Code Explainers
Java code explainers
java
public class DuplicateFinder { public Map<String, List<Path>> findDuplicates(Path root) throws IOException { Map<String, List<Path>> byHash = new HashMap<>();
Finding duplicate files by content hash
hashing
file-io
streams
Intermediate
8 steps
java
@Component public class OrderRecoveryHandler { private final RabbitTemplate rabbitTemplate;
Dead-letter recovery with Spring AMQP
dead-letter-queue
retry
exponential-backoff
Advanced
9 steps
java
@Component public class CorrelationIdWebFilter implements WebFilter, Ordered { public static final String CORRELATION_ID_HEADER = "X-Correlation-Id";
Correlation IDs in a Spring WebFlux filter
reactive
web filter
correlation id
Advanced
7 steps
java
public final class DeepCopier { private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper() .registerModule(new JavaTimeModule())
Deep-copying objects via Jackson serialization
serialization
deep-copy
generics
Intermediate
7 steps
java
package com.example.time; import java.time.Duration; import java.time.Instant;
Adding ISO-8601 durations across time zones in Java
date-time
iso-8601
parsing
Intermediate
7 steps
java
@Component public class InventoryReconciliationJob { private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(InventoryReconciliationJob.class);
Distributed scheduled jobs with Spring locks
distributed-locking
scheduling
concurrency
Advanced
8 steps
java
import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.LinkedHashMap; import java.util.Map; import java.util.regex.Pattern;
Ranking the most frequent words in Java
streams
regex
grouping
Intermediate
7 steps
java
public final class HttpHeaders { private final NavigableMap<String, List<String>> values = new TreeMap<>(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
A case-insensitive HTTP headers map in Java
case-insensitivity
multimap
immutability
Intermediate
7 steps
java
public record ServerConfig( String host, int port, Duration timeout,
Loading typed config into a Java record
records
factory-methods
parsing
Intermediate
7 steps
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