Spring Boot ships with a cache abstraction that wraps expensive service calls
behind annotation-driven caches. This abstraction supports multiple cache
providers (ConcurrentMap, Caffeine, Redis, Ehcache, JCache) without changing
business code. The skill provides a concise workflow for enabling caching,
managing cache lifecycles, and validating behavior in Spring Boot 3.5+ services.
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Add dependencies
<!-- Maven -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-cache</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency> <!-- Optional: Caffeine -->
<groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
<artifactId>caffeine</artifactId>
</dependency>
implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-cache"
implementation "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine"
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Enable caching
@Configuration
@EnableCaching
class CacheConfig {
@Bean
CacheManager cacheManager() {
return new CaffeineCacheManager("users", "orders");
}
}
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Annotate service methods
@Service
@CacheConfig(cacheNames = "users")
class UserService {
@Cacheable(key = "#id", unless = "#result == null")
User findUser(Long id) { ... }
@CachePut(key = "#user.id")
User refreshUser(User user) { ... }
@CacheEvict(key = "#id", beforeInvocation = false)
void deleteUser(Long id) { ... }
}