MyBatis vs Web3j: What are the differences?

Developers describe MyBatis as "SQL Mapper Framework for Java". It is a first class persistence framework with support for custom SQL, stored procedures and advanced mappings. It eliminates almost all of the JDBC code and manual setting of parameters and retrieval of results. It can use simple XML or Annotations for configuration and map primitives, Map interfaces and Java POJOs (Plain Old Java Objects) to database records. On the other hand, Web3j is detailed as "Lightweight Java and Android library for integration with Ethereum clients". It is a lightweight, highly modular, reactive, type safe Java and Android library for working with Smart Contracts and integrating with clients (nodes) on the Ethereum network. This allows you to work with the Ethereum blockchain, without the additional overhead of having to write your own integration code for the platform.

MyBatis belongs to "Object Relational Mapper (ORM)" category of the tech stack, while Web3j can be primarily classified under "Java Tools".

MyBatis is an open source tool with 12.4K GitHub stars and 8.04K GitHub forks. Here's a link to MyBatis's open source repository on GitHub.