Rick talks about the new weapons provided by Spring 3.0 for the war on Java complexity. After a brief recap of Spring 2.5, we get introduced to our first weapon: Spring 3.0 is totally embracing Java 5. It requires at least Java 5, the code base is generified and lots of cruft is removed by making use of Java 5 features.  The Spring Expression Language (SPEL) is another powerful feature of Spring 3.0. Rick shows some examples that demonstrate how the new language looks for both the XML and the annotation ways of coding.

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