Minimum JARs for Spring 3.0 dependency injection

Question

Similarly to this question regarding an earlier Spring version, what are the minimum dependencies required for an application to use Spring 3.0 dependency injec

Answer 1

YMMV, but I'd do the following:

First, import the Spring BOM in the dependency management section, to ensure a baseline dependency version:

    3.2.6.RELEASE


    
        
            org.springframework
            spring-framework-bom
            ${spring.version}
            pom
            import
        
     
 

Then, in the build/dependency section, import beans, context and core, and EL if you plan to configure Spring via xml configuration (or using test scope if you only plan to use Spring xml configuration for your tests harness.)

Note: This example is with 3.2.x. If you need to use Spring before 3.2.x, you will need to include asm explicitly. One possibility is to use a profile activated only for Spring versions below 3.2.x.

    
       
            org.springframework
            spring-core
            
       
       
            org.springframework
            spring-beans
       
       
            org.springframework
            spring-context
       
       
            org.springframework
            spring-expression
            test