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Declaration overview

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Declaration overview

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- [Instructor] Declaration overview. I just want to say, great job staying on track with this course. By now, you've completed a few chapters and kept following along. You're likely quite comfortable with controller declarations. That means this section should feel like a breeze for you. While this chapter might initially seem lengthy, we'll be breaking it down into shorter focused snippets that explain concepts you've already seen in action earlier in the application. All right, starting off with controller decorations of the annotation controller. The purpose of the annotation controller is to mark the class as a Spring MVC controller. They're typically annotated with @Controller or @RestController, and I'll break down the key features of both, starting with @Controller. So the @Controller annotation indicates that the class contains methods to handle incoming HTTP requests, like GET, POST, et cetera. These are typically used for traditional MVC applications where the controller…

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