= Spring Data - Release Train BOM example
This project shows the usage of the Spring Data release train in a non-Spring-Boot project. It basically consists of the `pom.xml` with the following noteworthy sections:
- the `<properties />` element has properties for both the Spring and Spring Data. For Spring Framework we use a plain version, for Spring Data we name the release train release. The names for that follow the following convention:
** `${release-train}-M1` -> Milestones
** …
** `${release-train}-RC1` -> Release candidate
** …
** `${release-train}-RELEASE` -> GA version
** `${release-train}-SR1` -> Services release (bugfixes) for that release train
** …
- the `<dependencyManagement />` section now declares dependencies to the BOMs for both Spring and Spring Data, using the import scope and pom type.
- the standard `<dependencies />` section can now list Spring and Spring Data dependencies without declaring a version and still be sure all libraries are in matching versions.
Note, that we don't declare a Spring dependency here. Declaring the BOM nonetheless makes sure we control the version of all transitive Spring dependencies pulled in by the Spring Data modules.
