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Apache Wicket - Component-based Java web framework

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What is Apache Wicket?

Apache Wicket is an open source, java, component based, web application
framework. With proper mark-up/logic separation, a POJO data model, and a
refreshing lack of XML, Apache Wicket makes developing web-apps simple and
enjoyable again. Swap the boilerplate, complex debugging and brittle code for
powerful, reusable components written with plain Java and HTML.

Apache Wicket can be found at https://wicket.apache.org and is licensed under
the Apache Software Foundation license, version 2.0.

Getting started

The Wicket project has several resources and projects where you can learn
from, and get started quickly:

What does Wicket’s download package contain?

You can download Wicket’s source package here: https://wicket.apache.org/start/wicket-10.x.html .
It contains the source code and the jars of the core projects of Wicket.
If you are just starting out, you probably only need to include wicket-util-x.jar, wicket-request-x.jar and
wicket-core-x.jar, where x stands for the version. As a rule, use just the jars
you need.

You will find the source code here:

|-- apidocs
|   |-- org
|   `-- resources
|-- lib
|-- licenses
`-- src
    |-- archetypes
    |-- testing
    |-- wicket
    |-- wicket-auth-roles
    |-- wicket-bean-validation
    |-- wicket-cdi
    |-- wicket-cdi-tests
    |-- wicket-core
    |-- wicket-tester
    |-- wicket-core-tests
    |-- wicket-devutils
    |-- wicket-eclipse-settings
    |-- wicket-examples
    |-- wicket-experimental
    |   |-- wicket-metrics
    |   |-- wicket-http2
    |-- wicket-extensions
    |-- wicket-guice
    |-- wicket-ioc
    |-- wicket-jmx
    |-- wicket-native-websocket
    |-- wicket-objectssizeof-agent
    |-- wicket-request
    |-- wicket-spring
    |-- wicket-util
    |-- wicket-user-guide
    `-- wicket-velocity

Here is a list of projects in the distribution and what they do.

  • wicket-core: the core project, includes the framework and basic components;
  • wicket-tester: contains common classes for unit testing
  • wicket-core-tests: contains test cases for wicket-core module
  • wicket-extensions: contains utilities and more specialized components;
  • wicket-auth-roles: a basic authorization package based on roles;
  • wicket-jmx: registers JMX beans for managing things like your Wicket
    configuration and markup cache;
  • wicket-objectssizeof-agent: utility for making better estimates of object
    sizes in the JVM - most people probably never need this;
  • wicket-ioc: base project for IoC (aka DI) implementations such as
    Spring and Guice;
  • wicket-spring: support project for using Spring with Wicket and including
    Spring managed dependencies through using @SpringBean annotations;
  • wicket-guice: support project for using Google Guice with Wicket;
  • wicket-velocity: contains special components for rendering Velocity
    templates using Wicket components - most people probably don’t need this,
    but it can be neat when you want to do CMS-like things;
  • wicket-examples: contains a basic component reference and many examples of
    how to use Wicket and Wicket components, including examples for subprojects
    such as wicket-spring, wicket-velocity and wicket-auth-roles.
  • wicket-devutils: provides small utilities which can help in development
    phase and during debugging
  • wicket-bean-validation: validates beans with annotation based on
    javax.validation;
  • wicket-cdi: the context and dependency injection of the jee standard for wicket;
  • wicket-experimental: experimental implementations for wicket;
  • wicket-native-websocket: wicket’s native web sockets integration
    for several servers;
  • wicket-request: lightweight project which contains all classes dealing with request
    handlers and so on;
  • wicket-util: the util project for wicket;
  • wicket-eclipse-settings: specifies Eclipse settings for a uniform development environment.
    Most notably the formatting rules;
  • wicket-user-guide: the user guide of wicket
  • wicket-metrics: collects data of a running wicket application
  • wicket-http2: http/2 push support

Dependencies

The easiest way of getting the dependencies of your Wicket based projects
right is to use Apache Maven (https://maven.apache.org) with your projects and
include the wicket dependencies you want as outlined in the wicket-quickstart.
Maven will then take care of including the appropriate dependencies.

If you do not want to use Maven, here is a break-down of the dependencies you
need. For the complete and precise reference see the wicket-parent pom.xml in
the root folder.

Building Wicket from source

Wicket’s source distribution (download package mentioned above) contains
also the binaries (jar files) for each of its modules (subprojects).
You can use these directly in your applications. The Wicket project uploads
the source and JavaDoc jars to the Maven repository used by the Maven build
tool as well. So there is actually no specific need to build Wicket yourself
from the distribution.

When building using Maven 3, execute one of the following in the root folder:

  • mvn package

    creates wicket-(subproject)-x.y.z.jar(s) in according target subdirectories.

  • mvn install

    creates wicket-(subproject)-x.y.z.jar(s) in according target subdirectories and
    installs the jar files into your local Maven repository for use in other projects.

Migrating from 9.x

This file is a copy of the migration guide available on our Wiki:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WICKET/Migration+to+Wicket+10.0

Getting help

  • Read the online documentation available on our website
    (https://wicket.apache.org)

  • Read the migration guide above

  • Read the mailing archives available on Nabble, GMane and Apache

  • Send a complete message containing your problem, stacktrace and problem
    you’re trying to solve to our user list ([email protected])

  • Ask a question on IRC at freenode.net, channel ##wicket

License

Wicket is distributed under the terms of the Apache Software Foundation
license, version 2.0. The text is included in the file LICENSE in the root
of the project.

Java/Application server requirements

Wicket 10 requires at least Java 17. The application server for running your web
application should adhere to the Jakarta Servlet 5 specification or newer.

Cryptographic Software Notice

This distribution includes cryptographic software. The country in which you
currently reside may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or
re-export to another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using any
encryption software, please check your country’s laws, regulations and
policies concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of
encryption software, to see if this is permitted. See http://www.wassenaar.org
for more information.

The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity Control Number (ECCN)
5D002.C.1, which includes information security software using or performing
cryptographic functions with asymmetric algorithms. The form and manner of
this Apache Software Foundation distribution makes it eligible for export
under the License Exception ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU)
exception (see the BIS Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for
both object code and source code.

The following provides more details on the included cryptographic software:

For encoding HTTP URL data (see org.apache.wicket.core.request.mapper.CryptoMapper)
Wicket requires the Java Cryptography extensions
(http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/security/). Wicket does not include
these libraries itself, but is designed to use them.