This chapter will help you gain a better understanding of the Spring Framework with modules, and use the design patterns that are responsible for the success of Spring. This chapter will cover every major module of the Spring Framework. We begin with an introduction to the Spring Framework. We will have a look at the new features and enhancement introduced in Spring 5. We will also understand the design patterns used in the major modules of the Spring Framework.
At the end of this chapter, you will understand how Spring works, and how Spring solves the common problems of the design level of the enterprise application by using design patterns. You will know how to improve loose coupling between the components of applications and how to simplify application development by using Spring with design patterns.
This chapter will cover the following topics:
- Introduction of the Spring Framework
- Simplifying application development using Spring and its pattern
- Using the power of the POJO pattern
- Injecting dependencies
- Applying aspects to address cross-cutting concerns
- Applying a template pattern to eliminate boilerplate code
- Creating a Spring container for containing beans using the Factory pattern
- Creating a container with an application context
- The life of a bean in the container
- Spring modules
- New features in Spring Framework 5.0