In the context of Spring Framework, AOP is used to separate these cross-cutting concerns from the main business logic of your application, leading to cleaner and more maintainable code. Spring provides a powerful AOP framework that enables you to define and manage aspects, which are modules that encapsulate these cross-cutting concerns. Here's how AOP works in Spring: Aspect : An aspect is a module that encapsulates a cross-cutting concern. It defines what should happen at a particular point (called a "joinpoint") in your application's execution. Aspects are defined using regular Java classes and annotations. Joinpoint : A joinpoint is a specific point in your application's execution, such as a method call or an exception being thrown. Aspects are applied to these joinpoints to carry out specific actions. Advice : An advice is the actual action that an aspect takes at a specific joinpoint. There are different types of advice, such as "before," "af...