Code Explainers
Spring code explainers
java
@Component @Converter public class EncryptedStringConverter implements AttributeConverter<String, String> {
Transparent column encryption in Spring & JPA
encryption
aes-gcm
jpa-converter
Advanced
10 steps
java
package com.acme.billing.config; import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty; import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
Feature-flagged beans with Spring @ConditionalOnProperty
feature-flags
conditional-beans
strategy-pattern
Intermediate
5 steps
java
package com.example.api.config; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value; import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
Configuring CORS in Spring MVC
cors
configuration
dependency-injection
Intermediate
6 steps
java
@Configuration public class PaymentGatewayClientConfig { @Bean
Building a resilient RestClient in Spring
retry
http-client
backoff
Intermediate
9 steps
java
@Service public class ProductLookupService { private final ProductRepository productRepository;
How Spring caching layers a product lookup
caching
cache-eviction
fallback
Intermediate
8 steps
java
package com.example.actuator; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value; import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.annotation.Endpoint;
Building a custom Spring Boot Actuator endpoint
actuator
dependency-injection
observability
Intermediate
7 steps
java
@Configuration public class ValidationConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer { @Bean
Localized bean validation messages in Spring
internationalization
bean-validation
configuration
Intermediate
6 steps
java
@Controller @RequestMapping("/employees") public class EmployeeController {
Building a Spring MVC form controller
mvc
form-handling
validation
Intermediate
8 steps
java
@Component public class ApiKeyRotationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter { private static final String API_KEY_HEADER = "X-Api-Key";
Building an API key rotation filter in Spring
servlet-filter
authentication
caching
Intermediate
10 steps
java
@Configuration @EnableJpaAuditing(auditorAwareRef = "auditorAware") public class AuditingConfig {
Automatic audit trails with Spring Data JPA
jpa-auditing
security-context
entity-listeners
Intermediate
7 steps
java
@Service public class WebhookDedupService { private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WebhookDedupService.class);
Idempotent webhooks with Redis in Spring
idempotency
redis
deduplication
Intermediate
7 steps
java
@Component public class IdempotencyFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter { private final StringRedisTemplate redis;
Building an idempotency filter with Redis in Spring
idempotency
redis
distributed-locking
Advanced
10 steps
java
@Configuration public class DataLoaderConfig { @Bean
Batching GraphQL queries with DataLoaders in Spring
graphql
batching
n+1-problem
Advanced
8 steps
java
public enum DataSourceType { PRIMARY, REPLICA }
Read/write datasource routing in Spring
routing
threadlocal
read-replica
Intermediate
8 steps
java
@ControllerAdvice public class DeprecationHeaderAdvice implements ResponseBodyAdvice<Object> { private final Clock clock;
Adding deprecation headers in Spring
response interception
http headers
api deprecation
Intermediate
8 steps
java
@Component @RequiredArgsConstructor @Slf4j public class FailedJobReprocessor {
Retrying failed jobs on a Spring schedule
scheduling
retry
exponential-backoff
Intermediate
10 steps
java
public class Views { public interface Public {} public interface Internal extends Public {} }
Filtering JSON fields with @JsonView in Spring
serialization
json-view
access-control
Intermediate
6 steps
java
@Configuration public class WebConfig { @Bean
HTTP caching with ETags in Spring
http-caching
etag
servlet-filters
Intermediate
6 steps