Code Explainers

Java code explainers

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
public final class ListPartitioner {
 
    private ListPartitioner() {
    }

Splitting a list into fixed-size chunks in Java

generics partitioning streams
Intermediate 8 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
import java.util.List;
import java.util.IntSummaryStatistics;
 
public class OrderReport {

Aggregating stats with IntSummaryStatistics

streams aggregation records
Intermediate 5 steps
java
public class OrderRepository {
 
    private static final int BATCH_SIZE = 500;
    private static final String INSERT_SQL =

Batched JDBC inserts with transaction safety

jdbc batching transactions
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
public List<String> collectTagsFromArticles(List<Article> articles) {
    return articles.stream()
        .flatMap(article -> article.getTags().stream())
        .map(String::trim)

Flattening nested data with Java streams

streams flatmap collectors
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
public final class FileChecksum {
 
    private static final char[] HEX = "0123456789abcdef".toCharArray();
 

Streaming a SHA-256 file checksum in Java

hashing streams resource-management
Intermediate 7 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.fs;
 
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.FileSystems;

Watching a directory with Java NIO

file-io event-loop resource-management
Intermediate 8 steps
java
public final class QueryParams {
 
    private final Map<String, List<String>> params;
 

Parsing and building URL query strings in Java

parsing multimap url-encoding
Intermediate 9 steps
java
public final class ShippingAddress {
    private final String recipient;
    private final String line1;
    private final String line2;

Building immutable objects with the Builder pattern

builder-pattern immutability validation
Intermediate 7 steps