| # Why use AutoValue? |
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| In versions of Java preceding |
| [records](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/16/language/records.html), |
| AutoValue is the only solution to the value class problem having all of the |
| following characteristics: |
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| * **API-invisible** (callers cannot become dependent on your choice to use it) |
| * No runtime dependencies |
| * Negligible cost to performance |
| * Very few limitations on what your class can do |
| * Extralinguistic "magic" kept to an absolute minimum (uses only standard Java |
| platform technologies, in the manner they were intended) |
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| This |
| [slide presentation] compares AutoValue to numerous alternatives and explains |
| why we think it is better. |
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| [slide presentation]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14u_h-lMn7f1rXE1nDiLX0azS3IkgjGl5uxp5jGJ75RE/edit |
