Which Spring Boot component provides automatic configuration and dependency integration?

Spring Boot's automatic configuration and dependency integration are provided by a component called Spring Boot Auto-Configuration.

This mechanism analyzes classes in the classpath and application settings to automatically create and configure the necessary beans and components without the need for explicit configuration.

For example, if the project includes a dependency for working with a database, Spring Boot will automatically configure DataSource and EntityManager if possible.

This greatly simplifies the development startup and reduces boilerplate code.