google/guava
Google core libraries for Java
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Where it stands
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4 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 3 days ago, with 336 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a comprehensive set of core Java libraries including new collection types, immutable collections, graph utilities, concurrency, I/O, hashing, and string utilities.
- Offers a well-tested, stable, and widely used library with binary-compatible APIs and support for both Java 8+ and Android environments.
- Use for enhancing Java projects with advanced collection types like multimaps and multisets for more expressive data structures.
- Use for simplifying concurrency and I/O operations in Java applications with reliable utility classes.
- Use for building immutable and thread-safe data structures to improve code safety and maintainability in large-scale Java systems.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
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From the README
Guava is a set of core Java libraries from Google that includes new collection types (such as multimap and multiset), immutable collections, a graph library, and utilities for concurrency, I/O, hashing, primitives, strings, and more! It is widely used on most Java projects within Google, and widely used by many other companies as well.
Guava's Maven group ID is
com.google.guava, and its artifact ID isguava. Guava provides two different "flavors": one for use on a (Java 8+) JRE and one for use on Android or by any library that wants to be compatible with Android. These flavors are specified in the Maven version field as either33.6.0-jreor33.6.0-android. For more about depending on Guava, see using Guava in your build.To add a dependency on Guava using Maven, use the following:
For more information on when to use
apiand when to useimplementation, consult the Gradle documentation on API and implementation separation.Snapshots of Guava built from the
masterbranch are available through Maven using version999.0.0-HEAD-jre-SNAPSHOT, or999.0.0-HEAD-android-SNAPSHOTfor the Android flavor.Snapshot API Javadoc as well as Snapshot API Diffs are also available.
Daily snapshots
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+95 stars over 90 days across 8 snapshot days; best day +44 on Aug 9.
Forks
11.2K+54
Open issues
770+23
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