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Java code explainers
java
public final class IbanValidator { private static final Map<String, Integer> COUNTRY_LENGTHS = Map.ofEntries( Map.entry("DE", 22), Map.entry("FR", 27), Map.entry("GB", 22),
Validating IBANs with the mod-97 checksum
validation
checksum
modular-arithmetic
Intermediate
8 steps
java
@Configuration @EnableWebSecurity public class OAuth2SecurityConfig {
How OIDC login works in Spring Security
oauth2
openid-connect
authorization
Intermediate
8 steps
java
@RestController @RequestMapping("/api/reports") public class OrderReportController {
Streaming a CSV export in Spring
streaming
csv-export
backpressure
Intermediate
9 steps
java
public class SlidingLogRateLimiter { private final int maxRequests; private final long windowMillis;
How a sliding-log rate limiter works
rate-limiting
concurrency
sliding-window
Advanced
8 steps
java
public final class Slugifier { private static final Pattern NON_LATIN = Pattern.compile("[^\\w-]"); private static final Pattern WHITESPACE = Pattern.compile("[\\s]+");
Building a URL slugifier in Java
regex
unicode-normalization
string-processing
Intermediate
8 steps
java
@Repository public interface OrderRepository extends JpaRepository<Order, Long> { @Query("""
Keyset pagination with Spring Data JPA
pagination
cursor
jpa
Advanced
8 steps
java
public record FixedWidthField(String name, int start, int end) { public String extract(String line) { int from = Math.min(start, line.length());
Parsing fixed-width text in Java
records
parsing
streams
Intermediate
7 steps
java
@RestController @RequestMapping("/api/quotes") public class QuoteStreamController {
Streaming market quotes with Spring WebFlux
reactive-streams
backpressure
server-sent-events
Advanced
9 steps
java
@Controller public class BookController { private final BookService bookService;
Solving GraphQL N+1 with batch mapping in Spring
graphql
n+1-problem
batching
Intermediate
8 steps
java
@Component required to import public class OutboxEventPublisher {
The transactional outbox pattern in Spring
transactional-outbox
event-driven
reliability
Advanced
7 steps
java
@RestController @RequestMapping("/api/payments") public class PaymentController {
Polymorphic payment requests in Spring
polymorphic deserialization
sealed interfaces
bean validation
Advanced
7 steps
java
package com.example.payments.config; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value; import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
Configuring a Stripe RestClient in Spring
dependency-injection
http-client
configuration
Intermediate
7 steps
java
public class GitHubUserClient { private final HttpClient http = HttpClient.newBuilder() .connectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10))
Calling the GitHub API with Java's HttpClient
http-client
json-deserialization
error-handling
Intermediate
9 steps
java
public final class AccessLogParser { private static final Pattern LINE = Pattern.compile( "^(?<ip>\\S+) \\S+ \\S+ \\[(?<time>[^\\]]+)\\] "
Parsing Apache access logs in Java
regex
named-groups
parsing
Intermediate
7 steps
java
public class KeysetPaginationRepository { private final DataSource dataSource;
How keyset pagination works in Java
pagination
sql
jdbc
Intermediate
8 steps
java
public final class AesGcmCipher { private static final String TRANSFORMATION = "AES/GCM/NoPadding"; private static final int GCM_TAG_BITS = 128;
Authenticated encryption with AES-GCM in Java
cryptography
aes-gcm
authenticated-encryption
Intermediate
7 steps
java
@RestController @RequestMapping("/api/notifications") public class NotificationStreamController {
Server-Sent Events per user in Spring
server-sent-events
concurrency
event-driven
Advanced
8 steps
java
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
Compressing byte arrays with GZIP in Java
compression
streams
try-with-resources
Intermediate
6 steps