Comparing a simple app written with Cayenne DI, Dagger 2, Guice and SpringBoot.
Go to "Preferences > Annotation Processors", and check "Enable Annotation Processing".
$ mvn clean package
# Get the file sizes
$ find . -name '*.jar' |xargs ls -l |grep -v original |grep -v common
# Execution time
$ time java -jar ./cayennedi/target/cayennedi-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
$ time java -jar ./dagger/target/dagger-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
$ time java -jar ./guice/target/guice-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
$ time java -jar ./springboot/target/springboot-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
| DI | Compile/Package Time, ms | Jar with Dependencies, KB | Exec time, ms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dagger | 1320 | 51 | 122 |
| Cayenne DI | 93 | 79 | 166 |
| Guice | 483 | 3440 | 353 |
| Spring Boot | 527 | 6993 | 1628 |