Spring boot and MVC annotation list

@Autowired

To inject object of spring component class

@Qualifier

To inject object having same name or ambiguity of multiple spring components

@RestController

Define controller for rest endpoints

@Controller

Define controller for web routing

@RequestMapping

Define routing map and endpoints

@GetMapping

Define GET method endpoint for getting resource

@PostMapping

Define POST method endpoint for inserting new request

@DeleteMapping

Define DELETE method endpoint for delete request

@PutMapping

Define PUT method endpoint for update request

@RequestParam

Define input request parameter on request.

@PathVariable

Define input request parameter on request as query string to show on URL.

@ExceptionHandler

To handle exception. To route exception if raises to define class.

@ResponseStatus

To display response while calling resource method.

@Bean

Property or method to become part of spring container.

@Configuration

Class having beans method to make part of spring application.

@SpringBootApplication

Comnination of below 3 annotations. It is used to run spring boot applcation. It annotates on main method of application launcher class.

“@Configuration”

“@ComponentScan(“app”)

“@EnableWebMvc”

@CrossOrigin

Allowing request came from different source.

@ResponseBody

To return response as output object from method

@RequestBody

To get request object as input to method

@Component

Add class to spring container

@Service

Make class as service class for business logic

@Repository

Make class as repository for database operations like DAO

@EnableWebMvc

Enable application based on web MVC architecture

@ComponentScan

Scan packages where actual class reside and tell to spring container

@CrossOrigin

Enable controller to accept request from different origin

@NoArgsContructor

Its Lombok annotation means DTO have no argument constructor

@AllArgsContructor

Its Lombok annotation means DTO have argument constructor of all defined fields

@RequiredArgsConstructor

Its Lombok annotation means DTO have argument constructor of all the types

@Cleanup

Its Lombok annotation used to clean up the code automatically before execution

@ToString

Its Lombok annotation means DTO have to string method.

@EqualsAndHashCode

Its Lombok annotation used to generated and equals and hashcode method.

@NonNull

This annotation is referred as value must be not null

@Log

This annotation is used to log message in Slf4j

@Builder

Its Lombok annotation used to generated auto builder API for complex pojo class

@Data

Defined DTO or getter setter class.

@Getter

Used to get value on method.

@Setter

Used to set value on method.

@Slf4j

Enable Slf4j logging in class.

@Value

Used to get property value from properties file.

@Scope

This is used to defined scope by default scope is singleton you can define other scope as well

@RequestHeader

To fetch header value from request using map collection.

@ResponseHeader

Return response on method which is set on this annotation parameter.

@PropertySource

This annotation is used to provide properties file to spring environment that which should be follow.

@ModelAttributes

It is spring MVC base annotation used to store data from object and pass to view (JSP page) through controller.

@SessionAttributes

This annotation retrieve the existing attribute from the session. This annotation allows you to tell Spring which of your model attributes will also be copied to HttpSession before rendering the view.

@Table

If class name is different from database table name then database table name defined with this annotation.

@Entity

Refer class with database table.

@Column

Refer field name with database table column name.

@Id

Refer key column on database table.

@OneToOne

This annotation refers mapping with column of one table refers to one column of other table.

@OneToMany

This annotation refers mapping with column of one table refers to many column of other table.

@ManyToMany

This annotation refers mapping with many of one table refers to many column of other table.

@JoinColumn

This annotation defines that actual physical mapping on the owning side.

@Transactional

This is important annotation of spring transaction manager used in database DML transactions. It is used to rollback transaction if runtime exception occur during DML operations.

@Modify

Its JPA annotation used in service or repository class where we want to perform database manipulation operation.

@GeneratedValue

It is used in id field of class to map with table id field. It has parameter of strategy of how id is generated on every request.

@Synchronized

It is used to make method synchronized (Thread safe) just like synchronized keyword in java. It also exists on class and method level.

@Async

It is only existed on method level to call that method asynchronously. When calling method on async mode sperate thread is open that will not affect main thread.

@Secured

This annotation is used to specify a list of roles on a method. So, a user only can access that method if she has at least one of the specified roles.

@RolesAllowed

This is similar @Secured annotation where we passed defined role on method.

@PreAuthorize

The annotation can check for authorization before entering method. This authorizes on the basis of role or the argument which is passed to the method

@PostAuthorize

This annotation checks for authorization after method execution. This authorizes based on logged in roles, return object by method and passed argument to the method

@PreFilter

This annotation works in a very similar fashion; however, the filtering is applied to a list that is being passed as an input parameter to the annotated method.

@PostFilter

This annotation defines a rule for filtering the return list of a method, by applying that rule to every element in the list. If the evaluated value is true, the item will be kept in the list. Otherwise, the item will be removed.

@SpringBootTest

This annotation is primary to create unit and integration tests in Spring Boot applications.

@Test

This annotation used in method to test that method where it is used.

@Before

This annotation is used in Aspect-Oriented Programming to achieve the cross-cutting. It is an advice type which ensures that an advice runs before the method execution.

@After

This annotation is used in Aspect-Oriented Programming to achieve the cross-cutting. It is an advice type which ensures that an advice runs after the method execution.

@RunWith

This annotation takes parameter as class name provides a bridge between Spring Boot test features and JUnit. Whenever we are using any Spring Boot testing features in our JUnit tests, this annotation will be required.

@TestConfiguration

This annotation is a useful aid for writing unit tests of components in a Spring Boot application. It allows us to define additional beans or override existing beans in the Spring application context to add specialized configurations for testing.

@WebMvcTest

This annotation to fire up an application context that contains only the beans needed for testing a web controller:

@TestPropertySource

This is a class-level annotation that configures locations of property files and inclined properties in Spring integration test. The properties loaded by using this annotation are added to the set of @PropertySource in the Environment for an Application Context. The properties loaded by this annotation have higher precedence over the properties loaded from Java system properties