[Springframework-developer] Spring JPetStore

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Everybody,
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I've just finished an intial version of our JPetStore adaptation. =
Quoting myself from the readme:
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<quote>
Based on Clinton Begin's JPetStore (http://www.ibatis.com =
<http://www.ibatis.com> ).
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Features a Spring-managed middle tier with iBATIS Database Layer as data =
access
strategy, in combination with Spring's transaction and DAO abstractions.
Can work with local JDBC transactions or JTA, with the latter on two =
databases.
Uses the same data model and demo contents as the original JPetStore.
See "WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml" for details.
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Offers two alternative web tier implementations with the same user =
interface:
one based on Spring's web MVC, and one based on Struts 1.1. The latter =
is close
to the original JPetStore but reworked for JSTL, to make the JSP =
implementations
as comparable as possible. See "WEB-INF/web.xml", =
"WEB-INF/petstore-servlet.xml",
and "WEB-INF/struts-config.xml" for details.
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Compared to the original JPetStore, this implementation is significantly
improved in terms of internal structure and loose coupling: Leveraging =
Spring's
application context concept, there's a central place for wiring =
application
objects now. The most notable improvement is the former PetStoreLogic, =
now
called PetStoreFacade: It it not concerned with transaction details =
anymore.
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Note that the Spring-based web tier implementation is deliberately =
similar to
the Struts-based one and does not aim to improve in terms of in-place =
error
messages or the like. The inclusion of two web tier alternatives =
outlines the
differences as well as the similarities in the respective programming =
model,
and also illustrates the different configuration styles.
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Before I commit this initial version, I'd like to settle on a directory =
name:
Should we use "samples/jpetstore", as it is still pretty close to the =
original JPetStore,
and mainly serves for comparison with Clinton's version? I'm inclined to =
adopt that:
Then we can still implement a clean-room own PetStore in the future, if =
we feel the
need to, naming that other implementation "spetstore" or whatever.
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Juergen
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