Default Cache Manager with Spring Boot using @EnableCaching

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PRATHAP S picture PRATHAP S · Jan 19, 2017 · Viewed 19.5k times · Source

I have implemented caching in my SpringBootApplication as shown below

@SpringBootApplication
@EnableCaching
public class SampleApplication extends SpringBootServletInitializer {

    @Override
    protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application) {
        return application.sources(SampleApplication.class);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(SampleApplication.class, args);
    }

This is absolutely working fine.

But to implement caching there should be one mandatory CacheManager / Cacheprovider defined. Without defining any cacheManager also my application is working fine.

Is there any default Cache manager defined by Spring ? Spring docs says Spring Boot auto-configures a suitable CacheManager.

So what will be CacheManager used if we do not define it ?

Answer

Daniel Olszewski picture Daniel Olszewski · Jan 19, 2017

The Spring Boot starter provides a simple cache provider which stores values in an instance of ConcurrentHashMap. This is the simplest possible thread-safe implementation of the caching mechanism.

If the @EnableCaching annotation is present in your app, Spring Boot checks dependencies available on your class path and configures an appropriate CacheManager. Depending on a chosen provider, some additional configuration may be required. You can find all information about configuration in the first link from this answer.

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