Spring Configuration and Component Scan
Explore how Spring configures beans through XML files, annotations, and Java classes. Learn how component scanning works to automatically detect beans, the differences between XML and annotation approaches, and how multiple configurations can be managed in complex projects.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
- What is a configuration file?
- How are beans configured in the Spring container?
- What is the difference between XML and annotation configuration?
- How is annotation based configuration enabled in Spring?
- Can there be multiple configuration files in a project?
- What is a component scan?
- How is a component scan done in Spring Boot?
- What is the difference between context: annotation-config and context:component-scan tags?
What is a configuration file?
A configuration file is an XML file ...