Mastering Spring Framework Fundamentals - Creating the Web Application Context

The video tutorial explains the setup of a dispatcher server, focusing on file conventions and XML configuration for application context. It covers the use of beans and context namespaces, enabling component scanning, and setting up a controller using the MVC pattern. The tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to configuring the application context and demonstrates the importance of organizing files within the web.xml structure.

What is the purpose of placing files in the WEB-INF directory?

• To make them accessible through the servlet context

• To hide them from the server

• To enable faster loading

• To allow direct access from the web

What naming convention is used for the dispatcher servlet's XML configuration file?

• Servlet name followed by .xml

• Dispatcher name followed by .config

• Servlet name followed by .config

• App name followed by .xml

What is the role of the beans section in the XML configuration?

• To define the default namespace

• To configure the application context

• To set up component scanning

• To specify the servlet context

Why is a new context namespace introduced in the XML configuration?

• To configure security settings

• To enable component scanning

• To define servlet parameters

• To manage database connections

What is the purpose of specifying a base package in component scanning?

• To configure security settings

• To locate controllers for the MVC pattern

• To manage database connections

• To define the servlet context