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Why are Spring Boot layered jars beneficial for Docker builds?

`-Djarmode=layertools` splits a fat jar into separate layers (dependencies, resources, application classes) by how frequently each changes; copying these as separate Docker layers means a rebuild after only an application code change reuses the cached dependency layer instead of re-copying the entire fat jar every time.

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Why are Spring Boot layered jars beneficial for Docker builds?

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