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What is Spring Boot internal proxy creation mechanism?

Updated May 17, 2026

Short answer

Spring creates proxies using JDK dynamic proxies or CGLIB for AOP features.

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Spring uses JDK proxies when interfaces exist, otherwise CGLIB subclassing is used. Proxies enable features like @Transactional, @Async, and @Cacheable by intercepting method calls at runtime.

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