One of basePackageClasses(), basePackages() or its alias value() may be specified to define specific packages to scan. If specific packages are not defined scanning will occur from the package of the class with this annotation.

Note that the element has an annotation-config attribute, however this annotation does not. This is because in almost all cases when using @ComponentScan, default annotation config processing (e.g. processing @Autowired and friends) is assumed. Furthermore, when using AnnotationConfigApplicationContext, annotation config processors are always registered, meaning that any attempt to disable them at the @ComponentScan level would be ignored.

See @Configuration Javadoc for usage examples.