Spring Framework API 2.5

This document is the API specification for the Spring Framework v2.5.

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Description

Packages

org.springframework.aop	Core Spring AOP interfaces, built on AOP Alliance AOP interoperability interfaces.
org.springframework.aop.aspectj	AspectJ integration package.
org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation	Classes enabling AspectJ 5 @Annotated classes to be used in Spring AOP.
org.springframework.aop.aspectj.autoproxy	Base classes enabling auto-proxying based on AspectJ.
org.springframework.aop.config	Support package for declarative AOP configuration, with XML schema being the primary configuration format.
org.springframework.aop.framework	Package containing Spring's basic AOP infrastructure, compliant with the AOP Alliance interfaces.
org.springframework.aop.framework.adapter	SPI package allowing Spring AOP framework to handle arbitrary advice types.
org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy	Bean post-processors for use in ApplicationContexts to simplify AOP usage by automatically creating AOP proxies without the need to use a ProxyFactoryBean.
org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.target	Generic support classes for target source creation.
org.springframework.aop.interceptor	Provides miscellaneous interceptor implementations.
org.springframework.aop.scope	Support for AOP-based scoping of target objects, with configurable backend.
org.springframework.aop.support	Convenience classes for using Spring's AOP API.
org.springframework.aop.support.annotation	Annotation support for AOP pointcuts.
org.springframework.aop.target	This package contains implementations of the org.springframework.aop.TargetSource interface.
org.springframework.aop.target.dynamic	Support for AOP-based refreshing of target objects.
org.springframework.beans	This package contains interfaces and classes for manipulating Java beans.
org.springframework.beans.annotation	Support package for beans-style handling of Java 5 annotations.
org.springframework.beans.factory	The core package implementing Spring's lightweight Inversion of Control (IoC) container.
org.springframework.beans.factory.access	Helper infrastructure to locate and access bean factories.
org.springframework.beans.factory.access.el	Support classes for accessing a Spring BeanFactory from Unified EL.
org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation	Support package for annotation-driven bean configuration.
org.springframework.beans.factory.config	SPI interfaces and configuration-related convenience classes for bean factories.
org.springframework.beans.factory.generic	Support package for generic BeanFactory access, leveraging Java 5 generics in the accessor API.
org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing	Support infrastructure for bean definition parsing.
org.springframework.beans.factory.serviceloader	Support package for the JDK 1.6 ServiceLoader facility.
org.springframework.beans.factory.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.beans.factory package.
org.springframework.beans.factory.wiring	Mechanism to determine bean wiring metadata from a bean instance.
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml	Contains an abstract XML-based BeanFactory implementation, including a standard "spring-beans" DTD.
org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors	Properties editors used to convert from String values to object types such as java.util.Properties.
org.springframework.beans.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.beans package, such as utility classes for sorting and holding lists of beans.
org.springframework.cache.ehcache	Support classes for the open source cache EHCache, allowing to set up an EHCache CacheManager and Caches as beans in a Spring context.
org.springframework.context	This package builds on the beans package to add support for message sources and for the Observer design pattern, and the ability for application objects to obtain resources using a consistent API.
org.springframework.context.access	Helper infrastructure to locate and access shared application contexts.
org.springframework.context.annotation	Annotation support for context configuration, including classpath scanning for autowire candidates.
org.springframework.context.config	Support package for advanced application context configuration, with XML schema being the primary configuration format.
org.springframework.context.event	Support classes for application events, like standard context events.
org.springframework.context.i18n	Abstraction for determining the current Locale, plus global holder that exposes a thread-bound Locale.
org.springframework.context.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.context package, such as abstract base classes for ApplicationContext implementations and a MessageSource implementation.
org.springframework.context.weaving	Load-time weaving support for a Spring application context, building on Spring's LoadTimeWeaver abstraction.
org.springframework.core	Provides basic classes for exception handling and version detection, and other core helpers that are not specific to any part of the framework.
org.springframework.core.annotation	Core support package for Java 5 annotations.
org.springframework.core.enums	Interfaces and classes for type-safe enum support on JDK >= 1.3.
org.springframework.core.io	Generic abstraction for (file-based) resources, used throughout the framework.
org.springframework.core.io.support	Support classes for Spring's resource abstraction.
org.springframework.core.style	Support for styling values as Strings, with ToStringCreator as central class.
org.springframework.core.task	This package defines Spring's core TaskExecutor abstraction, and provides SyncTaskExecutor and SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor implementations.
org.springframework.core.task.support	Support classes for Spring's TaskExecutor abstraction.
org.springframework.core.type	Core support package for type introspection.
org.springframework.core.type.classreading	Core support package for type introspection through ASM-based class reading.
org.springframework.core.type.filter	Core support package for type filtering (e.g. for classpath scanning).
org.springframework.dao	Exception hierarchy enabling sophisticated error handling independent of the data access approach in use.
org.springframework.dao.annotation	Annotation support for DAOs.
org.springframework.dao.support	Support classes for DAO implementations, providing miscellaneous utility methods.
org.springframework.ejb.access	This package contains classes that allow easy access to EJBs.
org.springframework.ejb.config	Support package for EJB/J2EE-related configuration, with XML schema being the primary configuration format.
org.springframework.ejb.interceptor	Support classes for EJB 3 Session Beans and Message-Driven Beans, performing injection of Spring beans through an EJB 3 interceptor that processes Spring's @Autowired annotation.
org.springframework.ejb.support	Base classes to make implementing EJB 2.x beans simpler and less error-prone, as well as guaranteeing a Spring BeanFactory is available to such EJBs.
org.springframework.instrument	Support package for class instrumentation.
org.springframework.instrument.classloading	Support package for load time weaving based on class loaders, as required by JPA providers (but not JPA-specific).
org.springframework.instrument.classloading.glassfish	Support for class instrumentation on GlassFish / Sun Application Server.
org.springframework.instrument.classloading.oc4j	Support for class instrumentation on Oracle OC4J.
org.springframework.instrument.classloading.tomcat	Support for class instrumentation on Apache Tomcat.
org.springframework.instrument.classloading.weblogic	Support for class instrumentation on BEA WebLogic 10.
org.springframework.jca.cci	This package contains Spring's support for the Common Client Interface (CCI), as defined by the J2EE Connector Architecture.
org.springframework.jca.cci.connection	Provides a utility class for easy ConnectionFactory access, a PlatformTransactionManager for local CCI transactions, and various simple ConnectionFactory proxies/adapters.
org.springframework.jca.cci.core	Provides the core JCA CCI support, based on CciTemplate and its associated callback interfaces.
org.springframework.jca.cci.core.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.jca.cci.core package.
org.springframework.jca.cci.object	The classes in this package represent EIS operations as threadsafe, reusable objects.
org.springframework.jca.context	Integration package that allows for deploying a Spring application context as a JCA 1.5 compliant RAR file.
org.springframework.jca.endpoint	This package provides a facility for generic JCA message endpoint management.
org.springframework.jca.support	Provides generic support classes for JCA usage within Spring, mainly for local setup of a JCA ResourceAdapter and/or ConnectionFactory.
org.springframework.jca.work	Convenience classes for scheduling based on the JCA 1.5 WorkManager facility, as supported within JCA 1.5 ResourceAdapters.
org.springframework.jca.work.glassfish	Convenience package for obtaining a GlassFish JCA WorkManager for use in web applications.
org.springframework.jca.work.jboss	Convenience package for obtaining a JBoss JCA WorkManager for use in web applications.
org.springframework.jdbc	The classes in this package make JDBC easier to use and reduce the likelihood of common errors.
org.springframework.jdbc.core	Provides the core JDBC framework, based on JdbcTemplate and its associated callback interfaces and helper objects.
org.springframework.jdbc.core.metadata	Context metadata abstraction for the configuration and execution of a stored procedure call.
org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam	JdbcTemplate variant with named parameter support.
org.springframework.jdbc.core.simple	Simplification layer over JdbcTemplate for Java 5 and above.
org.springframework.jdbc.core.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.jdbc.core package.
org.springframework.jdbc.datasource	Provides a utility class for easy DataSource access, a PlatformTransactionManager for a single DataSource, and various simple DataSource implementations.
org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.lookup	Provides a strategy for looking up JDBC DataSources by name.
org.springframework.jdbc.object	The classes in this package represent RDBMS queries, updates, and stored procedures as threadsafe, reusable objects.
org.springframework.jdbc.support	Support classes for the JDBC framework, used by the classes in the jdbc.core and jdbc.object packages.
org.springframework.jdbc.support.incrementer	Provides a support framework for incrementing database table values via sequences, with implementations for various databases.
org.springframework.jdbc.support.lob	Provides a stategy interface for Large OBject handling, with implementations for various databases.
org.springframework.jdbc.support.nativejdbc	Provides a mechanism for extracting native implementations of JDBC interfaces from wrapper objects that got returned from connection pools.
org.springframework.jdbc.support.rowset	Provides a convenient holder for disconnected result sets.
org.springframework.jms	This package contains integration classes for JMS, allowing for Spring-style JMS access.
org.springframework.jms.config	Support package for declarative messaging configuration, with XML schema being the primary configuration format.
org.springframework.jms.connection	Provides a PlatformTransactionManager implementation for a single JMS ConnectionFactory, and a SingleConnectionFactory adapter.
org.springframework.jms.core	Core package of the JMS support.
org.springframework.jms.core.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.jms.core package.
org.springframework.jms.listener	This package contains the base message listener container facility.
org.springframework.jms.listener.adapter	Message listener adapter mechanism that delegates to target listener methods, converting messages to appropriate message content types (such as String or byte array) that get passed into listener methods.
org.springframework.jms.listener.endpoint	This package provides JCA-based endpoint management for JMS message listeners.
org.springframework.jms.listener.serversession	This package contains the ServerSessionMessageListenerContainer implementation, based on the standard JMS ServerSessionPool API.
org.springframework.jms.remoting	Remoting classes for transparent Java-to-Java remoting via a JMS provider.
org.springframework.jms.support	This package provides generic JMS support classes, to be used by higher-level classes like JmsTemplate.
org.springframework.jms.support.converter	Provides a MessageConverter abstraction to convert between Java objects and JMS messages.
org.springframework.jms.support.destination	Support classes for Spring's JMS framework.
org.springframework.jmx	This package contains Spring's JMX support, which includes registration of Spring-managed beans as JMX MBeans as well as access to remote JMX MBeans.
org.springframework.jmx.access	Provides support for accessing remote MBean resources.
org.springframework.jmx.export	This package provides declarative creation and registration of Spring-managed beans as JMX MBeans.
org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation	JDK 1.5+ annotations for MBean exposure.
org.springframework.jmx.export.assembler	Provides a strategy for MBeanInfo assembly.
org.springframework.jmx.export.metadata	Provides generic JMX metadata classes and basic support for reading JMX metadata in a provider-agnostic manner.
org.springframework.jmx.export.naming	Provides a strategy for ObjectName creation.
org.springframework.jmx.export.notification	Provides supporting infrastructure to allow Spring-created MBeans to send JMX notifications.
org.springframework.jmx.support	Contains support classes for connecting to local and remote MBeanServers and for exposing an MBeanServer to remote clients.
org.springframework.jndi	The classes in this package make JNDI easier to use, facilitating the accessing of configuration stored in JNDI, and provide useful superclasses for JNDI access classes.
org.springframework.jndi.support	Support classes for JNDI usage, including a JNDI-based BeanFactory implementation.
org.springframework.mail	Spring's generic mail infrastructure.
org.springframework.mail.javamail	JavaMail support for Spring's mail infrastructure.
org.springframework.metadata	Package defining a facade for accessing source-level metadata attributes at runtime.
org.springframework.metadata.commons	Attributes wrapper for Commons Attributes.
org.springframework.mock.jndi	The simplest implementation of the JNDI SPI that could possibly work.
org.springframework.mock.web	A comprehensive set of Servlet API mock objects, targeted at usage with Spring's web MVC framework.
org.springframework.mock.web.portlet	A comprehensive set of Portlet API mock objects, targeted at usage with Spring's web MVC framework.
org.springframework.orm	Root package for Spring's O/R Mapping integration classes.
org.springframework.orm.hibernate3	Package providing integration of Hibernate3 with Spring concepts.
org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation	Support package for the Hibernate3 Annotation add-on, which supports EJB3-compliant JDK 1.5+ annotations for mappings.
org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.orm.hibernate3 package.
org.springframework.orm.ibatis	Package providing integration of iBATIS Database Layer with Spring concepts.
org.springframework.orm.ibatis.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.orm.ibatis package.
org.springframework.orm.jdo	Package providing integration of JDO (Java Date Objects) with Spring concepts.
org.springframework.orm.jdo.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.orm.jdo package.
org.springframework.orm.jpa	Package providing integration of JPA (Java Persistence API) with Spring concepts.
org.springframework.orm.jpa.persistenceunit	Internal support for managing JPA persistence units.
org.springframework.orm.jpa.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.orm.jpa package.
org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor	Support classes for adapting to specific JPA vendors.
org.springframework.orm.toplink	Package providing integration of Oracle TopLink with Spring concepts.
org.springframework.orm.toplink.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.orm.toplink package.
org.springframework.remoting	Exception hierarchy for Spring's remoting infrastructure, independent of any specific remote method invocation system.
org.springframework.remoting.caucho	This package provides remoting classes for Caucho's Hessian and Burlap protocols: a proxy factory for accessing Hessian/Burlap services, and an exporter for making beans available to Hessian/Burlap clients.
org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker	Remoting classes for transparent Java-to-Java remoting via HTTP invokers.
org.springframework.remoting.jaxrpc	Remoting classes for Web Services via JAX-RPC.
org.springframework.remoting.jaxrpc.support	Support for specific JAX-RPC providers.
org.springframework.remoting.jaxws	Remoting classes for Web Services via JAX-WS (the successor of JAX-RPC), as included in Java 6 and Java EE 5.
org.springframework.remoting.rmi	Remoting classes for conventional RMI and transparent remoting via RMI invokers.
org.springframework.remoting.soap	SOAP-specific exceptions and support classes for Spring's remoting subsystem.
org.springframework.remoting.support	Generic support classes for remoting implementations.
org.springframework.scheduling	General exceptions for Spring's scheduling support, independent of any specific scheduling system.
org.springframework.scheduling.backportconcurrent	Scheduling convenience classes for the JSR-166 backport Executor mechanism, allowing to set up a ThreadPoolExecutor or ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor as bean in a Spring context.
org.springframework.scheduling.commonj	Convenience classes for scheduling based on the CommonJ WorkManager/TimerManager facility, as supported by IBM WebSphere 6.0+ and BEA WebLogic 9.0+.
org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent	Scheduling convenience classes for the JDK 1.5+ Executor mechanism in the java.util.concurrent package, allowing to set up a ThreadPoolExecutor or ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor as bean in a Spring context.
org.springframework.scheduling.quartz	Support classes for the open source scheduler Quartz, allowing to set up Quartz Schedulers, JobDetails and Triggers as beans in a Spring context.
org.springframework.scheduling.support	Generic support classes for scheduling.
org.springframework.scheduling.timer	Scheduling convenience classes for the JDK Timer, allowing to set up Timers and ScheduledTimerTasks as beans in a Spring context.
org.springframework.scripting	Core interfaces for Spring's scripting support.
org.springframework.scripting.bsh	Package providing integration of BeanShell into Spring's scripting infrastructure.
org.springframework.scripting.config	Support package for Spring's dynamic language machinery, with XML schema being the primary configuration format.
org.springframework.scripting.groovy	Package providing integration of Groovy into Spring's scripting infrastructure.
org.springframework.scripting.jruby	Package providing integration of JRuby into Spring's scripting infrastructure.
org.springframework.scripting.support	Support classes for Spring's scripting package.
org.springframework.stereotype	Annotations denoting the roles of types or methods in the overall architecture (at a conceptual, rather than implementation, level).
org.springframework.test	Superclasses for tests requiring Spring application contexts, including support for transactional execution of test cases, with automatic rollback on completion.
org.springframework.test.annotation	Support classes for annotation-driven tests.
org.springframework.test.context	This package contains the Spring TestContext Framework which provides annotation-driven unit and integration testing support that is agnostic of the actual testing framework in use.
org.springframework.test.context.junit38	Support classes for ApplicationContext-based and transactional tests run with JUnit 3.8 and the Spring TestContext Framework.
org.springframework.test.context.junit4	Support classes for ApplicationContext-based and transactional tests run with JUnit 4.4 and the Spring TestContext Framework.
org.springframework.test.context.support	Support classes for the Spring TestContext Framework.
org.springframework.test.context.testng	Support classes for ApplicationContext-based and transactional tests run with TestNG and the Spring TestContext Framework.
org.springframework.test.context.transaction	Transactional support classes for the Spring TestContext Framework.
org.springframework.test.jdbc	Support classes for tests based on JDBC.
org.springframework.test.jpa	Support classes for tests based on the Java Persistence API.
org.springframework.test.util	Helper classes for unit tests with reflective needs.
org.springframework.test.web	Helper classes for unit tests based on Spring's web support.
org.springframework.transaction	Exception hierarchy for Spring's transaction infrastructure, independent of any specific transaction management system.
org.springframework.transaction.annotation	JDK 1.5+ annotation for transaction demarcation.
org.springframework.transaction.config	Support package for declarative transaction configuration, with XML schema being the primary configuration format.
org.springframework.transaction.interceptor	AOP-based solution for declarative transaction demarcation.
org.springframework.transaction.jta	Transaction SPI implementation for JTA.
org.springframework.transaction.support	Support classes for the org.springframework.transaction package.
org.springframework.ui	Generic support for UI layer concepts.
org.springframework.ui.context	Contains classes defining the application context subinterface for UI applications.
org.springframework.ui.context.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.ui.context package.
org.springframework.ui.freemarker	Support classes for setting up FreeMarker within a Spring application context.
org.springframework.ui.jasperreports	Support classes for JasperReports.
org.springframework.ui.velocity	Support classes for setting up Velocity within a Spring application context.
org.springframework.util	Miscellaneous utility classes, such as String manipulation utilities, a Log4J configurer, and a state holder for paged lists of objects.
org.springframework.util.comparator	Useful generic java.util.Comparator implementations, such as an invertible comparator and a compound comparator.
org.springframework.util.xml	Miscellaneous utility classes for XML parsing and transformation, such as error handlers that log warnings via Commons Logging.
org.springframework.validation	Provides data binding and validation functionality, for usage in business and/or UI layers.
org.springframework.web	Common, generic interfaces that define minimal boundary points between Spring's web infrastructure and other framework modules.
org.springframework.web.bind	Provides web-specific data binding functionality.
org.springframework.web.bind.annotation	Annotations for binding requests to controllers and handler methods as well as for binding request parameters to method arguments.
org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.support	Support classes for web annotation processing.
org.springframework.web.bind.support	Support classes for web data binding.
org.springframework.web.context	Contains a variant of the application context interface for web applications, and the ContextLoaderListener that bootstraps a root web application context.
org.springframework.web.context.request	Support for generic request context holding, in particular for scoping of application objects per HTTP request or HTTP session.
org.springframework.web.context.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.web.context package, such as WebApplicationContext implementations and various utility classes.
org.springframework.web.filter	Provides generic filter base classes allowing for bean-style configuration.
org.springframework.web.jsf	Support classes for integrating a JSF web tier with a Spring middle tier which is hosted in a Spring root WebApplicationContext.
org.springframework.web.jsf.el	Support classes for integrating a JSF 1.2 web tier with a Spring middle tier which is hosted in a Spring root WebApplicationContext.
org.springframework.web.multipart	Multipart resolution framework for handling file uploads.
org.springframework.web.multipart.commons	MultipartResolver implementation for Jakarta Commons FileUpload.
org.springframework.web.multipart.support	Support classes for the multipart resolution framework.
org.springframework.web.portlet	Provides JSR-168 portlets that integrate with the application context infrastructure, and the core interfaces and classes for the Portlet variant of Spring's web MVC framework.
org.springframework.web.portlet.bind	Provides portlet-specific data binding functionality.
org.springframework.web.portlet.context	Support for Spring's application context concept in a portlet environment, including ApplicationContext implementations and various utility classes.
org.springframework.web.portlet.handler	Provides standard HandlerMapping implementations, including abstract base classes for custom implementations.
org.springframework.web.portlet.multipart	Multipart resolution framework for handling file uploads.
org.springframework.web.portlet.mvc	Standard controller implementations for the portlet MVC framework that comes with Spring.
org.springframework.web.portlet.mvc.annotation	Support package for annotation-based Portlet MVC controllers.
org.springframework.web.portlet.util	Miscellaneous portlet utility classes.
org.springframework.web.servlet	Provides servlets that integrate with the application context infrastructure, and the core interfaces and classes for the Spring web MVC framework.
org.springframework.web.servlet.handler	Provides standard HandlerMapping implementations, including abstract base classes for custom implementations.
org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.metadata	This package enables automatic web controller targeting.
org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n	Locale support classes for Spring's web MVC framework.
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc	Standard controller implementations for the servlet MVC framework that comes with Spring.
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation	Support package for annotation-based Servlet MVC controllers.
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction	Package allowing MVC Controller implementations to handle requests at method rather than class level.
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support	Support package for MVC controllers.
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.throwaway	Throwaway command controllers are a WebWork/Maverick-style alternative to Spring's default Servlet/Struts-style Controller approach.
org.springframework.web.servlet.support	Support classes for Spring's web MVC framework.
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags	Spring's JSP standard tag library for JSP 1.2+.
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form	Spring's form tag library for JSP 1.2+.
org.springframework.web.servlet.theme	Theme support classes for Spring's web MVC framework.
org.springframework.web.servlet.view	Provides standard View and ViewResolver implementations, including abstract base classes for custom implementations.
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.document	Support classes for document generation, providing View implementations for PDF and Excel.
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.freemarker	Support classes for the integration of FreeMarker as Spring web view technology.
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.jasperreports	Support classes for the integration of JasperReports as Spring web view technology.
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles	Support classes for the integration of Tiles (included in Struts) as Spring web view technology.
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2	Support classes for the integration of Tiles2 (the standalone version of Tiles) as Spring web view technology.
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.velocity	Support classes for the integration of Velocity as Spring web view technology.
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.xslt	Support classes for XSLT, providing a View implementation for XSLT stylesheets.
org.springframework.web.struts	Support classes for integrating a Struts web tier with a Spring middle tier which is typically hosted in a Spring root WebApplicationContext.
org.springframework.web.util	Miscellaneous web utility classes, such as HTML escaping, log4j initialization, and cookie handling.

This document is the API specification for the Spring Framework v2.5.

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