Difference between @Component and @Bean annotation in Spring?
Hello folks, if you are preparing for Java Developer and Spring Developer interviews then you must prepare for questions like the difference between X and Y like @bean vs @component.
In the past, I have shared with you about the difference between @Contorller and @RestController annotation and @Controller vs @Service @Repository and in this article, we will take a look at another set of popular Spring annotations.
In Spring, both @Component and @Bean annotations are used to register a bean in the Spring container, but they differ in the way they are used which you will find in this article.
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