Appendix B. Spring Boot starters

Spring Boot starter dependencies greatly simplify the dependencies section of your project’s build specification by aggregating commonly used dependencies under more coarse-grained dependencies. Your build will transitively resolve the dependencies that are declared in the starter dependency.

Not only do starter dependencies keep the dependencies section of the build smaller, they are typically organized by the type of functionality they bring to an application. For example, rather than specify specific libraries required for validation (such as Hibernate Validator and Tomcat’s embedded expression language), you can simply add the spring-boot-starter-validation starter as a dependency.

Table B.1 lists all of Spring Boot’s starter dependencies along with the dependencies that they transitively declare.

Table B.1. Spring Boot starters

Starter (Group ID: org.springframework.boot)	Transitively depends on
spring-boot-starter	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-logging org.springframework:spring-core (excludes commons-logging:commons-logging) org.yaml:snakeyaml
spring-boot-starter-actuator	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator
spring-boot-starter-amqp	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework:spring-messaging org.springframework.amqp:spring-rabbit
spring-boot-starter-aop	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework:spring-aop org.aspectj:aspectjrt org.aspectj:aspectjweaver
spring-boot-starter-artemis	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework:spring-jms org.apache.activemq:artemis-jms-client
spring-boot-starter-batch	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.hsqldb:hsqldb org.springframework:spring-jdbc org.springframework.batch:spring-batch-core
spring-boot-starter-cache	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework:spring-context org.springframework:spring-context-support
spring-boot-starter-cloud-connectors	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-spring-service-connector org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-cloudfoundry-connector org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-heroku-connector org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-localconfig-connector
spring-boot-starter-data-elasticsearch	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.data:spring-data-elasticsearch
spring-boot-starter-data-gemfire	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter com.gemstone.gemfire:gemfire (excludes commons-logging:commons-logging) org.springframework.data:spring-data-gemfire
spring-boot-starter-data-jpa	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager (excludes org.jboss.spec.javax.transaction:jboss-transaction-api_1.2_spec) javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa org.springframework:spring-aspects
spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.mongodb:mongo-java-driver org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb
spring-boot-starter-data-rest	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind org.springframework.data:spring-data-rest-webmvc
spring-boot-starter-data-solr	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.apache.solr:solr-solrj (excludes log4j:log4j) org.springframework.data:spring-data-solr org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime
spring-boot-starter-freemarker	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web org.freemarker:freemarker org.springframework:spring-context-support
spring-boot-starter-groovy-templates	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-templates
spring-boot-starter-hateoas	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web org.springframework.hateoas:spring-hateoas org.springframework.plugin:spring-plugin-core
spring-boot-starter-hornetq	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework:spring-jms org.hornetq:hornetq-jms-client
spring-boot-starter-integration	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-core org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-file org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-http org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-ip org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-stream
spring-boot-starter-jdbc	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc org.springframework:spring-jdbc
spring-boot-starter-jersey	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind org.springframework:spring-web org.glassfish.jersey.core:jersey-server org.glassfish.jersey.containers:jersey-container-servlet-core org.glassfish.jersey.containers:jersey-container-servlet org.glassfish.jersey.ext:jersey-bean-validation (excludes javax.el:javax.el-api, org.glassfish.web:javax.el) org.glassfish.jersey.ext:jersey-spring3 org.glassfish.jersey.media:jersey-media-json-jackson
spring-boot-starter-jetty	org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-server org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:javax-websocket-server-impl
spring-boot-starter-jooq	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc org.springframework:spring-tx org.jooq:jooq
spring-boot-starter-jta-atomikos	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter com.atomikos:transactions-jms com.atomikos:transactions-jta (excludes org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-jta_1.0.1B_spec) com.atomikos:transactions-jdbc javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api
spring-boot-starter-jta-bitronix	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter javax.jms:jms-api javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api org.codehaus.btm:btm (excludes javax.transaction:jta)
spring-boot-starter-log4j	org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12 log4j:log4j
spring-boot-starter-log4j2	org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j
spring-boot-starter-logging	ch.qos.logback:logback-classic org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j
spring-boot-starter-mail	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework:spring-context org.springframework:spring-context-support com.sun.mail:javax.mail
spring-boot-starter-mobile	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web org.springframework.mobile:spring-mobile-device
spring-boot-starter-mustache	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web com.samskivert:jmustache
spring-boot-starter-redis	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.data:spring-data-redis redis.clients:jedis
spring-boot-starter-remote-shell	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator org.crashub:crash.cli org.crashub:crash.connectors.ssh (excludes org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all) org.crashub:crash.connectors.telnet (excludes javax.servlet:servlet-api, log4j :log4j, commons-logging:commons-logging) org.crashub:crash.embed.spring (excludes org.springframework:spring-web, org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all) org.crashub:crash.plugins.cron (excludes org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all) org.crashub:crash.plugins.mail (excludes org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all) org.crashub:crash.shell (excludes org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all) org.codehaus.groovy:groovy
spring-boot-starter-security	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework:spring-aop org.springframework.security:spring-security-config org.springframework.security:spring-security-web
spring-boot-starter-social-facebook	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web org.springframework.social:spring-social-config org.springframework.social:spring-social-core org.springframework.social:spring-social-web org.springframework.social:spring-social-facebook
spring-boot-starter-social-linkedin	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web org.springframework.social:spring-social-config org.springframework.social:spring-social-core org.springframework.social:spring-social-web org.springframework.social:spring-social-linkedin
spring-boot-starter-social-twitter	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web org.springframework.social:spring-social-config org.springframework.social:spring-social-core org.springframework.social:spring-social-web org.springframework.social:spring-social-twitter
spring-boot-starter-test	junit:junit org.mockito:mockito-core org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library org.springframework:spring-core (excludes commons-logging:commons-logging) org.springframework:spring-test
spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-spring4 nz.net.ultraq.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-layout-dialect
spring-boot-starter-tomcat	org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-juli org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket
spring-boot-starter-undertow	io.undertow:undertow-core io.undertow:undertow-servlet (excludes org.jboss.spec.javax.servlet:jboss-servlet-api_3.1_spec) io.undertow:undertow-websockets-jsr javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api org.glassfish:javax.el
spring-boot-starter-validation	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el org.hibernate:hibernate-validator
spring-boot-starter-velocity	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils commons-collections:commons-collections commons-digester:commons-digester org.apache.velocity:velocity org.apache.velocity:velocity-tools org.springframework:spring-context-support
spring-boot-starter-web	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind org.springframework:spring-web org.springframework:spring-webmvc
spring-boot-starter-websocket	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web org.springframework:spring-messaging org.springframework:spring-websocket
spring-boot-starter-ws	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web org.springframework:spring-jms org.springframework:spring-oxm org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-support