Spring 3 provides the ability to use a Java based configuration file, as opposed to using those monolithic XML configuration files that everyone hates. However, it doesn't have to be a complete ...

However, annotation-based Spring configuration has its drawbacks, especially as applications scale. A codebase with Java annotations scattered across hundreds of classes can quickly become difficult ...

Spring Framework 4.1 provides comprehensive support for JCache (JSR-107) annotations using Spring’s existing cache configuration and infrastructure abstraction. Stephane Nicoll, senior software ...

The current article will focus on simplified configuration and new annotation-based functionality in the core of the Spring application context.