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How does RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME influence Spring Boot REST controllers?
Track: Java
Topic: Java Annotations
Focus: Retention Policies
Java: Retention Policies
Answer
It enables runtime inspection for request mapping.
Spring Boot uses RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME to inspect controller annotations and map HTTP requests to methods dynamically. Without runtime retention, the framework wouldn't be able to link requests to their corresponding handler methods, breaking the web application.
Spring Boot uses RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME to inspect controller annotations and map HTTP requests to methods dynamically. Without runtime retention, the framework wouldn't be able to link requests to their corresponding handler methods, breaking the web application.
Topics: Java Java Annotations Retention Policies