which version of servlet api is used in Spring MVC?

Question

Which version of the servlet api are used for each of the Spring MVC versions, and where can I find such information? I couldn't find them in the docs.

Answer 1

There is another way to find out about dependencies:

For the case that something (like Spring WebMVC) could be found via mvnrepository then you could lookup the dependencies there.

For example:

org.springframework » spring-webmvc

Under: Provided Dependencies

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|WebMVC     |Dependency                       |Min-Max version
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|5.1.9      |javax.servlet » javax.servlet-api|4.0.1
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|5.0.15     |javax.servlet » javax.servlet-api|4.0.1
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|4.3.25     |javax.servlet » javax.servlet-api|3.0.1 - 4.0.1
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|4.2.9      |javax.servlet » javax.servlet-api|3.0.1 - 4.0.1
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|4.1.9      |javax.servlet » javax.servlet-api|3.0.1 - 4.0.1
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|4.0.9      |javax.servlet » javax.servlet-api|3.0.1 - 4.0.1
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|3.2.18     |javax.servlet » javax.servlet-api|3.0.1 - 4.0.1
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|3.1.4      |javax.servlet » javax.servlet-api|2.1 - 2.3.3
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|3.0.7      |javax.servlet » javax.servlet-api|2.1 - 2.3.3
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|2.5.6.SEC03|javax.servlet » javax.servlet-api|2.4 - 4.0.1
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|2.0.8      |javax.servlet » javax.servlet-api|2.4 - 4.0.1
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Answer 2

Spring MVC 4 focused primarily on Servlet 3.0+ environments. The information is given in spring framework reference manual.