Difference between @Inject and @Autowired

@Inject and @Autowired both annotations are used for autowiring in your application.

@Inject annotation is part of Java CDI which was introduced in Java 6, whereas @Autowire annotation is part of spring framework. Both annotations fulfill same purpose therefore, anything of these we can use in our application.

Sr. No.	Key	@Inject	@Autowired
1	Basic	It is part of Java CDI	It is part of Spring framework
2	Required	It has no required attribute	It has required attribute
3	Default Scope	Default scope of the autowired beans is Singleton	Default scope of the inject beans is prototype
4	Ambiguity	In case of ambiguity in beans for injection then @Named qualifier should be added in your code.	In case of ambiguity in beans for injection then @Qualifer  qualifier should be added in your code.
5	Advantage	It is a part of Java CDI so it is not dependent on any DI framework. It makes your system loosely coupled.	It makes your application tightly coupled with Spring framework. In the future , if you want to move to another DI framework then you need reconfigure your application.

Example of @Injection annotation

public class InjectionExample {
   @Inject
   private CarBean carbean;
}

Example of @Autowired annotation

public class AutowiredExample {
   @Autowired
   private CarBean carbean;
}