The Spring Framework

Spring Framework API 2.5

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

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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.

 

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