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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.

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{
  "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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