How to create Spring Boot 2.7 project?

[doggy8088]

In Spring Initializr Java Support v0.11.2, it seems drop support for Spring Boot 2.7.

Is it possible add it back?

[brunovieira97]

The extension lists versions based on the start.spring.io API, meaning that if you go to the website it will present you the same.

[doggy8088]

In fact, start.spring.io still support 2.7.2 generation. Just check the following link. It still supported, but the doesn't list the outdated versions.

https://start.spring.io/#!type=maven-project&language=java&platformVersion=2.7.2&packaging=jar&jvmVersion=17&groupId=com.example&artifactId=demo&name=demo&description=Demo%20project%20for%20Spring%20Boot&packageName=com.example.demo&dependencies=web

Is it possible add the hidden/outdated version back to the extension?

[brunovieira97]

As you pointed out, it is still supported by the website, however for generating projects with 2.7 it is required to force this on the request, not relying on the API options.

As this project is entirely based on the API responses to show available options for each step, I believe it would "break" the original intent of this extension.

That is merely my opinion though, the project maintainers would be the best advisors on this issue. If it's considered as a valid addition, I would gladly make a PR for such change ;)

@jdneo and @testforstephen could you give us some guidance on this matter?

[WangFengtu1996]

+1

[WangFengtu1996]

I want to use spring boot 2.5.6 ?