Exploring how to write and integrate Scala code in a Spring environment.

Java to Scala

The first objective is to port the Java code of Spring's petclinic sample to Scala. The Java code is translated to Scala in a one-to-one manner so it is easy to compare the Scala code with the original Java code.

Lift integration

The next objective is to explore how Spring can be integrated with the Lift web framework (a Scala-based web framework). This should give some ideas how you can start migrating parts of a stack based on Java libraries into one that also uses Scala libraries. In this case JSP's and Spring controllers are migrated into code that uses the lift-webkit module.

Links

• GettingStarted with the petclinic sample in Scala.
• Current petclinic sources in Scala
• Also see this blog entry showing a recipe to integrate Lift in a Spring-based webapp using the code in this project as an example.