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How does Spring Boot support GraalVM Native Image, and what are its limitations?

Spring Boot 3+ runs an AOT processing phase at build time that generates bean-definition source code and reflect/proxy/resource config hints GraalVM needs, replacing most runtime reflection. Limitations: no dynamic class loading, longer build times, and libraries with heavy runtime reflection may need manual @RegisterReflectionForBinding or RuntimeHintsRegistrar hints.

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How does Spring Boot support GraalVM Native Image, and what are its limitations?

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