Function Calling in Java and Spring AI using the latest Mistral AI API

Engineering | Christian Tzolov | March 06, 2024 | ...

UPDATE: As of March 13, 2024, Mistral AI has integrated support for parallel function calling into their large model, a feature that was absent at the time of this blog's initial publication.

Mistral AI, a leading developer of open-source large language models, unveiled the addition of Function Calling support to its cutting-edge models.

Function Calling is a feature that facilitates the integration of LLM with external tools and APIs. It enables the language model to request the execution of client-side functions, allowing it to access necessary run-time information or perform tasks…

This Week in Spring - March 5th, 2024

Engineering | Josh Long | March 05, 2024 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another exciting roundup of This Week in Spring! I expect many of you are reading this for the first time, especially with Facebook and Instagram being down. People have been exploring all the other lesser-known corners of the web, looking for their daily "doom scroll." Well, you won't find that here, no way, no how! There are no memes here. Well, not often, anyway. No, this is a place for personal growth, reflection, and contemplation on the latest and greatest in the wild and wonderful world of Spring.

The State of Spring Survey Is Back!

News | Michael Minella | March 05, 2024 | ...

We are excited to announce the State of Spring Survey! Make sure your voice is heard by heading over to https://spring.io/survey and give us your feedback!


Are you excited to use virtual threads? Is AI all hype or is it game changing? What would you change about Spring if you could? (You can, by the way.)

The State of Spring survey is back! Last time we learned that 90% of respondents were looking forward to virtual threads through Project Loom. We learned that building APIs was still the main use case for Spring applications, with plain JSON over HTTP as the number one type of API. We also…

Spring Releases for February 2024

Releases | Jason Konicki | March 04, 2024 | ...

On behalf of the Spring team, we are excited to showcase all of the Spring projects that have been released this February.

Spring OSS Releases

The table below contains a list of all the open source projects and their versions that have been released. Each project listed will link to their version details.

Project Version(s)
Spring AI 0.8.0
Spring for Apache Kafka 3.2.0-M1, 3.1.2, 3.0.14
Spring for Apache Pulsar 1.1.0-M1, 1.0.3
Spring Authorization Server 1.3.0-M2, 1.2.2, 1.1.5
Spring Batch 5.1.1, 5.0.5
Spring Boot 3.3.0-M2, 3.2.3, 3.1.9
Spring Data 2024.0.0-M1, 2023.1.3, 2023.0.9
Spring Framework 6.1.4, 6.0.17, 5.3.32
Spring for GraphQL 1.3-M1, 1.2.5
Spring LDAP 3.2.2, 3.1.4
Spring Modulith 1.2-M2, 1.1.3, 1.0.6
Spring Security 6.2.2, 6.1.7, 5.8.10
Spring Shell 3.2.2, 3.1.19
Spring Tools 4.21.1
Micrometer 1.13.0-M1, 1.12.3, 1.11.9
Micrometer Tracing 1.3.0-M1, 1.2.3, 1.1.10
Reactor 2023.0.3, 2022.0.16, 2020.0.41

Spring Functions Catalog 5.0.0‐M1 Available

Releases | Artem Bilan | March 01, 2024 | ...

On behalf of Spring Cloud Dataflow team, it is my pleasure to introduce you to Spring Functions Catalog. The project's primary focus is to provide a set of standalone Java functions that can be useful in the end-user applications as-is. All the published artifacts are, essentially, auto-configurations for some specific Supplier, Function or Consumer.

We have just released 5.0.0-M1 into https://repo.spring.io/milestone repository, and all you need is to include this BOM into your Gradle (or Maven) configuration:

org.springframework.cloud.fn:spring-function-dependencies:5.0.0-M1

and choose…

Support timeline announcement for Spring Framework 6.0.x and 5.3.x

News | Juergen Hoeller | March 01, 2024 | ...

Dear Spring community,

As we are preparing for the Spring Framework 6.2 release later this year, it is time to phase out not only the 6.0.x branch but also the 5.3.x line.

We hereby announce that the last 6.0.x and 5.3.x releases will be published in August, with the official end of open source support on August 31, 2024. Along with Spring Framework 5.3.x, the Spring Security project makes the same adjustment for its 5.8.x timeline.

The Spring Framework 5.3.x line has been one of the longest-supported branches in Spring's history and keeps being supported under commercial support terms for another couple of years. You can read more about our commercial releases at https://spring.vmware.com

This Week in Spring - February 27th, 2024

Engineering | Josh Long | February 28, 2024 | ...

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring wherein we explore the latest-and-greatest in the wonderful world of Springdom. This week's going to be a very good one, so let's dive right into it!

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