The Spring Framework is an open source framework for application development on the Java platform. At its core is rich support for component based architectures, and it currently has over a dozen highly integrated modules.
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Unsure if I understand TransactionAwarePersistenceManagerFactoryProxy
I am trying to use the org.springframework.orm.jdo.TransactionAwarePersistenceManagerFactoryProxy in my Spring project, but I am not sure how to use it or whether it's exactly what I am looking for. I ...
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Spring @Autowired usage
What are the pros and cons of using @Autowired in a class that will be wired up by Spring?
Just to clarify, I'm talking specifically about the @Autowired annotation, not auto-wiring in XML.
I ...
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When using Spring Security, what is the proper way to obtain current username (i.e. SecurityContext) information in a bean?
I have a Spring MVC web app which uses Spring Security. I want to know the username of the currently logged in user. The code snippet below is what I'm doing. My question is, is this the accepted ...
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Difference between <context:annotation-config> vs <context:component-scan>
I'm learning Spring 3 and I don't seem to grasp the functionality behind <context:annotation-config> and <context:component-scan>.
From what I've read they seem to handle different ...
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Spring @Transactional Annotation Best Practice
We are currently discussing the Best Practice for placing the @Transactional annotations in our code.
Do you place the @Transactional in the DAO classes and/or their methods or is it better to ...
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Spring 3.0 - Unable to locate Spring NamespaceHandler for XML schema namespace [http://www.springframework.org/schema/security]
Any ideas what could be the cause of this?
Unable to locate Spring
NamespaceHandler for XML schema
namespace
[http://www.springframework.org/schema/security]
...
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How can I inject a property value into a Spring Bean which was configured using annotations?
I have a bunch of Spring beans which are picked up from the classpath via annotations, e.g.
@Repository("personDao")
public class PersonDaoImpl extends AbstractDaoImpl implements PersonDao {
// ...
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Why would I use Scala/Lift over Java/Spring?
I know this question is a bit open but I have been looking at Scala/Lift as an alternative to Java/Spring and I wonder what are the real advantages that Scala/Lift has over it. From my perspective and ...
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What's the difference between @Component, @Repository & @Service annotations in Spring?
Can @Component, @Repository & @Service annotations be used interchangeably in Spring or do they provide any particular functionality besides acting as a notation device?
In other words, if I have ...
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Injecting Mockito mocks into a Spring bean
I would like to inject a Mockito mock object into a Spring (3+) bean for the purposes of unit testing with JUnit. My bean dependencies are currently injected by using the @Autowired annotation on ...
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Type safety: Unchecked cast
In my spring application context file, I have something like:
<util:map id="someMap" map-class="java.util.HashMap" key-type="java.lang.String" value-type="java.lang.String">
<entry ...
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Getting Spring Application Context
Is there a way to statically/globally request a copy of the ApplicationContext in a Spring application?
Assuming the main class starts up and initializes the application context, does it need to pass ...
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Shiro vs. SpringSecurity
I have currently evaluating Java based security frameworks, I am a Spring 3.0 user so it seemed that SpringSecurity would be the right Choice, but Spring security seems to suffer from excessive ...
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What are the benefits of dependency injection containers?
I understand benefits of dependency injection itself. Let's take Spring for instance. I also understand benefits of other Spring featureslike AOP, helpers of different kinds, etc. I'm just wondering, ...
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Spring - How to call a method after bean initialization is complete?
I have a use case where I need to call a (non-static) method in the bean only-once at the ApplicationContext load up. Is it ok, if I use MethodInvokingFactoryBean for this? Or we have a some better ...
