Code Explainers
Spring code explainers
java
@RestController @RequestMapping("/api/orders") public class OrderController {
Content-negotiated API versioning in Spring
api-versioning
content-negotiation
rest
Intermediate
7 steps
java
@Service public class PaymentGatewayClient { private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PaymentGatewayClient.class);
Resilient payment calls in Spring
circuit breaker
retry
fault tolerance
Intermediate
7 steps
java
@Target(ElementType.PARAMETER) @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) public @interface CurrentUser { }
Injecting the current user in Spring MVC
annotations
dependency-injection
security
Intermediate
8 steps
java
@RestController @RequestMapping("/api/products") @RequiredArgsConstructor public class ProductSearchController {
Binding paged search filters in Spring
data-binding
validation
pagination
Intermediate
7 steps
java
@DataJpaTest @Testcontainers @AutoConfigureTestDatabase(replace = AutoConfigureTestDatabase.Replace.NONE) class OrderRepositoryIT {
Testing a JPA repository against real Postgres in Spring
integration-testing
testcontainers
jpa
Intermediate
8 steps
java
@Aspect @Component public class IdempotencyAspect {
How an idempotency aspect works in Spring
aop
idempotency
caching
Advanced
9 steps
java
package com.example.orders.messaging; import com.example.orders.dto.OrderEvent; import com.example.orders.service.OrderProcessingService;
Manual RabbitMQ acks in a Spring listener
message-queue
error-handling
acknowledgement
Intermediate
6 steps
java
package com.example.shop.repository; import com.example.shop.domain.Order; import com.example.shop.domain.OrderStatus;
Deriving JPA queries from method names in Spring
query derivation
repositories
pagination
Intermediate
8 steps
java
@RestControllerAdvice public class GlobalExceptionHandler { private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GlobalExceptionHandler.class);
Centralized error handling in Spring
exception-handling
problemdetail
rest-api
Intermediate
7 steps
java
@Component @Order(20) public class ProductSearchIndexRunner implements ApplicationRunner {
Rebuilding a search index at Spring startup
startup-hook
batching
streaming
Intermediate
8 steps
java
@Service public class OrderCheckoutService { private final OrderRepository orderRepository;
How @Transactional guards a Spring checkout
dependency-injection
transactions
atomicity
Intermediate
6 steps
java
@Service public class OrderMetricsService { private final MeterRegistry registry;
Instrumenting orders with Micrometer in Spring
metrics
micrometer
observability
Intermediate
8 steps
java
@RestController @RequestMapping("/api/files") public class FileUploadController {
Handling secure file uploads in Spring
file-upload
input-validation
path-traversal
Intermediate
10 steps
java
package com.example.payments.config; import com.stripe.StripeClient; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
Swapping payment gateways by profile in Spring
dependency-injection
profiles
configuration
Intermediate
6 steps
java
package com.example.maintenance; import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
How a scheduled cleanup job runs in Spring
scheduling
cron
transactions
Intermediate
6 steps
java
@Component public class RateLimitingFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter { private static final int MAX_REQUESTS = 100;
How a rate-limiting filter works in Spring
rate limiting
concurrency
servlet filter
Advanced
8 steps
java
@RestController @RequestMapping("/api/users") public class UserController {
How a Spring REST controller maps users
rest-api
dependency-injection
dto-mapping
Intermediate
7 steps
java
@Service public class ReportGenerationService { private final ReportRepository reportRepository;
Async report generation with Spring @Async
async
dependency-injection
completablefuture
Intermediate
7 steps