Replace Guava with standard Java (where possible) #1785
Description
Guava is a dependency that is often difficult to handle, mainly due to its frequent new major versions.
And in some cases Guice is the main reason why a project (indirectly) requires Guava, for example Maven's core.
At the same time, many of the great features and utilities of Guava have been added to the JDK, directly or indirectly.
Therefore I would like to suggest to replace the usages of Guava with standard Java wherever it is already possible in a simple way with the currently required Java-8.
The ultimate goal would be one day to completely replace Guava with standard Java to get rid of it as Guice dependency.
But since this is a great undertaking and I'm not even absolutely sure it is completely possible with reasonable effort and Java-8, I suggest to start with small steps and see how far we can get. If it is not feasible to replace Guava completely and e.g. features of more recent Java versions are required, it would at least be less work in the future if it is feasible one day.
I can work on this, but would like to know in advance if the Guice team is interested in such changes?