Difference Between setCustomAttribute And addData In EVA Attributes

[kumarg311]

Hi Guys , I hope all of you are doing well, 

I have confusion on following two methods .

 1: setCustomAttribute

 2: addData

Which one should be used while saving product data .

Can anyone guide me with specific reason .

[shraddhash9dd4]

Custom attributes are those added on behalf of a merchant. For example, a merchant might need to add attributes to describe products, such as shape or volume. A merchant can add these attributes in the Admin panel and addData to eav attribute is deprecated now.

To understand more about Custom attribute see below guide.

https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.4/extension-dev-guide/attributes.html