BAEL-1237 String Formatter (#2912)

* Example Code For Evaluation Article

This is an example code for the evaluation article on "Different Types of Bean Injection in Spring"

* Added unit tests

* Minor changes to application context

* Removed code committed for evaluation article

* BAEL-944 Demonstrating the problems with new Url pattern matching in Spring 5

* BAEL-944 Demonstrating the problems with new Url pattern matching in Spring 5

* BAEL-944 Exploring the Spring MVC URL Matching Improvements

* BAEL-944 Exploring the Spring MVC URL Matching Improvements

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* BAEL-79 Intro to Activiti with Spring

* BAEL-79 Intro to Activiti with Spring

* BAEL-79 Adding activiti module to the parent modules

* BAEL-79 Using latest version

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* BAEL-79 Use Java 8 Syntax

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* BAEL-1045 Lambda Behave

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* BAEL-1090 Difference between compact and compressed strings in Java 9

* BAEL-1237 String Formatter

* BAEL-1237 String Formatter

* BAEL-1237 String Formatter

* BAEL-1237 String Formatter

* BAEL-1237 Guide to java.util.Formatter

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/string/formatter/StringFormatterExampleTests.java

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+package com.baeldung.string.formatter;
+
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Formatter;
+import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class StringFormatterExampleTests {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_whenFormatSpecifierForCalendar_thenGotExpected() {
+        //Syntax of Format Specifiers for Date/Time Representation
+        Calendar c = new GregorianCalendar(2017, 11, 10);
+        String s = String.format("The date is: %1$tm %1$te,%1$tY", c);
+
+        assertEquals("The date is: 12 10,2017", s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_whenGeneralConversion_thenConvertedString() {
+        //General Conversions
+        String s = String.format("The correct answer is %s", false);
+        assertEquals("The correct answer is false", s);
+
+        s = String.format("The correct answer is %b", null);
+        assertEquals("The correct answer is false", s);
+
+        s = String.format("The correct answer is %B", true);
+        assertEquals("The correct answer is TRUE", s);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_whenCharConversion_thenConvertedString() {        
+        //Character Conversions
+        String s = String.format("The correct answer is %c", 'a');
+        assertEquals("The correct answer is a", s);
+
+        s = String.format("The correct answer is %c", null);
+        assertEquals("The correct answer is null", s);
+
+        s = String.format("The correct answer is %C", 'b');
+        assertEquals("The correct answer is B", s);
+        
+        s = String.format("The valid unicode character: %c", 0x0400);
+        assertTrue(Character.isValidCodePoint(0x0400));
+        assertEquals("The valid unicode character: Ѐ", s);
+    }
+    
+    @Test(expected = java.util.IllegalFormatCodePointException.class)
+    public void givenString_whenIllegalCodePointForConversion_thenError() {        
+        String s = String.format("The valid unicode character: %c", 0x11FFFF);
+        assertFalse(Character.isValidCodePoint(0x11FFFF));
+        assertEquals("The valid unicode character: Ā", s);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_whenNumericIntegralConversion_thenConvertedString() {
+        //Numeric Integral Conversions
+        String s = String.format("The number 25 in decimal = %d", 25);
+        assertEquals("The number 25 in decimal = 25", s);
+
+        s = String.format("The number 25 in octal = %o", 25);
+        assertEquals("The number 25 in octal = 31", s);
+
+        s = String.format("The number 25 in hexadecimal = %x", 25);
+        assertEquals("The number 25 in hexadecimal = 19", s);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_whenNumericFloatingConversion_thenConvertedString() {        
+        //Numeric Floating-point Conversions
+        String s = String.format("The computerized scientific format of 10000.00 "
+                + "= %e", 10000.00);
+        assertEquals("The computerized scientific format of 10000.00 = 1.000000e+04", s);
+
+        s = String.format("The decimal format of 10.019 = %f", 10.019);
+        assertEquals("The decimal format of 10.019 = 10.019000", s);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_whenLineSeparatorConversion_thenConvertedString() {        
+        //Line Separator Conversion
+        String s = String.format("First Line %nSecond Line");
+        assertEquals("First Line \n"
+                + "Second Line", s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_whenSpecifyFlag_thenGotFormattedString() {
+        //Without left-justified flag
+        String s = String.format("Without left justified flag: %5d", 25);
+        assertEquals("Without left justified flag:    25", s);
+
+        //Using left-justified flag
+        s = String.format("With left justified flag: %-5d", 25);
+        assertEquals("With left justified flag: 25   ", s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_whenSpecifyPrecision_thenGotExpected() {
+
+        //Precision
+        String s = String.format("Output of 25.09878 with Precision 2: %.2f", 25.09878);
+        assertEquals("Output of 25.09878 with Precision 2: 25.10", s);
+
+        s = String.format("Output of general conversion type with Precision 2: %.2b", true);
+        assertEquals("Output of general conversion type with Precision 2: tr", s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_whenSpecifyArgumentIndex_thenGotExpected() {
+        Calendar c = new GregorianCalendar(2017, 11, 10);
+        //Argument_Index
+        String s = String.format("The date is: %1$tm %1$te,%1$tY", c);
+        assertEquals("The date is: 12 10,2017", s);
+
+        s = String.format("The date is: %1$tm %<te,%<tY", c);
+        assertEquals("The date is: 12 10,2017", s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAppendable_whenCreateFormatter_thenFormatterWorksOnAppendable() {
+        //Using String Formatter with Appendable
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        Formatter formatter = new Formatter(sb);
+        formatter.format("I am writting to a %1$s Instance.", sb.getClass());
+
+        assertEquals("I am writting to a class java.lang.StringBuilder Instance.", sb.toString());
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_whenNoArguments_thenExpected() {
+        //Using String Formatter without arguments
+        String s = String.format("John scored 90%% in Fall semester");
+        assertEquals("John scored 90% in Fall semester", s);
+    }
+
+}