Summer Framework is a lightweight dependency injection and web framework inspired by Spring Framework, providing essential functionality for Java application development.
Summer Framework is a modular Java framework designed to simplify application development through dependency injection, aspect-oriented programming, database access, and web MVC capabilities. It follows a similar architectural pattern to Spring Framework but with a more focused feature set and lightweight design.
The framework is built on Java 21 and provides a complete solution for building web applications, from IoC container to web request handling and database access.
The Summer Framework is organized into five core modules that build upon each other to provide a comprehensive development stack:
- summer-context: Core IoC container that support annotation-based injection;
- summer-aop: AOP support for annotation-based subclassing proxy;
- summer-jdbc: Provides JdbcTemplate and declarative transaction management;
- summer-web: Support web application with Servlet 6.0;
- summer-boot: Run Summer application simple and quick like Spring Boot.