When using the spring plugin for struts 2, is it possible to use the latest version of spring or are you stuck with the version referenced in the plugin? For example in my project I am using struts 2.3.16.3 and its spring plugin automatically uses spring 3.0.5 . So if I add spring 4.1 to my pom as a dependency then there are multiple versions of spring added to the classpath.
You shouldn't have more than one Spring library in your classpath - disaster will be bound to happen. I guess you can either exclude the spring dependency in that plugin or set its version to the one you want.
The main problem with this approach is moving between major versions (3.x to 4.x) - if Spring is respecting Semantic Versioning incompatibilities will exist between the two versions and it is possible (or likely) that struts2-spring-plugin is using something that changed.
Edit: Comment below reports successful usage of struts2-spring-plugin and Spring4.
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In a project developed with Spring boot 1.5.7, data-redis and data-jpa was used. Data-jpa version is 1.11.7, data-redis version is 1.8.7. I need to add spring-integration to the project. I will use version 4.3.12. data-jpa version in this version is 1.10.10, data-redis version is 1.7.10.
It is not the same as the data-redis and data-jpa versions used in the project.
What problems can this cause ?
That can't cause any problem as far as you don't override any dependencies provided by Spring Boot. You really should just rely on the well-tested composition of dependencies represented in Spring Boot. Even if Spring Integration 4.3.12 brings Spring Data JPA 1.10.10 as a transitive dependency that doesn't mean that it is not overridden by Spring Boot.
I'm not sure which do to point you out, but one of the main goals in Spring Boot is to bring into the target project consistency and cross-compatibility in the dependencies part.
This might help you a bit: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.0.3.RELEASE/reference/htmlsingle/#using-boot-dependency-management
Is there any Spring 5.0.6.RELEASE osgified version patch available? We have to to do quick release so need to upgrade older spring but currently our framework uses OSGI based container, though spring has officially stopped supported OSGI. Is it possible to have patched version of latest Spring framework?
Though I know it's better to convert to Spring based container but since time doesn't allow I'm in search of any osgified version of Spring jars.
Apache Servicemix produces osgified versions of a lot of well known libraries, Spring included: https://github.com/apache/servicemix-bundles
Currently the latest osgfied version of Spring is "5.0.5.RELEASE", with "5.0.6.RELEASE" probably due to come in the near future. Otherwise, getting servicemix pom.xml for 5.0.5.RELEASE and manually changing Spring version should work (from 5.0.5 to 5.0.6 there should be just internal implementation changes).
I searched spring on maven, and I find it at this page :http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework/spring. The problem is I want to download 4.0 version but there is no 4.0 version in the chart.
Newer version of Spring can be found under group id org.springframework - Spring 4+
There is no reason to include all features of Spring Framework in one .jar. Spring is huge and you will probably won't use every feature of Spring. Including everything will cause unnecessary overhead. Pick what components you need add them to pom.xml and Maven will download them. If you found out later you need additional dependency just add it on the fly...
As an alternative you can use Spring Boot which will generate project for you with default set up. You can generate such a project using Spring Initializr Spring Boot Initializr. At the bottom click Switch to the full version. Pick what you need and hit generate project.
Please what is the compatible release version for Spring Security for Spring 3.2.8 release ?
There is little dependancy between Spring Security versions and Spring Framework versions. I have already used Spring Security 3.1.x with Spring Framework 3.1.x and 3.2.x.
If you have no reason to do differently (portability of code) you should choose the more recent General Available version that is compatible with your other components.
Doc for latest GA (4.0.1) says that it builds against Spring Framework 4.1.6.RELEASE, but should work with 4.0.x => no good.
Doc for previous GA (3.2.7) says that is builds against Spring Framework 3.2.13.RELEASE, but is also tested against Spring Framework 4.1.6.RELEASE
It would be my first choice, but if you use maven, you will have to control what is actually imported via transitive dependancy and eventually force 3.2.8 versions for all used Spring Framework components to avoid mixing different versions, or better upgrade to 3.2.13 since it is only a patch level different version.
Of course, you can also make use of the fact that previous Spring Security version (3.2.6) explicitely builds against Spring Framework 3.2.8.RELEASE, as said by #zeisi
According to the Docs it would be 3.2.6, see Spring Security Docs
Is there a version matrix for Spring framework core with Spring Data Neo4j?
I am looking for the (least) version of Spring framework core that is compatible (should be used) with Spring Data Neo4j 2.0.0.
If you use maven, and add just spring-data-neo4j, it will fetch all dependencies automatically. Even if you don't use maven, you can check the declared dependencies. From what I see in the pom file, it doesn't declare a specific version, which means it should be compatible with the latest version.