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Spring 3.0 Jumps on Java

Version 3.0 of the open source Spring Java framework is nearing completion and is set to offer Java developers new capabilities to rapidly develop applications. SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson will detail the new capabilities of Spring 3.0 during the JavaOne conference this week in San Francisco.

Spring is a popular open source Java framework with more than 8 million downloads, according to Johnson. Spring 3.0 will add a new expression language and project Roo for rapid code generation, and it will also boost support for annotations and REST. The new Spring 3.0 release, which is set to be finalized soon, comes as Java standards settle on the new JavaEE 6 specification and developers consider their Java application development choices.

"In Spring 3.0, we're adding the Spring Expression Language," Johnson told InternetNews.com. "You can use the expression language anywhere you do configuration in Spring."

Johnson explained that the expression language works with Java annotations so that developers can write and point to their configurations without the need to write separate XML files. In his view, the expression language increases the number of things a Spring developer can do without requiring XML....

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Source: Internetnews.com