Spring MVC Beginner's Guide -- Table of Contents -- Spring MVC Beginner's Guide -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more -- Why subscribe? -- Free access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Time for action - heading -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - heading -- Have a go hero - heading -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Configuring a Spring Development Environment -- Setting up Java -- Time for action - installing JDK -- Time for action - setting up environment variables -- Configuring a build tool -- Time for action - installing the Maven build tool -- Installing a web server -- Time for action - installing the Tomcat web server -- Configuring a development environment -- Time for action - installing Spring Tool Suite -- Time for action - configuring Tomcat on STS -- What just happened? -- Time for action - configuring Maven on STS -- Creating our first Spring MVC project -- Time for action - creating a Spring MVC project in STS -- What just happened? -- Spring MVC dependencies -- Time for action - adding Spring jars to the project -- What just happened? -- Time for action - adding Java version properties in pom.xml -- A jump-start to MVC -- Time for action - adding a welcome page -- What just happened? -- The dispatcher servlet -- Time for action - configuring the dispatcher servlet -- What just happened? -- Deploying our project -- Time for action - running the project -- Summary -- 2. Spring MVC Architecture - Architecting Your Web Store -- The dispatcher servlet -- Time for action - examining request mapping -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - request mapping.

The web application context -- Time for action - understanding the web application context -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - the web application context -- The web application context configuration -- Pop quiz - web application context configuration -- View resolvers -- Time for action - understanding InternalResourceViewResolver -- What just happened? -- Model View Controller -- An overview of the Spring MVC request flow -- The web application architecture -- The domain layer -- Time for action - creating a domain object -- What just happened? -- The persistence layer -- Time for action - creating a repository object -- What just happened? -- The service layer -- Time for action - creating a service object -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - accessing the product domain object via a service -- An overview of the web application architecture -- Have a go hero - listing all our customers -- Summary -- 3. Control Your Store with Controllers -- Defining a controller -- Time for action - adding class-level request mapping -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - class-level request mapping -- The role of a controller in Spring MVC -- Handler mapping -- Using URI template patterns -- Time for action - showing products based on category -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - request path variable -- Using matrix variables -- Time for action - showing the products based on filter -- What just happened? -- Understanding request parameters -- Time for action - adding the product details page -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - the request parameter -- Time for action - implementing a master detail view -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adding multiple filters to list products -- Summary -- 4. Working with Spring Tag Libraries -- Serving and processing forms -- Time for action - serving and processing forms -- What just happened?.

Customizing data binding -- Time for action - whitelisting form fields -- What just happened? -- Externalizing text messages -- Time for action - externalizing messages -- What just happened? -- Using Spring Security tags -- Time for action - adding a login page -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 5. Working with View Resolver -- Resolving views -- The redirect view -- Time for action - examining RedirectView -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - redirect view -- Serving static resources -- Time for action - serving static resources -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - static view -- Time for action - adding images to the product detail page -- What just happened? -- The multipart request in action -- Time for action - adding images to the product page -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - uploading product user manuals to the server -- Using ContentNegotiatingViewResolver -- Time for action - configuring ContentNegotiatingViewResolver -- What just happened? -- Working with the handler exception resolver -- Time for action - adding the response status exception -- What just happened? -- Time for action - adding an exception handler -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 6. Intercept Your Store with Interceptor -- Working with interceptors -- Time for action - configuring an interceptor -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - interceptor -- Internationalization (i18n) -- Time for action - adding internationalization -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - fully internationalize the product detail page -- Audit logging -- Time for action - adding the data audit interceptor -- What just happened? -- Conditional redirecting -- Time for action - intercepting offer page requests -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 7. Validate Your Products with a Validator -- Bean validation -- Time for action - adding bean validation support -- What just happened?.

Have a go hero - adding more validation in the add products page -- Custom validation with JSR-303 / bean validation -- Time for action - adding custom validation support -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adding custom validation to a category -- Spring validation -- Time for action - adding Spring validation -- What just happened? -- Time for action - combining Spring and bean validations -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adding Spring validation to the product image -- Summary -- 8. Give REST to Your Application with Ajax -- Introducing REST -- Time for action - implementing RESTful web services -- What just happened? -- Time for action - consuming REST web services -- What just happened? -- Handling a web service in Ajax -- Time for action - consuming REST web services via Ajax -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 9. Apache Tiles and Spring Web Flow in Action -- Working with Spring Web Flow -- Time for action - implementing the order-processing service -- What just happened? -- Time for action - implementing the checkout flow -- What just happened? -- Understanding the flow definition -- Understanding the checkout flow -- Pop quiz - web flow -- Time for action - creating views for every view state -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adding a decision state -- Enhancing reusability through Apache Tiles -- Time for action - creating views for every view state -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - Apache Tiles -- Summary -- 10. Testing Your Application -- Unit testing -- Time for action - unit-testing domain objects -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adding tests for cart -- Integration testing with the Spring Test Context framework -- Time for action - testing the product validator -- What just happened? -- Time for action - testing the product controller -- What just happened?.

Time for action - testing REST controllers -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adding tests for the remaining REST methods -- Summary -- A. Using the Gradle Build Tool -- Installing Gradle -- The Gradle build script for your project -- Understanding the Gradle script -- B. Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 2, Spring MVC Architecture - Architecting Your Web Store -- Pop quiz - request mapping -- Pop quiz - the web application context -- Pop quiz - web application context configuration -- Chapter 3, Control Your Store with Controllers -- Pop quiz - class-level request mapping -- Pop quiz - request path variable -- Pop quiz - the request parameter -- Chapter 5, Working with View Resolver -- Pop quiz - redirect view -- Pop quiz - static view -- Chapter 6, Intercept Your Store with Interceptor -- Pop quiz - interceptor -- Chapter 9, Apache Tiles and Spring Web Flow in Action -- Pop quiz - web flow -- Pop quiz - Apache Tiles -- Index.