Beginning Java™ and Flex: Migrating Java, Spring, Hibernate, and Maven Developers to Adobe Flex

500 Pages·2009·0.25 MB·English

by  Filippo di Pisa (auth.)

Beginning Java™ and Flex
Migrating Java, Spring, Hibernate, and Maven
Developers to Adobe Flex

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Filippo di Pisa
Beginning Java™ and Flex: Migrating Java, Spring, Hibernate, and Maven Developers to
Adobe Flex
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I dedicate this book to my father, Pino, my mother, Raffaella, my sister, Beatrice, and my wife,
Soledad, the most important people in my life.
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Contents at a Glance

Contents at a Glance......................................................................... iv
Contents ...........................................................................................v
About the Author ............................................................................. xii
About the Technical Reviewer.......................................................... xiii
Acknowledgments............................................................................xiv
Introduction .................................................................................... xv
■Chapter 1: Developing with Java and Flex ........................................1
■Chapter 2: Presenting the Sample Application ................................. 21
■Chapter 3: Configuring Your Development Environment ................... 31
■Chapter 4: Inversion of Control....................................................... 89
■Chapter 5: Spring JDBC and Hibernate .......................................... 131
■Chapter 6: Spring Security .......................................................... 183
■Chapter 7: Flex (The View Layer) .................................................. 195
■Chapter 8: Working with Data in Flex............................................ 251
■Chapter 9: BlazeDS ..................................................................... 303
■Chapter 10: Using Flex, Spring, and Hibernate Together ................. 353

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Contents at a Glance..........................................................................iv
Contents ............................................................................................v
About the Author ..............................................................................xii
About the Technical Reviewer...........................................................xiii
Acknowledgments............................................................................ xiv
Introduction ..................................................................................... xv
■Chapter 1: Developing with Java and Flex ........................................1
Why Java?............................................................................................................................................1
Why ActionScript?..........................................................................................................2
Why Java and ActionScript Together?...........................................................................2
Programming Using Lightweight Frameworks...............................................................3
Benefits of Lightweight Frameworks...................................................................................................3
Introduction to Spring....................................................................................................4
Introduction to Hibernate...............................................................................................8
The Benefits of Hibernate....................................................................................................................9
Introduction to BlazeDS...............................................................................................10
BlazeDS vs. Adobe LiveCycle Data Services......................................................................................11
Introduction to Flex......................................................................................................13
Flex vs. Ajax .....................................................................................................................................13
Flex, Flash Cs3, and ActionScript.......................................................................................................14
ActionScript vs. MXML.......................................................................................................................15

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Introduction to UML......................................................................................................15
Basic Diagrams..................................................................................................................................15
Summary......................................................................................................................18
■Chapter 2: Presenting the Sample Application ................................. 21
Architecture.................................................................................................................21
The Presentation Layer................................................................................................25
The Service Layer........................................................................................................25
The Data Access Layer.................................................................................................27
The Domain Model.......................................................................................................28
Summary......................................................................................................................30
■Chapter 3: Configuring Your Development Environment ................... 31
The Source Code Editor: Eclipse IDE............................................................................31
Eclipse Projects..................................................................................................................................32
Eclipse Plug-ins.................................................................................................................................35
Installing Eclipse................................................................................................................................36
Configure Eclipse for Flex and J2EE..................................................................................................37
Version Control: Subversion.........................................................................................40
Subversion Installation.......................................................................................................................42
Basic SVN Project Structure...............................................................................................................42
Using SVN with the Command-Line Client.........................................................................................42
Installing Subclipse............................................................................................................................48
The Database Tools: MySQL.........................................................................................49
Install MySQL on Windows.................................................................................................................50
Installing MySQL on a Mac.................................................................................................................52
Adding the MySQL GUI Tools..............................................................................................................53
Basic MySQL Operation from the Command Line..............................................................................54
Basic MySQL Operations Using MySQL Query Browser.....................................................................57

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The Java Application Container: Tomcat......................................................................63
Installing Tomcat................................................................................................................................64
Tomcat Directories.............................................................................................................................65
Tomcat Configuration Files................................................................................................................65
The Presentation Tools: Flex Builder............................................................................66
Installing the Flex Builder..................................................................................................................66
Installing the Flex SDK 4....................................................................................................................69
The Build, Test and Deploy Tool: Maven......................................................................71
Installing Maven.................................................................................................................................72
Configuring Maven.............................................................................................................................72
Installing the Maven Eclipse Plug-in..................................................................................................73
Creating Your First Maven Project.....................................................................................................73
The POM Document............................................................................................................................75
Building a Project with Maven...........................................................................................................77
Using Maven Plug-ins........................................................................................................................77
Using Maven Dependencies...............................................................................................................79
Using Repositories.............................................................................................................................79
Deploying Your Application................................................................................................................81
Creating a Maven Archetype..............................................................................................................82
Flex Maven Archetypes......................................................................................................................83
Useful Maven Commands..................................................................................................................83
Summary......................................................................................................................87
■Chapter 4: Inversion of Control....................................................... 89
Spring Modules............................................................................................................91
Spring Maven Dependencies.......................................................................................93
Creating a Spring Project.............................................................................................97
Configure the Spring Container..................................................................................108
XML-Based Configuration................................................................................................................108
Injecting Lists and Collections.........................................................................................................112
Annotation-Based Configuration......................................................................................................117
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The Bean Factory.............................................................................................................................124
ApplicationContext and WebApplicationContext..............................................................................125
Properties.........................................................................................................................................125
Summary....................................................................................................................129
■Chapter 5: Spring JDBC and Hibernate .......................................... 131
The DAO Design Pattern.............................................................................................131
Introduction to Plain Old JDBC...................................................................................133
Introduction to Spring JDBC.......................................................................................141
JDBC Template.................................................................................................................................141
JDBC DAO Support...........................................................................................................................141
Hibernate and Spring.................................................................................................148
Add Hibernate to your Spring Project...............................................................................................148
Configure Hibernate.........................................................................................................................150
XML-Based Configuration................................................................................................................153
Annotation-Based Configuration......................................................................................................157
Using Hibernate with Spring......................................................................................173
Querying Using HQL.........................................................................................................................174
HQL and Hibernate Support Matrix..................................................................................................176
Use Native SQL.................................................................................................................................179
Introduction to Transactions............................................................................................................179
Summary..........................................................................................................................................182
■Chapter 6: Spring Security........................................................... 183
Introduction to Spring Security..................................................................................183
Web Authorization Using URL Patterns......................................................................184
The Importance of Filters...........................................................................................184
Authentication and Authorization...............................................................................186
Authentication Methods...................................................................................................................187
Decision Managers and Voters........................................................................................................192
Summary....................................................................................................................194
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■Chapter 7: Flex (The View Layer) .................................................. 195
The FlashPlayer Overview..........................................................................................195
Flex Components.......................................................................................................195
The Flex Framework Architecture..............................................................................196
Flex Development Overview.......................................................................................198
Flex Builder................................................................................................................198
Create a Project................................................................................................................................199
Flex Builder Perspectives.................................................................................................................205
Build an Application.........................................................................................................................205
Run an Application...........................................................................................................................206
Debug an Application.......................................................................................................................207
Navigate between Classes...............................................................................................................207
Shortcut keys...................................................................................................................................208
Flex Components.......................................................................................................209
Containers........................................................................................................................................213
Layout Containers............................................................................................................................213
Navigation Containers......................................................................................................................214
Control Components.........................................................................................................................215
Using External CSS Styles..........................................................................................219
Use Flex with Flash IDE..............................................................................................222
Create Flash Animations for Flex.....................................................................................................226
Flex Events.................................................................................................................229
Custom Events.................................................................................................................................233
Data Binding...............................................................................................................237
Creating Custom Components...................................................................................239
MXML Custom Components.............................................................................................................240
AS Custom Components...................................................................................................................241
Deploying Custom Components.......................................................................................................245
Summary....................................................................................................................249
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