Maven dependency spring-web vs spring-webmvc

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>3.1.2.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

vs[/code]

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>3.1.2.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

spring-web

provides core HTTP integration, including some handy servlet filters, Spring HTTP Invoker, infrastructure to integrate with other web frameworks and HTTP technologies (Hessian, Burlap)
VS

spring-webmvc

is an implementation of Spring MVC.

spring-webvc

depends on on

spring-web

, thus including it will transitively add

spring-web

. You don't have to add

spring-web

explicitly.[/code]