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Java Integrating User Data Into Our Application

Posted by Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 Points

What is a Dialect? And what is a Principal?

Looking for some clarification on some of the concepts in this video, thx.

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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Dialect here is what Thymeleaf calls an extension or add-on, because the template language is added to or changed in some way from the base Thymeleaf.

Principle is a Java interface to represent an identity, and Spring's implementation of it is the first link in the teacher's notes.

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 Points

Why do they use the word Principal and not something like User?

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,416 Points

From the docs Principle is meant to be more abstract than just a user. It can represent a group as well.