SpringBootConfiguration Type — spring-boot Architecture

Source Code

core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringBootConfiguration.java lines 44–76

@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
@Configuration
@Indexed
public @interface SpringBootConfiguration {

	/**
	 * Specify whether {@link Bean @Bean} methods should get proxied in order to enforce
	 * bean lifecycle behavior, e.g. to return shared singleton bean instances even in
	 * case of direct {@code @Bean} method calls in user code. This feature requires
	 * method interception, implemented through a runtime-generated CGLIB subclass which
	 * comes with limitations such as the configuration class and its methods not being
	 * allowed to declare {@code final}.
	 * <p>
	 * The default is {@code true}, allowing for 'inter-bean references' within the
	 * configuration class as well as for external calls to this configuration's
	 * {@code @Bean} methods, e.g. from another configuration class. If this is not needed
	 * since each of this particular configuration's {@code @Bean} methods is
	 * self-contained and designed as a plain factory method for container use, switch
	 * this flag to {@code false} in order to avoid CGLIB subclass processing.
	 * <p>
	 * Turning off bean method interception effectively processes {@code @Bean} methods
	 * individually like when declared on non-{@code @Configuration} classes, a.k.a.
	 * "@Bean Lite Mode" (see {@link Bean @Bean's javadoc}). It is therefore behaviorally
	 * equivalent to removing the {@code @Configuration} stereotype.
	 * @return whether to proxy {@code @Bean} methods
	 * @since 2.2
	 */
	@AliasFor(annotation = Configuration.class)
	boolean proxyBeanMethods() default true;

}