Java Architecture Diary

May 23, 2022 · Backend Development

Spring Boot’s spring.factories Is Deprecated – Switch to AutoConfiguration.imports

Spring Boot 2.7 marks the spring.factories auto‑configuration loading method as deprecated, and Spring Boot 3 will remove it entirely, prompting developers to adopt the new AutoConfiguration.imports mechanism, which supports configuration slicing, custom SPI extensions, and more elegant handling via tools like mica‑auto.