_SpringBook projects usually have application entry classes and main methods in the entry classes. This is a standard java application entry method. @ SpringBoot Application is used for the most core annotations on the Spring main class, indicating that this is a SpringBoot project to open the capabilities of SpringBoot.

_Next let's analyze the composition and function of the annotation @SpringBoot Application.

/**
 * Indicates a {@link Configuration configuration} class that declares one or more
 * {@link Bean @Bean} methods and also triggers {@link EnableAutoConfiguration
 * auto-configuration} and {@link ComponentScan component scanning}. This is a convenience
 * annotation that is equivalent to declaring {@code @Configuration},
 * {@code @EnableAutoConfiguration} and {@code @ComponentScan}.
 *
 * @author Phillip Webb
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @since 1.2.0
 */
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
@Inherited
@SpringBootConfiguration
@EnableAutoConfiguration
@ComponentScan(excludeFilters = { @Filter(type = FilterType.CUSTOM, classes = TypeExcludeFilter.class),
        @Filter(type = FilterType.CUSTOM, classes = AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter.class) })
public @interface SpringBootApplication

From the above code, we can see that @SpringBoot Application is a composite annotation, mainly composed of @SpringBoot Configuration, @Enable AutoConfiguration and @ComponentScan.

@SpringBootConfiguration

/**
 * Indicates that a class provides Spring Boot application
 * {@link Configuration @Configuration}. Can be used as an alternative to the Spring's
 * standard {@code @Configuration} annotation so that configuration can be found
 * automatically (for example in tests).
 * <p>
 * Application should only ever include <em>one</em> {@code @SpringBootConfiguration} and
 * most idiomatic Spring Boot applications will inherit it from
 * {@code @SpringBootApplication}.
 *
 * @author Phillip Webb
 * @since 1.4.0
 */
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
@Configuration
public @interface SpringBootConfiguration {

}

_From the source code, you can see that @SpringBootConfiguration is also a combination annotation. @ SpringBoot Configuration is the configuration annotation for the SpringBoot project, which identifies that it is a loaded Bean. In the SpringBoot project, @SpringBoot Configuration is recommended instead of @Configuration.

@EnableAutoConfiguration

@Enable AutoConfiguration is used to turn on the automatic configuration function. What we need to configure before, SpringBoot helps us configure automatically; @Enable AutoConfiguration tells SpringBoot to turn on the auto-configure function so that the auto-configure can take effect.

/**
 * Enable auto-configuration of the Spring Application Context, attempting to guess and
 * configure beans that you are likely to need. Auto-configuration classes are usually
 * applied based on your classpath and what beans you have defined. For example, if you
 * have {@code tomcat-embedded.jar} on your classpath you are likely to want a
 * {@link TomcatServletWebServerFactory} (unless you have defined your own
 * {@link ServletWebServerFactory} bean).
 * <p>
 * When using {@link SpringBootApplication}, the auto-configuration of the context is
 * automatically enabled and adding this annotation has therefore no additional effect.
 * <p>
 * Auto-configuration tries to be as intelligent as possible and will back-away as you
 * define more of your own configuration. You can always manually {@link #exclude()} any
 * configuration that you never want to apply (use {@link #excludeName()} if you don't
 * have access to them). You can also exclude them via the
 * {@code spring.autoconfigure.exclude} property. Auto-configuration is always applied
 * after user-defined beans have been registered.
 * <p>
 * The package of the class that is annotated with {@code @EnableAutoConfiguration},
 * usually via {@code @SpringBootApplication}, has specific significance and is often used
 * as a 'default'. For example, it will be used when scanning for {@code @Entity} classes.
 * It is generally recommended that you place {@code @EnableAutoConfiguration} (if you're
 * not using {@code @SpringBootApplication}) in a root package so that all sub-packages
 * and classes can be searched.
 * <p>
 * Auto-configuration classes are regular Spring {@link Configuration} beans. They are
 * located using the {@link SpringFactoriesLoader} mechanism (keyed against this class).
 * Generally auto-configuration beans are {@link Conditional @Conditional} beans (most
 * often using {@link ConditionalOnClass @ConditionalOnClass} and
 * {@link ConditionalOnMissingBean @ConditionalOnMissingBean} annotations).
 *
 * @author Phillip Webb
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @see ConditionalOnBean
 * @see ConditionalOnMissingBean
 * @see ConditionalOnClass
 * @see AutoConfigureAfter
 * @see SpringBootApplication
 */
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
@Inherited
@AutoConfigurationPackage
@Import(AutoConfigurationImportSelector.class)
public @interface EnableAutoConfiguration {

    String ENABLED_OVERRIDE_PROPERTY = "spring.boot.enableautoconfiguration";

    /**
     * Exclude specific auto-configuration classes such that they will never be applied.
     * @return the classes to exclude
     */
    Class<?>[] exclude() default {};

    /**
     * Exclude specific auto-configuration class names such that they will never be
     * applied.
     * @return the class names to exclude
     * @since 1.3.0
     */
    String[] excludeName() default {};

}

_When we enabled the @Enable AutoConfiguration annotation and started automatic configuration, this annotation would enable SpringBook to automatically configure project configuration items based on the jar packages that the project relies on. For example, by introducing Spring-boot-starter-web dependencies, Spring MVC dependencies will be introduced in projects, and Spring Boot will automatically configure tomcat and Spring MVC.

@ComponentScan

@ComponentScan annotations automatically scan all @Controller,@Service,@Repository,@Component classes in the package path. Without configuring the package path, SpringBoot defaults to scan the same level directory of the class where the @SpringBoot Application annotation is located and the related annotations in the subdirectory.