Are @Bean and @Component annotations the same but for different targets in Spring Framework?

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Am I correct, thinking that @Bean and @Component annotations are the same, but first is for classes and another is for methods?

In both cases container just creates appropriate beans, right?

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 11 '17 at 13:58

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Not quite. They belong to different concepts.

@Component is a stereotype annotation. A class annotated with this annotation will be auto detected during class path scanning. See also Spring reference documentation chapter 5.10. Other than that the @Bean annotation belongs to the Java configuration feature. Within a configuration class this annotation is used to mark methods that define beans.

edited Dec 11 '17 at 13:58

Abdullah Khan

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answered Nov 23 '14 at 17:03

Christian Frommeyer

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A better answer than in the linked duplicate question. This answer here would still a bit better with easy examples :) – PowerFlower May 01 '17 at 15:16

Are @Bean and @Component annotations the same but for different targets in Spring Framework?

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