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# Contributing to Spring Zero
Spring Zero is released under the non-restrictive Apache 2.0 license. If you would like
to contribute something, or simply want to hack on the code this document should help
you get started.
## Working with the code
If you don't have an IDE preference we would recommend that you use
[Spring Tools Suite](http://www.springsource.com/developer/sts) or
[Eclipse](http://eclipse.org) when working with the code. We use the
[m2eclipe](http://eclipse.org/m2e/) eclipse plugin for maven support. Other IDEs
and tools should also work without issue.
### Building from source
To build the source you will need to install
[Apache Maven](http://maven.apache.org/run-maven/index.html) v3.0 or above. The project
can be build using the standard maven command:
$ mvn clean install
If you are rebuilding often, you might also want to skip the tests until you are ready
to submit a pull request:
$ mvn clean install -DskipTests
### Importing into eclipse with m2eclipse
We recommend the [m2eclipe](http://eclipse.org/m2e/) eclipse plugin when working with
eclipse. If you don't already have m2eclipse installed it is available from the "eclipse
marketplace".
Spring Zero includes project specific source formatting settings, in order to have these
work with m2eclipse, we provide an additional eclipse plugin that you can install:
* Select `Install new software` from the `help` menu
* Click `Add...` to add a new repository
* Click the `Archive...` button
* Select `org.eclipse.m2e.maveneclipse.site-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-site.zip`
from the `eclipse` folder in this checkout
* Install "Maven Integration for the maven-eclipse-plugin"
_NOTE: This plugin is optional. Projects can be imported without the plugin, your code
changes just won't be automatically formatted._
With the requisite eclipse plugins installed you can select
`import existing maven projects` from the `file` menu to import the code. You will
need to import the root `spring-zero` pom and the `spring-zero-samples` pom separately.
### Importing into eclipse without m2eclipse
If you prefer not to use m2eclipse you can generate eclipse project meta-data using the
following command:
$ mvn eclipse:eclipse
The generated eclipse projects can be imported by selecting `import existing projects`
from the `file` menu.
### Importing into other IDEs
Maven is well supported by most Java IDEs. Refer to you vendor documentation.
### Integration tests
The sample application are used as integration tests during the build. Due to the
fact that they make use of the `spring-package-maven-plugin` they cannot be called
directly, and so instead are launched via the `maven-invoker-plugin`. If you encounter
build failures running the integration tests, check the `build.log` file in the appropriate
sample directory.

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# Spring Zero
Spring Zero is "Spring for Snowboarders". If you are kewl, or
just impatient, and you want to use Spring, then this is the place to
be. Spring Zero is a toolkit and runtime platform that will get
you up and running with Spring-powered, production-grade applications
and services with absolute minimum fuss. It takes an opinionated view
of the Spring family so that new and existing users can quickly get to
the bits they need. Assumes no knowledge of the Java development
ecosystem. Absolutely no code generation and no XML (unless you really
want it).
Spring Zero is "Spring for Snowboarders". If you are kewl, or just impatient, and you
want to use Spring, then this is the place to be. Spring Zero is the code-name for a
group of related technologies, that will get you up and running with
Spring-powered, production-grade applications and services with absolute minimum fuss.
It takes an opinionated view of the Spring family so that new and existing users can
quickly get to the bits they need. Assumes limited knowledge of the Java development
ecosystem. Absolutely no code generation and no XML (unless you really want it).
The goals are:
* Radically faster and widely accessible getting started experience for Spring
development
* Be opinionated out of the box, but get out of the way quickly as requirements start to
diverge from the defaults
* Provide a range of non-functional features that are common to large classes of projects
(e.g. embedded servers, security, metrics, health checks, externalized configuration)
* First class support for REST-ful services, modern web applications, batch jobs, and
enterprise integration
* Applications that adapt their behavior or configuration to their environment
* Optionally use Groovy features like DSLs and AST transformations to accelerate the
implementation of basic business requirements
* Radically faster and widely accessible getting started experience
for Spring development
* Be opinionated out of the box, but get out of the way quickly as
requirements start to diverge from the defaults
* Provide a range of non-functional features that are common to large
classes of projects (e.g. embedded servers, security, metrics,
health checks, externalized configuration)
* First class support for REST-ful services, modern web applications,
batch jobs, and enterprise integration
* Applications that adapt their behaviour or configuration to their
environment
* Optionally use Groovy features like DSLs and AST transformations to
accelerate the implementation of basic business requirements
## Installing
You need to build from source for now, but when it's done instructions will look like this:
You need to [build from source](#building-from-source) for now, but when it's done
instructions will look like this:
1) Get Java. Download and install the Java SDK from www.java.com
1) Get Java. Download and install the Java SDK from [www.java.com](http://www.java.com)
2) Get Spring
$ curl -s spring.cfapps.io/installer | bash
or use the Windows installer
$ curl -s spring.cfapps.io/installer | bash
3) Get to Work!
or use the [Windows installer](#installing)
$ cat > app.groovy
## Building from source
Spring Zero can be [built with maven](http://maven.apache.org/run-maven/index.html) v3.0
or above.
$ mvn clean install
An `alias` can be used for the Spring Zero command line tool:
$ alias spr="java -jar ~/.m2/repository/org/springframework/zero/spring-cli/0.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT/spring-cli-0.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar"
_Also see [CONTRIBUTING.md](/CONTRIBUTING.md) if you want to submit pull requests._
## Quick Start Example
The Spring Zero command line tool uses Groovy underneath so that we can present simple
snippets that can just run, for example:
$ cat > app.groovy
@Controller
class ThisWillActuallyRun {
@RequestMapping("/")
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return "Hello World!"
}
}
$ spring run app.groovy
$ curl localhost:8080
Hello World!
<ctrl-d>
$ spr run app.groovy
$ curl localhost:8080
Hello World!
## What? It's Groovy then? or like Grails? or Roo?
There is a command line tool that uses Groovy underneath so that we
can present simple snippets that can just run just like the slimline
`app.groovy` example above. Groovy makes this really easy.
If you don't want to use the command line tool, or you would rather
work using Java and an IDE you can. Just add a `main()` method that
calls `SpringApplication` and add `@EnableAutoConfiguration`:
If you don't want to use the command line tool, or you would rather work using Java and
an IDE you can. Just add a `main()` method that calls `SpringApplication` and
add `@EnableAutoConfiguration`:
import org.springframework.stereotype.*;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
import org.springframework.bootstrap.context.annotation.*;
@Controller
@EnableAutoConfiguration
public class SampleController {
@RequestMapping("/")
@ResponseBody
String home() {
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public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
SpringApplication.run(SampleController.class, args);
}
}
_NOTE: the above example assumes your build system has imported the `spring-starter-web`
maven pom._
}
## Spring Zero Themes
There are a number of themes in Zero. Here are the important
ones:
## Spring Zero Components
There are a number of components in Zero. Here are the important ones:
### The Spring CLI
The 'spring' command line application compiles and runs Groovy source, making it super
easy to write the absolute minimum of code to get an application running. Spring CLI
can also watch files, automatically recompiling and restarting when they change.
*See [spring-cli/README.md](spring-cli/README.md).*
The 'spring' command line application compiles and runs Groovy source,
making it super easy to write the absolute minimum of code to get an
application running. Spring CLI can also watch files, automatically
recompiling and restarting when they change.
### Spring Bootstrap
The main library providing features that support the other parts of Spring Zero.
Features include:
The main library providing features that support the other parts of
Spring Zero. Features include:
* `SpringApplication` - a class with static convenience methods that make it really easy
to write a standalone Spring Application. Its sole job is to create and refresh an
appropriate Spring `ApplicationContext`.
* Embedded web applications with a choice of container (Tomcat or Jetty for now)
* First class externalized configuration support
_See [spring-bootstrap/README.md](spring-bootstrap/README.md)._
* `SpringApplication` - a class with static convenience methods that
make it really easy to write a standalone Spring Application. Its
sole job is to create and refresh an appropriate Spring
`ApplicationContext`.
* Embedded web applications with a choice of container (Tomcat or
Jetty for now)
### Spring Autoconfigure
Spring Zero can configure large parts of common applications based on detecting the
content of the classpath and any existing application context. A single
`@EnableAutoConfigure` annotation triggers auto-configuration of the Spring context.
Spring Zero can configure large parts of common applications based on
detecting the content of the classpath and any existing application
context:
Auto-configuration attempts to guess what beans a user might want based on their
classpath. For example, If a 'HSQLDB' is on the classpath the user probably wants an
in-memory database to be defined. Auto-configuration will back away as the user starts
to define their own beans.
_See [spring-autoconfigure/README.md](spring-autoconfigure/README.md)._
* `@EnableAutoConfigure` is an annotation that triggers
auto-configuration of the Spring context. Auto-configuration
attempts to guess what beans a user might want based on their
classpath. For example, If a 'HSQLDB' is on the classpath the user
probably wants an in-memory database to be
defined. Auto-configuration will back away as the user starts to
define their own beans.
* `@Conditional` is an annotation in Spring 4.0 that allows you to
control which parts of an application are used at runtime. Spring
Zero provides some concrete implementations of conditional
configuration, e.g. `@ConditionalOnBean`,
`@ConditionalOnMissingBean` and `@ConditionalOnClass`.
### Spring Actuator
Spring Actuator uses auto-configuration to decorate your application with features that
make it instantly deployable and supportable in production. For instance if you are
writing a JSON web service then it will provide a server, security, logging, externalized
configuration, management endpoints, an audit abstraction, and more. If you want to
switch off the built in features, or extend or replace them, it makes that really easy as well.
Spring Actuator uses auto-configuration features to decorate
your application with features that make it instantly deployable and
supportable in production. For instance if you are writing a JSON web
service then it will provide a server, security, logging, externalized
configuration, management endpoints, an audit abstraction, and more.
If you want to switch off the built in features, or extend or replace
them, it makes that really easy as well.
_See [spring-actuator/README.md](spring-actuator/README.md)._
### Service Wrappers and Deployability
Spring Zero helps you to take that last step from finishing a
development iteration to getting the code running in production.
Without having to think too much about it, other than choosing your
deployment environment (CentOS, Ubuntu, Windows etc) you should be
able to stand up an instance, or multiple instances, of your component
and have them fit seamlessly into the operating system environment.
### Spring Starters
Spring Starters are a set of convenient dependency descriptors that you can include in
your application. You get a one-stop-shop for all the Spring and related technology
that you need without having to hunt through sample code and copy paste loads of
dependency descriptors. For example, if you want to get started using Spring and JPA for
database access just include one dependency in your project, and you are good to go.
Spring Starters are a set of convenient dependency
descriptors that you can include in your application. You get a
one-stop-shop for all the Spring and related technology that you need
without having to hunt through sample code and copy paste loads of
dependency descriptors. For example, if you want to get started using
Spring and JPA for database access just include one dependency in your
project, and you are good to go.
_See [spring-starters/README.md](spring-starters/README.md)._
## Building the code
Use maven to build the source code.
$ mvn clean install
### Packaging
The [spring-launcher](spring-launcher/) and
[spring-maven-packaging-plugin](spring-maven-packaging-plugin) provide a convenient way
to package you application for release. Applications can be released as a single jar
file that can simply be launched using `java -jar`.
## Importing into eclipse
You can use m2e or `maven eclipse:eclipse`.
_See [spring-launcher/README.md](spring-launcher/README.md) &
[spring-package-maven-plugin/README.md](spring-package-maven-plugin/README.md)._
Project specific settings are configured for source formatting. If you
are using m2e you can follow these steps to install eclipse support
for formatting:
* Select `Install new software` from the `help` menu
* Click `Add...` to add a new repository
* Click the `Archive...` button
* Select `org.eclipse.m2e.maveneclipse.site-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-site.zip`
from the `eclipse` folder in this checkout
* Install "Maven Integration for the maven-eclipse-plugin"
Or if you prefer you can import settings manually from the `/eclipse` folder.
## Samples
The following samples are included. To run use `java -jar target/<archive>.jar`
Groovy samples for use with the command line application are available in
[spring-cli/samples](spring-cli/samples/). To run the CLI samples type
`spr run <sample>.groovy` from samples directory.
* spring-zero-simple-sample - A simple command line application
* spring-zero-jetty-sample - Embedded Jetty
* spring-zero-tomcat-sample - Embedded Tomcat
* spring-zero-service-sample - Simple REST service with production features
* spring-batch-sample - Define and run a Batch job in a few lines of code
* spring-zero-data-sample - Spring Data JPA + Hibernate + HSQLDB
Java samples are available in [spring-zero-sample](spring-zero-samples/) and should
be build with maven and run use `java -jar target/<sample>.jar`. The following java
samples are provided:
* spring-zero-sample-simple - A simple command line application
* spring-zero-sample-tomcat - Embedded Tomcat
* spring-zero-sample-jetty - Embedded Jetty
* spring-zero-sample-actuator - Simple REST service with production features
* spring-zero-sample-actuator-ui - A web UI example with production features
* spring-zero-sample-web-ui - A thymeleaf web application
* spring-sample-batch - Define and run a Batch job in a few lines of code
* spring-sample-data-jpa - Spring Data JPA + Hibernate + HSQLDB
* spring-zero-sample-integration - A spring integration application
* spring-zero-sample-profile - example showing Spring's `@profile` support
* spring-zero-sample-traditional - shows Spring Zero with more traditional WAR packaging
(but also executable using `java -jar`)
* spring-zero-sample-xml - Example show how Spring Zero can be mixed with trditional XML
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