# Spring Framework 3.2.4.RELEASE API

This is the public API documentation for the Spring Framework.

See: Description

Packages
Package | Description
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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.asm | Spring's repackaging of org.objectweb.asm 4 (for internal use only).
org.springframework.asm.util | Dummy implementations of asm-util classes (for internal use only).
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.aspectj |
org.springframework.beans.factory.config | SPI interfaces and configuration-related convenience classes for bean factories.
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 | Spring's generic cache abstraction.
org.springframework.cache.annotation | Annotations and supporting classes for declarative cache management.
org.springframework.cache.aspectj |
org.springframework.cache.concurrent | Implementation package for `java.util.concurrent` based caches.
org.springframework.cache.config | Support package for declarative caching configuration, with XML schema being the primary configuration format.
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.cache.interceptor | AOP-based solution for declarative caching demarcation.
org.springframework.cache.jcache | Implementation package for JSR-107 (javax.cache aka "JCache") based caches.
org.springframework.cache.support | Support classes for the the org.springframework.cache package.
org.springframework.cache.transaction | Transaction-aware decorators for the the org.springframework.cache package.
org.springframework.cglib | Spring's repackaging of net.sf.cglib 3 (for internal use only).
org.springframework.cglib.transform.impl |
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 the Application Context, including JSR-250 "common" annotations, component-scanning, and Java-based metadata for creating Spring-managed objects.
org.springframework.context.annotation.aspectj |
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.expression | Expression parsing support within a Spring application context.
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.convert | Type conversion system API.
org.springframework.core.convert.converter | SPI to implement Converters for the type conversion system.
org.springframework.core.convert.support | Default implementation of the type conversion system.
org.springframework.core.enums | Interfaces and classes for type-safe enum support on JDK >= 1.3.
org.springframework.core.env | Spring's environment abstraction consisting of bean definition profile and hierarchical property source support.
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.serializer | Root package for Spring's serializer interfaces and implementations.
org.springframework.core.serializer.support | Support classes for Spring's serializer 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 | Support classes for reading annotation and class-level metadata.
org.springframework.core.type.filter | Core support package for type filtering (e.g.
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.expression |
org.springframework.expression.common |
org.springframework.expression.spel |
org.springframework.expression.spel.ast |
org.springframework.expression.spel.standard |
org.springframework.expression.spel.support |
org.springframework.format | An API for defining Formatters to format field model values for display in a UI.
org.springframework.format.annotation | Annotations for declaratively configuring field formatting rules.
org.springframework.format.datetime | Formatters for `java.util.Date` properties.
org.springframework.format.datetime.joda | Integration with Joda-Time for formatting Joda date and time types as well as standard JDK Date types.
org.springframework.format.number | Formatters for `java.lang.Number` properties.
org.springframework.format.support | Support classes for the formatting package, providing common implementations as well as adapters.
org.springframework.http | Contains a basic abstraction over client/server-side HTTP.
org.springframework.http.client | Contains an abstraction over client-side HTTP.
org.springframework.http.client.support | This package provides generic HTTP support classes, to be used by higher-level classes like RestTemplate.
org.springframework.http.converter | Provides an HttpMessageConverter abstraction to convert between Java objects and HTTP input/output messages.
org.springframework.http.converter.feed | Provides HttpMessageConverter implementations for handling Atom and RSS feeds.
org.springframework.http.converter.json | Provides an HttpMessageConverter implementations for handling JSON.
org.springframework.http.converter.support |
org.springframework.http.converter.xml | Provides an HttpMessageConverter implementations for handling XML.
org.springframework.http.server | Contains an abstraction over server-side HTTP.
org.springframework.instrument |
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.jboss | Support for class instrumentation on JBoss AS 5.x / JBoss MC 2.0.x.
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.instrument.classloading.websphere | Support for class instrumentation on IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.
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.config | Defines the Spring JDBC configuration namespace.
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.embedded | Provides extensible support for creating embedded database instances.
org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init | Provides extensible support for initializing databases through scripts.
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.jdbc.support.xml | Abstraction for handling fields of SQLXML data type.
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.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 `MBeanServer`s 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.mock.env | This package contains mock implementations of the `Environment` and `PropertySource` abstractions introduced in Spring 3.1.
org.springframework.mock.http | Mock implementations of client/server-side HTTP abstractions.
org.springframework.mock.http.client | Mock implementations of client-side HTTP abstractions.
org.springframework.mock.jndi | The simplest implementation of the JNDI SPI that could possibly work.
org.springframework.mock.staticmock |
org.springframework.mock.web | A comprehensive set of Servlet API 2.5 mock objects, targeted at usage with Spring's web MVC framework.
org.springframework.mock.web.portlet | A comprehensive set of Portlet API 2.0 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 Hibernate 3.x 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.hibernate4 | Package providing integration of Hibernate 4.x with Spring concepts.
org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.support | Classes supporting the `org.springframework.orm.hibernate4` 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.oxm | Root package for Spring's O/X Mapping integration classes.
org.springframework.oxm.castor | Package providing integration of Castor within Springs O/X Mapping support
org.springframework.oxm.config | Provides an namespace handler for the Spring Object/XML namespace
org.springframework.oxm.jaxb | Package providing integration of JAXB with Springs O/X Mapping support
org.springframework.oxm.jibx | Package providing integration of JiBX with Springs O/X Mapping support
org.springframework.oxm.mime | Contains (un)marshallers optimized to store binary data in MIME attachments.
org.springframework.oxm.support | Provides generic support classes for using Spring's O/X Mapping integration within various scenario's.
org.springframework.oxm.xmlbeans | Package providing integration of XMLBeans with Springs O/X Mapping support
org.springframework.oxm.xstream | Package providing integration of XStream with Springs O/X Mapping support
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.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.annotation | JDK 1.5+ annotation for asynchronous method execution.
org.springframework.scheduling.aspectj |
org.springframework.scheduling.backportconcurrent | Scheduling convenience classes for the JSR-166 backport Executor mechanism, allowing to set up a ThreadPoolExecutor as a TaskExecutor-compliant 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 a bean in a Spring context.
org.springframework.scheduling.config | Support package for declarative scheduling configuration, with XML schema being the primary configuration format.
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 | This package contains the legacy JUnit 3.8 class hierarchy, which as of Spring 3.0 has been deprecated in favor of using the listener-based Spring TestContext Framework.
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 4.5+ and the Spring TestContext Framework.
org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements | JUnit 4.5 based `statements` used in 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.context.web | Web support classes for the Spring TestContext Framework.
org.springframework.test.jdbc | Support classes for tests based on JDBC.
org.springframework.test.jpa | As of Spring 3.0, this package has been deprecated in favor of using the listener-based Spring TestContext Framework.
org.springframework.test.util | General utility classes for use in unit and integration tests.
org.springframework.test.web | Helper classes for unit tests based on Spring's web support.
org.springframework.test.web.client | Contains client-side REST testing support.
org.springframework.test.web.client.match | Contains built-in `RequestMatcher` implementations.
org.springframework.test.web.client.response | Contains built-in `ResponseCreator` implementations.
org.springframework.test.web.servlet | Contains server-side support for testing Spring MVC applications.
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request | Contains built-in `RequestBuilder` implementations.
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result | Contains built-in `ResultMatcher` and `ResultHandler` implementations.
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup | Contains built-in `MockMvcBuilder` implementations.
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.aspectj |
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.validation.annotation | Support classes for annotation-based constraint evaluation, e.g.
org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation | Support classes for integrating a JSR-303 Bean Validation provider (such as Hibernate Validator 4.0) into a Spring ApplicationContext and in particular with Spring's data binding and validation APIs.
org.springframework.validation.support | Support classes for handling validation results.
org.springframework.web | Common, generic interfaces that define minimal boundary points between Spring's web infrastructure and other framework modules.
org.springframework.web.accept | This package contains classes used to determine the requested the media types in a request.
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.client | Core package of the client-side web support.
org.springframework.web.client.support | Classes supporting the `org.springframework.web.client` package.
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.request.async | Support for asynchronous request processing.
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.method | Common infrastructure for handler method processing, as used by Spring MVC's `org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method` package.
org.springframework.web.method.annotation | Support classes for annotation-based handler method processing.
org.springframework.web.method.support | Generic support classes for handler method processing.
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.bind.annotation | Annotations for binding portlet requests to handler methods.
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.config | Defines the XML configuration namespace for Spring MVC.
org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation | Annotation-based setup for Spring MVC.
org.springframework.web.servlet.handler | Provides standard HandlerMapping implementations, including abstract base classes for custom implementations.
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.condition | Common MVC logic for matching incoming requests based on conditions.
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method | Servlet-based infrastructure for handler method processing, building on the `org.springframework.web.method` package.
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation | MVC infrastructure for annotation-based handler method processing, building on the `org.springframework.web.method.annotation` package.
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.resource | Support classes for serving static resources.
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 2.0+.
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form | Spring's form tag library for JSP 2.0+.
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.feed | Support classes for feed generation, providing View implementations for Atom and RSS
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.json | Support classes for providing a View implementation based on JSON serialization.
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.tiles3 | Support classes for the integration of Tiles3 (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.xml | Support classes for providing a View implementation based on XML Marshalling.
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.