This article by Ryan Knight explores how the Spring BlazeDS Integration project changes the way applications are wired and how to convert an existing Spring project to use this new integration. Features of and benefits for developers, arising from this project, are also discussed.
Adobe and Spring first announced the Spring BlazeDS Integration project late last year, with the goal:
to allow the Spring development model to be used for creating Rich Internet Applications (RIA's) with Adobe Flex, BlazeDS, Spring and Java. This would allow Spring managed services to be exposed through BlazeDS without the overhead of extra configuration files. The primary benefit is that it brings Spring ease of use to creating applications with Flex, BlazeDS and Java.
Following an introduction on developing rich internet applications the Spring way, the article shows how to set up the server and client sides of a Spring BlazeDS Integration project and then how to secure the remote services on both the server and client side of the application.
Read Spring BlazeDS Integration: What it Is and What Does it Change? for information and example code.