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Beans, Configuration & Lifecycle

"Bean" gets thrown around from your first day with Spring. This module is precisely what one is, how it's born, and how it dies.

Learning objectives

  • Beginner: Recognize that "bean" just means "an object the container manages," not special new syntax.
  • Intermediate: Choose correctly between @Component-style and @Bean-method declaration depending on whether you own the class being registered.
  • Advanced: Predict and control lifecycle ordering issues (e.g. a bean depending on another bean that isn't ready yet) using @PostConstruct and lifecycle callbacks.

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