Getting started with Spring Framework:3rd Edition

Getting started with Spring Framework is a hands-on guide to begin developing applications using Spring Framework.

This book is meant for Java developers with little or no knowledge of Spring Framework. Getting started with Spring Framework, Third Edition has been updated to reflect changes in Spring 4.3and also includes new chapters on Java-based configurationand Spring Data (covers Spring Data JPA and Spring Data MongoDB projects).
The existing chapters have been revised to include information on Java-based configuration. The book also includes some new information on bean definition profiles, importing application context XML files, lazy autowiring, creating custom qualifier annotations, JSR 349 annotations, spring-messaging module, Java 8's Optional type, and more.