Dagger vs. Silk DI Comparison

	A	B	C
1	Feature	Guice	Dagger
2		https://code.google.com/p/google-guice/	http://square.github.io/dagger/
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4	Library
5	Version	3.x	0.9.2
6	Archive Size	> 650 KB (+ plug-ins)	55KB
7	Further dependencies	few	none
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9	API
10	Methods in injector/context	20+	5
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12	Concept
13	Container model	flat instances	flat instances
14	Configuration style	static + programmatic (annotation + fluent interface)	static + annotation (@Provides methods)
15	Wiring style	explicit (by name and type)	explicit (by name and type)
16	Wiring Transparency / Independence	no (annotations required)	no (annotations required)
17	"External" code handling	indirect (requires Provider)	indirect (requires @Provides method)
18	Coupling style	loose	loose
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20	Types
21	Generics support	yes (each a literal class!)	yes
22	Generic type safety	compile time	compile time
23	Wildcard generics	yes (explicit via literal)	no
24	Primitive types handling	primitive == wrapper	primitive == wrapper
25	Bind to all (generic) supertypes	no	no
26	Type links	yes	yes (requires @Provides method)
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28	Injection
29	Annotation guidance	required	required
30	Constructor injection	yes (requires annotations)	yes (requires annotations)
31	Field injection	idiomatic (annotations)	idiomatic (annotations)
32	Setter injection	yes (annotations)	no
33	Factory methods	yes (annotations)	no
34	Static injection	yes (annotations)	yes (annotations)
35	Method interception	yes (aspects)	no
36	Providers	idiomatic (annotations)	idiomatic (annotations)
37	Reinjection	no (use indirection)	no (use indirection)
38	Optional injection	yes (annotations)	no
39	Mixed injection	yes (annotations)	no
40	Post-construction hook	yes (annotations)	no
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42	Modularity
43	Arrays	no	no
44	Collections	java.util (via plug-in, fluent interface)	java.util (annotations)
45	Multibinds	manual explicit, loose coupled (fluent interface)	manual, explicit, loose coupled (annotations)
46	Sequence of declarations	crucial	irrelevant
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48	Variants
49	Creation technique	overrides (Module classes)	overrides (Module classes)
50	Perspective	combined	combined
51	Composition	not combinable	not compinable
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53	Applicability Restrictiveness
54	Prinicple	local modules	local modules
55	Specific package (set)	no	no
56	Specific class	yes (explicit via literal)	yes
57	Specific interface	no	no
58	Specific parent instance	no	no
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60	Scopes
61	Default scope	injection	injection
62	Custom scopes	advanced	no (use child injectors)
63	Available scopes	singleton, injection (request, session via plug-in)	singleton, injection
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65	Performance
66	Bootstrapping	stated that it is fast	very fast (compile time code generation)
67	Object creation	stated that it is fast	very fast (avoids reflection)
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69	Error Behavior
70	Dependency cycles	viable (proxies)	illegal
71	Detection of a cyclic dependencies error	-	compile time
72	Scope faults	not detected	not detected
73	Ambiguous binding error	lazy	compile time
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75	Summing Up
76	Best to use for	Web apps	Android, Small Codebases, Libraries
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