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How @AliasFor Simplifies Annotations usage in Spring
This annotation is an annotation that allows you to create an alias for an attribute in an annotation. These attributes have the same function. The idea is to avoid confusion… Read more
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3 Ways to Use the @Lazy Annotation in Spring
Does your Spring application take too long to start? Maybe this annotation could help you. This annotation indicates to Spring that a bean needs to be lazily initiated. Spring will… Read more
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Understanding @Autowired in Spring: A Comprehensive Guide
Introduction The @Autowired annotation is one of the most common annotations when working with Spring. Its objective is simple: to tell Spring to inject a dependency bean into our beans.… Read more
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Understanding Spring’s @Required Annotation: A Legacy Perspective
While the @Required annotation has been deprecated since Spring Framework 5, it’s not uncommon to encounter it in legacy projects. So, why should you care? Not every project is built… Read more
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12 Ways to Use the @Value Annotation in Spring for Flexible and Maintainable Applications
You may already be familiar with @Value annotation from Spring. This annotation allows you to inject some properties into your beans. But there’s a lot of ways you could do… Read more
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Understanding Spring Annotations: A Comprehensive Overview
Working with Spring involves using various annotations for application configuration, component linking, and behavior management. These annotations can be categorized into Initialization, Configuration Specifics, Stereotypes, Behavioral, and Testing. This overview… Read more
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Simplifying Dependency Management with Spring IoC
Developers faced challenges with setting up complex dependencies and managing them across all components. Traditional methods like the Factory Method proved limiting and tightly coupled. Spring introduced IoC to address… Read more
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Why Spring Matters for Java Developers
Writing Java Applications in the Past When writing Java applications in the past, writing all the functionalities from scratch was common. It was time-consuming, requiring significant effort to create various… Read more
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Structural-Based Testing: Filling the Gaps in Your Test Suite
When writing tests for your code, it’s easy to miss some parts, which can lead to bugs. How can you ensure you’ve tested everything properly? Use structural-based testing! What is… Read more
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Specification-Based Testing: Devise test cases
This is the last part of the specification-based testing series. Now we are going to put all of the knowledge that we gained from the other steps and start creating… Read more