The Hessian binary web service protocol is a powerful and easy-to-use alternative to RMI, XML/SOAP, and REST/JSON for remote communication. Learn how to integrate Spring and Hessian and then create Hessian components as simple Java objects.

Enterprise Java development does not need to be heavyweight and Ant-driven; with embedded Jetty and Spring, it can be lean, mean, fast, and—above all—productive.

Spring stereotype annotations can greatly reduce the amount of XML configuration required to build and maintain a Spring application.

SpringSource's Spring Integration (SI) framework does not provide an endpoint for message persistence in a database. By writing a custom channel adapter, you can easily integrate database persistence into SI.

Listener-based dependency injection builds upon the core concepts of property-based Dependency Injection and offers many of the same benefits. Find out how you can use listener injection to reduce boilerplate code and clearly communicate relationships between POJOs using the Spring framework.

Discover how to use metadata for pooling information already resident in an application to create a flexible search interface that reduces complexity and increases users' productivity.

Spring's POJO-based programming model has proven to be a much better way to write, test, and assemble robust Java EE applications, but it works only if you configure your objects with Spring. What happens when you combine Spring with an in-house legacy framework or Java EE technology such as EJBs or servlets?

Java EE 5 provides all the features you need to build a robust enterprise application right in an EJB 3.0 container, but incorporating the relative strengths of Spring and Hibernate can further improve the productivity and quality of your application.

Combine Axis2, the next-generation web services API of Apache Axis, with Spring to expose POJO-based, domain-tier applications as both REST- and SOAP-based web services.

Implement remote services from plain Java classes using the Spring HTTP invoker, which combines the simplicity of HTTP communication with Java's built-in object serialization.

Learn how to create a CRM application based on AJAX and use this code to kick-start your development of other rich, scalable Web applications on IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition

Explore the similarities and differences between two of the most popular Java technologies today and learn key distinctions in making a technological decision between the two. Part 2 explores messaging, remoting, dependency injection, and more.

Are you trying to choose between Spring and EJB 3.0? If you are you know what a hard decision it can be. Explore the similarities and differences between two of the most popular Java technologies today and learn key distinctions in making a technological decision between the two.

Leverage the Spring framework as a platform for creating lightweight plug-ins that work seamlessly with your existing J2EE applications.

Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) is fast becoming the framework of choice for building thick client applications. Get a step-by-step guide to leveraging Eclipse RCP with Spring.

Web 2.0, rich Internet applications, and heavy JavaScript have become the latest rage. But why build a Web application that tries to look and act like a thick client when you can leverage a traditional J2EE/Web application server architecture to easily deploy an actual thick client?

As great as Hibernate is, a lesser-known Java persistence solution called iBATIS actually may be a superior technology for your Spring development in certain situations. Find out which.

Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) enables you to write code for a crosscutting functionality and then apply it declaratively to existing code. Logging is a prime candidate for implementation as an aspect, and Spring offers the AOP framework to get it done.

Utilize Spring mock objects and Spring's extensions to the JUnit framework to simplify unit testing for Spring Web components.

Find out what it takes to migrate Struts applications to Spring MVC. You'll learn not only how to transform Struts applications into Spring MVC applications, but also the logical mapping between the two frameworks and how key Struts concepts relate to Spring MVC concepts.