Most Spring Boot developers use @Service, @Component and @Autowired daily, yet few understand the ten‑step lifecycle a bean undergoes—from loading its definition to destruction—information that unlocks advanced features such as custom initialization, AOP, and dynamic proxy creation.
This article explains Spring Boot’s bean lifecycle callbacks, covering InitializingBean and DisposableBean interfaces, @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy annotations, initMethod and destroyMethod configurations, as well as alternative approaches like SmartInitializingSingleton, ContextRefreshedEvent, and AutoCloseable, with code examples and execution order details.
This article explains Spring Boot 3 bean destruction techniques—including DisposableBean, @PreDestroy, @Bean destroyMethod, AutoCloseable, and custom inference—provides complete code examples, and announces a continuously updated Spring Boot 3 case collection PDF for developers.
This article explains the difference between kill -9 and kill -15 signals, how Spring Boot processes the TERM signal, and provides practical code examples for implementing graceful shutdown, including shutdown hooks, DisposableBean, and proper thread‑pool termination strategies.
