5.6. Summary

This chapter should ideally be titled "Integration between Spring and Flex" because that is what the chapter covers. The chapter introduces the latest release 1.0.0 of the Spring BlazeDS project. Through examples, it explains how usage patterns and configurations apply to projects that leverage Spring BlazeDS. For further detailed examples please explore the BlazeDS examples ported over to use Spring BlazeDS. The ported over examples are bundled with the Spring BlazeDS distribution.

The chapter starts with the basics of setting up Spring BlazeDS for an application. It discusses essential configuration and shows how defaults and conventions are preferred over configuration. The first section also sets the tone for the chapter, emphasizing better integration and productivity enhancements with minimal configuration.

After the basics, the chapter covers remoting and messaging under Spring BlazeDS. Remoting explores exporting of Spring beans as remoting destinations. The section on messaging explains the different use cases to which the message service applies. It explains JMS messaging with Spring BlazeDS with some level of detail. The section also speaks about the special IntegrationAdapter that Spring BlazeDS introduces. The IntegrationAdapter is used to connect to a remote FTP service from a Flex application.

The following part of the chapter focuses on Spring security and its applicability on projects that leverage Spring BlazeDS. Toward the end, custom adapter configuration is discussed.