Spring Framework FAQ: Top Questions

@ComponentScan and @Import are both used for including additional configurations or components, but they operate differently.

📘 Comparison:

• @ComponentScan: Automatically detects and registers classes annotated with stereotypes like @Component, @Service, etc.
• @Import: Manually includes one or more @Configuration classes.

📥 Example:

@ComponentScan(basePackages = "com.example.services")
@Import(AppSecurityConfig.class)
@Configuration
public class AppConfig {
}

🏆 Expected Output:

Beans in 'com.example.services' are scanned; AppSecurityConfig beans are also loaded.

🛠️ Use Cases:

• Use @ComponentScan for automatic discovery.
• Use @Import to explicitly include config classes.