Impala allows you to divide a large Spring-based application into a hierarchy of modules. These modules can be dynamically added, updated or removed.

Because Impala-based applications are genuinely modular, they are much easier to maintain than vanilla Spring applications.

Impala radically boosts productivity of Spring application development. This is enabled by the dynamic module loading capability, the seamless integration with Eclipse, and the efficient mechanisms for running Spring integration tests, both individually and within suites. When writing applications you only rarely need to restart your JVM, allowing your application changes to be reflected almost instantly. No long restart waits required!

Impala also features a build system, based on ANT, and dependency management capabilities, which you can optionally use.

For up to date news on development of Impala, see the project blog.

Impala is developed under the Apache Licence, Version 2.