Spring: Spring MVC

Get started with Spring MVC, an essential web framework for Java developers who work on enterprise-level projects.

Introduction

• Spring MVC for robust applications
• What you should know
• Exercise files and the demo app

1. Getting Started and Project Setup

• Why use Spring MVC?
• Features of Spring MVC
• Spring MVC architecture
• Create Maven Spring MVC project
• Add folders and static files
• Java configuration for Spring MVC
• Add controllers and test the application
• Generate Spring MVC project with Spring Boot
• Add static files and view resolver
• Add controllers and test the application

2. Implementing Controller Flows

• Basic annotations for controllers
• Create a controller with request mapping
• @RequestParam in Controller
• Add database code
• Access data from Model
• @ModelAttribute: Add JSP pages
• @ModelAttribute: Access model attributes on JSP
• @ModelAttribute: Add Spring form tag library
• Test the application

3. Data Validation and Binding

• Validating data in models
• Add validations to user bean
• Spring tags for errors
• Localizing error messages
• Binders overview
• Binders demo
• Convertors overview
• Convertors demo

4. Exception Handling

• DispatcherServlet and special bean types
• Exception flow handler implementations
• Custom error page and Login controller
• Add method for selecting a user
• Add exception handler in Controller
• Global exception handler for application
• Default model attributes using @ControllerAdvice

5. Async Request Processing

• Conventional HTTP request processing
• Spring MVC async processing under the hood
• Async configuration
• Return callable in Controller
• DeferredResult implementation for async

6. View Resolvers

• What are view resolvers?
• Using XmlViewResolver
• Using ResourceBundleViewResolver
• Chaining view resolvers
• Chaining view resolvers demo

7. Interceptors and Themes

• Introduction to interceptors
• Built-in and custom interceptors
• Add interceptor class
• Register interceptors
• Request and session attributes
• Save and get SessionAttributes demo
• Test session flow and implement forwarding
• End HttpSession
• Redirecting outside an application
• Introduction to themes
• Define themes and theme resolver
• Define ThemeChangeInterceptor
• Pick themes on JSPs
• Introduction to l10n and i18n
• Automatic locale resolution demo
• CookieLocaleResolver and interceptor for l10n and i18n

8. Spring MVC REST Controllers

• RESTful services recap
• Use @Controller and @ResponseBody
• Use @RequestController and @ResponseEntity
• Use @PathVariable and @RequestParam to get request payload
• Use @RequestBody and @ResponseEntity
• Use @ExceptionHandler
• Testing the @ExceptionHandler with the @ResponseEntity
• MVC vs. REST controllers

Conclusion

• Next steps