Mind Mapping:
Summary
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spring.jar is a single jar package containing the complete distribution module. But mock.jar, aspects.jar , spring-portlet.jar, and spring-hibernate2.jar are not included.
spring-src.zip is all the source code compressed package.
In addition to the spring.jar file, Spring also includes 21 other independent jar packages, each of which contains the corresponding Spring components. Users can choose and combine their own jar packages according to their own needs without introducing all the classes of the entire spring.jar. document.
spring-core.jar
This jar file contains the basic core utility classes of the Spring Framework. The classes in this package must be used by other Spring components, which are the basic core of other components. Of course, you can also use these tool classes in your own application system.
External dependency Commons Logging, (Log4J).
The spring-beans.jar
jar file is used by all applications. It contains all classes related to accessing configuration files, creating and managing beans, and performing Inversion of Control / Dependency Injection (IoC/DI) operations. If the application only needs basic IoC/DI support, it is enough to import the spring-core.jar and spring-beans.jar files.
External dependencies spring-core, (CGLIB).
spring-aop.jar
This jar file contains the classes and source-level metadata support needed to use Spring's AOP features in an application. Use AOP-based Spring features, such as Declarative Transaction Management, and include this jar in your application.
External dependencies spring-core, (spring-beans, AOP Alliance, CGLIB, Commons Attributes).
The spring-context.jar
jar file provides a number of extensions to the Spring core. You can find all the classes required to use the Spring ApplicationContext feature, all the classes required by JDNI, the instrumentation components, and related classes for validation.
External dependencies spring-beans, (spring-aop).
The spring-dao.jar
jar file contains all the classes for data access by Spring DAO and Spring Transaction. In order to use declarative transaction support, you also need to include spring-aop.jar in your application.
External dependencies spring-core, (spring-aop, spring-context, JTA API).
spring-jdbc.jar
This jar file contains all the classes that encapsulate Spring's JDBC data access.
External dependencies spring-beans, spring-dao.
The spring-support.jar
jar file contains classes that support UI templates (Velocity, FreeMarker, JasperReports), mail services, scripting services (JRuby), Cache (EHCache), and task scheduling (uartz).
External dependencies spring-context, (spring-jdbc, Velocity, FreeMarker, JasperReports, BSH, Groovy, JRuby, Quartz, EHCache)
The jar file spring-web.jar
contains the core classes required when using the Spring framework during Web application development, including classes for automatically loading Web Application Context features, Struts and JSF integration classes, file upload support classes, and Filter classes And a lot of tool helper classes.
External dependencies spring-context, Servlet API, (JSP API, JSTL, Commons FileUpload, COS).
spring-webmvc.jar
This jar file contains all classes related to Spring MVC framework. Includes framework Servlets, Web MVC framework, controller and view support. Of course, if your application uses a standalone MVC framework, you don't need any of the classes in this JAR file.
External dependencies spring-web, (spring-support, Tiles, iText, POI).
spring-portlet.jar
A Spring MVC-like framework implemented by spring itself. Includes an MVC framework and controllers.
External dependencies spring-web, Portlet API, (spring-webmvc).
spring-struts.jar
Struts framework support, can be more convenient and easier to integrate Struts framework.
External dependencies spring-web, Struts.
spring-remoting.jar
This jar file contains classes that support EJB, remote call Remoting (RMI, Hessian, Burlap, Http Invoker, JAX-RPC).
External dependencies spring-aop, (spring-context, spring-web, Hessian, Burlap, JAX-RPC, EJB API).
The spring-jmx.jar
jar package provides support classes for JMX 1.0/1.2.
External dependencies spring-beans, spring-aop, JMX API.
The spring-jms.jar
jar package provides support classes for JMS 1.0.2/1.1.
External dependencies spring-beans, spring-dao, JMS API.
spring-jca.jar
support for JCA 1.0.
External dependencies spring-beans, spring-dao, JCA API.
spring-jdo.jar
support for JDO 1.0/2.0.
External dependencies spring-jdbc, JDO API, (spring-web).
spring-jpa.jar
for JPA 1.0 support.
External dependencies spring-jdbc, JPA API, (spring-web).
The support of spring-hibernate2.jar
for Hibernate 2.1 has been deprecated.
External dependencies spring-jdbc, Hibernate2, (spring-web).
spring-hibernate3.jar
support for Hibernate 3.0/3.1/3.2.
External dependencies spring-jdbc, Hibernate3, (spring-web).
spring-toplink.jar
support for TopLink framework.
External dependencies spring-jdbc, TopLink.
spring-ibatis.jar
support for iBATIS SQL Maps.
External dependencies spring-jdbc, iBATIS SQL Maps.
The other two packages.
spring-mock.jar
This jar file contains a complete set of Spring mock classes to assist application testing. The Spring test suite uses many of these mock classes to make testing easier. Mocking the HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse classes is handy in unit testing Web applications. And provides support for JUnit.
Externally depends on spring-core.
spring-aspects.jar
provides AspectJ support so that aspect-oriented functionality can be easily integrated into IDEs such as Eclipse AJDT.
External dependencies.
WEAVER JARS (dist/weavers) instructions.
spring-agent.jar
Spring's InstrumentationSavingAgent (InstrumentationLoadTimeWeaver), a device agent package, you can refer to the Instrumentation function of JDK1.5 for more information.
External dependencies none (for use at JVM startup: "-javaagent:spring-agent.jar").
spring-tomcat-weaver.jar
extends Tomcat's ClassLoader so that it can use the instrumentation (device) class.
External dependencies none (for deployment into Tomcat's “server/lib” directory).