Spring Framework 5.0.2 is a part of the Spring Framework family, which is a comprehensive platform for building Java applications. This version, released on March 31, 2020, comes with several improvements and new features. Some of the key features of Spring Framework 5.0.2 include:
If you see the message output, congratulations—you have successfully installed Spring 5.0.2 from the ZIP distribution!
https://repo.spring.io/release/org/springframework/spring/5.0.2.RELEASE/spring-framework-5.0.2.RELEASE-dist.zip
⚠️ Note: Spring Framework 5.0.2.RELEASE is very old (released January 2018) and unsupported. For new projects, use a recent version like 5.3.x or 6.x. For learning or legacy maintenance, download from the links above.
For almost all production use cases, it is recommended to let a build tool handle the download. This ensures all transitive dependencies (like JCL or AspectJ) are also included: dependency >org.springframeworkspring-context5.0.2.RELEASE
spring-framework-5.0.2.RELEASE-dist.zip.sha1
package com.example; import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext; import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
libs/ : All JAR files for Spring modules (beans, core, context, web, etc.). schema/ : XSD files for XML configuration. docs/ : API documentation (Javadoc) and reference manuals.