Spring code explainers

java

@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Constraint(validatedBy = StrongPasswordValidator.class)
@Documented

Building a custom @StrongPassword validator in Spring

bean-validation annotations regex

Intermediate 7 steps

java

@Component
public class JwtAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
 
    private final JwtTokenProvider tokenProvider;

How a JWT auth filter works in Spring

authentication jwt servlet-filter

Intermediate 8 steps

java

@Entity
@Table(name = "accounts")
public class Account {

Optimistic locking with @Version in Spring

optimistic-locking jpa concurrency

Advanced 7 steps

java

@RestController
@RequestMapping("/webhooks/stripe")
public class StripeWebhookController {

How a Stripe webhook controller works in Spring

webhooks signature-verification event-handling

Intermediate 7 steps

java

package com.example.payments.config;
 
import jakarta.validation.constraints.Min;
import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotBlank;

Type-safe config with Spring records

configuration validation records

Intermediate 6 steps

java

@Component
public class RequestTimingInterceptor implements HandlerInterceptor {
 
    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RequestTimingInterceptor.class);

How a Spring HandlerInterceptor times requests

interceptor request-lifecycle logging

Intermediate 6 steps

java

@RestController
@RequestMapping("/api/products")
public class ProductController {

How a paginated REST controller works in Spring

pagination dto-mapping dependency-injection

Intermediate 8 steps

java

@WebMvcTest(OrderController.class)
class OrderControllerTest {
 
    @Autowired

Slice testing a controller with @WebMvcTest in Spring

testing mocking http

Intermediate 8 steps

java

package com.example.monitoring;
 
import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.Health;
import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.HealthIndicator;

A custom replica health check in Spring

health-check actuator monitoring

Intermediate 7 steps

java

@Repository
public interface OrderRepository extends JpaRepository<Order, Long> {
 
    @QueryHints(@QueryHint(name = HINT_FETCH_SIZE, value = "1000"))

Streaming large result sets in Spring Data JPA

streaming jpa memory-management

Advanced 6 steps