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Nov 11, 2026 · Backend Development

Spring Boot AOT Processing and Runtime Reflection Registration for GraalVM Native Images

This article explains how Spring Boot 3's Ahead-of-Time (AOT) processing resolves reflection registration issues when compiling Spring applications to GraalVM native images, covering build-time artifact generation, RuntimeHints API, and the @RegisterReflectionForBinding annotation.