springside/springside4

Features

• Reference Architectures - Serves as a pragmatic, best-practice enterprise Java reference architecture built on the Spring Framework.
• Spring Framework Reference Architectures - Provides a complete, pragmatic enterprise Java reference architecture built on the Spring Framework.
• Query Method Name Translations - Converts repository method names containing keywords like LessThan, GreaterThan, Like, In, OrderBy, Not, And, Or into corresponding queries automatically.
• Data Access & Abstraction - Manages relational data persistence through a JPA and Hibernate data access abstraction layer.
• JPA Repository Abstractions - Implements a JPA-based data access layer with automatic repository method translation and dynamic query specifications.
• Interface-Derived Repositories - Defines data access operations through a Java interface without writing any implementation code, relying on automatic method translation.
• Optimized Utilities - Ships a curated collection of high-performance utility classes for common operations.
• JSON Serialization Libraries - Converts Java objects to and from JSON for RESTful API serialization and data exchange.
• Relational Data Management - Provides JPA and Hibernate-based data access with transactions and multi-database support.
• Environment-Specific Configurations - Uses runtime profiles to switch databases, simulators, and data refresh strategies across environments.
• General-Purpose Performance Utilities - Provides a curated collection of high-performance utility classes for common operations.
• Utility Libraries - Ships a curated set of high-performance utility classes for text, date, collection, and I/O operations.
• Environment Configuration Profiles - Activates different bean definitions and property sources based on a runtime profile.
• Reference Applications - Serves as a complete, exemplary reference application demonstrating Spring Framework best practices for enterprise Java.
• Automatic Repository Implementations - Automatically generates data access implementations from repository interface method names.
• Security and Access Control - Demonstrates user authentication and data encryption within the reference application.
• Annotation-Driven Configuration - Provides annotation-driven bean wiring as the primary dependency injection mechanism.
• JPA Repository Layers - Implements a JPA-based data access layer with automatic repository method translation and dynamic query specifications.
• Type-Hint Injection Systems - Wires dependencies automatically by scanning classpath for type-based annotations, reducing explicit configuration.
• Web Service Scaffolds - Bootstraps RESTful web service backends suitable for AJAX-driven frontends.
• CRUD Application Generators - Ships a Spring Boot scaffold for generating CRUD management web interfaces with server-side rendering.
• REST API Services - Creates RESTful web services and provides an HTTP client for service-to-service communication.
• REST Frameworks - Provides a RESTful service framework with JSON/XML serialization, HTTP connection pooling, and content negotiation.
• RESTful API Frameworks - Provides a framework for building REST APIs with JSON and XML serialization.
• RESTful Services - Provides a framework for building RESTful services with CRUD operations and standard status codes.
• Web Application Frameworks - Provides a Spring Boot scaffold for building CRUD web applications with server-side rendering.
• Testing and Mocking - Ships a complete testing stack with mock isolation, database rollback, and Selenium browser automation.
• Collection Manipulation Utilities - Ships utility methods for filtering, transforming, and sorting in-memory collections.
• Object-to-XML Mapping - Provides automatic JSON and XML serialization for RESTful service responses and client deserialization.
• Embedded Databases - Runs an embedded H2 database in-memory or persisted to disk without a separate server process.
• Embedded Database Servers - Allows multiple processes to access the same database file concurrently by having the first process act as a network server.
• In-Memory Caches - Provides in-memory caching utilities for frequently accessed data to reduce latency.
• In-Memory Databases with Persistence - Runs an embedded database with optional file persistence for development and testing.
• Paginated Results - Repository methods accept pagination and sorting parameters to return paginated query results.
• Custom Query Definitions - Repository methods annotated with custom JPQL or SQL queries for complex data operations.
• Entity Association Annotations - Ships entity relationship mapping annotations for JPA entity associations.
• Specification-Based Query Builders - Constructs query predicates at runtime from user-supplied search parameters using a specification pattern.
• HTTP - Provides a fluent HTTP client with a shared, configurable connection pool.
• Date and Time Utilities - Provides utility functions for date and time calculations, formatting, and parsing.
• Text String Manipulation Utilities - Offers utility methods for common text processing tasks like formatting and splitting.
• REST API Clients - Provides a template client for fetching remote resources and deserializing responses.
• Runtime Profile Activation - Activates environment-specific configurations based on runtime profile identifiers.
• Thread-Safe HTTP Clients - Provides a thread-safe HTTP client with a shared connection pool for efficient communication.
• Lock-Free Primitives - Uses lock-free concurrent primitives like thread-local random and striped counters to reduce contention.
• File and Console I/O - Ships utility functions for file and stream operations including reading, writing, and copying.
• Class Metadata Inspection - Retrieves class-level information such as declared methods and fields at runtime.
• Method Invokers - Ships bytecode-generated method invokers to optimize reflective calls.
• Dynamic Method Invokers - Provides reflection utilities to call any method or access any field, bypassing visibility modifiers.
• Concurrency Management Libraries - Provides utility classes for thread management, synchronization, and concurrent task execution.
• Sensible Default Thread Pools - Ships thread pool builders with sensible defaults for queue lengths and max thread counts.
• Reflection Utilities - Offers utility methods for common reflection operations like field access and method invocation.
• Primitive Collections - Uses primitive-specialized collections to reduce memory and improve performance over boxed types.
• String Manipulation Utilities - Provides null-safe string utility functions for common string operations.
• Optimized Implementations - Provides faster implementations of common string operations like split for improved performance.
• Best Practice Patterns - Demonstrates pragmatic best practices and mainstream technology choices for enterprise Java development.
• Aspect-Oriented Programming - Uses proxy-based AOP interception for modularizing cross-cutting concerns like transactions and security.
• Reusable Object Caches - Caches reusable objects in thread-local storage to avoid repeated allocation.
• Method Interception Proxies - Intercepts method calls through runtime proxies to apply cross-cutting concerns.
• Spring Boot CRUD Scaffolds - Offers a Spring Boot scaffold for building CRUD web interfaces with server-side rendering and AJAX-driven frontends.
• Automated Testing Tools - Runs unit, integration, and functional tests with mock isolation and database rollback.
• Form Input Validation - Checks form data and domain objects against rules using server-side validators.
• Escaping Utilities - Encodes and escapes text for XML, HTML, URL, Base64, and Hex formats.
• HTTP Request Builders - Sends HTTP requests via a concise fluent interface with automatic stream management.
• CRUD Web Application Scaffolds - Offers a Spring Boot scaffold for building CRUD web interfaces with server-side rendering and AJAX-driven frontends.

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