Spring boot annotation list

✅ 1. Core Spring / IOC & Bean Management

Stereotype annotations

@Component

@Service

@Repository

@Controller

@RestController

Configuration & Beans

@Configuration

@Bean

@Import

@ImportResource

@ComponentScan

@PropertySource

@Profile

@Scope

@Lazy

@DependsOn

@Primary

@Qualifier

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Dependency Injection

@Autowired

@Value

@Required

✅ 2. Spring Boot Specific

@SpringBootApplication

@EnableAutoConfiguration

@ConfigurationProperties

@EnableConfigurationProperties

@SpringBootTest

@TestConfiguration

@MockBean

@SpyBean

✅ 3. Web / MVC / REST

Controller & Mapping

@RequestMapping

@GetMapping

@PostMapping

@PutMapping

@DeleteMapping

@PatchMapping

Request handling

@RequestParam

@PathVariable

@RequestBody

@ResponseBody

@ResponseStatus

@RequestHeader

@CookieValue

@ModelAttribute

@MatrixVariable

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@ExceptionHandler

@ControllerAdvice

@RestControllerAdvice

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CO

RS

@CrossOrigin

✅ 4. Validation (JSR-303 / Hibernate Validator)

@Valid

@Validated

@NotNull

@NotEmpty

@NotBlank

@Size

@Min

@Max

@Positive

@Negative

@Email

@Pattern

@Future

@Past

@Digits

@AssertTrue

@AssertFalse

✅ 5. Spring Data JPA / Persistence

Repository

@Repository

@EnableJpaRepositories

Entity mapping (JPA)

@Entity

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@Table

@Id

@GeneratedValue

@Column

@Transient

@Lob

@Enumerated

@Temporal

Relations

@OneToOne

@OneToMany

@ManyToOne

@ManyToMany

@JoinColumn

@JoinTable

@MapsId

@Embedded

@Embeddable

Query

@Query

@NamedQuery

@Modifying

@Param

@Procedure

Transactions

@Transactional

✅ 6. Security (Spring Security)

@EnableWebSecurity

@EnableMethodSecurity

@Secured

@RolesAllowed

@PreAuthorize

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@PostAuthorize

@PreFilter

@PostFilter

@AuthenticationPrincipal

✅ 7. Scheduling & Async

@EnableScheduling

@Scheduled

@EnableAsync

@Async

✅ 8. Caching

@EnableCaching

@Cacheable

@CachePut

@CacheEvict

@Caching

✅ 9. Spring Cloud / Microservices (very common)

@EnableDiscoveryClient

@FeignClient

@EnableFeignClients

@LoadBalanced

@CircuitBreaker

@Retryable

@Recover

@RefreshScope

✅ 10. Messaging (Kafka / JMS / RabbitMQ)

@EnableKafka

@KafkaListener

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@SendTo

@EnableJms

@JmsListener

@RabbitListener

@RabbitHandler

✅ 11. Testing

@RunWith

@ExtendWith

@WebMvcTest

@DataJpaTest

@JdbcTest

@JsonTest

@RestClientTest

@AutoConfigureMockMvc

@AutoConfigureTestDatabase

@TestPropertySource

@ActiveProfiles

@DirtiesContext

@BeforeEach

@AfterEach

@BeforeAll

@AfterAll

@Test

✅ 12. AOP (Aspect Oriented Programming)

@Aspect

@Before

@After

@AfterReturning

@AfterThrowing

@Around

@Pointcut

@EnableAspectJAutoProxy

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✅ 13. Internationalization / Formatting

@DateTimeFormat

@NumberFormat

✅ 14. Conditional Annotations (Auto-Config magic)

@Conditional

@ConditionalOnBean

@ConditionalOnMissingBean

@ConditionalOnProperty

@ConditionalOnClass

@ConditionalOnMissingClass

@ConditionalOnWebApplication

@ConditionalOnNotWebApplication

@ConditionalOnExpression

✅ 15. Actuator

@Endpoint

@ReadOperation

@WriteOperation

@DeleteOperation

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There is NO single official list called “all Spring Boot annotations” because:

Spring = Core + Web + Data + Security + Cloud + Test + Integration

JPA & Validation annotations come from Java EE / Jakarta

New annotations added every

version

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@Service Business logic layer @Service class UserService {}

@Repository DAO layer @Repository interface UserRepo

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@RestControllerREST controller @RestController class

UserController {}

@Autowired Inject dependency @Autowired UserService service;

@Bean Create bean manually @Bean DataSource ds()

@Configuration Config class @Configuration class AppConfig

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@ResponseStatus Custom HTTP status @ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.OK)

@ExceptionHandler Handle exception @ExceptionHandler(Exception.clas

s)

@ControllerAdvice Global exception

handler

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@Entity JPA entity @Entity class User {}

@Id Primary key @Id Long id;

@GeneratedValue Auto PK @GeneratedValue(strategy=AUTO)

@OneToManyRelationship @OneToMany List<Order>

@ManyToOneRelationship @ManyToOne User user

@JoinColumn FK column @JoinColumn(name="user_id")

@Query Custom query @Query("select u from User u")

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save()

@Valid Trigger validation public save(@Valid User u)

@NotNull Field validation @NotNull String name;

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@Scheduled Cron job @Scheduled(cron="0 0 * * *")

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@AsyncR

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@Cacheable Cache result @Cacheable("users")

@PreAuthorize Security rule @PreAuthorize("hasRole('ADMIN')"

)

@FeignClientREST client @FeignClient("order-service")

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@Before Before advice @Before("execution(*)")

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@MockBeanMock bean @MockBean UserService service;

@Endpoint Actuator endpoint @Endpoint(id="custom")

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category-wise give me annotation list

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want a pure category-wise list of Spring Boot / Spring annotations (no

explanations, no examples — just clean grouped lists).

Here is the most complete practical catalog used in real Spring Boot applications.

🟢 1. Core / IOC / Bean Management

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@Component

@Service

@Repository

@Controller

@RestController

@Configuration

@Bean

@ComponentScan

@Import

@ImportResource

@DependsOn

@Lazy

@Scope

@Primary

@Qualifier

@Profile

@PropertySource

@Value

@Autowired

@Required

@Lookup

🟢 2. Spring Boot Specific

@SpringBootApplication

@EnableAutoConfiguration

@AutoConfiguration

@ConfigurationProperties

@EnableConfigurationProperties

@ConstructorBinding

@SpringBootConfiguration

@TestConfiguration

@SpringBootTest

@MockBean

@SpyBean

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🟢 3. Web / MVC / REST

Mapping

@RequestMapping

@GetMapping

@PostMapping

@PutMapping

@DeleteMapping

@PatchMapping

Request / Response

@RequestParam

@PathVariable

@RequestBody

@ResponseBody

@ResponseStatus

@RequestHeader

@CookieValue

@ModelAttribute

@MatrixVariable

@CrossOrigin

Exception

@ExceptionHandler

@ControllerAdvice

@RestControllerAdvice

🟢 4. Validation (Jakarta / Hibernate Validator)

@Valid

@Validated

@NotNull

@NotEmpty

@NotBlank

@Size

@Min

@Max

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@Positive

@Negative

@Email

@Pattern

@Future

@Past

@Digits

@AssertTrue

@AssertFalse

🟢 5. Persistence / JPA / Hibernate

Entity

@Entity

@Table

@Id

@GeneratedValue

@Column

@Transient

@Lob

@Enumerated

@Temporal

@Version

Relations

@OneToOne

@OneToMany

@ManyToOne

@ManyToMany

@JoinColumn

@JoinTable

@MapsId

@MapKey

@OrderBy

@OrderColumn

@Embedded

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@Embeddable

🟢 6. Spring Data

@Repository

@EnableJpaRepositories

@Query

@NamedQuery

@NamedNativeQuery

@Modifying

@Param

@Procedure

@Transactional

@Lock

@EntityGraph

🟢 7. Transaction Management

@Transactional

@EnableTransactionManagement

🟢 8. Security (Spring Security)

@EnableWebSecurity

@EnableMethodSecurity

@Secured

@RolesAllowed

@PreAuthorize

@PostAuthorize

@PreFilter

@PostFilter

@AuthenticationPrincipal

🟢 9. Scheduling & Async

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@EnableScheduling

@Scheduled

@EnableAsync

@Async

🟢 10. Cache

@EnableCaching

@Cacheable

@CachePut

@CacheEvict

@Caching

🟢 11. AOP

@Aspect

@Before

@After

@AfterReturning

@AfterThrowing

@Around

@Pointcut

@EnableAspectJAutoProxy

🟢 12. Messaging (Kafka / JMS / RabbitMQ)

@EnableKafka

@KafkaListener

@SendTo

@EnableJms

@JmsListener

@RabbitListener

@RabbitHandler

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🟢 13. Spring Cloud / Microservices

@EnableDiscoveryClient

@EnableEurekaClient

@FeignClient

@EnableFeignClients

@LoadBalanced

@RefreshScope

@Retryable

@Recover

@CircuitBreaker

🟢 14. Conditional (Auto Configuration)

@Conditional

@ConditionalOnBean

@ConditionalOnMissingBean

@ConditionalOnProperty

@ConditionalOnClass

@ConditionalOnMissingClass

@ConditionalOnWebApplication

@ConditionalOnNotWebApplication

@ConditionalOnExpression

🟢 15. Actuator

@Endpoint

@ReadOperation

@WriteOperation

@DeleteOperation

@EndpointWebExtension

🟢 16. Internationalization / Formatting

@DateTimeFormat

@NumberFormat

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🟢 17. Testing

@RunWith

@ExtendWith

@Test

@BeforeEach

@AfterEach

@BeforeAll

@AfterAll

@SpringBootTest

@WebMvcTest

@DataJpaTest

@JdbcTest

@JsonTest

@RestClientTest

@AutoConfigureMockMvc

@AutoConfigureTestDatabase

@TestPropertySource

@ActiveProfiles

@DirtiesContext

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There is no official single list of “every annotation” because Spring = multiple

frameworks + Jakarta EE + Spring Cloud + Testing + new

versions.

This list covers 95% of annotations used in enterprise Spring Boot projects.

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AWS SES DKIM & Route 53 Integration Guide

1. Purpose

This document explains how to configure DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) for a domain using:

• AWS Simple Email Service (SES)

• Amazon Route 53 (DNS provider)

DKIM improves email deliverability and prevents emails from being marked as spam by verifying that messages are authorized by the domain owner.

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2. Prerequisites

• AWS account with access to:

  • SES

  • Route 53

• A domain name (example: sendproperty.com)

• Domain hosted in Route 53 Hosted Zone

• SES configured in the correct region (ex: us-east-1)

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3. What is DKIM?

DKIM adds a digital signature to outgoing emails.
Receiving mail servers (Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, etc.) validate this signature using DNS records published for your domain.

AWS SES provides 3 CNAME records for DKIM authentication.

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4. Step 1: Verify Domain in AWS SES

1. Login to AWS Console

2. Go to Simple Email Service (SES)

3. Select the correct region

4. Navigate to:

   Configuration → Verified identities
   

5. Click Create identity

6. Choose:

   • Identity type: Domain

   • Enter your domain (example: sendproperty.com)

7. Enable:
   ✅ DKIM authentication

8. Click Create identity

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5. Step 2: Get DKIM CNAME Records from SES

After creating the identity, SES generates 3 DKIM CNAME records:

Example:

Record Name	Type	Value
abc123._domainkey.sendproperty.com	CNAME	abc123.dkim.amazonses.com
def456._domainkey.sendproperty.com	CNAME	def456.dkim.amazonses.com
ghi789._domainkey.sendproperty.com	CNAME	ghi789.dkim.amazonses.com

These records must be added in Route 53.

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6. Step 3: Add DKIM Records in Route 53

1. Open AWS Console → Route 53

2. Go to:

   Hosted zones → yourdomain.com
   

3. Click Create record

4. For each DKIM record:

Record 1

• Record name: abc123._domainkey.sendproperty.com

• Record type: CNAME

• Value: abc123.dkim.amazonses.com

• TTL: Default

• Routing policy: Simple

Click Create record

Repeat the same for all 3 records.

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7. Step 4: Verify DKIM Status

1. Go back to:

   SES → Verified identities → your domain
   

2. Check DKIM status

It should change from:

Pending → Verified

This may take:

• 5 to 30 minutes (sometimes up to 24 hours)

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8. (Optional but Recommended) Add SPF Record

Add this TXT record in Route 53:

• Type: TXT

• Name: @

• Value:

  v=spf1 include:amazonses.com ~all
  

This allows SES servers to send emails on behalf of your domain.

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9. (Optional) Enable DMARC

Add TXT record:

• Type: TXT

• Name: _dmarc.yourdomain.com

• Value:

  v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc@yourdomain.com;
  

DMARC improves security and reporting.

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10. Common Issues & Troubleshooting

❌ DKIM stuck in Pending

Possible causes:

• Records not added correctly

• Wrong SES region

• Domain added twice in record name

• Not using CNAME type

• DNS propagated delay

✅ Check using dig/nslookup

nslookup abc123._domainkey.yourdomain.com

Should return:

abc123.dkim.amazonses.com

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11. Best Practices

• Always enable DKIM for production domains

• Use a dedicated subdomain for sending emails (example: mail.yourdomain.com)

• Configure SPF + DKIM + DMARC together

• Monitor bounce and complaint notifications in SES

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12. Architecture Flow

Application → AWS SES → Recipient Mail Server
                  ↓
           DKIM verified via Route53 DNS

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13. Conclusion

After successful configuration:

• SES can sign emails with DKIM

• Mail servers trust your domain

• Email deliverability improves

• Spam probability reduces

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Git revert vs cherry pick

 I have a main branch and a development branch. I merged development into main, but later realized that the changes should not have gone into main. Even though several commits were added to main after the merge, the correct and safe way to roll back only the merged changes is to revert the merge commit, not reset the branch.

Using git revert -m 1 <merge_commit_hash> creates a new commit that undoes only the changes introduced by the merge while keeping all subsequent commits intact. This approach is safe for shared branches and preserves Git history.

git cherry-pick, on the other hand, is used to selectively copy specific commits from one branch to another. It is useful when only certain fixes or features are needed, but it should not be used for rolling back a merge. For rollback scenarios, git revert is the correct choice; for selectively applying commits, git cherry-pick is appropriate.

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