I understand that @Service
is used to mark a class as a business logic class. Why is it useful for spring? I can already use @Component
to mark a class as a bean. I understand that @Service
is more specific than @Component
, but how?
Consider @Component
annotation as a Swiss Knife. It can act as cutting knife, as an opener, as a scissor, etc.
Similarly, your Component can act as a Repository, as Business Logic class or as a controller.
Now, @Service
is a just one of the versions of @Component
, say a knife.
Spring process @Service
similar to @Component
, since @Service
interface itself is annotated with @Component
.
From Spring docs.:
@Target(value=TYPE) @Retention(value=RUNTIME) @Documented @Component public @interface Service
Indicates that an annotated class is a "Service" (e.g. a business service facade).
Why to differentiate both of them?
To apply the basic rule of programming: Your code should be easily readable.
Yes, you can use @Component
annotation everywhere and it will work fine but for the better understanding of the code, it is preferred to use the respective special types of annotations like @Service
in our case.
The other benefit is ease of debugging. Once you know the error, you need not hope from one component class to another, checking it time whether that class is service, repository or controller.
@Service, @Controller, @Repository = {@Component + some more special functionality}
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What's the difference between @Component, @Repository & @Service annotations in Spring?
The @Component annotation marks a java class as a bean so the component-scanning mechanism of spring can pick it up and pull it into the application context. The @Service annotation is also a specialization of the component annotation. It doesn’t currently provide any additional behavior over the @Component annotation, but it’s a good idea to use @Service over @Component in service-layer classes because it specifies intent better. Additionally, tool support and additional behavior might rely on it in the future.
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