using Spring Tool Suite with Maven
Installing the Spring Tool Suite (STS)
Creating a Spring MVC Application
Selecting the Java Version
Creating An index.html File
Updating the Project
Running the Application
Appendix C: The Servlet API
Servlet API Overview
Servlet
Writing A Basic Servlet Application
ServletRequest
ServletResponse
ServletConfig
ServletContext
GenericServlet
HTTP Servlets
HttpServletRequest
Working with HTML Forms
Using the Deployment Descriptor
Summary
Appendix D: JavaServer Pages
An Overview of JSP
Comments
Implicit Objects
Directives
Scripting Elements
Summary
Appendix E: Deployment
Deployment Descriptor Overview
Deployment
Web Fragments
Summary
Introduction
Welcome to Spring MVC: A Tutorial, Second Edition.
Spring MVC is a module in the Spring Framework (or Spring for short) for rapidly
developing web applications. The MVC in Spring MVC stands for Model-View-
Controller, a design pattern widely used in Graphical User Interface (GUI) development.
This pattern is not only common in web development, but is also used in desktop
technology like Swing and JavaFX.
Sometimes called Spring Web MVC, Spring MVC is one of the most popular web
frameworks today and a most sought-after skill. This book is for you if you want to learn
how to develop Java-based web applications with Spring MVC.
Learning Spring MVC will be much easier if you already master Spring Framework as
well as Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP), the two Java technologies upon which Spring
MVC is based. If you’re new to Spring, Chapter 1 presents a short tutorial on Spring
Framework. If you are not familiar with Servlet and JSP, don’t despair. You can find two
crash courses that will help: Appendix C, “Servlet” and Appendix D, “JavaServer Pages.”
If you are interested to know more about Servlet and JSP, I recommend Servlet and JSP: A
Tutorial, Second Edition (ISBN 9781771970273) by Budi Kurniawan.
The rest of this introduction talks about HTTP, web programming with Servlet and JSP,
and the content of the book.
