=============================================================================== SPRING SECURITY - README FILE =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OVERVIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spring Security provides security services for the Spring Framework (http://www.springframework.org). Spring Security 3.1 requires Spring 3.0.3 as a minimum and also requires Java 5. For a detailed list of features and access to the latest release, please visit http://www.springframework.org/projects/. Spring Security is released under an Apache 2.0 license. See the accompanying license.txt file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUILDING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please read the "Building from Source" page at http://static.springframework.org/spring-security/site/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOCUMENTATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be sure to read the Reference Guide (docs/reference/html/springsecurity.html). Extensive JavaDoc for the Spring Security code is also available (in docs/apidocs). Both can also be found on the website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUICK START ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We recommend you visit http://static.springframework.org/spring-security/site and read the "Getting Started" page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAVEN REPOSITORY DOWNLOADS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release jars for the project are available from the central maven repository https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/springframework/security/ Note that milestone releases and snapshots are not uploaded to the central repository, but can be obtained from the Spring milestone repository, using the maven repository http://maven.springframework.org/snapshot/. You can't browse this URL directly, but there is a separate browser interface. Check the downloads page for more information http://static.springsource.org/spring-security/site/downloads.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OBTAINING SUPPORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are two types of support available, commercial and community. For commercial support, please contact SpringSource. SpringSource employ the people who wrote Spring Security, and lead the development of the project: http://www.springsource.com For peer help and assistance, please use the Spring Security forum located at the Spring Community's forum site: http://forum.springframework.org Links to the forums, and other useful resources are available from the web site. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTRIBUTING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributions are welcome. Please refer to the Contributor Guidelines for details https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-security/wiki/Contributor-Guidelines