Java Training : Fast Track to Spring and Hibernate

Fast Track to Spring and Hibernate

Java Training Overview

This course provides comprehensive introductions to the Spring and Hibernate open source frameworks. Suitable for both Spring3/Hibernate3 and Spring4/Hibernate4, it includes coverage of all the core Spring and Hibernate capabilities, as well as the integration capabilities provided by Spring.

The course includes an extensive set of hands-on labs that reinforce all the important concepts and capabilities. It will enable you to build working Spring/Hibernate applications, and give you an understanding of the important concepts and technology in a very short time.

Spring: As well as being current with recent Spring releases, this course introduces techniques for using the many new and powerful capabilities that Spring supports. It includes complete coverage of the three main configuration styles (@Configuration, @Component, XML), and guidelines for their usage. It also covers more advanced capabilities such as support for JDBC and persistence frameworks like Hibernate, Spring declarative transactions, and Spring integration with Java EE Web technologies.

Hibernate: The course covers all important capabilities of this open source object/relational persistence and query service for Java. Coverage includes developing persistent classes in Java, as well as using associations/relationships, inheritance, polymorphism, composition and collections. It also provides an overview of JPA (the Java Persistence API).

The standard platform does all labs with the Eclipse IDE, and the lab instructions include detailed directions for setting up and using it. The course is available for all major development environments, including IBM RAD.

Java Training Skills Gained

Understand the core principles of Spring, and of Dependency Injection (DI)/Inversion of Control
Use the Spring Core module and DI to configure and wire application objects (beans) together
Know the different types of metadata (XML, @Component, and @Configuration), and how and when to use them
Understand and use the complete capabilities of the Core module, such as lifecycle events, bean scopes, and the Spring API
Work with the ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) module to integrate Spring with technologies such as Hibernate or JPA.
Understand and use Spring's transaction support, including the easy-to-use Java annotation support, as well as the tx/aop XML configuration elements
Integrate Spring with Java EE Web applications
Understand the benefits of Hibernate
Understand the Hibernate architecture
Create Hibernate based applications
Understand and use Hibernate mapping to map persistent objects to the database
Understand and work with collections & associations
- Value and Entity Types
- Bidrectional and unidirectional
- 1-1, 1-N, N-N
Use Hibernate's versioning support
Map inheritance hierarchies using Hibernate
Work with Hibernate queries, HQL, and Criteria
Understand Hibernate transaction support
Understand the relationship between Hibernate and the Java Persistence API (JPA), and use JPA annotations for OR mapping

Hands-On

Minimum 50% hands-on labs

Supported Platforms

Spring 3 / 4, Eclipse / MyEclipse, IBM RAD, NetBeans

Java Training Course Duration

5 Days

Java Training Course outline

Session 1: Introduction to Spring

Overview of Spring Technology
- Challenges for Modern Applications
- Motivation for Spring, Spring Architecture
- The Spring Framework
Spring Introduction
- Managing Beans
- Inversion of Control / IoC, Dependency Injection / DI
- Configuration Metadata Overview, Configuring Beans (XML)
The Spring Container
- Overview of the Spring Container
- A Simple Spring Example
- ApplicationContext Overview
- ClassPathXmlApplicationContext, FileSystemXmlApplicationContext, AnnotationConfigApplicationContext
- API and Usage
Dependencies and Dependency Injection (DI)
- Examining Dependencies
- Dependency Inversion
- Dependency Injection (DI) in Spring - Basic Configuration and Usage

Session 2: Configuration in Depth

Annotation Driven Configuration
- JSR 330 (@Named) and Spring (@Component) annotation styles
- @Named/@Component, @Inject/@Autowired, @Repository, @Service
- Configuring Beans and Autowiring with Annotations
- Enabling Annotations - context:component-scan
- Pros and Cons
Java Based Configuration (@Configuration)
- Overview - code-centric Configuration
- @Configuration and @Bean
- Dependency Injection
- Resolving Dependencies on Other Beans, Injecting Configuration Classes
- Pros and Cons
Integrating Configuration Types
- Choosing a Configuration Style
- Integrating Configuration Styles
- Importing: @Import and
- Scanning with @Configuration style
Bean Scope and Lifecycle
- Bean Scope Defined - singleton, prototype, and Other Scopes
- Configuring Scope
- Bean Creation Lifecycle, Lifecycle Callbacks
- BeanPostProcessor, Event Handling

Session 3: Wiring in Depth

Value Injection
- Configuring Value Properties, Property Conversions
- Externalizing Values in Properties Files
Constructor Injection
- Constructor Injection Overview
- Configuration - @Configuration and XML
- p: and c: namespaces for XML configuration
Qualifiers / Domain Specific Language (DSL)
- Limitations of Autowiring
- Qualifiers and DSL
- Creating and Using an Annotation-Based DSL for Bean Configuration
- Benefits of Qualifiers for Bean Configuration
Profiles
- Profiles Overview
- Configuring Profiles (XML and @Configuration)
- Activating Profiles
Overview of SpEL

Session 4: Introduction to Hibernate

Issues with Persistence layers and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)
Hibernate Overview and Benefits
Hibernate architecture overview
Configuring Hibernate
- hibernate.cfg.xml file, Connection properties, Database dialect
- SessionFactory, Configuration, and Session
Mapping a Class
- Persistent Entity Class, Hibernate Mapping File, Mapping the Entity Class
- Primary keys: Id property, Generated Id
- Hibernate Type System
Working with sessions and Persistent Objects
Logging: hibernate.show_sql, log4j Overview and configuration for Hibernate

Session 5: Spring/Hibernate Integration

Overview of Spring database support

Configuring a DataSource

Using Contextual Sessions

Spring/Hibernate configuration with LocalSessionFactoryBean and SessionFactory configuration
Creating Spring/Hibernate DAO classes using Contextual Sessions
Overview of Template Approach

Session 6: Updates and Queries

Inserting, Updating, and Deleting Entities
HQL - Hibernate Query Language Overview
The Query Interface
Creating and working with queries
Named Queries, Projection Queries, Aggregate Queries

Session 7: Transaction (TX) Management

Hibernate Transaction Management
- Transaction Overview and Transactions in Hibernate
- Hibernate Transaction API (in Managed and Non-managed Environments)
Intro to Spring Transaction Management
- Spring Transaction Managers
- Spring Declarative TX Management
- Spring TX Scope and Propagation
- Spring TX Attributes (REQUIRED, SUPPORTS, etc)
XML Configuration of Spring Transactions
- Specifying Advice, TX Attributes, and Methods
- Linking Advice with Pointcuts
- Benefits of XML Configuration of TX Behavior

Session 9: The Hibernate Persistence Lifecycle

The lifecycle of managed objects
Persistent, transient, and detached objects
The Persistence (Session) Context (Lifespan, Relation to Managed Objects, Propagation)
Contextual Sessions
Synchronization to the Database
The Session as cache
Optimistic Locking / Versioning
- Detached Objects and Optimistic Locking
- Versioning overview and Using Versioning
- Locking Objects

Session 10: Relationships

Object Relationship Overview
Mapping Collections of Value Objects
Entity Relationships: 1-N, N-1, N-N, 1-1
Mapping Entity Relationships
Uni and Bi-directional Relationships
The Relationship "inverse"
Cascading Over Relationships
Queries Across Relationships (Lazy and Eager)
Inheritance Mapping
- Entity Inheritance with Hibernate
- Table-per-class mapping
- Table per Subclass mapping
- Table per Concrete Class mapping

Session 11: Introduction to Spring Web Integration

Integrating Spring with Java EE Web Apps
- ContextLoaderListener
- WebApplicationContext
- Using Spring beans in Wep app controller logic

Session 12: Hibernate Additional Topics

Components and Multi-Table Mapping
equals() and hashCode()
Caching and Efficiency
Design Considerations

Session 13: Hibernate and JPA (Java Persistence API)

Overview of the Java Persistence API (JPA) / EJB 3
Relationship between JPA and Hibernate
Mapping Entities with JPA Annotations
The EntityManager, Persistence Context and Persistence Unit
Working with Transactions - EntityTransaction, Managed, and Unmanaged Environments
Inserts and Updates
JPQL - Java Persistence Query Language
Versioning
Relationships