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Baeldung Weekly Review 17 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-17
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Use char[] Array Over a String for Manipulating Passwords in Java? 1. Overview In this article, we’ll explain why we should use char[] array for representing passwords instead of String in Java. Please note that this tutorial focuses on the ways of manipulating passwords in the memory, not on the… Continue Reading java-storing-passwords
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HttpClient 4 – Do Not Follow Redirects 1. Overview In this article I will show how to configure the Apache HttpClient 4 to stop following redirects. By default, following the HTTP Spec, the HttpClient will automatically follow redirects. For some usecases, that may be perfectly fine, but there are certainly… Continue Reading httpclient-stop-follow-redirect
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Java Weekly, Issue 211 Let’s jump right in … 1. Spring and Java ===== >> Spring, Reactor and ElasticSearch: from callbacks to reactive streams [nurkiewicz.com] Even if some tools don’t provide out-of-the-box support for reactive APIs, we can quickly construct these ourselves. >> JPA Criteria API Bulk Update and Delete… Continue Reading java-weekly-211
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Initializing HashSet at the Time of Construction 1. Overview In this quick tutorial, we’ll introduce various methods of initializing the HashSet with values, at the time of its construction. If you’re instead looking to explore the features of HashSet, refer to this core article here. We’ll dive into Java built-in methods since Java 5 and before followed… Continue Reading java-initialize-hashset
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Context and Servlet Initialization Parameters 1. Overview Servlets are plain Java classes that run in a servlet container. HTTP servlets (a specific type of servlet) are first class citizens in Java web applications. The API of HTTP servlets is aimed at handling HTTP requests through the typical request-processing-response cycle, implemented… Continue Reading context-servlet-initialization-param
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Priority-based Job Scheduling in Java 1. Introduction In a multi-threaded environment, sometimes we need to schedule tasks based on custom criteria instead of just the creation time. Let’s see how we can achieve this in Java – using a PriorityBlockingQueue. 2. Overview Let us say we have jobs that we… Continue Reading java-priority-job-schedule
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Integrating Groovy into Java Applications 1. Introduction In this tutorial, we’ll explore the latest techniques to integrate Groovy into a Java Application. 2. A Few Words About Groovy The Groovy programming language is a powerful, optionally-typed and dynamic language. It’s supported by the Apache Software Foundation and the Groovy community,… Continue Reading groovy-java-applications
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A Guide to Java Loops 1. Overview In this article, we’ll look at a core aspect of the Java language – executing a statement or a group of statements repeatedly – using loops. 2. Intro to Loops In programming languages, looping is a feature which facilitates the execution of a… Continue Reading java-loops
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Read and Write User Input in Java 1. Introduction In this quick tutorial, we’ll demonstrate several ways to use a console for user input and output in Java. We’ll have a look at a few methods of the Scanner class for handling input, and then we’ll show some simple output using System.out. Finally,… Continue Reading java-console-input-output
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