The Diagram [2.1. Overview of the Spring Framework] in Spring Framework reference 4.1.4 which is updated since last doc but it is missing spring-context-support from it. In the diagram they mentioned context ,do that represents spring-context-support as well, but actually that is totally separate. Although as per doc it states its one of the core container but I was curious if it was just a mistake of theirs Or they did it internationally.
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1The diagram only shows the logical seperate modules not the jars they are packaged in. There are more jars then modules. – M. Deinum Jan 21 '15 at 18:56
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Like Mark said already, the diagram is a logical representation of the different components. Some translates to more that one physical module.
spring-context and spring-context-support are actually "tied". The reason for the separation is that spring-context-support integrates with a bunch of third party libraries while spring-context provides the core infrastructure.
For caching (since you seem to refer to that), the basic cache infrastructure is in spring-context while sprig-context-support provides the various integration (ehcache, guava, JSR-107, etc).
Stephane Nicoll
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