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Using Conditions with AssertJ Assertions 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at the AssertJ library, especially at defining and using conditions to create readable and maintainable tests. AssertJ basics can be found here. 2. Class Under Test Let’s have a look at the target class against… Continue Reading assertj-conditions
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JHipster Authentication with an External Service 1. Introduction By default, JHipster applications use a local data store to hold usernames and passwords. In many real-world scenarios, however, it might be desirable to use an existing external service for authentication. In this tutorial, we’ll look at how to use an external… Continue Reading jhipster-authentication-external-service
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“Sneaky Throws” in Java 1. Overview In Java, the sneaky throw concept allows us to throw any checked exception without defining it explicitly in the method signature. This allows the omission of the throws declaration, effectively imitating the characteristics of a runtime exception. In this article, we’ll see how this… Continue Reading java-sneaky-throws
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Spring Security for Spring Boot Integration Tests 1. Introduction The ability to execute integration tests without the need for a standalone integration environment is a valuable feature for any software stack. The seamless integration of Spring Boot with Spring Security makes it simple to test components that interact with a… Continue Reading spring-security-integration-tests
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Introduction to JSON-Java (org.json) 1. Introduction to JSON-Java JSON (an acronym for JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format and is most commonly used for client-server communication. It’s both easy to read/write and language-independent. A JSON value can be another JSON object, array, number, string, boolean (true/false) or null.… Continue Reading java-org-json
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Java Weekly, Issue 213 Here we go… 1. Spring and Java ===== >> Fumigating the IDEA Ultimate code using dataflow analysis [blog.jetbrains.com] A deep dive into the how code inspection in works in IntelliJ. >> Immutable Versus Unmodifiable in JDK 10 [marxsoftware.blogspot.com] An important concept to understand – an unmodifiable… Continue Reading java-weekly-213
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How to Copy a File with Java 1. Overview In this article, we’ll cover common ways of copying files in Java. First, we’ll use the standard IO and NIO.2 APIs, and two external libraries: commons-io and guava. 2. IO API (Before JDK7) First of all, to copy a file with… Continue Reading java-copy-file
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Baeldung Weekly Review 15 At the very beginning of 2014 I decided to track my reading habits and share the best stuff here, on Baeldung. 2014 has been quite the year, covering each week with a review. I’ve been doing a lot more reading to make sure I cover and… Continue Reading 2015-week-review-15
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Writing Specifications with Kotlin and Spek 1. Introduction Specification Testing frameworks are complementary to Unit Testing frameworks for testing our applications. In this tutorial, we’ll introduce the Spek framework – a Specification Testing framework for Java and Kotlin. 2. What is Specification Testing? Simply put, in Specification Testing, we start… Continue Reading kotlin-spek
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Overview of JSON Pointer 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’ll show how to use JSON Pointer to navigate and fetch information from JSON data. We’ll also show how to perform operations such as inserting new data or updating existing key-values. 2. Dependency Setup First, we need to add some dependencies… Continue Reading json-pointer
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