Uses of Package
org.springframework.beans.factory

Package
Description
AspectJ integration package.
Classes enabling AspectJ 5 @Annotated classes to be used in Spring AOP.
Base classes enabling auto-proxying based on AspectJ.
Support package for declarative AOP configuration, with XML schema being the primary configuration format.
Package containing Spring's basic AOP infrastructure, compliant with the AOP Alliance interfaces.
Bean post-processors for use in ApplicationContexts to simplify AOP usage by automatically creating AOP proxies without the need to use a ProxyFactoryBean.
 
Provides miscellaneous interceptor implementations.
Support for AOP-based scoping of target objects, with configurable backend.
Convenience classes for using Spring's AOP API.
 
 
The core package implementing Spring's lightweight Inversion of Control (IoC) container.
Support package for annotation-driven bean configuration.
AOT support for bean factories.
SPI interfaces and configuration-related convenience classes for bean factories.
Support package for Groovy-based bean definitions.
Support infrastructure for bean definition parsing.
Support package for the Java ServiceLoader facility.
Classes supporting the org.springframework.beans.factory package.
Mechanism to determine bean wiring metadata from a bean instance.
Contains an abstract XML-based BeanFactory implementation, including a standard "spring-beans" XSD.
Annotations and supporting classes for declarative cache management.
 
Implementation package for java.util.concurrent based caches.
AOP-based solution for declarative caching demarcation.
Implementation package for JSR-107 (javax.cache aka "JCache") based caches.
Support package for declarative JSR-107 caching configuration.
AOP-based solution for declarative caching demarcation using JSR-107 annotations.
Support classes for the org.springframework.cache package.
Transaction-aware decorators for the org.springframework.cache package.
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.
Annotation support for the Application Context, including JSR-250 "common" annotations, component-scanning, and Java-based metadata for creating Spring-managed objects.
Support classes for application events, like standard context events.
Expression parsing support within a Spring application context.
Classes supporting the org.springframework.context package, such as abstract base classes for ApplicationContext implementations and a MessageSource implementation.
Load-time weaving support for a Spring application context, building on Spring's LoadTimeWeaver abstraction.
Annotation support for DAOs.
Support classes for DAO implementations, providing miscellaneous utility methods.
Formatters for java.util.Date properties.
Integration with the JSR-310 java.time package in JDK 8.
Formatters for java.lang.Number properties.
Integration with the JSR-354 javax.money package.
Support classes for the formatting package, providing common implementations as well as adapters.
Contains an abstraction over client-side HTTP.
Abstractions for reactive HTTP client support including ClientHttpRequest and ClientHttpResponse as well as a ClientHttpConnector.
This package provides generic HTTP support classes, to be used by higher-level classes like RestTemplate.
Provides HttpMessageConverter implementations for handling JSON.
This package provides a facility for generic JCA message endpoint management.
Provides generic support classes for JCA usage within Spring, mainly for local setup of a JCA ResourceAdapter and/or ConnectionFactory.
Defines the Spring JDBC configuration namespace.
Provides the core JDBC framework, based on JdbcTemplate and its associated callback interfaces and helper objects.
JdbcTemplate variant with named parameter support.
Classes supporting the org.springframework.jdbc.core package.
Provides a utility class for easy DataSource access, a PlatformTransactionManager for a single DataSource, and various simple DataSource implementations.
Provides extensible support for creating embedded database instances.
Provides extensible support for initializing databases through scripts.
Provides a strategy for looking up JDBC DataSources by name.
The classes in this package represent RDBMS queries, updates, and stored procedures as threadsafe, reusable objects.
Support classes for the JDBC framework, used by the classes in the jdbc.core and jdbc.object packages.
Provides a support framework for incrementing database table values via sequences, with implementations for various databases.
Annotations and support classes for declarative JMS listener endpoints.
Support package for declarative messaging configuration, with Java configuration and XML schema support.
Provides a PlatformTransactionManager implementation for a single JMS ConnectionFactory, and a SingleConnectionFactory adapter.
Core package of the JMS support.
Classes supporting the org.springframework.jms.core package.
This package contains the base message listener container facility.
This package provides JCA-based endpoint management for JMS message listeners.
This package provides generic JMS support classes, to be used by higher-level classes like JmsTemplate.
Provides a MessageConverter abstraction to convert between Java objects and JMS messages.
Support classes for Spring's JMS framework.
Provides support for accessing remote MBean resources.
This package provides declarative creation and registration of Spring-managed beans as JMX MBeans.
Annotations for MBean exposure.
Provides a strategy for MBeanInfo assembly.
Provides a strategy for ObjectName creation.
Provides supporting infrastructure to allow Spring-created MBeans to send JMX notifications.
Contains support classes for connecting to local and remote MBeanServers and for exposing an MBeanServer to remote clients.
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.
Support classes for JNDI usage, including a JNDI-based BeanFactory implementation.
JavaMail support for Spring's mail infrastructure.
Defines interfaces and implementation classes for messaging templates.
Basic abstractions for working with message handler methods.
Support classes for working with annotated message-handling methods with non-blocking, reactive contracts.
Support classes for working with annotated message-handling methods.
Common infrastructure for invoking message handler methods.
Common infrastructure for invoking message handler methods with non-blocking, and reactive contracts.
Support classes for working with annotated RSocket stream handling methods.
Generic support for Simple Messaging Protocols including protocols such as STOMP.
Support classes for handling messages from simple messaging protocols (like STOMP).
Provides a "simple" message broker implementation along with an abstract base class and other supporting types such as a registry for subscriptions.
Configuration support for WebSocket messaging using higher level messaging protocols.
Generic support for simple messaging protocols (like STOMP).
Provides implementations of Message along with a MessageBuilder and MessageHeaderAccessor for building and working with messages and message headers, as well as various MessageChannel implementations and channel interceptor support.
Package providing integration of Hibernate 5.x with Spring concepts.
Classes supporting the org.springframework.orm.hibernate5 package.
Package providing integration of JPA (Java Persistence API) with Spring concepts.
Internal support for managing JPA persistence units.
Classes supporting the org.springframework.orm.jpa package.
Package providing integration of JAXB with Spring's O/X Mapping support.
Package providing integration of XStream with Spring's O/X Mapping support.
Provides a utility class for easy ConnectionFactory access, a ReactiveTransactionManager for a single ConnectionFactory, and various simple ConnectionFactory implementations.
Provides extensible support for initializing databases through scripts.
Provides a strategy for looking up R2DBC ConnectionFactories by name.
Annotation support for asynchronous method execution.
 
Scheduling convenience classes for the java.util.concurrent and jakarta.enterprise.concurrent packages, allowing to set up a ThreadPoolExecutor or ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor as a bean in a Spring context.
Support package for declarative scheduling configuration, with XML schema being the primary configuration format.
Support classes for the open source scheduler Quartz, allowing to set up Quartz Schedulers, JobDetails and Triggers as beans in a Spring context.
Generic support classes for scheduling.
Package providing integration of BeanShell (and BeanShell2) into Spring's scripting infrastructure.
Package providing integration of Groovy into Spring's scripting infrastructure.
Support classes for Spring's scripting package.
Support classes for integrating the Spring TestContext Framework with JUnit 4.12 or higher.
Support classes for integrating the Spring TestContext Framework with TestNG.
Spring's support for annotation-based transaction demarcation.
 
Support package for declarative transaction configuration, with XML schema being the primary configuration format.
AOP-based solution for declarative transaction demarcation.
Transaction SPI implementation for JTA.
Support classes for the org.springframework.transaction package.
Classes supporting the org.springframework.ui.context package.
Support classes for setting up FreeMarker within a Spring application context.
Support classes for integrating a JSR-303 Bean Validation provider (such as Hibernate Validator) into a Spring ApplicationContext and in particular with Spring's data binding and validation APIs.
This package contains classes used to determine the requested the media types in a request.
Contains a variant of the application context interface for web applications, and the ContextLoaderListener that bootstraps a root web application context.
Support for generic request context holding, in particular for scoping of application objects per HTTP request or HTTP session.
Support for asynchronous request processing.
Classes supporting the org.springframework.web.context package, such as WebApplicationContext implementations and various utility classes.
Provides generic filter base classes allowing for bean-style configuration.
Support classes for integrating a JSF web layer with a Spring service layer which is hosted in a Spring root WebApplicationContext.
Common infrastructure for handler method processing, as used by Spring MVC's org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method package.
Support classes for the multipart resolution framework.
Top-level package for the spring-webflux module that contains DispatcherHandler, the main entry point for WebFlux server endpoint processing including key contracts used to map requests to handlers, invoke them, and process the result.
Spring WebFlux configuration infrastructure.
Classes supporting the org.springframework.web.reactive.function.server package.
Provides HandlerMapping implementations including abstract base classes.
Support classes for serving static resources.
Infrastructure for handler method processing.
Infrastructure for annotation-based handler method processing.
Support for result handling through view resolution.
Support classes for the integration of FreeMarker as Spring web view technology.
Support classes for views based on the JSR-223 script engine abstraction (as included in Java 6+), e.g.
Provides servlets that integrate with the application context infrastructure, and the core interfaces and classes for the Spring web MVC framework.
Annotation-based setup for Spring MVC.
Classes supporting the org.springframework.web.servlet.function package.
Provides standard HandlerMapping implementations, including abstract base classes for custom implementations.
Standard controller implementations for the Servlet MVC framework that comes with Spring.
Support package for annotation-based Servlet MVC controllers.
Servlet-based infrastructure for handler method processing, building on the org.springframework.web.method package.
MVC infrastructure for annotation-based handler method processing, building on the org.springframework.web.method.annotation package.
Support classes for serving static resources.
Support classes for Spring's web MVC framework.
Provides standard View and ViewResolver implementations, including abstract base classes for custom implementations.
Support classes for document generation, providing View implementations for PDF and Excel.
Support classes for feed generation, providing View implementations for Atom and RSS.
Support classes for the integration of FreeMarker as Spring web view technology.
Support classes for the integration of Groovy Templates as Spring web view technology.
Support classes for providing a View implementation based on JSON serialization.
Support classes for views based on the JSR-223 script engine abstraction (as included in Java 6+), e.g.
Support classes for providing a View implementation based on XML Marshalling.
Support classes for XSLT, providing a View implementation for XSLT stylesheets.
Client-side classes for use with standard Java WebSocket endpoints.
Support for annotation-based WebSocket setup in configuration classes.
Convenient WebSocketHandler implementations and decorators.
WebSocket integration for Spring's messaging module.
Server-side classes for use with standard JSR-356 WebSocket endpoints.
Server-side support classes including container-specific strategies for upgrading a request.
Support classes for SockJS including an AbstractSockJsService implementation.
TransportHandler implementation classes as well as a concrete SockJsService.