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Book SynopsisThe authors argue that the old heavyweight architectures are unwieldy, complicated and contribute to slow and buggy application code. As an alternative means for building better applications the authors present two "lightweight" open source architectures - Hibernate and Spring.
Table of ContentsPreface 1. The Inevitable Bloat Bloat Drivers Options Five Principles for Fighting the Bloat Summary 2. Keep It Simple The Value of Simplicity Process and Simplicity Your Safety Net Summary 3. Do One Thing, and Do It Well Understanding the Problem Distilling the Problem Layering Your Architecture Refactoring to Reduce Coupling Summary 4. Strive for Transparency Benefits of Transparency Who's in Control? Alternatives to Transparency Reflection Injecting Code Generating Code Advanced Topics Summary 5. You Are What You Eat Golden Hammers Understanding the Big Picture Considering Technical Requirements Summary 6. Allow for Extension The Basics of Extension Tools for Extension Plug-In Models Who Is the Customer? Summary 7. Hibernate The Lie What Is Hibernate? Using Your Persistent Model Evaluating Hibernate Summary 8. Spring What Is Spring? Pet Store: A Counter-Example The Domain Model Adding Persistence Presentation Summary 9. Simple Spider What Is the Spider? Examining the Requirements Planning for Development The Design The Configuration Service The Crawler/Indexer Service The Search Service The Console Interface The Web Service Interface Extending the Spider 10. Extending jPetStore A Brief Look at the Existing Search Feature Replacing the Controller The User Interface (JSP) Setting Up the Indexer Making Use of the Configuration Service Adding Hibernate Summary 11. Where Do We Go from Here? Technology Process Challenges Conclusion Bibliography Index
