The @Component decorator is metadata that tells Angular how to process a class. It provides configuration options:

• selector: CSS selector that identifies the component in templates
• template/templateUrl: HTML template for the component
• styles/styleUrls: CSS styles for the component
• providers: Services available to the component
• viewProviders: Services available to the component's view
• encapsulation: View encapsulation strategy
• changeDetection: Change detection strategy