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@Component vs @Service vs @Repository.

Tests whether you know all three are functionally identical stereotypes of @Component (same bean registration behavior) that differ only in semantic intent and, for @Repository specifically, in triggering automatic persistence-exception translation into Spring's DataAccessException hierarchy.

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