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title: Spring component stereotype and scanning notes
source_type: official-doc
status: reviewed
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# Spring component stereotype and scanning notes

## Supported behavior

Spring stereotype annotations such as `@Component` and `@Service` mark classes as candidates for component scanning and container registration.

## Evidence boundary

This vendor behavior explains what the annotations do. It does not prove why a particular project chose to use them, nor does it prove which other Spring dependencies the project allows. Project rationale must come from the project's own decision record.