Spring Boot起步依賴大大簡化了項目構建說明中的依賴配置，因為常用的依賴聚合於更粗粒度的依賴。你的構建項目會傳遞解析到起步依賴中聲明的其他依賴。
起步依賴不僅能讓構建說明中的依賴配置更簡單，還根據提供給應用程序的功能將它們組織到一起。例如，與其指定用於驗證的特定庫（比如Hibernate Validator和Tomcat的內嵌表達式語言），還不如簡單地添加spring-boot-starter-validation起步依賴。
表B-1列出了Spring Boot的所有起步依賴，還有它們傳遞聲明的依賴。
表B-1 Spring Boot起步依賴
起步依賴（Group ID：org.springframework.boot）
傳遞依賴
spring-boot-starter
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-logging‧ org.springframework:spring-core(excludes commons-logging:commons-logging)‧ org.yaml:snakeyaml
spring-boot-starter-actuator
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator
spring-boot-starter-amqp
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework:spring-messaging‧ org.springframework.amqp:spring-rabbit
spring-boot-starter-aop
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework:spring-aop‧ org.aspectj:aspectjrt‧ org.aspectj:aspectjweaver
spring-boot-starter-artemis
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework:spring-jms‧ org.apache.activemq:artemis-jms-client
spring-boot-starter-batch
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.hsqldb:hsqldb‧ org.springframework:spring-jdbc‧ org.springframework.batch:spring-batch-core
spring-boot-starter-cache
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework:spring-context‧ org.springframework:spring-context-support
spring-boot-starter-cloud-connectors
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-spring-service-connector‧ org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-cloudf-oundry-connector‧ org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-heroku-connector‧ org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-local-config-connector
spring-boot-starter-data-elasticsearch
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.data:spring-data-elasticsearch
spring-boot-starter-data-gemfire
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ com.gemstone.gemfire:gemfire(excludes commons-logging:commons-logging)‧ org.springframework.data:spring-data-gemfire
spring-boot-starter-data-jpa
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc‧ org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager(excludes_org.jboss.spec.javax.transaction:jboss-transaction-api_1.2_spec)‧ javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api‧ org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa‧ org.springframework:spring-aspects
spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.mongodb:mongo-java-driver‧ org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb
spring-boot-starter-data-rest
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web‧ com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations‧ com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind‧ org.springframework.data:spring-data-rest-webmvc
spring-boot-starter-data-solr
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.apache.solr:solr-solrj (excludes log4j:log4j)‧ org.springframework.data:spring-data-solr‧ org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime
spring-boot-starter-freemarker
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web‧ org.freemarker:freemarker‧ org.springframework:spring-context-support
spring-boot-starter-groovy-templates
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web‧ org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-templates
spring-boot-starter-hateoas
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web‧ org.springframework.hateoas:spring-hateoas‧ org.springframework.plugin:spring-plugin-core
spring-boot-starter-hornetq
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework:spring-jms‧ org.hornetq:hornetq-jms-client
spring-boot-starter-integration
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop‧ org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-core‧ org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-file‧ org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-http‧ org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-ip‧ org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-stream
spring-boot-starter-jdbc
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc‧ org.springframework:spring-jdbc
spring-boot-starter-jersey
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation‧ com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind‧ org.springframework:spring-web‧ org.glassfish.jersey.core:jersey-server‧ org.glassfish.jersey.containers:jersey-container-servlet-core‧ org.glassfish.jersey.containers:jersey-container-servlet‧ org.glassfish.jersey.ext:jersey-bean-validation(excludes javax.el:javax.el-api, org.glassfish.web:javax.el)‧ org.glassfish.jersey.ext:jersey-spring3‧ org.glassfish.jersey.media:jersey-media-json-jackson
spring-boot-starter-jetty
‧ org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets‧ org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp‧ org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-server‧ org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:javax-websocket-server-impl
spring-boot-starter-jooq
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc‧ org.springframework:spring-tx‧ org.jooq:jooq
spring-boot-starter-jta-atomikos
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ com.atomikos:transactions-jms‧ com.atomikos:transactions-jta(excludes org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-jta_1.0.1B_spec)‧ com.atomikos:transactions-jdbc‧ javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api
spring-boot-starter-jta-bitronix
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ javax.jms:jms-api‧ javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api‧ org.codehaus.btm:btm (excludes javax.transaction:jta)
spring-boot-starter-log4j
‧ org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j‧ org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j‧ org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12‧ log4j:log4j
spring-boot-starter-log4j2
‧ org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl‧ org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api‧ org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core‧ org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j‧ org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j
spring-boot-starter-logging
‧ ch.qos.logback:logback-classic‧ org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j‧ org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j‧ org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j
spring-boot-starter-mail
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework:spring-context‧ org.springframework:spring-context-support‧ com.sun.mail:javax.mail
spring-boot-starter-mobile
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web‧ org.springframework.mobile:spring-mobile-device
spring-boot-starter-mustache
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web‧ com.samskivert:jmustache
spring-boot-starter-redis
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.data:spring-data-redis‧ redis.clients:jedis
spring-boot-starter-remote-shell
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator‧ org.crashub:crash.cli‧ org.crashub:crash.connectors.ssh(excludes org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all)‧org.crashub:crash.connectors.telnet (excludes javax.servlet:servlet-api,log4j:log4j,commons-logging:commonslogging)‧ org.crashub:crash.embed.spring(excludes org.spring-framework:spring-web,org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all)‧ org.crashub:crash.plugins.cron (excludes org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all)‧ org.crashub:crash.plugins.mail (excludes org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all)‧ org.crashub:crash.shell(excludes org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all)‧ org.codehaus.groovy:groovy
spring-boot-starter-security
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework:spring-aop‧org.springframework.security:spring-security-config‧ org.springframework.security:spring-security-web
spring-boot-starter-social-facebook
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web‧ org.springframework.social:spring-social-config‧ org.springframework.social:spring-social-core‧ org.springframework.social:spring-social-web‧ org.springframework.social:spring-social-facebook
spring-boot-starter-social-linkedin
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web‧ org.springframework.social:spring-social-config‧ org.springframework.social:spring-social-core‧ org.springframework.social:spring-social-web‧ org.springframework.social:spring-social-linkedin
spring-boot-starter-social-twitter
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web‧ org.springframework.social:spring-social-config‧ org.springframework.social:spring-social-core‧ org.springframework.social:spring-social-web‧ org.springframework.social:spring-social-twitter
spring-boot-starter-tes
‧ junit:junit‧ org.mockito:mockito-core‧ org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core‧ org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library‧ org.springframework:spring-core(excludes commons-logging:commons-logging)‧ org.springframework:spring-test
spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web‧ org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-spring4‧ nz.net.ultraq.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-layout-dialect
spring-boot-starter-tomcat
‧ org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core‧ org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el‧ org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-juli‧ org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket
spring-boot-starter-undertow
‧ io.undertow:undertow-core‧io.undertow:undertow-servlet(excludes org.jboss.spec.javax.servlet:jboss-servlet-api_3.1_spec)‧ io.undertow:undertow-websockets-jsr‧ javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api‧ org.glassfish:javax.el
spring-boot-starter-validation
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el‧ org.hibernate:hibernate-validator
spring-boot-starter-velocity
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web‧ commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils‧ commons-collections:commons-collections‧ commons-digester:commons-digester‧ org.apache.velocity:velocity‧ org.apache.velocity:velocity-tools‧ org.springframework:spring-context-support
spring-boot-starter-web
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation‧ com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind‧ org.springframework:spring-web‧ org.springframework:spring-webmvc
spring-boot-starter-websocket
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web‧ org.springframework:spring-messaging‧ org.springframework:spring-websocket
spring-boot-starter-ws
‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter‧ org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web‧ org.springframework:spring-jms‧ org.springframework:spring-oxm‧ org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core‧ org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-support