In which cases is it recommended to use lazy initialization of components in Spring Framework?

Lazy initialization in the Spring Framework is recommended to be used when:

• Creating a component is resource-intensive and not always required at application startup.
• The component is used rarely or only under certain conditions.
• You need to speed up the application startup by deferring initialization until the first use.

In Spring, you can use the @Lazy annotation at the class level or on injection points:

@Component
@Lazy
public class HeavyComponent {
    // ...
}

This helps optimize resource usage and improve application performance.