What's the difference between @Component, @Repository & @Service annotations in Spring?

Question

Can @Component, @Repository and @Service annotations be used interchangeably in Spring or do they provide any particular functionality besides acting as a notation device?

Answer 1

@Component
@Controller
@Repository
@Service
@RestController

These are all StereoType annotations.this are usefull for the making our classes as spring beans in ioc container,