Java Spring: Adding Security Using the Spring Security Project

Java Spring: Adding Security Using the Spring Security Project

• start the course
• recognize more about the Spring Security project and the features it offers
• set up the necessary dependencies to use Spring Security
• set up a filter to be used by Spring Security
• create an XML security application context for configuring Spring Security
• require authentication to gain access to a Spring MVC web app by declaring valid users and roles from within Spring Security
• enable Spring Security to authenticate by using HTTP Basic Authentication
• recognize the process of configuring Spring Security to use authentication information from an external database
• create the necessary database tables needed by Spring Security to provide database authentication
• use Spring Security to secure an application based on database authentication records
• use a minimal approach to configuring Spring Security to authenticate from database records
• recognize methods for working with Spring Security and encrypted database passwords
• configure Spring Security to work with MD5 encrypted database passwords
• configure Spring Security to work with BCrypt encrypted database passwords
• recognize how to access and work with Spring Security JSP tags
• use the authentication tag to access information about the currently logged in user
• use the authorization tag to require authorization before evaluating page elements
• recognize some of the various places that Spring Security should be customized
• configure Spring Security to provide a custom login page
• configure Spring Security to provide a custom login page routed through a Spring MVC controller
• configure Spring Security to display authentication errors when using a custom login page
• configure Spring Security to provide logout functionality
• recognize the basics of authorization using expressions and Spring Security
• require authorization before allowing access to a URL in a Spring application
• require authorization before allowing a method to execute in a Spring application
• use the Spring Security project to add security to a Java Spring application

Java Spring: Annotation Configuration and Java Configuration in Spring

Java Spring: Annotation Configuration and Java Configuration in Spring

• start the course
• recognize the basics of configuring Spring applications using annotations
• use the @Autowired annotation to set bean properties
• use the @Autowired annotation to set up constructor injection
• use the @Value annotation to set bean properties
• make bean autowiring optional based on if a bean is available
• use the @Qualifier annotation to help reduce any potential ambiguities
• use the @Required annotation to make sure a bean property is being set via setter injection
• use the @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy annotations to define methods that run after a bean is instantiated and before a bean is destroyed
• recognize the origin of alternative annotations that can be used to configure Spring applications
• use the @Resource annotation to support dependency injection in a Spring application
• use the @Inject annotation to support dependency injection in a Spring application
• recognize the basics of implicitly declaring Spring beans by using the component scanner
• use the @Named annotation to support configuring dependency injection
• recognize and identify the various stereotype annotations that can be used to declare Spring beans
• use custom annotations to declare classes that should be registered as Spring beans
• recognize the basics of configuring a Spring application using Java class files
• create a Spring application that is configured using a Java class file
• perform setter injection from a Spring application with a Java-based configuration
• perform constructor injection from a Spring application with a Java-based configuration
• set up autowiring for a Spring application configured with a Java-based configuration
• set up component scanning for a Spring application with a Java-based configuration
• recognize Spring Expression Language and some of its features
• use Spring Expression Language to help configure XML-based Spring applications
• use Spring Expression Language to help configure annotation-based Spring applications
• use Spring Expression Language to evaluate and set property values
• use the safe navigation operator to avoid the NullPointerException when using Spring Expression Language
• use Spring Expression Language to expose data from the Java system properties object
• understand how to configure Spring applications using both annotation-based configuration, and Java-based configuration, and also to demonstrate using Spring Expression Language

Java Spring: Aspect-Oriented Programming Using Spring AOP

Java Spring: Aspect-Oriented Programming Using Spring AOP

• start the course
• recognize the concepts involved in Aspect-Oriented Programming
• recognize some of the benefits of Aspect-Oriented Programming
• become familiar with AOP terminology
• create a simple aspect in XML configuration in a Spring application
• create pointcuts that can be reused
• create a simple aspect using annotations in a Spring application
• access information about the current JoinPoint (method execution) in advice body
• configure Spring AOP in a Spring application with a Java-based configuration
• understand Spring AOP's proxy-based approach to aspect-oriented programming
• recognize the different types of advice you can use when using Spring AOP
• advise a method execution in Spring with Before advice
• advise a method execution in Spring with After Returning advice
• advise a method execution in Spring with After Throwing advice
• advise a method execution in Spring with After (Finally) advice
• advise a method execution in Spring with Around advice
• access and work with thrown exceptions within the body of Around advice
• access and work with values returned from method executions within the body of Around advice
• recognize how pointcuts are declared
• declare and combine pointcuts
• use pointcut expressions to match method executions with specific return types
• use pointcut expressions to match method executions with specific method names
• use pointcut expressions to match method executions with specific method parameters
• recognize the different types of pointcut designators supported by Spring AOP
• use pointcut expressions to match method executions in packages and classes
• use the args pointcut designator to match method executions with specific arguments
• use the bean pointcut designator to match method executions from specific beans
• use the annotation pointcut designator to match method executions with specific annotations
• implement aspects and advice in a Spring application

Java Spring: Creating Web Applications Using Spring MVC

Java Spring: Creating Web Applications Using Spring MVC

• start the course
• recognize the Spring MVC framework and how to use it to create Spring-based web applications
• recognize how HTTP requests and responses flow through the Spring MVC architecture
• set up Maven dependencies needed to create a Spring MVC application
• recognize the various components in a Spring MVC application configuration
• configure a web.xml file for a Spring MVC web application
• create a servlet configuration xml file for a Spring MVC web application
• create Spring MVC controllers using request mappings and handler methods
• create JSP views for use in a Spring MVC application
• configure a Spring MVC application to locate and use JSP view files
• use STS to launch and use a Spring MVC application deployed from an Apache Tomcat server
• recognize the Spring form tags that can be used to help create Spring web forms
• create a Spring MVC web form
• validate a Spring MVC web form
• configure controller handler methods to map to URLs based on the HTTP request method
• upload files in a Spring MVC web application
• recognize some of the features that are offered by the Spring MVC framework
• serve static files from a Spring MVC web application
• perform redirects from a Spring MVC web application
• use @ModelAttribute in a controller to declare a method intended to update the model of a Spring MVC application
• use @SessionAttribute to add data to the current session of a Spring MVC web application
• use @CookieValue to work with cookies in a Spring MVC web application
• create a Spring MVC web application using a Java-based configuration
• recognize some of the arguments and return types we can use when defining Spring MVC handler methods
• configure Spring MVC handler methods to only map to HTTP requests with certain URL parameters defined
• configure Spring MVC handler methods to only map to HTTP requests where certain headers are defined
• access and use HTTP request parameters from within controller handler methods
• use Spring MVC to create web applications

Java Spring: Spring Application Basics

Java Spring: Spring Application Basics

• start the course
• recognize what the Spring Framework is and how it can be used
• download, configure, and run Spring Tool Suite
• recognize what the Maven build tool is and how to download and install Maven
• create a new Java project in Spring Tool Suite and build a Java project using Maven via the command line
• recognize how to use Maven to manage dependencies within Spring Tool Suite
• create a Java application that runs atop the Spring framework
• recognize what a Spring bean is and how to create Spring beans
• recognize the different scopes a Spring bean can be set to
• create a Spring application context using various methods
• configure a bean to set properties using a custom constructor
• configure a bean to set properties using the properties tag
• configure a bean to set collection properties
• configure a Spring bean using the p-namespace
• use setter injection to set up bean dependencies
• use constructor injection to set up bean dependencies
• use values set in external files to set bean properties
• create and use an anonymous inner bean that is used to configure an outer bean property
• define methods that run after a bean is instantiated and before a bean is destroyed
• recognize what Spring autowiring is and how it is used
• autowire bean properties based on class type
• autowire bean properties based on name
• autowire bean properties based on custom constructors
• use default autowiring in a Spring bean configuration file
• understand setting up an environment for developing and creating Spring applications

Java Spring: Working with Data in Spring

Java Spring: Working with Data in Spring

• start the course
• recognize the various steps in configuring database access in a Spring application
• set up a Jdbc driver class to help connect to a MySQL database
• declare a datasource bean that can be used to connect to a running MySQL server
• declare a datasource bean that gets its properties set from a properties file
• declare a datasource bean that can provide a pool of database connections for an application to work with
• create a Data Access Object class that will be used to perform database operations
• recognize what the JdbcTemplate class is and some of the database access features it provides
• use a Data Access Object to retrieve records from a database
• recognize how to use Spring to support basic database operations
• use named parameters when creating SQL queries
• retrieve a record from the database converted to a domain object
• use the update method of the JdbcTemplate class to insert records into a database
• construct SQL queries directly from the properties of beans using BeanPropertySQLParameterSource
• use the update method of the JdbcTemplate class to update records in a database
• use the update method of the JdbcTemplate class to remove records from a database
• describe database exception handling in Spring applications
• handle basic database exceptions in a Spring application
• perform batch updates on a database from a Spring application
• perform database transactions from a Spring application
• describe the SimpleJdbc classes provided by Spring for specific database operations
• insert records into a MySQL table using the SimpleJdbcInsert class
• call a stored procedure on a database using the SimpleJdbcCall class
• use the queryForObject method to specify types for data being returned from a database
• declare a Data Access Object in an XML configuration
• use a Spring application to access and modify data in a database