(axis-axis2-java-core) 01/05: docs: Add Spring Boot Starter link to installation guide

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commit c401e73eb1d0f004d9bd74f14227c1cad165fd87
Author: Robert Lazarski <ro...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed May 13 08:49:24 2026 -1000

    docs: Add Spring Boot Starter link to installation guide
    
    New users landing on the installation guide see only the traditional
    standalone/WAR deployment. Added a callout at the top pointing to the
    Spring Boot Starter as the recommended approach for new projects.
    
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <no...@anthropic.com>
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 src/site/xdoc/docs/installationguide.xml.vm | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/docs/installationguide.xml.vm b/src/site/xdoc/docs/installationguide.xml.vm
index 62a7be16b8..f80087eb1d 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/docs/installationguide.xml.vm
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/docs/installationguide.xml.vm
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@
 </head>
 <body lang="en" xml:lang="en">
 <h1 align="center">Apache Axis2 Installation Guide</h1>
+
+<div style="background-color: #e8f5e8; border: 1px solid #4CAF50; padding: 10px; margin: 10px 0;">
+<strong>Using Spring Boot?</strong> For new projects, the
+<a href="spring-boot-starter.html">Spring Boot Starter</a> is the
+recommended way to deploy Axis2 services. One Maven dependency, no
+manual WAR assembly, and full support for JSON-RPC, OpenAPI, HTTP/2,
+and MCP. The guide below covers the traditional standalone and servlet
+container installation methods.
+</div>
+
 <p>This document provides information on Axis2 distribution
 packages, system prerequisites and setting up environment variables
 and tools followed by detailed instructions on installation