Spring Framework

This article is about the Spring Framework. For the Spring Boot, see Spring Boot.
Spring Framework
Developer(s)VMware
Initial release1 October 2002; 22 years ago (2002-10-01)
Stable release
6.1.4[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 15 February 2024; 8 months ago (15 February 2024)
Repository
Written inJava
PlatformJava EE
TypeApplication framework
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websitespring.io/projects/spring-framework Edit this on Wikidata

The Spring Framework is an application framework and inversion of control container for the Java platform.[2] The framework's core features can be used by any Java application, but there are extensions for building web applications on top of the Java EE (Enterprise Edition) platform. The framework does not impose any specific programming model.[citation needed]. The framework has become popular in the Java community as an addition to the Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) model.[3] The Spring Framework is free and open source software.[4]: 121–122 [5]

  1. ^ "Release v6.1.4".
  2. ^ Deinum et al. 2014, p. 47, §2 Spring Core Tasks.
  3. ^ Deinum et al. 2014, pp. 694–698, §16-2 Integrating Two Systems Using JMS.
  4. ^ Johnson & Hoeller 2004.
  5. ^ Deinum & Cosmina 2021, p. 1, §1 Setting up a Local Development Environment.