Spring's application.properties file To demonstrate how the application.properties Spring configuration file works with the Spring @ConfigurationProperties annotation, we fill the file with a variety ...

As we discovered in Mastering Spring framework 5, Part 1, Spring MVC seamlessly integrates annotations into the robust architecture of a Spring-based application.

Before digging into the code, however, a quick word about Spring XML: with the advent of Spring JavaConfig and annotation-driven configuration, Spring made the attempt to move away from XML and ...