@Lazy

In Spring, the "@Lazy" annotation is used to indicate that a bean should be lazily initialized. This means that the bean will be created and initialized only when it is first requested, rather than at the time when the application context is being created.

Here's how you can use the "@Lazy" annotation:

import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Component

@Lazy

public class YourLazyBean {

    // Your bean properties and methods

}

In this example, the "@Lazy" annotation is applied to a Spring component ("@Component"). This means that the "YourLazyBean" component will be lazily initialized. The bean will be created and initialized when it is first requested by another bean or part of the application.

Lazily initializing beans can be beneficial for performance, especially when you have a large number of beans, and you want to defer the creation of some beans until they are needed. It helps reduce the startup time and resource consumption of your application.

Keep in mind that while lazily initializing beans can be useful, it's essential to understand the dependencies and the context in which the beans are used to ensure that lazy loading doesn't cause unexpected behavior.