Introducing Spring Framework 6: Learning and Building Java-based Applications With Spring

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F. Gutierrez, J. B. OttingerIntroducing Spring Framework 6https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8637-1_12

12. Using Dynamic Languages

Felipe Gutierrez¹   and Joseph B. Ottinger²

(1)

Cary, NC, USA

(2)

YOUNGSVILLE, NC, USA

 

In Chapter 11, we saw how we can send email using Spring’s built-in mail sending classes. In this chapter, we’re going to look into another corner altogether, the ability of Spring to leverage actual scripting languages directly as Spring components.

We’re going to mostly look at Groovy, but Beanshell and JRuby support is also included; they’re just less likely to fit well into most developers’ paradigms.

It’s also worth pointing out that scripts, ...