Abstract
After an extended milestone phase, Spring 3.0 finally went GA (generally available) in December 2009. The third generation of the framework provides comprehensive annotation-based configuration, unified expression language support, REST-enabled web MVC, and support for Java EE 6. This talk discusses Spring as a modern annotation-oriented application framework, covering the component model trends as well as selected Spring 3.0 feature highlights.

Abstract
After an extended milestone phase, Spring 3.0 finally went GA (generally available) in December 2009. The third generation of the framework provides comprehensive annotation-based configuration, unified expression language support, REST-enabled web MVC, and support for Java EE 6. This talk discusses Spring as a modern annotation-oriented application framework, covering the component model trends as well as selected Spring 3.0 feature highlights.