Angular JS and Java : dictionary

Angular and Java are full stack frameworks, for this reason the applications implemented with the 2 technologies tend to have similar logical layers.

The following table try to match the different terminology of Angular and Java. The match is not 100% correct but the goal is to help the developer to quickly find himself in the other technology.

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  <strong>Definition</strong> 
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  <strong>In Java</strong> 
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  HTML with additional markup 
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  JSP or JSF page 
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  custom attributes for HTML 
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  custom tags in JSP, custom component in JSF 
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  data showed in the view 
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  Model in Spring, Managed Bean in JSF 
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  context in where the model is stored 
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  Request / Session etc. 
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  formatting for the screen 
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  JSTL formatter in JSP, converter in JSF 
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  logic behind the screens 
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  @Controller in Spring, @RequestScoped 
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  retrieve object instances from the provider 
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  @Inject 
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  container for a part of the app (services, directives, …) 
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  Package artifact 
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  business logic 
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  @Service, @EJB 
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