Lazy initialization allows for a greater flexibility and performance by delaying bean instantiation to the very last moment. A fairly straightforward feature represented by a simple annotation @Lazy. Yet, as usual, there are a few pitfalls to watch out for. Let’s start with some trivia. Adding @Lazy on the class level is all it takes…
Last time I talked about @Primary and @Autowire as a useful means of dependency injection. Today I will brief you on how @Autowire compares to its more standard counterpart @Resource and demonstrate @Qualifier as a handy complement to @Autowire. Both @Autowire and @Resource serve the same purpose, i.e. finding the right bean, but work in…
With a recent upgrade of my favorite framework I was thinking a short recap wouldn’t harm. This very first post, from a series of articles on Spring’s features I find interesting, deals with intricacies of injecting the right bean out of a range of suitable candidates. If you are keen to learn about the trade-offs when…
Grep4j caters for an easy search in log files. Since it is really easy to use and simple enough I could not resist the temptation to try it out. I came up with a simple scenario: Let’s use Spring MVC to conduct a small JSON-based web app, capture the exchanged requests and responses in a…
Once again, I could not resist the temptation to get some hands-on experience with another goody of Spring’s. Spring Mobile has been around for a good while and much has been said about it already. Thus this post remains concise and focused on specific features. I took a closer look at device resolution and site preference…
Spring and LDAP. Should not really be a problem, right? Considering a vast amount of resources and examples. Well, in my experience things do not always go that smoothly. I have been struggling enough with bits and pieces to set up yet another “sample” application. Just to have a quick reference of common LDAP features…..