Package org.springframework.stereotype

@NonNullApi @NonNullFields package org.springframework.stereotype

Annotations denoting the roles of types or methods in the overall architecture (at a conceptual, rather than implementation, level).

Intended for use by tools and aspects (making an ideal target for pointcuts).

Annotation Interfaces

Class	Description
Component	Indicates that the annotated class is a component.
Controller	Indicates that an annotated class is a "Controller" (e.g.
Indexed	Indicate that the annotated element represents a stereotype for the index.
Repository	Indicates that an annotated class is a "Repository", originally defined by Domain-Driven Design (Evans, 2003) as "a mechanism for encapsulating storage, retrieval, and search behavior which emulates a collection of objects".
Service	Indicates that an annotated class is a "Service", originally defined by Domain-Driven Design (Evans, 2003) as "an operation offered as an interface that stands alone in the model, with no encapsulated state."