Implementing Caching in a Spring Boot Application: A Complete Guide @Cacheable, @CachePut, and @CacheEvict

Overview

Caching is a crucial technique to improve the performance of Spring Boot applications. By storing frequently accessed data in memory, caching reduces the load on databases and increases response times. In this guide, we’ll walk through how to implement caching in Spring Boot using popular caching providers like EhCache and Redis, and provide examples to illustrate its power.

Implementing Caching in a Spring Boot Application: A Complete Guide

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Purpose

• Understand the basic concepts of caching and its importance in performance optimization.
• Learn how to implement caching in Spring Boot with different providers.
• Be able to use caching annotations like @Cacheable, @CachePut, and @CacheEvict to manage your application's cache efficiently.