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guava vs Lombok: What are the differences?
Developers describe guava as "Google Core Libraries for Java 6+". The Guava project contains several of Google's core libraries that we rely on in our Java-based projects: collections, caching, primitives support, concurrency libraries, common annotations, string processing, I/O, and so forth. On the other hand, Lombok is detailed as "Get rid of boilerplate code, Spice up your java". It is a java library that automatically plugs into your editor and build tools, spicing up your java Never write another getter or equals method again, with one annotation your class has a fully featured builder, Automate your logging variables, and much more..
guava and Lombok belong to "Java Tools" category of the tech stack.
guava is an open source tool with 33K GitHub stars and 7.36K GitHub forks. Here's a link to guava's open source repository on GitHub.
Zalando, Conceptboard, and RELEX Solutions are some of the popular companies that use guava, whereas Lombok is used by Whatfix, Swedbank Corporate Lending Baltic team, and Qasir Indonesia. guava has a broader approval, being mentioned in 23 company stacks & 84 developers stacks; compared to Lombok, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 16 developer stacks.
Pros of guava
- Interface Driven API5
- Easy to setup1