IOC:(Inversion of Control)

Spring IOC Container
BeanFactory
Spring xml based configuration using elements

Bean

a) Instantiation using a constructor

b) Instantiation using a static factory method

c) Instantiation using an instance factory method

d) Injecting dependencies using Setter
Injection and Constructor Injection.

e) making use of idref,local,property,
Inner beans,props, list,set, map, Collection merging,null,depends-on,
Lazily-instantiating beans,Life cycle methods

Import

Aliasing beans

Bean Scopes

a) singleton
b) protoype
c) request
d) session

Autowiring collaborators

a) no
b) byName
c) byType
d) constructor
e) autodetect

Shutting down the Spring IoC container
gracefully in non-web applications.

Bean definition inheritance

BeanFactoryAware,BeanPostProcessor

ObjectFactoryCreatingFactoryBean,
BeanFactoryPostProcessor

PropertyPlaceHolderConfigurer

PropertyOverrideConfigurer

ApplicationContext
a) Internationalization using MessageSources
b) Events using ApplicationListener

 

AOP(Aspect Oriented Programming):
-->Advice,JoinPoint,Aspect,Target,Pointcut
--> BeforeAdvice
--> AroundAdvice
--> Throws Advice
--> static pointcuts
      a) NameMatchMethodPointcut
      b) RegExpMethodPointCut
--> Dynamic pointcuts

Data access using JDBC:
--> JdbcTemplate
--> Most of the methods present in JdbcTemplate class will becovered.

Object Relational Mapping (ORM) data access: (Integrating Hibernate with Spring)

--> Introduction of Hibernate.
--> HibernateTemplate
--> JndiObjectFactoryBean
--> LocalSessionFactoryBean
--> HibernateDaoSupport

Spring MVC:

--> Introduction of struts
--> DispatcherServlet
--> ContextLoaderListener,Context
LoaderServlet

--> Handler Mappings

a) BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping

--> Controllers

a) AbstractController
b) AbstractCommandController
c) SimpleFormController
d) AbstractWizardFormController
e) MultiActionController
f) ThrowawayController

--> ModelAndVie

--> View Resolvers
a) InternalResourceViewResolver
b) BeanNameViewResolver
c) XmlViewResolver
d) ResourceBundleViewResolver

--> MethodNameResolvers
a)InternalPathMethodNameResolver
b) ParameterMethodNameResolver
c) PropertiesMethodNameResolver

-->SimpleMappingExceptionResolver

Integration of struts with  springs

--> ContextLoaderPlugIn
--> ApplicationContext
--> DelegatingActionProxy
--> DelegatingRequestProcessor
--> DelegatingTilesRequestProcessor
--> ActionSupport