@Component vs @Service

[Tigran]

Hi Guys,

I have a simple question about annotations @Component and @Service.

What is the difference between them, and what exactly @Service mean ? how I understand they both register a Component as Bean in Spring Context ..

and also can anybody provide me with example of creating/using/registering nice "Services" with @Service

Thank you

[CJB]

My understanding is that

- @Component indicates any Spring-managed component, whereas

- @Service is a specialisation of @Component to indicate a component in your service layer.

Other specialisations of @Component are

- @Repository to indicate a DAO
- @Controller in the presentation layer

I don't think there's much practical difference between these - but perhaps in exception translation, or if you were to write your own AOP interceptors to handle them differently.

The relevant section of the Reference Guide is Section 3.
http://static.springframework.org/sp...spath-scanning

[InverseFalcon]

Check this section of the Spring reference guide.

The best way to get a good response to your question is to post in the right forum. Although you may be using Spring Web Flow, you're more likely to get a helpful response in the core container forum.