Spring 3, Maven and Annotation Based Configuration

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

There is still the urban myth that using Spring IoC container without thousands lines of XML code isn’t possible – so today we’re taking a look at annotation based configuration with Spring 3 and of course we’re using Maven..

Setup your project

Create a simple Maven project using

mvn archetype:generate // or
mvn archetype:create

Add a lot of dependencies and reference them to the Spring version defined as a property in your pom.xml. A good reference on Spring 3 and Maven artifacts can be found at Springsource.com

<properties>
     <org.springframework.version>3.0.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
 </properties>
 <dependencies>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
         <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
         <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
     </dependency>

     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
         <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
         <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
         <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
         <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
         <artifactId>com.springsource.org.aspectj.runtime</artifactId>
         <version>1.6.8.RELEASE</version>
     </dependency>
 </dependencies>

Aspectj on Micha Kops' Tech Notes

Spring 3, Maven and Annotation Based Configuration

Setup your project