Attribute Reference: Every Winter Boot Stereotype

Winter Boot uses PHP 8 attributes for its entire programming model. This page indexes every attribute the framework exposes, grouped by the concern it belongs to, with a one-line meaning and a link to the concept page that documents its usage.

Application bootstrap

Attribute	Namespace	Purpose
`#[WinterBootApplication]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype`	Marks the entry-point class and configures scan paths, config directories, and enabled features.
`#[Configuration]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype`	Declares a bean-producing class whose `#[Bean]` methods contribute beans to the container.
`#[PostConstruct]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype`	Marks a bean method to run after all dependencies are injected.
`#[OnApplicationReady]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype`	Marks a bean method to run once the application context is fully ready.
`#[Module]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype`	Registers a class as a Winter module (see Module System).

Dependency injection

Attribute	Namespace	Purpose
`#[Service]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype`	Registers a service-layer bean.
`#[Component]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype`	Registers a generic bean.
`#[Autowired]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype`	Injects a dependency into a property or constructor parameter.
`#[Bean]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype`	Marks a `#[Configuration]` method as a bean factory.
`#[Qualifier]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype`	Disambiguates between beans of the same type by name.
`#[Value]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype`	Injects a property or config value into a field.
`#[JsonProperty]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype`	Maps a PHP property to a JSON key for (de)serialisation.

Read Dependency Injection for full usage.

Web and REST

Attribute	Namespace	Purpose
`#[RestController]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype`	Declares a REST controller bean.
`#[RequestMapping]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\web`	Maps a class or method to an HTTP path.
`#[GetMapping]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\web`	Maps a method to `GET`.
`#[PostMapping]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\web`	Maps a method to `POST`.
`#[PutMapping]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\web`	Maps a method to `PUT`.
`#[PatchMapping]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\web`	Maps a method to `PATCH`.
`#[DeleteMapping]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\web`	Maps a method to `DELETE`.
`#[PathVariable]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\web`	Binds a URI path segment to a parameter.
`#[RequestParam]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\web`	Binds a query-string parameter.
`#[RequestBody]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\web`	Binds the deserialised request body.

See REST Controllers and Request Mapping.

Data, PPA, and transactions

Attribute	Namespace	Purpose
`#[Table]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\ppa`	Maps a PHP class to a database table.
`#[Column]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\ppa`	Maps a PHP property to a column.
`#[SequenceGenerator]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\ppa`	Declares a sequence-backed ID generator.
`#[TableGenerator]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\ppa`	Declares a table-backed ID generator.
`#[EnableTransactionManagement]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\txn`	Enables `#[Transactional]` on the application.
`#[Transactional]`	`dev\winterframework\txn\stereotype`	Wraps a method in a database transaction.

See Datasources, Transactions, SQL Migrations, and OpenSearch Migrations.

Async, scheduling, and concurrency

Attribute	Namespace	Purpose
`#[EnableAsync]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\task`	Enables `#[Async]` on the application.
`#[Async]`	`dev\winterframework\task\async\stereotype`	Dispatches a method to a background worker.
`#[EnableScheduling]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\task`	Enables `#[Scheduled]` on the application.
`#[Scheduled]`	`dev\winterframework\task\scheduling\stereotype`	Runs a method on a cron or fixed-delay schedule.
`#[DaemonThread]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\cli`	Runs a bean method as a long-lived daemon thread.
`#[Lockable]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\concurrent`	Serialises method execution across processes.

See Async Tasks, Scheduled Tasks, Daemon Threads, and Locking.

Caching

Attribute	Namespace	Purpose
`#[EnableCaching]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\cache`	Enables method-level caching attributes.
`#[Cacheable]`	`dev\winterframework\cache\stereotype`	Caches a method’s return value.
`#[CachePut]`	`dev\winterframework\cache\stereotype`	Updates the cached entry after a method runs.
`#[CacheEvict]`	`dev\winterframework\cache\stereotype`	Invalidates cached entries.

See Caching.

AOP

Attribute	Namespace	Purpose
`#[AopStereoType]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\aop`	Marks a custom attribute as an AOP stereotype.
`#[WinterAspect]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\aop`	Marks a class as an aspect implementation.

See AOP & Custom Stereotypes.

Actuator

Attribute	Namespace	Purpose
`#[HealthInformer]`	`dev\winterframework\actuator\stereotype`	Contributes a health check to the actuator endpoint.
`#[InfoInformer]`	`dev\winterframework\actuator\stereotype`	Contributes an info payload to the actuator endpoint.

See Actuator.

Testing

Attribute	Namespace	Purpose
`#[WinterBootTest]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\test`	Registers a test class as a bean during test runs.

See Testing.

Utility

Attribute	Namespace	Purpose
`#[UriPath]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\util`	Marks a URI path template.
`#[UriPathPart]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\util`	Marks a URI path segment.
`#[NamedComponent]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\util`	Names a component for lookup.
`#[ComponentName]`	`dev\winterframework\stereotype\util`	Reads a component’s registered name.