This version is still in development and is not considered stable yet. For the latest stable version, please use Spring Boot 3.3.4! |
This version is still in development and is not considered stable yet. For the latest stable version, please use Spring Boot 3.3.4! |
To manage dependencies in your Spring Boot application, you can either apply the io.spring.dependency-management
plugin or use Gradle’s native bom support.
The primary benefit of the former is that it offers property-based customization of managed versions, while using the latter will likely result in faster builds.
Managing Dependencies with the Dependency Management Plugin
When you apply the io.spring.dependency-management
plugin, Spring Boot’s plugin will automatically import the spring-boot-dependencies
bom from the version of Spring Boot that you are using.
This provides a similar dependency management experience to the one that’s enjoyed by Maven users.
For example, it allows you to omit version numbers when declaring dependencies that are managed in the bom.
To make use of this functionality, declare dependencies in the usual way but omit the version number:
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Groovy
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Kotlin
dependencies {
implementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web')
implementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa')
}
dependencies {
implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web")
implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa")
}
Customizing Managed Versions
The spring-boot-dependencies
bom that is automatically imported when the dependency management plugin is applied uses properties to control the versions of the dependencies that it manages.
Browse the Dependency Versions Properties section in the Spring Boot reference for a complete list of these properties.
To customize a managed version you set its corresponding property.
For example, to customize the version of SLF4J which is controlled by the slf4j.version
property:
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Groovy
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Kotlin
ext['slf4j.version'] = '1.7.20'
extra["slf4j.version"] = "1.7.20"
Each Spring Boot release is designed and tested against a specific set of third-party dependencies. Overriding versions may cause compatibility issues and should be done with care. |
Using Spring Boot’s Dependency Management in Isolation
Spring Boot’s dependency management can be used in a project without applying Spring Boot’s plugin to that project.
The SpringBootPlugin
class provides a BOM_COORDINATES
constant that can be used to import the bom without having to know its group ID, artifact ID, or version.
First, configure the project to depend on the Spring Boot plugin but do not apply it:
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Groovy
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Kotlin
buildscript {
repositories {
maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot' }
}
dependencies {
classpath 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:3.4.0-SNAPSHOT'
}
}
plugins {
id("org.springframework.boot") version "3.4.0-SNAPSHOT" apply false
}
The Spring Boot plugin’s dependency on the dependency management plugin means that you can use the dependency management plugin without having to declare a dependency on it. This also means that you will automatically use the same version of the dependency management plugin as Spring Boot uses.
Apply the dependency management plugin and then configure it to import Spring Boot’s bom:
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Groovy
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Kotlin
apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'
dependencyManagement {
imports {
mavenBom org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES
}
}
apply(plugin = "io.spring.dependency-management")
the<DependencyManagementExtension>().apply {
imports {
mavenBom(org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES)
}
}
The Kotlin code above is a bit awkward. That’s because we’re using the imperative way of applying the dependency management plugin.
We can make the code less awkward by applying the plugin from the root parent project, or by using the plugins
block as we’re doing for the Spring Boot plugin.
A downside of this method is that it forces us to specify the version of the dependency management plugin:
plugins {
java
id("org.springframework.boot") version "3.4.0-SNAPSHOT" apply false
id("io.spring.dependency-management") version "1.1.6"
}
dependencyManagement {
imports {
mavenBom(org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES)
}
}
Learning More
To learn more about the capabilities of the dependency management plugin, please refer to its documentation.
Each Spring Boot release is designed and tested against a specific set of third-party dependencies. Overriding versions may cause compatibility issues and should be done with care. |
Managing Dependencies with Gradle’s Bom Support
Gradle allows a bom to be used to manage a project’s versions by declaring it as a platform
or enforcedPlatform
dependency.
A platform
dependency treats the versions in the bom as recommendations and other versions and constraints in the dependency graph may cause a version of a dependency other than that declared in the bom to be used.
An enforcedPlatform
dependency treats the versions in the bom as requirements and they will override any other version found in the dependency graph.
The SpringBootPlugin
class provides a BOM_COORDINATES
constant that can be used to declare a dependency upon Spring Boot’s bom without having to know its group ID, artifact ID, or version, as shown in the following example:
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Groovy
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Kotlin
dependencies {
implementation platform(org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES)
}
dependencies {
implementation(platform(org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES))
}
A platform or enforced platform will only constrain the versions of the configuration in which it has been declared or that extend from the configuration in which it has been declared. As a result, in may be necessary to declare the same dependency in more than one configuration.
Customizing Managed Versions
When using Gradle’s bom support, you cannot use the properties from spring-boot-dependencies
to control the versions of the dependencies that it manages.
Instead, you must use one of the mechanisms that Gradle provides.
One such mechanism is a resolution strategy.
SLF4J’s modules are all in the org.slf4j
group so their version can be controlled by configuring every dependency in that group to use a particular version, as shown in the following example:
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Groovy
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Kotlin
configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
if (details.requested.group == 'org.slf4j') {
details.useVersion '1.7.20'
}
}
}
configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy.eachDependency {
if (requested.group == "org.slf4j") {
useVersion("1.7.20")
}
}
}
Each Spring Boot release is designed and tested against a specific set of third-party dependencies. Overriding versions may cause compatibility issues and should be done with care. |
Each Spring Boot release is designed and tested against a specific set of third-party dependencies. Overriding versions may cause compatibility issues and should be done with care. |