{"id":7335,"date":"2024-03-14T05:22:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T05:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-application-annotation-in-spring-boot\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T14:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T14:52:07","slug":"how-to-use-the-application-annotation-in-spring-boot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-application-annotation-in-spring-boot\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Boot @SpringBootApplication Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Spring Boot, the @SpringBootApplication annotation is used to indicate a class as the entry point of a Spring Boot application. 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