Code Explainers
Java code explainers
java
package com.example.web.convert; import java.time.LocalDate; import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
A custom ISO-week Converter in Spring
type conversion
value object
immutability
Intermediate
5 steps
java
import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.net.URI; import java.net.http.HttpClient;
Streaming a file download with Java's HttpClient
http-client
streaming
file-io
Intermediate
6 steps
java
@RestController @RequestMapping("/api/documents") @RequiredArgsConstructor public class DocumentController {
Method-level authorization with @PreAuthorize in Spring
authorization
spel
rest-api
Intermediate
7 steps
java
@WebMvcTest(OrderController.class) class OrderControllerTest { @Autowired
Slicing the web layer with @WebMvcTest in Spring
testing
mocking
web-layer
Intermediate
9 steps
java
@Repository public interface OrderRepository extends JpaRepository<Order, Long> { @EntityGraph(attributePaths = {"customer", "lineItems", "lineItems.product"})
Killing N+1 queries with @EntityGraph in Spring
orm
fetching
n+1-problem
Intermediate
5 steps
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
public final class TokenBucketRateLimiter { private final long capacity; private final double refillTokensPerNano;
How a token bucket rate limiter works
rate-limiting
concurrency
token-bucket
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
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