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Autowiring in Spring

Spring can automatically detect the relationships between various beans. Learn how to do this using the XML-based autowiring functionality.

Updated May 16, 2022

· 213,619 Views · 38 Likes

Best Practices for Dependency Injection With Spring

Learn how to use Project Lombok when adopting dependency injection using the Spring Framework.

December 19, 2019

· 40,359 Views · 17 Likes

Spring Bean Lifecycle

Check out this post to learn more about the Spring bean lifecycle.

September 19, 2019

· 90,789 Views · 26 Likes

Spring Bean Lifecycle: Using Spring Aware Interfaces

Learn more about using Aware interfaces to access Spring bean lifecycle events.

August 30, 2019

· 76,527 Views · 13 Likes

Working With Resources in Spring

Learn how to use the ResourceLoader in your Spring apps.

August 29, 2019

· 120,391 Views · 14 Likes

A Guide to Spring Framework Annotations

Here's the lowdown on just about every Spring Framework annotation, including Core, Spring Cloud, Spring MVC, Spring REST, and Spring Boot.

Updated August 7, 2019

· 268,385 Views · 103 Likes

Contracts for Microservices With OpenAPI and Spring Cloud Contract

In this post, I'll explain how to define contracts at the service level using OpenAPI and Spring Cloud Contract.

April 19, 2019

· 20,051 Views · 4 Likes

Installing Maven With Your JDK

Apache Maven remains one of the most popular dependency managers in the world of Java.

December 7, 2018

· 93,681 Views · 11 Likes

Why Your JUnit 5 Tests Are Not Running Under Maven

You've made the switch to JUnit 5 and you couldn't be happier. Or could you?

November 21, 2018

· 194,855 Views · 19 Likes

How to Convert Between List and Array in Java

Want to learn more about converting a list to an array in Java? Check out this tutorial to learn more using the Apache Commons Lang and Guava.

August 1, 2018

· 143,490 Views · 8 Likes

Using Java Enums

See Java enums in action and learn their best practices

April 27, 2018

· 384,125 Views · 35 Likes

Hibernate Show SQL

In this post, I'll share a tip on how to configure Hibernate and Spring Data JPA to log executed SQL statements and used bind parameters.

April 24, 2018

· 39,553 Views · 4 Likes

Using JAXB for XML With Java

Let's dive into JAXB and how to use it to help for marshalling and unmarshalling objects to and from XML in Java.

February 11, 2018

· 256,466 Views · 13 Likes

Jackson Mix-In Annotations

Take a look at how a Jackson mix-in class or interface, as well as some annotations, can help you with (de)serialization when you don't have source code access to POJOs.

January 12, 2018

· 22,661 Views · 10 Likes

Jackson Annotations for JSON (Part 4): General Annotations

In this final series post about Jackson annotations, let's look at some general use annotations that are handy to have at the ready.

December 26, 2017

· 115,412 Views · 10 Likes

Random Number Generation in Java

Need some randomness in your numbers? Check out a few different techniques you can avail yourself of to create random (or mostly random) numbers in Java.

December 26, 2017

· 1,267,614 Views · 31 Likes

Jackson Annotations for JSON (Part 3): Deserialization

As we continue our journey through Jackson annotations, let's see what you can use to help control deserialization of JSON into POJOs.

Updated December 25, 2017

· 162,171 Views · 10 Likes

Spring Component Scan

Here's what you need to know about component scanning in spring, including setup and configuration as well as tips for filtering.

December 18, 2017

· 304,009 Views · 53 Likes

Jackson Annotations for JSON (Part 2): Serialization

As we continue our journey through Jackson annotations, let's see what you can use in your POJOs to serialize Java objects to JSON.

Updated December 14, 2017

· 90,703 Views · 12 Likes

Jackson Annotations for JSON (Part 1): Serialization and Deserialization

This introductory post will cover the Jackson annotations you should keep in mind when you need to control both deserialization and serialization between POJOs and JSON.

December 13, 2017

· 47,214 Views · 20 Likes

Using the Spring @RequestMapping Annotation

As often as Springs @RequestMapping annotation is, few recognize its versatility. Here, we see that on display when used to map Spring MVC controller methods.

September 10, 2017

· 611,767 Views · 59 Likes

Spring Data MongoDB With Reactive MongoDB

With the rise in popularity of NoSQL databases, MongoDB has rapidly gained popularity. See reactive programming features in Spring Framework 5 and Spring Data MongoDB.

August 9, 2017

· 26,996 Views · 5 Likes

Spring Boot With Embedded MongoDB

In this post, I discuss how to use embedded MongoDB in a Spring Boot application. This is all you need to do to start using Embedded MongoDB in a Spring Boot application.

August 2, 2017

· 102,739 Views · 11 Likes

What Are Reactive Streams in Java?

In this post we take an in-depth look at Reactive programming and streams in Java. With all the hype surrounding reactive systems, this post is worth the read.

July 15, 2017

· 102,728 Views · 72 Likes

What's New in Spring Framework 5?

Spring 5 is coming and it's packed with new, shiny features. Whether your brain is fully reactive or you love functional programming in Kotlin, you won't be disappointed!

July 4, 2017

· 157,662 Views · 92 Likes

Spring Boot RESTful API Documentation with Swagger 2

Spring Boot and Swagger 2 play together very well. Just add the dependencies, one configuration file, and a bunch of annotations, and you're ready to go!

March 6, 2017

· 559,348 Views · 58 Likes

Mockito Mock vs. Spy in Spring Boot Tests

If you're loading your Spring context for every test, you have integration tests, not unit tests. These are slow! See, how to deal with the problem using Mockito.

February 28, 2017

· 164,360 Views · 16 Likes

Configuring Spring Boot for Microsoft SQL Server

Accessing and configuring your MS SQL Server instance is pretty simple if you're using Spring Boot. After a bit of legwork, Spring fills in the defaults for you.

February 24, 2017

· 245,724 Views · 8 Likes

Testing Spring MVC With Spring Boot 1.4: Part I

If you’re looking to load your full app configuration and use MockMVC, you should consider @SpringBootTest combined with @AutoConfigureMockMvc rather than @WebMvcTest.

December 16, 2016

· 35,022 Views · 8 Likes

Running Spring Boot in a Docker Container

A brilliant from-the-start introduction to using Spring Boot on Docker. This article even takes you through what Docker is so you've no excuse not to give it a whirl.

June 9, 2016

· 98,534 Views · 11 Likes

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What's New in Spring Framework 5?

Jul 06, 2017 · Grzegorz Ziemoński

Fixed. Thanks for letting me know!

Here's the link too - https://go.springframework.guru/spring-framework-5-online-course