Spring Boot Application Structure
Structure of a Spring Boot project descriptor as used by Spring Initializr
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Spring Boot Application Descriptor is a JSON Structure definition published by Spring Framework.
{
"name": "Spring Boot Application Descriptor",
"description": "Structure of a Spring Boot project descriptor as used by Spring Initializr",
"fields": [
{
"name": "type",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Build system: maven-project, gradle-project, or gradle-project-kotlin",
"default": "maven-project"
},
{
"name": "language",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Programming language: java, kotlin, or groovy",
"default": "java"
},
{
"name": "bootVersion",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Spring Boot version (e.g., 3.4.5)"
},
{
"name": "groupId",
"type": "string",
"required": true,
"description": "Maven group ID for the project (e.g., com.example)"
},
{
"name": "artifactId",
"type": "string",
"required": true,
"description": "Maven artifact ID / project name (e.g., my-application)"
},
{
"name": "name",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Human-readable project name"
},
{
"name": "description",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Brief description of the project purpose"
},
{
"name": "packageName",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Root Java package name (e.g., com.example.myapp)"
},
{
"name": "packaging",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Archive packaging type: jar or war",
"default": "jar"
},
{
"name": "javaVersion",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Target Java version: 21, 17, or 11",
"default": "21"
},
{
"name": "dependencies",
"type": "array",
"required": false,
"description": "List of Spring Boot starter dependency IDs to include",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Starter dependency ID (e.g., web, data-jpa, security, actuator)"
}
}
]
}
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