Merge pull request #12 from eugenp/master

merge sync

.gitignore

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ core-java-io/target_link.txt
 core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/manifest/MANIFEST.MF
 ethereum/logs/
 jmeter/src/main/resources/*-JMeter.csv
+ninja/devDb.mv.db
 
 **/node_modules/
 **/dist

akka-http/src/test/java/com/baeldung/akkahttp/UserServerUnitTest.java

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import akka.http.javadsl.model.HttpEntities;
 import akka.http.javadsl.model.HttpRequest;
 import akka.http.javadsl.testkit.JUnitRouteTest;
 import akka.http.javadsl.testkit.TestRoute;
+
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class UserServerUnitTest extends JUnitRouteTest {
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ public class UserServerUnitTest extends JUnitRouteTest {
 
   TestRoute appRoute = testRoute(new UserServer(userActorRef).routes());
 
+  @Ignore
   @Test
   public void whenRequest_thenActorResponds() {
 
@@ -28,10 +31,10 @@ public class UserServerUnitTest extends JUnitRouteTest {
             .assertStatusCode(404);
 
     appRoute.run(HttpRequest.DELETE("/users/1"))
-            .assertStatusCode(200);
+            .assertStatusCode(405);
 
     appRoute.run(HttpRequest.DELETE("/users/42"))
-            .assertStatusCode(200);
+            .assertStatusCode(405);
 
     appRoute.run(HttpRequest.POST("/users")
             .withEntity(HttpEntities.create(ContentTypes.APPLICATION_JSON, zaphod())))

algorithms-miscellaneous-1/pom.xml

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7</version>
+                <version>${cobertura.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <instrumentation>
                         <ignores>
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
         <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
         <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
         <combinatoricslib3.version>3.3.0</combinatoricslib3.version>
+        <cobertura.plugin.version>2.7</cobertura.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

algorithms-miscellaneous-2/README.md

@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ This module contains articles about algorithms. Some classes of algorithms, e.g.
 - [Create a Sudoku Solver in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-sudoku)
 - [Displaying Money Amounts in Words](https://www.baeldung.com/java-money-into-words)
 - [A Collaborative Filtering Recommendation System in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-collaborative-filtering-recommendations)
+- [Implementing A* Pathfinding in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-a-star-pathfinding)
 - More articles: [[<-- prev]](/../algorithms-miscellaneous-1) [[next -->]](/../algorithms-miscellaneous-3)

algorithms-miscellaneous-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/slope_one/SlopeOne.java

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class SlopeOne {
             for (Item j : InputData.items) {
                 if (e.getValue().containsKey(j)) {
                     clean.put(j, e.getValue().get(j));
-                } else {
+                } else if (!clean.containsKey(j)) {
                     clean.put(j, -1.0);
                 }
             }

algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml

@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.8.1</version>
+            <version>${commons.lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>pl.pragmatists</groupId>
             <artifactId>JUnitParams</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.0</version>
+            <version>${JUnitParams.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
         <retrofit.version>2.6.0</retrofit.version>
         <jmh-core.version>1.19</jmh-core.version>
         <jmh-generator.version>1.19</jmh-generator.version>
+        <commons.lang3.version>3.8.1</commons.lang3.version>
+        <JUnitParams.version>1.1.0</JUnitParams.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/README.md

@@ -12,4 +12,12 @@ This module contains articles about algorithms. Some classes of algorithms, e.g.
 - [How to Determine if a Binary Tree is Balanced](https://www.baeldung.com/java-balanced-binary-tree)
 - [The Caesar Cipher in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-caesar-cipher)
 - [Overview of Combinatorial Problems in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-combinatorial-algorithms)
+- [Prim’s Algorithm](https://www.baeldung.com/java-prim-algorithm)
+- [Maximum Subarray Problem](https://www.baeldung.com/java-maximum-subarray)
+- [How to Merge Two Sorted Arrays](https://www.baeldung.com/java-merge-sorted-arrays)
+- [Median of Stream of Integers using Heap](https://www.baeldung.com/java-stream-integers-median-using-heap)
+- [Kruskal’s Algorithm for Spanning Trees](https://www.baeldung.com/java-spanning-trees-kruskal)
+- [Balanced Brackets Algorithm in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-balanced-brackets-algorithm)
+- [Efficiently Merge Sorted Java Sequences](https://www.baeldung.com/java-merge-sorted-sequences)
+- [Introduction to Greedy Algorithms with Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-greedy-algorithms)
 - More articles: [[<-- prev]](/../algorithms-miscellaneous-4)

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/pom.xml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>28.1-jre</version>
+            <version>${guava.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
         <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
+        <guava.version>28.1-jre</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbinarytree/AVLTree.java

@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.balancedbinarytree;
+
+public class AVLTree {
+
+    public class Node {
+        int key;
+        int height;
+        Node left;
+        Node right;
+
+        Node(int key) {
+            this.key = key;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Node root;
+
+    public Node find(int key) {
+        Node current = root;
+        while (current != null) {
+            if (current.key == key) {
+               break;
+            }
+            current = current.key < key ? current.right : current.left;
+        }
+        return current;
+    }
+
+    public void insert(int key) {
+        root = insert(root, key);
+    }
+
+    public void delete(int key) {
+        root = delete(root, key);
+    }
+
+    public Node getRoot() {
+        return root;
+    }
+
+    public int height() {
+        return root == null ? -1 : root.height;
+    }
+
+    private Node insert(Node node, int key) {
+        if (node == null) {
+            return new Node(key);
+        } else if (node.key > key) {
+            node.left = insert(node.left, key);
+        } else if (node.key < key) {
+            node.right = insert(node.right, key);
+        } else {
+            throw new RuntimeException("duplicate Key!");
+        }
+        return rebalance(node);
+    }
+
+    private Node delete(Node node, int key) {
+        if (node == null) {
+            return node;
+        } else if (node.key > key) {
+            node.left = delete(node.left, key);
+        } else if (node.key < key) {
+            node.right = delete(node.right, key);
+        } else {
+            if (node.left == null || node.right == null) {
+                node = (node.left == null) ? node.right : node.left;
+            } else {
+                Node mostLeftChild = mostLeftChild(node.right);
+                node.key = mostLeftChild.key;
+                node.right = delete(node.right, node.key);
+            }
+        }
+        if (node != null) {
+            node = rebalance(node);
+        }
+        return node;
+    }
+
+    private Node mostLeftChild(Node node) {
+        Node current = node;
+        /* loop down to find the leftmost leaf */
+        while (current.left != null) {
+            current = current.left;
+        }
+        return current;
+    }
+
+    private Node rebalance(Node z) {
+        updateHeight(z);
+        int balance = getBalance(z);
+        if (balance > 1) {
+            if (height(z.right.right) > height(z.right.left)) {
+                z = rotateLeft(z);
+            } else {
+                z.right = rotateRight(z.right);
+                z = rotateLeft(z);
+            }
+        } else if (balance < -1) {
+            if (height(z.left.left) > height(z.left.right)) {
+                z = rotateRight(z);
+            } else {
+                z.left = rotateLeft(z.left);
+                z = rotateRight(z);
+            }
+        }
+        return z;
+    }
+
+    private Node rotateRight(Node y) {
+        Node x = y.left;
+        Node z = x.right;
+        x.right = y;
+        y.left = z;
+        updateHeight(y);
+        updateHeight(x);
+        return x;
+    }
+
+    private Node rotateLeft(Node y) {
+        Node x = y.right;
+        Node z = x.left;
+        x.left = y;
+        y.right = z;
+        updateHeight(y);
+        updateHeight(x);
+        return x;
+    }
+
+    private void updateHeight(Node n) {
+        n.height = 1 + Math.max(height(n.left), height(n.right));
+    }
+
+    private int height(Node n) {
+        return n == null ? -1 : n.height;
+    }
+
+    public int getBalance(Node n) {
+        return (n == null) ? 0 : height(n.right) - height(n.left);
+    }
+}

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingDeque.java

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.balancedbrackets;
+
+import java.util.Deque;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+
+public class BalancedBracketsUsingDeque {
+
+    public boolean isBalanced(String str) {
+        if (null == str || ((str.length() % 2) != 0)) {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            char[] ch = str.toCharArray();
+            for (char c : ch) {
+                if (!(c == '{' || c == '[' || c == '(' || c == '}' || c == ']' || c == ')')) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        Deque<Character> deque = new LinkedList<>();
+        for (char ch : str.toCharArray()) {
+            if (ch == '{' || ch == '[' || ch == '(') {
+                deque.addFirst(ch);
+            } else {
+                if (!deque.isEmpty() && ((deque.peekFirst() == '{' && ch == '}') || (deque.peekFirst() == '[' && ch == ']') || (deque.peekFirst() == '(' && ch == ')'))) {
+                    deque.removeFirst();
+                } else {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingString.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.balancedbrackets;
+
+public class BalancedBracketsUsingString {
+
+    public boolean isBalanced(String str) {
+        if (null == str || ((str.length() % 2) != 0)) {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            char[] ch = str.toCharArray();
+            for (char c : ch) {
+                if (!(c == '{' || c == '[' || c == '(' || c == '}' || c == ']' || c == ')')) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        while (str.contains("()") || str.contains("[]") || str.contains("{}")) {
+            str = str.replaceAll("\\(\\)", "")
+                .replaceAll("\\[\\]", "")
+                .replaceAll("\\{\\}", "");
+        }
+        return (str.length() == 0);
+
+    }
+
+}

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/greedy/GreedyAlgorithm.java

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class GreedyAlgorithm {
         this.fp = new FollowersPath();
     }
     
-    public long findMostFollowersPath(String account) throws Exception {        
+    public long findMostFollowersPath(String account) {
         long max = 0;
         SocialUser toFollow = null;
         
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@ public class GreedyAlgorithm {
         if (currentLevel < maxLevel - 1) {
             currentLevel++;
             max += findMostFollowersPath(toFollow.getUsername());
-            //fp.addFollower(toFollow.getUsername(), max);
-            //fp.addCount(max);
             return max;
         } else {
-            //fp.addFollower(toFollow.getUsername(), max);
-            //fp.addCount(max);
             return max;
         }            
     }

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/greedy/NonGreedyAlgorithm.java

@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ public class NonGreedyAlgorithm {
         this.tc = tc;
         this.currentLevel = level;
     }
-    
+      
-    
+    public long findMostFollowersPath(String account) {
-    public long findMostFollowersPath(String account) throws Exception {        
         List<SocialUser> followers = tc.getFollowers(account);
         long total = currentLevel > 0 ? followers.size() : 0;
 

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/greedy/SocialConnector.java

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ public class SocialConnector {
         return this.isCounterEnabled;
     }
     
-    public List<SocialUser> getFollowers(String account) throws Exception {
+    public List<SocialUser> getFollowers(String account) {
         if (counter < 0)
-            throw new Exception ("API limit reached");
+            throw new IllegalStateException ("API limit reached");
         else {
             if(this.isCounterEnabled) counter--;
             for(SocialUser user : users) {

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/minheapmerge/HeapNode.java

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.minheapmerge;
+
+public class HeapNode {
+
+    int element;
+    int arrayIndex;
+    int nextElementIndex = 1;
+
+    public HeapNode(int element, int arrayIndex) {
+        this.element = element;
+        this.arrayIndex = arrayIndex;
+    }
+}

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/minheapmerge/MinHeap.java

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.minheapmerge;
+
+public class MinHeap {
+
+    HeapNode[] heapNodes;
+
+    public MinHeap(HeapNode heapNodes[]) {
+        this.heapNodes = heapNodes;
+        heapifyFromLastLeafsParent();
+    }
+
+    void heapifyFromLastLeafsParent() {
+        int lastLeafsParentIndex = getParentNodeIndex(heapNodes.length);
+        while (lastLeafsParentIndex >= 0) {
+            heapify(lastLeafsParentIndex);
+            lastLeafsParentIndex--;
+        }
+    }
+
+    void heapify(int index) {
+        int leftNodeIndex = getLeftNodeIndex(index);
+        int rightNodeIndex = getRightNodeIndex(index);
+        int smallestElementIndex = index;
+        if (leftNodeIndex < heapNodes.length && heapNodes[leftNodeIndex].element < heapNodes[index].element) {
+            smallestElementIndex = leftNodeIndex;
+        }
+        if (rightNodeIndex < heapNodes.length && heapNodes[rightNodeIndex].element < heapNodes[smallestElementIndex].element) {
+            smallestElementIndex = rightNodeIndex;
+        }
+        if (smallestElementIndex != index) {
+            swap(index, smallestElementIndex);
+            heapify(smallestElementIndex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    int getParentNodeIndex(int index) {
+        return (index - 1) / 2;
+    }
+
+    int getLeftNodeIndex(int index) {
+        return (2 * index + 1);
+    }
+
+    int getRightNodeIndex(int index) {
+        return (2 * index + 2);
+    }
+
+    HeapNode getRootNode() {
+        return heapNodes[0];
+    }
+
+    void heapifyFromRoot() {
+        heapify(0);
+    }
+
+    void swap(int i, int j) {
+        HeapNode temp = heapNodes[i];
+        heapNodes[i] = heapNodes[j];
+        heapNodes[j] = temp;
+    }
+    
+    static int[] merge(int[][] array) {
+        HeapNode[] heapNodes = new HeapNode[array.length];
+        int resultingArraySize = 0;
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+            HeapNode node = new HeapNode(array[i][0], i);
+            heapNodes[i] = node;
+            resultingArraySize += array[i].length;
+        }
+        
+        MinHeap minHeap = new MinHeap(heapNodes);
+        int[] resultingArray = new int[resultingArraySize];
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < resultingArraySize; i++) {
+            HeapNode root = minHeap.getRootNode();
+            resultingArray[i] = root.element;
+
+            if (root.nextElementIndex < array[root.arrayIndex].length) {
+                root.element = array[root.arrayIndex][root.nextElementIndex++];
+            } else {
+                root.element = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+            }
+            minHeap.heapifyFromRoot();
+        }
+        return resultingArray;
+    }
+}

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbinarytree/AVLTreeUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.balancedbinarytree;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class AVLTreeUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEmptyTree_whenHeightCalled_shouldReturnMinus1() {
+        AVLTree tree = new AVLTree();
+        Assert.assertEquals(-1, tree.height());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEmptyTree_whenInsertCalled_heightShouldBeZero() {
+        AVLTree tree = new AVLTree();
+        tree.insert(1);
+        Assert.assertEquals(0, tree.height());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEmptyTree_whenInsertCalled_treeShouldBeAvl() {
+        AVLTree tree = new AVLTree();
+        tree.insert(1);
+        Assert.assertTrue(isAVL(tree));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSampleTree_whenInsertCalled_treeShouldBeAvl() {
+        AVLTree tree = getSampleAVLTree();
+        int newKey = 11;
+        tree.insert(newKey);
+        Assert.assertTrue(isAVL(tree));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSampleTree_whenFindExistingKeyCalled_shouldReturnMatchedNode() {
+        AVLTree tree = getSampleAVLTree();
+        int existingKey = 2;
+        AVLTree.Node result = tree.find(existingKey);
+        Assert.assertEquals(result.key, existingKey);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSampleTree_whenFindNotExistingKeyCalled_shouldReturnNull() {
+        AVLTree tree = getSampleAVLTree();
+        int notExistingKey = 11;
+        AVLTree.Node result = tree.find(notExistingKey);
+        Assert.assertNull(result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEmptyTree_whenDeleteCalled_treeShouldBeAvl() {
+        AVLTree tree = new AVLTree();
+        tree.delete(1);
+        Assert.assertTrue(isAVL(tree));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSampleTree_whenDeleteCalled_treeShouldBeAvl() {
+        AVLTree tree = getSampleAVLTree();
+        tree.delete(1);
+        Assert.assertTrue(isAVL(tree, tree.getRoot()));
+    }
+
+    private boolean isAVL(AVLTree tree) {
+       return isAVL(tree, tree.getRoot());
+    }
+
+    private boolean isAVL(AVLTree tree, AVLTree.Node node) {
+        if ( node == null )
+            return true;
+        int balance = tree.getBalance(node);
+        return (balance <= 1 && balance >= -1) && isAVL(tree, node.left) && isAVL(tree, node.right);
+    }
+
+    private AVLTree getSampleAVLTree() {
+        AVLTree avlTree = new AVLTree();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+            avlTree.insert(i);
+        return avlTree;
+    }
+}

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingDequeUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.balancedbrackets;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class BalancedBracketsUsingDequeUnitTest {
+    private BalancedBracketsUsingDeque balancedBracketsUsingDeque;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        balancedBracketsUsingDeque = new BalancedBracketsUsingDeque();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenNullInput_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingDeque.isBalanced(null);
+        assertThat(result).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEmptyString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnTrue() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingDeque.isBalanced("");
+        assertThat(result).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidCharacterString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingDeque.isBalanced("abc[](){}");
+        assertThat(result).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenOddLengthString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingDeque.isBalanced("{{[]()}}}");
+        assertThat(result).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEvenLengthString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingDeque.isBalanced("{{[]()}}}}");
+        assertThat(result).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEvenLengthUnbalancedString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingDeque.isBalanced("{[(])}");
+        assertThat(result).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEvenLengthBalancedString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnTrue() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingDeque.isBalanced("{[()]}");
+        assertThat(result).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenBalancedString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnTrue() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingDeque.isBalanced("{{[[(())]]}}");
+        assertThat(result).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAnotherBalancedString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnTrue() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingDeque.isBalanced("{{([])}}");
+        assertThat(result).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnBalancedString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingDeque.isBalanced("{{)[](}}");
+        assertThat(result).isFalse();
+    }
+
+}

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingStringUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.balancedbrackets;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class BalancedBracketsUsingStringUnitTest {
+    private BalancedBracketsUsingString balancedBracketsUsingString;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        balancedBracketsUsingString = new BalancedBracketsUsingString();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenNullInput_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingString.isBalanced(null);
+        assertThat(result).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEmptyString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnTrue() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingString.isBalanced("");
+        assertThat(result).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidCharacterString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingString.isBalanced("abc[](){}");
+        assertThat(result).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenOddLengthString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingString.isBalanced("{{[]()}}}");
+        assertThat(result).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEvenLengthString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingString.isBalanced("{{[]()}}}}");
+        assertThat(result).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEvenLengthUnbalancedString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingString.isBalanced("{[(])}");
+        assertThat(result).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEvenLengthBalancedString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnTrue() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingString.isBalanced("{[()]}");
+        assertThat(result).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenBalancedString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnTrue() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingString.isBalanced("{{[[(())]]}}");
+        assertThat(result).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAnotherBalancedString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnTrue() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingString.isBalanced("{{([])}}");
+        assertThat(result).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnBalancedString_whenCheckingForBalance_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        boolean result = balancedBracketsUsingString.isBalanced("{{)[](}}");
+        assertThat(result).isFalse();
+    }
+
+}

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/greedy/GreedyAlgorithmUnitTest.java

@@ -35,21 +35,21 @@ public class GreedyAlgorithmUnitTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void greedyAlgorithmTest() throws Exception {
+    public void greedyAlgorithmTest() {
         GreedyAlgorithm ga = new GreedyAlgorithm(prepareNetwork());
         assertEquals(ga.findMostFollowersPath("root"), 5);
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void nongreedyAlgorithmTest() throws Exception {
+    public void nongreedyAlgorithmTest() {
         NonGreedyAlgorithm nga = new NonGreedyAlgorithm(prepareNetwork(), 0);
-        Assertions.assertThrows(Exception.class, () -> {
+        Assertions.assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> {
             nga.findMostFollowersPath("root");
           });
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void nongreedyAlgorithmUnboundedTest() throws Exception {
+    public void nongreedyAlgorithmUnboundedTest() {
         SocialConnector sc = prepareNetwork();
         sc.switchCounter();
         NonGreedyAlgorithm nga = new NonGreedyAlgorithm(sc, 0);

algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/minheapmerge/MinHeapUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.minheapmerge;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class MinHeapUnitTest {
+
+    private final int[][] inputArray = { { 0, 6 }, { 1, 5, 10, 100 }, { 2, 4, 200, 650 } };
+    private final int[] expectedArray = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 100, 200, 650 };
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSortedArrays_whenMerged_thenShouldReturnASingleSortedarray() {
+        int[] resultArray = MinHeap.merge(inputArray);
+        
+        assertThat(resultArray.length, is(equalTo(10)));
+        assertThat(resultArray, is(equalTo(expectedArray)));
+    }
+    
+}

algorithms-sorting-2/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/target/
+.settings/
+.classpath
+.project

algorithms-sorting-2/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Relevant Articles:
+
+- [Partitioning and Sorting Arrays with Many Repeated Entries](https://www.baeldung.com/java-sorting-arrays-with-repeated-entries)

algorithms-sorting-2/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>algorithms-sorting-2</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>algorithms-sorting-2</name>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-math3.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-codec.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+            <version>${lombok.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit-jupiter-api.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.assertj.core.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
+        <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
+        <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
+        <junit-jupiter-api.version>5.3.1</junit-jupiter-api.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>

algorithms-sorting-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/quicksort/BentleyMcIlroyPartioning.java

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.quicksort;
+
+import static com.baeldung.algorithms.quicksort.SortingUtils.swap;
+
+public class BentleyMcIlroyPartioning {
+
+    public static Partition partition(int input[], int begin, int end) {
+        int left = begin, right = end;
+        int leftEqualKeysCount = 0, rightEqualKeysCount = 0;
+
+        int partitioningValue = input[end];
+
+        while (true) {
+            while (input[left] < partitioningValue)
+                left++;
+
+            while (input[right] > partitioningValue) {
+                if (right == begin)
+                    break;
+                right--;
+            }
+
+            if (left == right && input[left] == partitioningValue) {
+                swap(input, begin + leftEqualKeysCount, left);
+                leftEqualKeysCount++;
+                left++;
+            }
+
+            if (left >= right) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            swap(input, left, right);
+
+            if (input[left] == partitioningValue) {
+                swap(input, begin + leftEqualKeysCount, left);
+                leftEqualKeysCount++;
+            }
+
+            if (input[right] == partitioningValue) {
+                swap(input, right, end - rightEqualKeysCount);
+                rightEqualKeysCount++;
+            }
+            left++; right--;
+        }
+        right = left - 1;
+        for (int k = begin; k < begin + leftEqualKeysCount; k++, right--) {
+            if (right >= begin + leftEqualKeysCount)
+                swap(input, k, right);
+        }
+        for (int k = end; k > end - rightEqualKeysCount; k--, left++) {
+            if (left <= end - rightEqualKeysCount)
+                swap(input, left, k);
+        }
+        return new Partition(right + 1, left - 1);
+    }
+
+    public static void quicksort(int input[], int begin, int end) {
+        if (end <= begin)
+            return;
+        Partition middlePartition = partition(input, begin, end);
+        quicksort(input, begin, middlePartition.getLeft() - 1);
+        quicksort(input, middlePartition.getRight() + 1, end);
+    }
+
+}

algorithms-sorting-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/quicksort/DutchNationalFlagPartioning.java

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.quicksort;
+
+import static com.baeldung.algorithms.quicksort.SortingUtils.compare;
+import static com.baeldung.algorithms.quicksort.SortingUtils.swap;
+
+public class DutchNationalFlagPartioning {
+
+    public static Partition partition(int[] a, int begin, int end) {
+        int lt = begin, current = begin, gt = end;
+        int partitioningValue = a[begin];
+
+        while (current <= gt) {
+            int compareCurrent = compare(a[current], partitioningValue);
+            switch (compareCurrent) {
+                case -1:
+                    swap(a, current++, lt++);
+                    break;
+                case 0:
+                    current++;
+                    break;
+                case 1:
+                    swap(a, current, gt--);
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+        return new Partition(lt, gt);
+    }
+
+    public static void quicksort(int[] input, int begin, int end) {
+        if (end <= begin)
+            return;
+
+        Partition middlePartition = partition(input, begin, end);
+
+        quicksort(input, begin, middlePartition.getLeft() - 1);
+        quicksort(input, middlePartition.getRight() + 1, end);
+    }
+}

algorithms-sorting-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/quicksort/Partition.java

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.quicksort;
+
+public class Partition {
+    private int left;
+    private int right;
+
+    public Partition(int left, int right) {
+        super();
+        this.left = left;
+        this.right = right;
+    }
+
+    public int getLeft() {
+        return left;
+    }
+
+    public void setLeft(int left) {
+        this.left = left;
+    }
+
+    public int getRight() {
+        return right;
+    }
+
+    public void setRight(int right) {
+        this.right = right;
+    }
+
+}

algorithms-sorting-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/quicksort/SortingUtils.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.quicksort;
+
+public class SortingUtils {
+
+    public static void swap(int[] array, int position1, int position2) {
+        if (position1 != position2) {
+            int temp = array[position1];
+            array[position1] = array[position2];
+            array[position2] = temp;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static int compare(int num1, int num2) {
+        if (num1 > num2)
+            return 1;
+        else if (num1 < num2)
+            return -1;
+        else
+            return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static void printArray(int[] array) {
+        if (array == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        for (int e : array) {
+            System.out.print(e + " ");
+        }
+        System.out.println();
+    }
+
+}

algorithms-sorting-2/src/main/resources/logback.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
+            </pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
+    </root>
+</configuration>

algorithms-sorting-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/quicksort/BentleyMcilroyPartitioningUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.quicksort;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class BentleyMcilroyPartitioningUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void given_IntegerArray_whenSortedWithBentleyMcilroyPartitioning_thenGetSortedArray() {
+        int[] actual = {3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 7, 3, 2, 2, 7, 3, 3};
+        int[] expected = {2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 7, 7, 7};
+        BentleyMcIlroyPartioning.quicksort(actual, 0, actual.length - 1);
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+
+}

algorithms-sorting-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/quicksort/DNFThreeWayQuickSortUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.quicksort;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DNFThreeWayQuickSortUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenIntegerArray_whenSortedWithThreeWayQuickSort_thenGetSortedArray() {
+        int[] actual = {3, 5, 5, 5, 3, 7, 7, 3, 5, 5, 7, 3, 3};
+        int[] expected = {3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7};
+        DutchNationalFlagPartioning.quicksort(actual, 0, actual.length - 1);
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+}

apache-cxf/sse-jaxrs/sse-jaxrs-server/pom.xml

@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1</version>
+            <version>${rs-api.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId>
             <artifactId>cdi-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0</version>
+            <version>${cdi-api.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.json.bind</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.json.bind-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0</version>
+            <version>${bind-api.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
         <liberty-maven-plugin.version>2.4.2</liberty-maven-plugin.version>
         <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
         <openliberty-version>18.0.0.2</openliberty-version>
+        <rs-api.version>2.1</rs-api.version>
+        <cdi-api.version>2.0</cdi-api.version>
+        <bind-api.version>1.0</bind-api.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

apache-poi/README.md

@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ This module contains articles about Apache POI
 - [Microsoft Word Processing in Java with Apache POI](https://www.baeldung.com/java-microsoft-word-with-apache-poi)
 - [Working with Microsoft Excel in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-microsoft-excel)
 - [Creating a MS PowerPoint Presentation in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/apache-poi-slideshow)
+- [Merge Cells in Excel Using Apache POI](https://www.baeldung.com/java-apache-poi-merge-cells)
+- [Get String Value of Excel Cell with Apache POI](https://www.baeldung.com/java-apache-poi-cell-string-value)
+- [Read Excel Cell Value Rather Than Formula With Apache POI](https://github.com/eugenp/tutorials/tree/master/apache-poi)

apache-poi/pom.xml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <poi.version>3.15</poi.version>
+        <poi.version>4.1.1</poi.version>
         <jexcel.version>1.0.6</jexcel.version>
     </properties>
 

apache-poi/src/main/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/ExcelCellFormatter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.baeldung.poi.excel;
+
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.DataFormatter;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.FormulaEvaluator;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
+
+public class ExcelCellFormatter {
+
+    public String getCellStringValue(Cell cell) {
+        DataFormatter formatter = new DataFormatter();
+        return formatter.formatCellValue(cell);
+    }
+
+    public String getCellStringValueWithFormula(Cell cell, Workbook workbook) {
+        DataFormatter formatter = new DataFormatter();
+        FormulaEvaluator evaluator = workbook.getCreationHelper().createFormulaEvaluator();
+        return formatter.formatCellValue(cell, evaluator);
+    }
+}

apache-poi/src/main/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/read/cellvalueandnotformula/CellValueAndNotFormulaHelper.java

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package com.baeldung.poi.excel.read.cellvalueandnotformula;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellType;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.FormulaEvaluator;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellAddress;
+import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
+
+public class CellValueAndNotFormulaHelper {
+
+    public Object getCellValueByFetchingLastCachedValue(String fileLocation, String cellLocation) throws IOException {
+        Object cellValue = new Object();
+
+        FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(new File(fileLocation));
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(inputStream);
+
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+
+        CellAddress cellAddress = new CellAddress(cellLocation);
+        Row row = sheet.getRow(cellAddress.getRow());
+        Cell cell = row.getCell(cellAddress.getColumn());
+
+        if (cell.getCellType() == CellType.FORMULA) {
+            switch (cell.getCachedFormulaResultType()) {
+                case BOOLEAN:
+                    cellValue = cell.getBooleanCellValue();
+                    break;
+                case NUMERIC:
+                    cellValue = cell.getNumericCellValue();
+                    break;
+                case STRING:
+                    cellValue = cell.getStringCellValue();
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    cellValue = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        workbook.close();
+        return cellValue;
+    }
+
+    public Object getCellValueByEvaluatingFormula(String fileLocation, String cellLocation) throws IOException {
+        Object cellValue = new Object();
+
+        FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(new File(fileLocation));
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(inputStream);
+
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+        FormulaEvaluator evaluator = workbook.getCreationHelper()
+            .createFormulaEvaluator();
+
+        CellAddress cellAddress = new CellAddress(cellLocation);
+        Row row = sheet.getRow(cellAddress.getRow());
+        Cell cell = row.getCell(cellAddress.getColumn());
+
+        if (cell.getCellType() == CellType.FORMULA) {
+            switch (evaluator.evaluateFormulaCell(cell)) {
+                case BOOLEAN:
+                    cellValue = cell.getBooleanCellValue();
+                    break;
+                case NUMERIC:
+                    cellValue = cell.getNumericCellValue();
+                    break;
+                case STRING:
+                    cellValue = cell.getStringCellValue();
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    cellValue = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        workbook.close();
+        return cellValue;
+    }
+}

apache-poi/src/test/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/ExcelCellFormatterUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package com.baeldung.poi.excel;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
+import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ExcelCellFormatterUnitTest {
+    private static final String FILE_NAME = "ExcelCellFormatterTest.xlsx";
+    private static final int STRING_CELL_INDEX = 0;
+    private static final int BOOLEAN_CELL_INDEX = 1;
+    private static final int RAW_NUMERIC_CELL_INDEX = 2;
+    private static final int FORMATTED_NUMERIC_CELL_INDEX = 3;
+    private static final int FORMULA_CELL_INDEX = 4;
+
+    private String fileLocation;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+            fileLocation = Paths.get(ClassLoader.getSystemResource(FILE_NAME).toURI()).toString();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenStringCell_whenGetCellStringValue_thenReturnStringValue() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fileLocation);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+        Row row = sheet.getRow(0);
+
+        ExcelCellFormatter formatter = new ExcelCellFormatter();
+        assertEquals("String Test", formatter.getCellStringValue(row.getCell(STRING_CELL_INDEX)));
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenBooleanCell_whenGetCellStringValue_thenReturnBooleanStringValue() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fileLocation);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+        Row row = sheet.getRow(0);
+
+        ExcelCellFormatter formatter = new ExcelCellFormatter();
+        assertEquals("TRUE", formatter.getCellStringValue(row.getCell(BOOLEAN_CELL_INDEX)));
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenNumericCell_whenGetCellStringValue_thenReturnNumericStringValue() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fileLocation);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+        Row row = sheet.getRow(0);
+
+        ExcelCellFormatter formatter = new ExcelCellFormatter();
+        assertEquals("1.234", formatter.getCellStringValue(row.getCell(RAW_NUMERIC_CELL_INDEX)));
+        assertEquals("1.23", formatter.getCellStringValue(row.getCell(FORMATTED_NUMERIC_CELL_INDEX)));
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFormualCell_whenGetCellStringValue_thenReturnOriginalFormulaString() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fileLocation);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+        Row row = sheet.getRow(0);
+
+        ExcelCellFormatter formatter = new ExcelCellFormatter();
+        assertEquals("SUM(1+2)", formatter.getCellStringValue(row.getCell(FORMULA_CELL_INDEX)));
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFormualCell_whenGetCellStringValueForFormula_thenReturnOriginalFormulatring() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fileLocation);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+        Row row = sheet.getRow(0);
+
+        ExcelCellFormatter formatter = new ExcelCellFormatter();
+        assertEquals("3", formatter.getCellStringValueWithFormula(row.getCell(FORMULA_CELL_INDEX), workbook));
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+}

apache-poi/src/test/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/merge/ExcelCellMergerUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package com.baeldung.poi.excel.merge;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellRangeAddress;
+import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ExcelCellMergerUnitTest {
+    private static final String FILE_NAME = "ExcelCellFormatterTest.xlsx";
+    private String fileLocation;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+            fileLocation = Paths.get(ClassLoader.getSystemResource(FILE_NAME).toURI()).toString();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenCellIndex_whenAddMergeRegion_thenMergeRegionCreated() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fileLocation);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+
+        assertEquals(0, sheet.getNumMergedRegions());
+        int firstRow = 0; 
+        int lastRow = 0; 
+        int firstCol = 0; 
+        int lastCol = 2;
+        sheet.addMergedRegion(new CellRangeAddress(firstRow, lastRow, firstCol, lastCol));
+        assertEquals(1, sheet.getNumMergedRegions());
+
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenCellRefString_whenAddMergeRegion_thenMergeRegionCreated() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fileLocation);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+
+        assertEquals(0, sheet.getNumMergedRegions());        
+        sheet.addMergedRegion(CellRangeAddress.valueOf("A1:C1"));
+        assertEquals(1, sheet.getNumMergedRegions());
+
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+}

apache-poi/src/test/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/read/cellvalueandnotformula/CellValueAndNotFormulaUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.baeldung.poi.excel.read.cellvalueandnotformula;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class CellValueAndNotFormulaUnitTest {
+
+    private CellValueAndNotFormulaHelper readCellValueAndNotFormulaHelper;
+    private String fileLocation;
+    private static final String FILE_NAME = "test.xlsx";
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() throws URISyntaxException {
+        fileLocation = Paths.get(ClassLoader.getSystemResource(FILE_NAME).toURI()).toString();
+        readCellValueAndNotFormulaHelper = new CellValueAndNotFormulaHelper();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenExcelCell_whenReadCellValueByLastCachedValue_thenProduceCorrectResult() throws IOException {
+        final double expectedResult = 7.0;
+        final Object cellValue = readCellValueAndNotFormulaHelper.getCellValueByFetchingLastCachedValue(fileLocation, "C2");
+
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, cellValue);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenExcelCell_whenReadCellValueByEvaluatingFormula_thenProduceCorrectResult() throws IOException {
+        final double expectedResult = 7.0;
+        final Object cellValue = readCellValueAndNotFormulaHelper.getCellValueByEvaluatingFormula(fileLocation, "C2");
+
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, cellValue);
+    }
+}

apache-rocketmq/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+## Apache RocketMQ
+
+This module contains articles about Apache RocketMQ
+
+### Relevant Articles: 
+
+- [Apache RocketMQ with Spring Boot](https://www.baeldung.com/apache-rocketmq-spring-boot)

apache-rocketmq/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>apache-rocketmq</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>apache-rocketmq</name>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.rocketmq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rocketmq-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+            <version>${rocketmq.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <geode.core>1.6.0</geode.core>
+        <rocketmq.version>2.0.4</rocketmq.version>
+    </properties>
+</project>

apache-rocketmq/src/main/java/com/baeldung/rocketmq/consumer/CartEventConsumer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.baeldung.rocketmq.consumer;
+
+import com.baeldung.rocketmq.event.CartItemEvent;
+import org.apache.rocketmq.spring.annotation.RocketMQMessageListener;
+import org.apache.rocketmq.spring.core.RocketMQListener;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class CartEventConsumer {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(CartEventConsumer.class, args);
+    }
+
+    @Service
+    @RocketMQMessageListener(topic = "cart-item-add-topic", consumerGroup = "cart-consumer_cart-item-add-topic")
+    public class CardItemAddConsumer implements RocketMQListener<CartItemEvent> {
+        public void onMessage(CartItemEvent addItemEvent) {
+            System.out.println("Adding item: " + addItemEvent);
+            // logic
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Service
+    @RocketMQMessageListener(topic = "cart-item-removed-topic", consumerGroup = "cart-consumer_cart-item-removed-topic")
+    public class CardItemRemoveConsumer implements RocketMQListener<CartItemEvent> {
+        public void onMessage(CartItemEvent removeItemEvent) {
+            System.out.println("Removing item: " + removeItemEvent);
+            // logic
+        }
+    }
+}

apache-rocketmq/src/main/java/com/baeldung/rocketmq/event/CartItemEvent.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.baeldung.rocketmq.event;
+
+public class CartItemEvent {
+    private String itemId;
+    private int quantity;
+
+    public CartItemEvent(String itemId, int quantity) {
+        this.itemId = itemId;
+        this.quantity = quantity;
+    }
+
+    public String getItemId() {
+        return itemId;
+    }
+
+    public void setItemId(String itemId) {
+        this.itemId = itemId;
+    }
+
+    public int getQuantity() {
+        return quantity;
+    }
+
+    public void setQuantity(int quantity) {
+        this.quantity = quantity;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "CartItemEvent{" + "itemId='" + itemId + '\'' + ", quantity=" + quantity + '}';
+    }
+}

apache-rocketmq/src/main/java/com/baeldung/rocketmq/producer/CartEventProducer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.baeldung.rocketmq.producer;
+
+
+import com.baeldung.rocketmq.event.CartItemEvent;
+import org.apache.rocketmq.spring.core.RocketMQTemplate;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class CartEventProducer implements CommandLineRunner {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private RocketMQTemplate rocketMQTemplate;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(CartEventProducer.class, args);
+    }
+
+    public void run(String... args) throws Exception {
+        rocketMQTemplate.convertAndSend("cart-item-add-topic", new CartItemEvent("bike", 1));
+        rocketMQTemplate.convertAndSend("cart-item-add-topic", new CartItemEvent("computer", 2));
+        rocketMQTemplate.convertAndSend("cart-item-removed-topic", new CartItemEvent("bike", 1));
+    }
+}

apache-rocketmq/src/main/java/com/baeldung/rocketmq/transaction/TransactionListenerImpl.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.baeldung.rocketmq.transaction;
+
+import org.apache.rocketmq.spring.annotation.RocketMQTransactionListener;
+import org.apache.rocketmq.spring.core.RocketMQLocalTransactionListener;
+import org.apache.rocketmq.spring.core.RocketMQLocalTransactionState;
+import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
+
+@RocketMQTransactionListener(txProducerGroup = "test-transaction")
+class TransactionListenerImpl implements RocketMQLocalTransactionListener {
+    @Override
+    public RocketMQLocalTransactionState executeLocalTransaction(Message msg, Object arg) {
+        // ... local transaction process, return ROLLBACK, COMMIT or UNKNOWN
+        return RocketMQLocalTransactionState.UNKNOWN;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RocketMQLocalTransactionState checkLocalTransaction(Message msg) {
+        // ... check transaction status and return ROLLBACK, COMMIT or UNKNOWN
+        return RocketMQLocalTransactionState.COMMIT;
+    }
+}

apache-rocketmq/src/main/resources/application.properties

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+rocketmq.name-server=127.0.0.1:9876
+rocketmq.producer.group=my-group
+rocketmq.producer.send-message-timeout=300000
+rocketmq.producer.compress-message-body-threshold=4096
+rocketmq.producer.max-message-size=4194304
+rocketmq.producer.retry-times-when-send-async-failed=0
+rocketmq.producer.retry-next-server=true
+rocketmq.producer.retry-times-when-send-failed=2
+

apache-spark/README.md

@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ This module contains articles about Apache Spark
 - [Introduction to Apache Spark](https://www.baeldung.com/apache-spark)
 - [Building a Data Pipeline with Kafka, Spark Streaming and Cassandra](https://www.baeldung.com/kafka-spark-data-pipeline)
 - [Machine Learning with Spark MLlib](https://www.baeldung.com/spark-mlib-machine-learning)
-
+- [Introduction to Spark Graph Processing with GraphFrames](https://www.baeldung.com/spark-graph-graphframes)

apache-tapestry/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Relevant Articles
+
+- [Intro to Apache Tapestry](https://www.baeldung.com/apache-tapestry)

apache-tapestry/pom.xml

@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ of testing facilities designed for use with TestNG (http://testng.org/), so it's
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.2</version>
+                <version>${compiler.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <source>${source.version}</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <target>${target.version}</target>
                     <optimize>true</optimize>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ of testing facilities designed for use with TestNG (http://testng.org/), so it's
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7.2</version>
+                <version>${compiler.surefire.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
                         <tapestry.execution-mode>Qa</tapestry.execution-mode>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ of testing facilities designed for use with TestNG (http://testng.org/), so it's
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>6.1.16</version>
+                <version>${compiler.jetty.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- Log to the console. -->
                     <requestLog implementation="org.mortbay.jetty.NCSARequestLog">
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ of testing facilities designed for use with TestNG (http://testng.org/), so it's
     </repositories>
 
     <properties>
+        <compiler.jetty.version>6.1.16</compiler.jetty.version>
+        <compiler.surefire.version>2.7.2</compiler.surefire.version>
+        <compiler.plugin.version>2.3.2</compiler.plugin.version>
+        <source.version>1.8</source.version>
+        <target.version>1.8</target.version>
         <tapestry-release-version>5.4.5</tapestry-release-version>
         <servlet-api-release-version>2.5</servlet-api-release-version>
         <testng-release-version>6.8.21</testng-release-version>

aws-reactive/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Relevant Articles:
+
+- [AWS S3 with Java – Reactive Support](https://www.baeldung.com/java-aws-s3-reactive)

aws-reactive/pom.xml

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <spring.version>2.2.1.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <awssdk.version>2.10.27</awssdk.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencyManagement>
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@
 				<!-- Import dependency management from Spring Boot -->
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-				<version>2.2.1.RELEASE</version>
+				<version>${spring.version}</version>
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
 				<artifactId>bom</artifactId>
-				<version>2.10.27</version>
+				<version>${awssdk.version}</version>
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>

blade/pom.xml

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
                             <arguments>
                                 <argument>java</argument>
                                 <argument>-jar</argument>
-                                <argument>sample-blade-app.jar</argument>
+                                <argument>blade.jar</argument>
                             </arguments>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>${assembly.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <finalName>${project.build.finalName}</finalName>
                     <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
         <assertj-core.version>3.11.1</assertj-core.version>
         <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.0.0-M3</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
         <process-exec-maven-plugin.version>0.7</process-exec-maven-plugin.version>
+        <assembly.plugin.version>3.1.0</assembly.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

cloud-foundry-uaa/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>cloud-foundry-uaa</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>cloud-foundry-uaa</name>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>cf-uaa-oauth2-client</module>
+        <module>cf-uaa-oauth2-resource-server</module>
+    </modules>
+
+</project>

core-groovy-2/pom.xml

@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
                 <artifactId>groovy-eclipse-compiler</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0-01</version>
+                <version>${groovy.compiler.version}</version>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
+                <version>${compiler.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <compilerId>groovy-eclipse-compiler</compilerId>
                     <source>${java.version}</source>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
                         <artifactId>groovy-eclipse-compiler</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.3.0-01</version>
+                        <version>${groovy.compiler.version}</version>
                     </dependency>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.20.1</version>
+                <version>${surefire.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <useFile>false</useFile>
                     <includes>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>${assembly.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- get all project dependencies -->
                     <descriptorRefs>
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@
         <groovy-wslite.version>1.1.3</groovy-wslite.version>
         <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
         <groovy.version>2.5.7</groovy.version>
+        <assembly.plugin.version>3.1.0</assembly.plugin.version>
+        <surefire.plugin.version>2.20.1</surefire.plugin.version>
+        <compiler.plugin.version>3.8.0</compiler.plugin.version>
+        <groovy.compiler.version>3.3.0-01</groovy.compiler.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

core-groovy-2/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/metaprogramming/extension/BasicExtensions.groovy

@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ package com.baeldung.metaprogramming.extension
 
 import com.baeldung.metaprogramming.Employee
 
+import java.time.LocalDate
+import java.time.Year
+
 class BasicExtensions {
     
     static int getYearOfBirth(Employee self) {
-        return (new Date().getYear() + 1900) - self.age;
+        return Year.now().value - self.age
     }
     
     static String capitalize(String self) {

core-groovy-2/src/test/groovy/com/baeldung/metaprogramming/MetaprogrammingUnitTest.groovy

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package com.baeldung.metaprogramming
 
-import groovy.time.TimeCategory
+
+import java.time.LocalDate
+import java.time.Period
+import java.time.Year
 
 class MetaprogrammingUnitTest extends GroovyTestCase {
 
@@ -51,14 +54,16 @@ class MetaprogrammingUnitTest extends GroovyTestCase {
 
     void testJavaMetaClass() {
         String.metaClass.capitalize = { String str ->
-            str.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + str.substring(1);
+            str.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + str.substring(1)
         }
         assert "norman".capitalize() == "Norman"
     }
 
     void testEmployeeExtension() {
-        Employee emp = new Employee(age: 28)
+        def age = 28
-        assert emp.getYearOfBirth() == 1991
+        def expectedYearOfBirth = Year.now() - age
+        Employee emp = new Employee(age: age)
+        assert emp.getYearOfBirth() == expectedYearOfBirth.value
     }
 
     void testJavaClassesExtensions() {
@@ -115,4 +120,4 @@ class MetaprogrammingUnitTest extends GroovyTestCase {
         Employee employee = new Employee(1, "Norman", "Lewis", 28)
         employee.logEmp()
     }
-}
+}

core-groovy-2/src/test/groovy/com/baeldung/webservice/WebserviceUnitTest.groovy

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import wslite.soap.SOAPMessageBuilder
 import wslite.http.auth.HTTPBasicAuthorization
 import org.junit.Test
 
-class WebserviceUnitTest extends GroovyTestCase {
+class WebserviceManualTest extends GroovyTestCase {
 
     JsonSlurper jsonSlurper = new JsonSlurper()
 
@@ -149,4 +149,4 @@ class WebserviceUnitTest extends GroovyTestCase {
             assert e?.response?.statusCode != 200
         }
     }
-}
+}

core-groovy-collections/pom.xml

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.20.1</version>
+                <version>${surefire.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <useFile>false</useFile>
                     <includes>
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
         <hsqldb.version>2.4.0</hsqldb.version>
         <spock-core.version>1.1-groovy-2.4</spock-core.version>
         <gmavenplus-plugin.version>1.6</gmavenplus-plugin.version>
+        <surefire.plugin.version>2.20.1</surefire.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

core-groovy/src/test/groovy/com/baeldung/file/ReadFileUnitTest.groovy

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.baeldung.file
 
 import spock.lang.Specification
+import spock.lang.Ignore
 
 class ReadFileUnitTest extends Specification {
 

core-java-modules/core-java-11/README.md

@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ This module contains articles about Java 11 core features
 - [Guide to jlink](https://www.baeldung.com/jlink)
 - [Negate a Predicate Method Reference with Java 11](https://www.baeldung.com/java-negate-predicate-method-reference)
 - [Benchmark JDK Collections vs Eclipse Collections](https://www.baeldung.com/jdk-collections-vs-eclipse-collections)
+- [Pre-compile Regex Patterns Into Pattern Objects](https://www.baeldung.com/java-regex-pre-compile)

core-java-modules/core-java-11/pom.xml

@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.collections</groupId>
             <artifactId>eclipse-collections</artifactId>
-            <version>10.0.0</version>
+            <version>${eclipse.collections.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.collections</groupId>
             <artifactId>eclipse-collections-api</artifactId>
-            <version>10.0.0</version>
+            <version>${eclipse.collections.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.1</version>
+                <version>${shade.plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@
         <assertj.version>3.11.1</assertj.version>
         <uberjar.name>benchmarks</uberjar.name>
         <jmh.version>1.22</jmh.version>
+        <eclipse.collections.version>10.0.0</eclipse.collections.version>
+        <shade.plugin.version>10.0.0</shade.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

core-java-modules/core-java-13/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+### Relevant articles:
+
+- [Java Switch Statement](https://www.baeldung.com/java-switch)
+- [New Java 13 Features](https://www.baeldung.com/java-13-new-features)

core-java-modules/core-java-13/pom.xml

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
+                <version>${surefire.plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <argLine>--enable-preview</argLine>
                 </configuration>
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source.version>13</maven.compiler.source.version>
         <maven.compiler.target.version>13</maven.compiler.target.version>
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
+        <surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M3</surefire.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

core-java-modules/core-java-13/src/test/java/com/baeldung/newfeatures/SwitchExpressionsWithYieldUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.baeldung.newfeatures;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class SwitchExpressionsWithYieldUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    @SuppressWarnings("preview")
+    public void whenSwitchingOnOperationSquareMe_thenWillReturnSquare() {
+        var me = 4;
+        var operation = "squareMe";
+        var result = switch (operation) {
+        case "doubleMe" -> {
+            yield me * 2;
+        }
+        case "squareMe" -> {
+            yield me * me;
+        }
+        default -> me;
+        };
+
+        assertEquals(16, result);
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-13/src/test/java/com/baeldung/newfeatures/TextBlocksUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.baeldung.newfeatures;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TextBlocksUnitTest {
+
+    private static final String JSON_STRING = "{\r\n" + "\"name\" : \"Baeldung\",\r\n" + "\"website\" : \"https://www.%s.com/\"\r\n" + "}";
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("preview")
+    private static final String TEXT_BLOCK_JSON = """
+            {
+            "name" : "Baeldung",
+            "website" : "https://www.%s.com/"
+            }
+        """;
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenTextBlocks_thenStringOperationsWork() {
+
+        assertThat(TEXT_BLOCK_JSON.contains("Baeldung")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(TEXT_BLOCK_JSON.indexOf("www")).isGreaterThan(0);
+        assertThat(TEXT_BLOCK_JSON.length()).isGreaterThan(0);
+
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("removal")
+    @Test
+    public void whenTextBlocks_thenFormattedWorksAsFormat() {
+        assertThat(TEXT_BLOCK_JSON.formatted("baeldung")
+            .contains("www.baeldung.com")).isTrue();
+
+        assertThat(String.format(JSON_STRING, "baeldung")
+            .contains("www.baeldung.com")).isTrue();
+
+    }
+   
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-14/.mvn/jvm.config

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--enable-preview

core-java-modules/core-java-14/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+## Core Java 14
+
+This module contains articles about Java 14. 
+
+### Relevant articles
+
+- [Guide to the @Serial Annotation in Java 14](https://www.baeldung.com/java-14-serial-annotation)

core-java-modules/core-java-14/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>core-java-14</artifactId>
+    <name>core-java-14</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <release>${maven.compiler.release}</release>
+                    <compilerArgs>--enable-preview</compilerArgs>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${surefire.plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <argLine>--enable-preview</argLine>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.release>14</maven.compiler.release>
+        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M3</surefire.plugin.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>

core-java-modules/core-java-14/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java14/textblocks/TextBlocks13.java

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package com.baeldung.java14.textblocks;
+
+public class TextBlocks13 {
+    public String getBlockOfHtml() {
+        return """
+            <html>
+
+                <body>
+                    <span>example text</span>
+                </body>
+            </html>""";
+    }
+
+    public String getNonStandardIndent() {
+        return """
+                Indent
+            """;
+    }
+
+    public String getQuery() {
+        return """
+            select "id", "user"
+            from "table"
+            """;
+    }
+
+    public String getTextWithCarriageReturns() {
+        return """
+            separated with\r
+            carriage returns""";
+    }
+
+    public String getTextWithEscapes() {
+        return """
+            fun with\n
+            whitespace\t\r
+            and other escapes \"""
+            """;
+    }
+
+    public String getFormattedText(String parameter) {
+        return """
+            Some parameter: %s
+            """.formatted(parameter);
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-14/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java14/textblocks/TextBlocks14.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.java14.textblocks;
+
+public class TextBlocks14 {
+    public String getIgnoredNewLines() {
+        return """
+            This is a long test which looks to \
+            have a newline but actually does not""";
+    }
+
+    public String getEscapedSpaces() {
+        return """
+            line 1
+            line 2       \s
+            """;
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-14/src/main/java/com/baeldung/serial/MySerialClass.java

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package com.baeldung.serial;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectStreamException;
+import java.io.ObjectStreamField;
+import java.io.Serial;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Class showcasing the usage of the Java 14 @Serial annotation.
+ *
+ * @author Donato Rimenti
+ */
+public class MySerialClass implements Serializable {
+
+    @Serial
+    private static final ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields = null;
+
+    @Serial
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1;
+
+    @Serial
+    private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream stream) throws IOException {
+        // ...
+    }
+
+    @Serial
+    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        // ...
+    }
+
+    @Serial
+    private void readObjectNoData() throws ObjectStreamException {
+        // ...
+    }
+
+    @Serial
+    private Object writeReplace() throws ObjectStreamException {
+        // ...
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Serial
+    private Object readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException {
+        // ...
+        return null;
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-14/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java14/textblocks/TextBlocks13UnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package com.baeldung.java14.textblocks;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class TextBlocks13UnitTest {
+    private TextBlocks13 subject = new TextBlocks13();
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAnOldStyleMultilineString_whenComparing_thenEqualsTextBlock() {
+        String expected = "<html>\n"
+          + "\n"
+          + "    <body>\n"
+          + "        <span>example text</span>\n"
+          + "    </body>\n"
+          + "</html>";
+        assertThat(subject.getBlockOfHtml()).isEqualTo(expected);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAnOldStyleString_whenComparing_thenEqualsTextBlock() {
+        String expected = "<html>\n\n    <body>\n        <span>example text</span>\n    </body>\n</html>";
+        assertThat(subject.getBlockOfHtml()).isEqualTo(expected);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAnIndentedString_thenMatchesIndentedOldStyle() {
+        assertThat(subject.getNonStandardIndent()).isEqualTo("    Indent\n");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAMultilineQuery_thenItCanContainUnescapedQuotes() {
+        assertThat(subject.getQuery()).contains("select \"id\", \"user\"");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAMultilineQuery_thenItEndWithANewline() {
+        assertThat(subject.getQuery()).endsWith("\n");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenATextWithCarriageReturns_thenItContainsBoth() {
+        assertThat(subject.getTextWithCarriageReturns()).isEqualTo("separated with\r\ncarriage returns");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAStringWithEscapedWhitespace_thenItAppearsInTheResultingString() {
+        assertThat(subject.getTextWithEscapes()).contains("fun with\n\n")
+            .contains("whitespace\t\r\n")
+            .contains("and other escapes \"\"\"");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAFormattedString_thenTheParameterIsReplaced() {
+        assertThat(subject.getFormattedText("parameter")).contains("Some parameter: parameter");
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-14/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java14/textblocks/TextBlocks14UnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.baeldung.java14.textblocks;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class TextBlocks14UnitTest {
+    private TextBlocks14 subject = new TextBlocks14();
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAStringWithEscapedNewLines_thenTheResultHasNoNewLines() {
+        String expected = "This is a long test which looks to have a newline but actually does not";
+        assertThat(subject.getIgnoredNewLines()).isEqualTo(expected);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAStringWithEscapesSpaces_thenTheResultHasLinesEndingWithSpaces() {
+        String expected = "line 1\nline 2        \n";
+        assertThat(subject.getEscapedSpaces()).isEqualTo(expected);
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/pom.xml

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <classifier>spring-boot</classifier>
-                            <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
+                            <mainClass>com.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>

core-java-modules/core-java-9/README.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This module contains articles about Java 9 core features
 - [Iterate Through a Range of Dates in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-iterate-date-range)
 - [Initialize a HashMap in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-initialize-hashmap)
 - [Immutable Set in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-immutable-set)
+- [Immutable ArrayList in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-immutable-list)
 
 Note: also contains part of the code for the article
 [How to Filter a Collection in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-collection-filtering).

core-java-modules/core-java-9/pom.xml

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
             <version>${junit.platform.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-collections4.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -69,6 +74,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.9</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.9</maven.compiler.target>
         <guava.version>25.1-jre</guava.version>
+        <commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

core-java-modules/core-java-9/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9/list/immutable/ImmutableArrayListUnitTest.java

@@ -1,56 +1,48 @@
-package org.baeldung.java.collections;
+package com.baeldung.java9.list.immutable;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import org.apache.commons.collections4.ListUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
-public class CoreJavaCollectionsUnitTest {
+public class ImmutableArrayListUnitTest {
-
-    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CoreJavaCollectionsUnitTest.class);
-
-
-    // tests -
-
-    @Test
-    public final void givenUsingTheJdk_whenArrayListIsSynchronized_thenCorrect() {
-        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
-        final List<String> synchronizedList = Collections.synchronizedList(list);
-        LOG.debug("Synchronized List is: " + synchronizedList);
-    }
 
     @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
-    public final void givenUsingTheJdk_whenUnmodifiableListIsCreatedFromOriginal_thenNoLongerModifiable() {
+    public final void givenUsingTheJdk_whenUnmodifiableListIsCreated_thenNotModifiable() {
-        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
+        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
         final List<String> unmodifiableList = Collections.unmodifiableList(list);
         unmodifiableList.add("four");
     }
 
     @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
-    public final void givenUsingGuava_whenUnmodifiableListIsCreatedFromOriginal_thenNoLongerModifiable() {
+    public final void givenUsingTheJava9_whenUnmodifiableListIsCreated_thenNotModifiable() {
-        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
+        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
+        final List<String> unmodifiableList = List.of(list.toArray(new String[]{}));
+        unmodifiableList.add("four");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public final void givenUsingGuava_whenUnmodifiableListIsCreated_thenNotModifiable() {
+        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
         final List<String> unmodifiableList = ImmutableList.copyOf(list);
         unmodifiableList.add("four");
     }
 
     @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
-    public final void givenUsingGuavaBuilder_whenUnmodifiableListIsCreatedFromOriginal_thenNoLongerModifiable() {
+    public final void givenUsingGuavaBuilder_whenUnmodifiableListIsCreated_thenNoLongerModifiable() {
-        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
+        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
         final ImmutableList<String> unmodifiableList = ImmutableList.<String>builder().addAll(list).build();
         unmodifiableList.add("four");
     }
 
     @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
-    public final void givenUsingCommonsCollections_whenUnmodifiableListIsCreatedFromOriginal_thenNoLongerModifiable() {
+    public final void givenUsingCommonsCollections_whenUnmodifiableListIsCreated_thenNotModifiable() {
-        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
+        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
         final List<String> unmodifiableList = ListUtils.unmodifiableList(list);
         unmodifiableList.add("four");
     }
-
 }

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays-2/README.md

@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ This module contains articles about Java arrays
 - [Removing an Element from an Array in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-array-remove-element)
 - [Removing the First Element of an Array](https://www.baeldung.com/java-array-remove-first-element)
 - [Adding an Element to a Java Array vs an ArrayList](https://www.baeldung.com/java-add-element-to-array-vs-list)
+- [Arrays.sort vs Arrays.parallelSort](https://www.baeldung.com/java-arrays-sort-vs-parallelsort)
 - [[<-- Prev]](/core-java-modules/core-java-arrays)

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays-2/pom.xml

@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${jmh.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
+            <version>${jmh.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- test scoped -->
         <dependency>
@@ -37,13 +47,39 @@
                 <filtering>true</filtering>
             </resource>
         </resources>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${shade.plugin.version}</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>shade</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<finalName>benchmarks</finalName>
+							<transformers>
+								<transformer
+										implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+									<mainClass>org.openjdk.jmh.Main</mainClass>
+								</transformer>
+							</transformers>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
     </build>
 
     <properties>
+		<jmh.version>1.19</jmh.version>
         <!-- util -->
         <commons-lang3.version>3.9</commons-lang3.version>
         <!-- testing -->
         <assertj-core.version>3.10.0</assertj-core.version>
+        <shade.plugin.version>3.2.0</shade.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/arraysort/ArraySortingBenchmark.java

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package com.baeldung.arraysort;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Fork;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Level;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Measurement;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Param;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Warmup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.infra.Blackhole;
+
+@BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
+@Warmup(iterations = 5)
+@Measurement(iterations = 10)
+@Fork(2)
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+public class ArraySortingBenchmark {
+
+    @State(Scope.Benchmark)
+    public static class ArrayContainer {
+
+        @Param({ "1000", "10000", "100000", "1000000" })
+        int arraySize;
+
+        // initial unsorted array
+        int[] unsortedArray;
+        
+        //cloned array to sort
+        int[] arrayToSort;
+
+        @Setup(Level.Trial)
+        public void createUnSortedArray() {
+            unsortedArray = new int[arraySize];
+            for (int i = 0; i < arraySize; i++) {
+                unsortedArray[i] = new Random().nextInt(1000);
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Setup(Level.Invocation)
+        public void createUnSortedArrayCopy() {
+            arrayToSort = unsortedArray.clone();
+        }
+
+        int[] getArrayToSort() {
+            return arrayToSort;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void benchmark_arrays_parallel_sort(ArrayContainer d, Blackhole b) {
+        int[] arr = d.getArrayToSort();
+        Arrays.parallelSort(arr);
+        b.consume(arr);
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void benchmark_arrays_sort(ArrayContainer d, Blackhole b) {
+        int[] arr = d.getArrayToSort();
+        Arrays.sort(arr);
+        b.consume(arr);
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/arraysort/SortComparisonUnitTest.java

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class SortComparisonUnitTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void givenArrayOfIntegers_whenUsingArraysSortMethodWithRange_thenSortRangeOfArrayInAscendingOrder() {
+    public void givenArrayOfIntegers_whenUsingArraysSortWithRange_thenSortRangeOfArrayAsc() {
         int[] array = { 10, 4, 6, 2, 1, 9, 7, 8, 3, 5 };
         int[] expected = { 10, 4, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 3, 5 };
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class SortComparisonUnitTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void givenArrayOfIntegers_whenUsingArraysParallelSortMethodWithRange_thenSortRangeOfArrayInAscendingOrder() {
+    public void givenArrayOfIntegers_whenUsingArraysParallelSortWithRange_thenSortRangeOfArrayAsc() {
         int[] array = { 10, 4, 6, 2, 1, 9, 7, 8, 3, 5 };
         int[] expected = { 10, 4, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 3, 5 };
 

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays-3/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+## Core Java Arrays (Part 3)
+
+This module contains articles about Java arrays
+
+## Relevant Articles

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays-3/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<artifactId>core-java-arrays-3</artifactId>
+	<version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>core-java-arrays-3</name>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+		<artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+		<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
+	</parent>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+			<artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${assertj.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<properties>
+		<assertj.version>3.14.0</assertj.version>
+	</properties>
+
+</project>

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/arrays/deepequals/ArraysDeepEqualsUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package com.baeldung.arrays.deepequals;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class ArraysDeepEqualsUnitTest {
+
+    class Person {
+        private int id;
+        private String name;
+        private int age;
+
+        Person(int id, String name, int age) {
+            this.id = id;
+            this.name = name;
+            this.age = age;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if (this == obj) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (obj == null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (!(obj instanceof Person))
+                return false;
+            Person person = (Person) obj;
+            return id == person.id && name.equals(person.name) && age == person.age;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(id, name, age);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenTwoUnidimensionalObjectTypeArrays_whenUsingEqualsAndDeepEquals_thenBothShouldReturnTrue() {
+        Object[] anArray = new Object[] { "string1", "string2", "string3" };
+        Object[] anotherArray = new Object[] { "string1", "string2", "string3" };
+
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(anArray, anotherArray));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.deepEquals(anArray, anotherArray));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenTwoUnidimensionalObjectTypeArraysWithNullElements_whenUsingEqualsAndDeepEquals_thenBothShouldReturnTrue() {
+        Object[] anArray = new Object[] { "string1", null, "string3" };
+        Object[] anotherArray = new Object[] { "string1", null, "string3" };
+
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(anArray, anotherArray));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.deepEquals(anArray, anotherArray));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenTwoUnidimensionalObjectTypeArraysWithNestedElements_whenUsingEqualsAndDeepEquals_thenShouldReturnDifferently() {
+        Object[] anArray = new Object[] { "string1", null, new String[] { "nestedString1", "nestedString2" } };
+        Object[] anotherArray = new Object[] { "string1", null, new String[] { "nestedString1", "nestedString2" } };
+
+        assertFalse(Arrays.equals(anArray, anotherArray));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.deepEquals(anArray, anotherArray));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenTwoMultidimensionalPrimitiveTypeArrays_whenUsingEqualsAndDeepEquals_thenBothShouldReturnDifferently() {
+        int[][] anArray = { { 1, 2, 3 }, { 4, 5, 6, 9 }, { 7 } };
+        int[][] anotherArray = { { 1, 2, 3 }, { 4, 5, 6, 9 }, { 7 } };
+
+        assertFalse(Arrays.equals(anArray, anotherArray));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.deepEquals(anArray, anotherArray));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenTwoMultidimensionalObjectTypeArrays_whenUsingEqualsAndDeepEquals_thenBothShouldReturnDifferently() {
+        Person personArray1[][] = { { new Person(1, "John", 22), new Person(2, "Mike", 23) }, { new Person(3, "Steve", 27), new Person(4, "Gary", 28) } };
+        Person personArray2[][] = { { new Person(1, "John", 22), new Person(2, "Mike", 23) }, { new Person(3, "Steve", 27), new Person(4, "Gary", 28) } };
+
+        assertFalse(Arrays.equals(personArray1, personArray2));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.deepEquals(personArray1, personArray2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenTwoMultidimensionalObjectTypeArrays_whenUsingDeepEqualsFromObjectsAndArraysClasses_thenBothShouldReturnTrue() {
+        Person personArray1[][] = { { new Person(1, "John", 22), new Person(2, "Mike", 23) }, { new Person(3, "Steve", 27), new Person(4, "Gary", 28) } };
+        Person personArray2[][] = { { new Person(1, "John", 22), new Person(2, "Mike", 23) }, { new Person(3, "Steve", 27), new Person(4, "Gary", 28) } };
+
+        assertTrue(Objects.deepEquals(personArray1, personArray2));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.deepEquals(personArray1, personArray2));
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays/pom.xml

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
                         <manifest>
                             <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
                             <classpathPrefix>libs/</classpathPrefix>
-                            <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
+                            <mainClass>com.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
                         </manifest>
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
                             <archiveBaseDirectory>${project.basedir}</archiveBaseDirectory>
                             <archive>
                                 <manifest>
-                                    <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
+                                    <mainClass>com.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
                                 </manifest>
                             </archive>
                             <descriptorRefs>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
                             <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
                             <transformers>
                                 <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
-                                    <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
+                                    <mainClass>com.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
                                 </transformer>
                             </transformers>
                         </configuration>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <configuration>
-                            <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
+                            <mainClass>com.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
                             <attachToBuild>true</attachToBuild>
                             <filename>${project.build.finalName}-onejar.${project.packaging}</filename>
                         </configuration>
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <classifier>spring-boot</classifier>
-                            <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
+                            <mainClass>com.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-javadoc-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <source>${source.version}</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <target>${target.version}</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@
         <maven-shade-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-shade-plugin.version>
         <spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>2.0.3.RELEASE</spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>
         <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
+        <source.version>1.8</source.version>
+        <target.version>1.8</target.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays/src/main/java/com/baeldung/array/Find2ndLargestInArray.java

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.array;
-
-public class Find2ndLargestInArray {
-
-    public static int find2ndLargestElement(int[] array) {
-        int maxElement = array[0];
-        int secondLargestElement = -1;
-
-        for (int index = 0; index < array.length; index++) {
-            if (maxElement <= array[index]) {
-                secondLargestElement = maxElement;
-                maxElement = array[index];
-            } else if (secondLargestElement < array[index]) {
-                secondLargestElement = array[index];
-            }
-        }
-        return secondLargestElement;
-    }
-
-}

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays/src/main/java/com/baeldung/array/FindElementInArray.java

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.array;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-
-public class FindElementInArray {
-
-    public static boolean findGivenElementInArrayWithoutUsingStream(int[] array, int element) {
-        boolean actualResult = false;
-
-        for (int index = 0; index < array.length; index++) {
-            if (element == array[index]) {
-                actualResult = true;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        return actualResult;
-    }
-
-    public static boolean findGivenElementInArrayUsingStream(int[] array, int element) {
-        return Arrays.stream(array).filter(x -> element == x).findFirst().isPresent();
-    }
-}

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays/src/test/java/com/baeldung/array/Find2ndLargestInArrayUnitTest.java

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.array;
-
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class Find2ndLargestInArrayUnitTest {
-    @Test
-    public void givenAnIntArray_thenFind2ndLargestElement() {
-        int[] array = { 1, 3, 24, 16, 87, 20 };
-        int expected2ndLargest = 24;
-
-        int actualSecondLargestElement = Find2ndLargestInArray.find2ndLargestElement(array);
-
-        Assert.assertEquals(expected2ndLargest, actualSecondLargestElement);
-    }
-}

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays/src/test/java/com/baeldung/array/FindElementInArrayUnitTest.java

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.array;
-
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class FindElementInArrayUnitTest {
-    @Test
-    public void givenAnIntArray_whenNotUsingStream_thenFindAnElement() {
-        int[] array = { 1, 3, 4, 8, 19, 20 };
-        int element = 19;
-        boolean expectedResult = true;
-        boolean actualResult = FindElementInArray.findGivenElementInArrayWithoutUsingStream(array, element);
-        Assert.assertEquals(expectedResult, actualResult);
-
-        element = 78;
-        expectedResult = false;
-        actualResult = FindElementInArray.findGivenElementInArrayWithoutUsingStream(array, element);
-        Assert.assertEquals(expectedResult, actualResult);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void givenAnIntArray_whenUsingStream_thenFindAnElement() {
-        int[] array = { 15, 16, 12, 18 };
-        int element = 16;
-        boolean expectedResult = true;
-        boolean actualResult = FindElementInArray.findGivenElementInArrayUsingStream(array, element);
-        Assert.assertEquals(expectedResult, actualResult);
-
-        element = 20;
-        expectedResult = false;
-        actualResult = FindElementInArray.findGivenElementInArrayUsingStream(array, element);
-        Assert.assertEquals(expectedResult, actualResult);
-    }
-
-}

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-array-list/README.md

@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 This module contains articles about the Java ArrayList collection
 
 ### Relevant Articles: 
-- [Immutable ArrayList in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-immutable-list)
+- [Guide to the Java ArrayList](https://www.baeldung.com/java-arraylist)
-- [Guide to the Java ArrayList](http://www.baeldung.com/java-arraylist)
+- [Add Multiple Items to an Java ArrayList](https://www.baeldung.com/java-add-items-array-list)
-- [Add Multiple Items to an Java ArrayList](http://www.baeldung.com/java-add-items-array-list)
 - [ClassCastException: Arrays$ArrayList cannot be cast to ArrayList](https://www.baeldung.com/java-classcastexception-arrays-arraylist)
 - [Multi Dimensional ArrayList in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-multi-dimensional-arraylist)
 - [Removing an Element From an ArrayList](https://www.baeldung.com/java-arraylist-remove-element)

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-array-list/src/test/java/com/baeldung/collections/ArrayListUnitTest.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.baeldung.java.collections;
+package com.baeldung.collections;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import org.junit.Before;

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-array-list/src/test/java/com/baeldung/collections/CoreJavaCollectionsUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.baeldung.collections;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import org.apache.commons.collections4.ListUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class CoreJavaCollectionsUnitTest {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CoreJavaCollectionsUnitTest.class);
+
+    @Test
+    public final void givenUsingTheJdk_whenArrayListIsSynchronized_thenCorrect() {
+        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
+        final List<String> synchronizedList = Collections.synchronizedList(list);
+        LOG.debug("Synchronized List is: " + synchronizedList);
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-2/README.md

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 This module contains articles about the Java List collection
 
 ### Relevant Articles: 
-- [Check If Two Lists are Equal in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-test-a-list-for-ordinality-and-equality)
+- [Check If Two Lists are Equal in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-test-a-list-for-ordinality-and-equality)
 - [Java 8 Streams: Find Items From One List Based On Values From Another List](https://www.baeldung.com/java-streams-find-list-items)
-- [A Guide to the Java LinkedList](http://www.baeldung.com/java-linkedlist)
+- [A Guide to the Java LinkedList](https://www.baeldung.com/java-linkedlist)
-- [Java List UnsupportedOperationException](http://www.baeldung.com/java-list-unsupported-operation-exception)
+- [Java List UnsupportedOperationException](https://www.baeldung.com/java-list-unsupported-operation-exception)
 - [Java List Initialization in One Line](https://www.baeldung.com/java-init-list-one-line)
 - [Ways to Iterate Over a List in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-iterate-list)
-- [Flattening Nested Collections in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-flatten-nested-collections)
+- [Flattening Nested Collections in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-flatten-nested-collections)
 - [Intersection of Two Lists in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-lists-intersection)
 - [Searching for a String in an ArrayList](https://www.baeldung.com/java-search-string-arraylist)
 - [[<-- Prev]](/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list)[[Next -->]](/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-3)

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java/list/ListAssertJUnitTest.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.baeldung.java.lists;
+package com.baeldung.java.list;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java/list/ListJUnitTest.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.baeldung.java.lists;
+package com.baeldung.java.list;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java/list/ListTestNgUnitTest.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.baeldung.java.lists;
+package com.baeldung.java.list;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-2/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/lists/README.md

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-### Relevant Articles:
-- [Check If Two Lists are Equal in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-test-a-list-for-ordinality-and-equality)

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/list/duplicatescounter/DuplicatesCounter.java

@@ -24,11 +24,21 @@ public class DuplicatesCounter {
         return resultMap;
     }
 
-    public static <T> Map<T, Long> countByClassicalLoopWithMapCompute(List<T> inputList) {
+    public static <T> Map<T, Long> countByForEachLoopWithGetOrDefault(List<T> inputList) {
         Map<T, Long> resultMap = new HashMap<>();
-        for (T element : inputList) {
+        inputList.forEach(e -> resultMap.put(e, resultMap.getOrDefault(e, 0L) + 1L));
-            resultMap.compute(element, (k, v) -> v == null ? 1 : v + 1);
+        return resultMap;
-        }
+    }
+
+    public static <T> Map<T, Long> countByForEachLoopWithMapCompute(List<T> inputList) {
+        Map<T, Long> resultMap = new HashMap<>();
+        inputList.forEach(e -> resultMap.compute(e, (k, v) -> v == null ? 1L : v + 1L));
+        return resultMap;
+    }
+
+    public static <T> Map<T, Long> countByForEachLoopWithMapMerge(List<T> inputList) {
+        Map<T, Long> resultMap = new HashMap<>();
+        inputList.forEach(e -> resultMap.merge(e, 1L, Long::sum));
         return resultMap;
     }