Core Spring Annotations – Context Configuration Annotations
| Annotation | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|
| @Autowired | Field, Constructor, Methods | This annotation declares a constructor, method, field, or configuration method to be autowired by type. While using this annotation ,it do not have to be public. |
| @Configurable | Type | Used with <context:springconfigured> to declare types whose properties should be injected, even if they are not instantiated by Spring. This annotation Typically used to inject the properties of domain objects. |
| @Order | Type, Method, Field | This Defines ordering. As an alternative to implementing the org. springframework.core.Ordered interface. |
| @Qualifier | Field, Type, Annotation Type, Parameter | This Guides autowiring to be performed, in a way more than just a type. |
| @Required | Method (setters) | This Specifies a particular property, that must be injected or else the configuration will fail. |
| @Scope | Type | This Specifies the scope of a bean, by either singleton, prototype, request, session, or some other custom scope. |