Merge branch 'master' into BAEL-1711-move-code-snippets

README.md

@@ -34,3 +34,9 @@ CI - Jenkins
 ================================
 This tutorials project is being built **[>> HERE](https://rest-security.ci.cloudbees.com/job/tutorials-unit/)**
 
+### Relevant Articles: 
+================================
+
+- [Apache Maven Standard Directory Layout](http://www.baeldung.com/maven-directory-structure)
+- [Apache Maven Tutorial](http://www.baeldung.com/maven)
+- [Designing a User Friendly Java Library](http://www.baeldung.com/design-a-user-friendly-java-library)

algorithms/README.md

@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@
 - [A Maze Solver in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-solve-maze)
 - [Create a Sudoku Solver in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-sudoku)
 - [Displaying Money Amounts in Words](http://www.baeldung.com/java-money-into-words)
-- [A Collaborative Filtering Recommendation System in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-collaborative-filtering-recommendations)
+- [A Collaborative Filtering Recommendation System in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-collaborative-filtering-recommendations)
+- [Find All Pairs of Numbers in an Array That Add Up to a Given Sum](http://www.baeldung.com/java-algorithm-number-pairs-sum)

asciidoctor/README.md

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 
 - [Introduction to Asciidoctor](http://www.baeldung.com/introduction-to-asciidoctor)
 - [Generating a Book with Asciidoctor](http://www.baeldung.com/asciidoctor-book)
+- [Introduction to Asciidoctor in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/asciidoctor)

autovalue/pom.xml

@@ -18,10 +18,29 @@
             <artifactId>auto-value</artifactId>
             <version>${auto-value.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.auto.factory</groupId>
+            <artifactId>auto-factory</artifactId>
+            <version>${auto-factory.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
+            <version>${guice.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <auto-value.version>1.3</auto-value.version>
+        <auto-factory.version>1.0-beta5</auto-factory.version>
+        <guice.version>4.2.0</guice.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

autovalue/src/main/java/com/baeldung/autofactory/App.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.baeldung.autofactory;
+
+import com.baeldung.autofactory.model.Camera;
+import com.baeldung.autofactory.model.Phone;
+import com.baeldung.autofactory.model.PhoneFactory;
+import com.baeldung.autofactory.modules.SonyCameraModule;
+import com.google.inject.Guice;
+import com.google.inject.Injector;
+
+public class App {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        PhoneFactory phoneFactory = new PhoneFactory(() -> new Camera("Unknown", "XXX"));
+        Phone simplePhone = phoneFactory.create("other parts");
+
+        Injector injector = Guice.createInjector(new SonyCameraModule());
+        PhoneFactory injectedFactory = injector.getInstance(PhoneFactory.class);
+        Phone xperia = injectedFactory.create("Xperia");
+    }
+
+}

autovalue/src/main/java/com/baeldung/autofactory/CustomStorage.java

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.baeldung.autofactory;
+
+import com.baeldung.autofactory.custom.SmartPhone;
+
+/**
+ * @author aiet
+ */
+public interface CustomStorage {
+
+    SmartPhone customROMInGB(int romSize);
+
+}

autovalue/src/main/java/com/baeldung/autofactory/custom/AbstractFactory.java

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.baeldung.autofactory.custom;
+
+/**
+ * @author aiet
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractFactory {
+
+    abstract CustomPhone newInstance(String brand);
+
+}

autovalue/src/main/java/com/baeldung/autofactory/custom/CustomPhone.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.autofactory.custom;
+
+import com.google.auto.factory.AutoFactory;
+
+/**
+ * @author aiet
+ */
+@AutoFactory(extending = AbstractFactory.class)
+public class CustomPhone {
+
+    private final String brand;
+
+    public CustomPhone(String brand) {
+        this.brand = brand;
+    }
+}

autovalue/src/main/java/com/baeldung/autofactory/custom/SmartPhone.java

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.baeldung.autofactory.custom;
+
+import com.baeldung.autofactory.CustomStorage;
+import com.google.auto.factory.AutoFactory;
+
+/**
+ * @author aiet
+ */
+@AutoFactory(className = "SamsungFactory", allowSubclasses = true, implementing = CustomStorage.class)
+public class SmartPhone {
+
+    private int romSize;
+
+    public SmartPhone(int romSize) {
+        this.romSize = romSize;
+    }
+
+}

autovalue/src/main/java/com/baeldung/autofactory/model/Camera.java

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.baeldung.autofactory.model;
+
+/**
+ * @author aiet
+ */
+public class Camera {
+
+    private final String manufacturer;
+    private final String serial;
+
+    public Camera(String manufacturer, String serial) {
+        this.manufacturer = manufacturer;
+        this.serial = serial;
+    }
+
+    public String getManufacturer() {
+        return manufacturer;
+    }
+
+    public String getSerial() {
+        return serial;
+    }
+
+}

autovalue/src/main/java/com/baeldung/autofactory/model/ClassicPhone.java

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.baeldung.autofactory.model;
+
+import com.google.auto.factory.AutoFactory;
+import com.google.auto.factory.Provided;
+
+/**
+ * @author aiet
+ */
+public class ClassicPhone {
+
+    private final String dialpad;
+    private final String ringer;
+    private String otherParts;
+
+    @AutoFactory
+    public ClassicPhone(@Provided String dialpad, @Provided String ringer) {
+        this.dialpad = dialpad;
+        this.ringer = ringer;
+    }
+
+    @AutoFactory
+    public ClassicPhone(String otherParts) {
+        this("defaultDialPad", "defaultRinger");
+        this.otherParts = otherParts;
+    }
+
+    public String getDialpad() {
+        return dialpad;
+    }
+
+    public String getRinger() {
+        return ringer;
+    }
+
+    public String getOtherParts() {
+        return otherParts;
+    }
+}

autovalue/src/main/java/com/baeldung/autofactory/model/Phone.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.baeldung.autofactory.model;
+
+import com.google.auto.factory.AutoFactory;
+import com.google.auto.factory.Provided;
+
+import javax.inject.Named;
+
+/**
+ * @author aiet
+ */
+@AutoFactory
+public class Phone {
+
+    private Camera camera;
+    private String otherParts;
+
+    public Phone(@Provided @Named("Sony") Camera camera, String otherParts) {
+        this.camera = camera;
+        this.otherParts = otherParts;
+    }
+
+    /* required when used as a base class for AutoFactory */
+    public Phone() {
+    }
+
+    public Camera getCamera() {
+        return camera;
+    }
+
+    public String getOtherParts() {
+        return otherParts;
+    }
+
+}

autovalue/src/main/java/com/baeldung/autofactory/modules/SonyCameraModule.java

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.baeldung.autofactory.modules;
+
+import com.baeldung.autofactory.model.Camera;
+import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
+import com.google.inject.Provides;
+
+import javax.inject.Named;
+
+/**
+ * @author aiet
+ */
+public class SonyCameraModule extends AbstractModule {
+
+    private static int SONY_CAMERA_SERIAL = 1;
+
+    @Named("Sony")
+    @Provides
+    Camera cameraProvider() {
+        return new Camera("Sony", String.format("%03d", SONY_CAMERA_SERIAL++));
+    }
+
+}

autovalue/src/main/java/com/baeldung/autofactory/provided/IntermediateAssembler.java

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.baeldung.autofactory.provided;
+
+import com.google.auto.factory.AutoFactory;
+import com.google.auto.factory.Provided;
+import javafx.scene.Camera;
+
+import javax.inject.Provider;
+
+/**
+ * @author aiet
+ */
+@AutoFactory
+public class IntermediateAssembler {
+
+    private final Provider<Camera> camera;
+    private final String otherParts;
+
+    public IntermediateAssembler(@Provided Provider<Camera> camera, String otherParts) {
+        this.camera = camera;
+        this.otherParts = otherParts;
+    }
+}

autovalue/src/main/java/com/baeldung/autofactory/provider/SonyCameraProvider.java

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.baeldung.autofactory.provider;
+
+import com.baeldung.autofactory.model.Camera;
+import com.google.inject.Provider;
+
+/**
+ * @author aiet
+ */
+public class SonyCameraProvider implements Provider<Camera> {
+
+    private static int sonyCameraSerial = 1;
+
+    @Override
+    public Camera get() {
+        return new Camera("Sony", String.format("%03d", sonyCameraSerial++));
+    }
+
+}

aws/README.md

@@ -5,4 +5,8 @@
 - [AWS Lambda With Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-aws-lambda)
 - [Managing EC2 Instances in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/ec2-java)
 - [http://www.baeldung.com/aws-s3-multipart-upload](https://github.com/eugenp/tutorials/tree/master/aws)
+- [Multipart Uploads in Amazon S3 with Java](http://www.baeldung.com/aws-s3-multipart-upload)
+- [Integration Testing with a Local DynamoDB Instance](http://www.baeldung.com/dynamodb-local-integration-tests)
+- [Using the JetS3t Java Client With Amazon S3](http://www.baeldung.com/jets3t-amazon-s3)
+- [Managing Amazon SQS Queues in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/aws-queues-java)
 

cas/cas-secured-app/README.md

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ## Relevant articles:
 - [CAS SSO With Spring Security](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-security-cas-sso)
+- [Code Analysis with SonarQube](http://www.baeldung.com/sonar-qube)

cdi/pom.xml

@@ -8,16 +8,12 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-spring</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent-spring</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>

core-groovy/pom.xml

@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@
             <artifactId>groovy-sql</artifactId>
             <version>${groovy-sql.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-platform-runner</artifactId>

core-java-10/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java10/Java10FeaturesUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package com.baeldung.java10;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class Java10FeaturesUnitTest {
+
+    private List<Integer> someIntList;
+    
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        someIntList = new ArrayList<>();
+        
+        someIntList.add(1);
+        someIntList.add(2);
+        someIntList.add(3);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenVarInitWithString_thenGetStringTypeVar() {
+        var message = "Hello, Java 10";
+        assertTrue(message instanceof String);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenVarInitWithAnonymous_thenGetAnonymousType() {
+        var obj = new Object() {};
+        assertFalse(obj.getClass().equals(Object.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public void whenModifyCopyOfList_thenThrowsException() {
+        List<Integer> copyList = List.copyOf(someIntList);
+        copyList.add(4);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public void whenModifyToUnmodifiableList_thenThrowsException() {
+        List<Integer> evenList = someIntList.stream()
+          .filter(i -> i % 2 == 0)
+          .collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableList());
+        evenList.add(4);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenListContainsInteger_OrElseThrowReturnsInteger() {
+        Integer firstEven = someIntList.stream()
+          .filter(i -> i % 2 == 0)
+          .findFirst()
+          .orElseThrow();
+        is(firstEven).equals(Integer.valueOf(2));
+    }
+}

core-java-8/README.md

@@ -44,3 +44,10 @@
 - [Java 8 StringJoiner](http://www.baeldung.com/java-string-joiner)
 - [Introduction to Spliterator in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-spliterator)
 - [Java 8 Math New Methods](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-math)
+- [Overview of Java Built-in Annotations](http://www.baeldung.com/java-default-annotations)
+- [Finding Min/Max in an Array with Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-array-min-max)
+- [Internationalization and Localization in Java 8](http://www.baeldung.com/java-8-localization)
+- [Filtering Kotlin Collections](http://www.baeldung.com/kotlin-filter-collection)
+- [How to Find an Element in a List with Java](http://www.baeldung.com/find-list-element-java)
+- [Measure Elapsed Time in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-measure-elapsed-time)
+

core-java-8/pom.xml

@@ -9,17 +9,12 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <!-- utils -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hashtable/Word.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.baeldung.hashtable;
+
+public class Word {
+    private String name;
+
+    public Word(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (o == this)
+            return true;
+        if (!(o instanceof Word))
+            return false;
+
+        Word word = (Word) o;
+        return word.getName().equals(this.name) ? true : false;
+
+    }
+
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return name.hashCode();
+    }
+}

core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hashtable/HashtableUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+package com.baeldung.hashtable;
+
+import java.util.ConcurrentModificationException;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class HashtableUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenPutAndGet_thenReturnsValue() {
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+
+        Word word = new Word("cat");
+        table.put(word, "an animal");
+
+        String definition = table.get(word);
+
+        assertEquals("an animal", definition);
+
+        definition = table.remove(word);
+
+        assertEquals("an animal", definition);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenThesameInstanceOfKey_thenReturnsValue() {
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        Word word = new Word("cat");
+        table.put(word, "an animal");
+        String extracted = table.get(word);
+        assertEquals("an animal", extracted);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenEqualsOverridden_thenReturnsValue() {
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        Word word = new Word("cat");
+        table.put(word, "an animal");
+        String extracted = table.get(new Word("cat"));
+        assertEquals("an animal", extracted);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = NullPointerException.class)
+    public void whenNullKey_thenException() {
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(null, "an animal");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = ConcurrentModificationException.class)
+    public void whenIterate_thenFailFast() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "an animal");
+        table.put(new Word("dog"), "another animal");
+
+        Iterator<Word> it = table.keySet().iterator();
+        System.out.println("iterator created");
+
+        table.remove(new Word("dog"));
+        System.out.println("element removed");
+
+        while (it.hasNext()) {
+            Word key = it.next();
+            System.out.println(table.get(key));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenEnumerate_thenNotFailFast() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("1"), "one");
+        table.put(new Word("2"), "two");
+        table.put(new Word("3"), "three");
+        table.put(new Word("4"), "four");
+        table.put(new Word("5"), "five");
+        table.put(new Word("6"), "six");
+        table.put(new Word("7"), "seven");
+        table.put(new Word("8"), "eight");
+
+        Enumeration<Word> enumKey = table.keys();
+        System.out.println("Enumeration created");
+        table.remove(new Word("1"));
+        System.out.println("element removed");
+        while (enumKey.hasMoreElements()) {
+            Word key = enumKey.nextElement();
+            System.out.println(table.get(key));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenAddElements_thenIterationOrderUnpredicable() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("1"), "one");
+        table.put(new Word("2"), "two");
+        table.put(new Word("3"), "three");
+        table.put(new Word("4"), "four");
+        table.put(new Word("5"), "five");
+        table.put(new Word("6"), "six");
+        table.put(new Word("7"), "seven");
+        table.put(new Word("8"), "eight");
+
+        Iterator<Map.Entry<Word, String>> it = table.entrySet().iterator();
+        while (it.hasNext()) {
+            Map.Entry<Word, String> entry = it.next();
+            System.out.println(entry.getValue());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetOrDefault_thenDefaultGot() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+        Word key = new Word("dog");
+        String definition;
+
+        // old way
+        /* if (table.containsKey(key)) {
+            definition = table.get(key);
+        } else {
+            definition = "not found";
+        }*/
+
+        // new way
+        definition = table.getOrDefault(key, "not found");
+
+        assertThat(definition, is("not found"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenPutifAbsent_thenNotRewritten() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+
+        String definition = "an animal";
+        // old way
+        /* if (!table.containsKey(new Word("cat"))) {
+            table.put(new Word("cat"), definition);
+        }*/
+        // new way
+        table.putIfAbsent(new Word("cat"), definition);
+
+        assertThat(table.get(new Word("cat")), is("a small domesticated carnivorous mammal"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenRemovePair_thenCheckKeyAndValue() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+
+        // old way
+        /* if (table.get(new Word("cat")).equals("an animal")) {
+            table.remove(new Word("cat"));
+        }*/
+
+        // new way
+        boolean result = table.remove(new Word("cat"), "an animal");
+
+        assertThat(result, is(false));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReplacePair_thenValueChecked() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+
+        String definition = "an animal";
+
+        // old way
+        /* if (table.containsKey(new Word("cat")) && table.get(new Word("cat")).equals("a small domesticated carnivorous mammal")) {
+            table.put(new Word("cat"), definition);
+        }*/
+        // new way
+        table.replace(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal", definition);
+
+        assertThat(table.get(new Word("cat")), is("an animal"));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenKeyIsAbsent_thenNotRewritten() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+
+        // old way
+        /* if (!table.containsKey(cat)) {
+            String definition = "an animal";// calculate
+            table.put(new Word("cat"), definition);
+        }
+        */
+        // new way
+
+        table.computeIfAbsent(new Word("cat"), key -> "an animal");
+        assertThat(table.get(new Word("cat")), is("a small domesticated carnivorous mammal"));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenKeyIsPresent_thenComputeIfPresent() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+
+        Word cat = new Word("cat");
+        // old way
+        /* if (table.containsKey(cat)) {
+            String concatination = cat.getName() + " - " + table.get(cat);
+            table.put(cat, concatination);
+        }*/
+
+        // new way
+        table.computeIfPresent(cat, (key, value) -> key.getName() + " - " + value);
+
+        assertThat(table.get(cat), is("cat - a small domesticated carnivorous mammal"));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCompute_thenForAllKeys() {
+
+        Hashtable<String, Integer> table = new Hashtable<String, Integer>();
+        String[] animals = { "cat", "dog", "dog", "cat", "bird", "mouse", "mouse" };
+        for (String animal : animals) {
+            table.compute(animal, (key, value) -> (value == null ? Integer.valueOf(1) : Integer.valueOf(value) + 1));
+        }
+        assertThat(table.values(), hasItems(2, 2, 2, 1));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInsteadOfCompute_thenMerge() {
+
+        Hashtable<String, Integer> table = new Hashtable<String, Integer>();
+        String[] animals = { "cat", "dog", "dog", "cat", "bird", "mouse", "mouse" };
+        for (String animal : animals) {
+            table.merge(animal, 1, (oldValue, value) -> (oldValue + value));
+        }
+        assertThat(table.values(), hasItems(2, 2, 2, 1));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenForeach_thenIterate() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+        table.put(new Word("dog"), "another animal");
+        table.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k.getName() + " - " + v)
+
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReplaceall_thenNoIterationNeeded() {
+
+        Hashtable<Word, String> table = new Hashtable<Word, String>();
+        table.put(new Word("cat"), "a small domesticated carnivorous mammal");
+        table.put(new Word("dog"), "another animal");
+        table.replaceAll((k, v) -> k.getName() + " - " + v);
+
+        assertThat(table.values(), hasItems("cat - a small domesticated carnivorous mammal", "dog - another animal"));
+    }
+}

core-java-9/README.md

@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@
 - [Exploring the New HTTP Client in Java 9](http://www.baeldung.com/java-9-http-client)
 - [Method Handles in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-method-handles)
 - [Introduction to Chronicle Queue](http://www.baeldung.com/java-chronicle-queue)
+- [A Guide to Java 9 Modularity](http://www.baeldung.com/java-9-modularity)

core-java-collections/pom.xml

@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 	<name>core-java-collections</name>
 
 	<parent>
-		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-		<artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-		<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	</parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
+    </parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
@@ -25,11 +26,6 @@
 			<artifactId>collections-generic</artifactId>
 			<version>${collections-generic.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-			<version>${guava.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
@@ -55,7 +51,6 @@
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<properties>
-		<guava.version>22.0</guava.version>
 		<commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
 		<commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
 		<collections-generic.version>4.01</collections-generic.version>

core-java-concurrency/pom.xml

@@ -9,17 +9,12 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <!-- utils -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>

core-java-io/README.md

@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@
 - [Zipping and Unzipping in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-compress-and-uncompress)
 - [Java NIO2 Path API](http://www.baeldung.com/java-nio-2-path)
 - [A Guide to WatchService in Java NIO2](http://www.baeldung.com/java-nio2-watchservice)
+- [Guide to Java NIO2 Asynchronous Channel APIs](http://www.baeldung.com/java-nio-2-async-channels)
+- [A Guide to NIO2 Asynchronous Socket Channel](http://www.baeldung.com/java-nio2-async-socket-channel)

core-java-io/pom.xml

@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -20,11 +21,6 @@
             <artifactId>collections-generic</artifactId>
             <version>${collections-generic.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>

core-java-sun/pom.xml

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -19,11 +20,6 @@
             <artifactId>collections-generic</artifactId>
             <version>${collections-generic.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>

core-java/README.md

@@ -74,17 +74,14 @@
 - [CharSequence vs. String in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-char-sequence-string)
 - [Period and Duration in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-period-duration)
 - [Guide to the Diamond Operator in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-diamond-operator)
-- [Singletons in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-singleton)
 - [“Sneaky Throws” in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-sneaky-throws)
 - [OutOfMemoryError: GC Overhead Limit Exceeded](http://www.baeldung.com/java-gc-overhead-limit-exceeded)
 - [StringBuilder and StringBuffer in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-string-builder-string-buffer)
 - [Number of Digits in an Integer in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-number-of-digits-in-int)
-- [Proxy, Decorator, Adapter and Bridge Patterns](http://www.baeldung.com/java-structural-design-patterns)
 - [Creating a Java Compiler Plugin](http://www.baeldung.com/java-build-compiler-plugin)
 - [A Guide to the Static Keyword in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-static)
 - [Initializing Arrays in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-initialize-array)
 - [Guide to Java String Pool](http://www.baeldung.com/java-string-pool)
-- [Introduction to Creational Design Patterns](http://www.baeldung.com/creational-design-patterns)
 - [Quick Example - Comparator vs Comparable in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-comparator-comparable)
 - [Quick Guide to Java Stack](http://www.baeldung.com/java-stack)
 - [The Java continue and break Keywords](http://www.baeldung.com/java-continue-and-break)
@@ -116,8 +113,6 @@
 - [Comparing Strings in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-compare-strings)
 - [Guide to Inheritance in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-inheritance)
 - [Guide to Externalizable Interface in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-externalizable)
-- [The Observer Pattern in Java](https://github.com/eugenp/tutorials/tree/master/core-java)
-- [Flyweight Pattern in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-flyweight)
 - [Object Type Casting in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-type-casting)
 - [A Practical Guide to DecimalFormat](http://www.baeldung.com/java-decimalformat)
 - [How to Detect the OS Using Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-detect-os)
@@ -127,4 +122,22 @@
 - [Inheritance and Composition (Is-a vs Has-a relationship) in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-inheritance-composition)
 - [Finding Max/Min of a List or Collection](http://www.baeldung.com/java-collection-min-max)
 - [The "final" Keyword in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-final)
-- [Service Locator Pattern](http://www.baeldung.com/java-service-locator-pattern)
+- [What is the serialVersionUID?](http://www.baeldung.com/java-serial-version-uid)
+- [A Guide To UDP In Java](http://www.baeldung.com/udp-in-java)
+- [A Guide to the Java LinkedList](http://www.baeldung.com/java-linkedlist)
+- [A Guide to Java Enums](http://www.baeldung.com/a-guide-to-java-enums)
+- [A Guide to the ResourceBundle](http://www.baeldung.com/java-resourcebundle)
+- [Quick Guide to java.lang.System](http://www.baeldung.com/java-lang-system)
+- [Class Loaders in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-classloaders)
+- [Find Sum and Average in a Java Array](http://www.baeldung.com/java-array-sum-average)
+- [Java List UnsupportedOperationException](http://www.baeldung.com/java-list-unsupported-operation-exception)
+- [Type Erasure in Java Explained](http://www.baeldung.com/java-type-erasure)
+- [BigDecimal and BigInteger in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-bigdecimal-biginteger)
+- [Display All Time Zones With GMT And UTC in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-time-zones)
+- [Join and Split Arrays and Collections in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-join-and-split)
+- [Check If Two Lists are Equal in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-test-a-list-for-ordinality-and-equality)
+- [Sending Emails with Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-email)
+- [Introduction to SSL in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-ssl)
+- [Java KeyStore API](http://www.baeldung.com/java-keystore)
+- [Using Java Assertions](http://www.baeldung.com/java-assert)
+- [Guide to Java Clock Class](http://www.baeldung.com/java-clock)

core-java/pom.xml

@@ -9,17 +9,12 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <!-- utils -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
@@ -438,7 +433,6 @@
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
 
         <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>22.0</guava.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
         <bouncycastle.version>1.55</bouncycastle.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.10</commons-codec.version>

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/designpatterns/creational/abstractfactory/Color.java

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.abstractfactory;
-
-public interface Color {
-    String getColor();
-}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/designpatterns/creational/factory/Polygon.java

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.factory;
-
-public interface Polygon {
-    String getType();
-}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/numberofdigits/NumberOfDigitsDriver.java

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package com.baeldung.numberofdigits;
 
-import static com.baeldung.designpatterns.util.LogerUtil.LOG;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 public class NumberOfDigitsDriver {
     private static NumberOfDigits numberOfDigits;
     
+    private static Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(NumberOfDigitsDriver.class);
+    
     static {
         numberOfDigits = new NumberOfDigits();
     }

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/stringisnumeric/Benchmarking.java

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package com.baeldung.stringisnumeric;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.Runner;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.RunnerException;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.Options;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.OptionsBuilder;
+
+
+public class Benchmarking {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws RunnerException {
+        Options opt = new OptionsBuilder()
+                .include(Benchmarking.class.getSimpleName())
+                .forks(1)
+                .build();
+
+        new Runner(opt).run();
+    }
+
+    @State(Scope.Thread)
+    public static class ExecutionPlan {
+        public String number = Integer.toString(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+        public boolean isNumber = false;
+        public IsNumeric isNumeric= new IsNumeric();
+    }
+    
+    @Benchmark 
+    @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
+    @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+    public void usingCoreJava(ExecutionPlan plan) {
+        plan.isNumber = plan.isNumeric.usingCoreJava(plan.number);
+    }
+    
+    @Benchmark 
+    @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
+    @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+    public void usingRegularExpressions(ExecutionPlan plan) {
+        plan.isNumber = plan.isNumeric.usingRegularExpressions(plan.number);
+    }
+    
+    @Benchmark 
+    @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
+    @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+    public void usingNumberUtils_isCreatable(ExecutionPlan plan) {
+        plan.isNumber = plan.isNumeric.usingNumberUtils_isCreatable(plan.number);
+    }
+    
+    @Benchmark 
+    @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
+    @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+    public void usingNumberUtils_isParsable(ExecutionPlan plan) {
+        plan.isNumber = plan.isNumeric.usingNumberUtils_isParsable(plan.number);
+    }
+    
+    @Benchmark 
+    @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
+    @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+    public void usingStringUtils_isNumeric(ExecutionPlan plan) {
+        plan.isNumber = plan.isNumeric.usingStringUtils_isNumeric(plan.number);
+    }
+    
+    @Benchmark 
+    @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
+    @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+    public void usingStringUtils_isNumericSpace(ExecutionPlan plan) {
+        plan.isNumber = plan.isNumeric.usingStringUtils_isNumericSpace(plan.number);
+    }
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/stringisnumeric/IsNumeric.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.baeldung.stringisnumeric;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils;
+
+public class IsNumeric {
+    public boolean usingCoreJava(String strNum) {
+        try {
+            double d = Double.parseDouble(strNum);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException | NullPointerException nfe) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    
+    public boolean usingRegularExpressions(String strNum) {
+        return strNum.matches("-?\\d+(\\.\\d+)?");
+    }
+    
+    public boolean usingNumberUtils_isCreatable(String strNum) {
+        return NumberUtils.isCreatable(strNum);
+    }
+    
+    public boolean usingNumberUtils_isParsable(String strNum) {
+        return NumberUtils.isParsable(strNum);
+    }
+    
+    public boolean usingStringUtils_isNumeric(String strNum) {
+        return StringUtils.isNumeric(strNum);
+    }
+    
+    public boolean usingStringUtils_isNumericSpace(String strNum) {
+        return StringUtils.isNumericSpace(strNum);
+    }
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/stringisnumeric/IsNumericDriver.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.baeldung.stringisnumeric;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+public class IsNumericDriver {
+    private static IsNumeric isNumeric;
+    private static Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(IsNumericDriver.class);
+    static {
+        isNumeric =new IsNumeric();
+        
+    }
+    
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        LOG.info("Testing all methods...");
+        
+        boolean res = isNumeric.usingCoreJava("1001");
+        LOG.info("Using Core Java : " + res);
+        
+        res = isNumeric.usingRegularExpressions("1001");
+        LOG.info("Using Regular Expressions : " + res);
+        
+        res =isNumeric.usingNumberUtils_isCreatable("1001");
+        LOG.info("Using NumberUtils.isCreatable : " + res);
+        
+        res =isNumeric.usingNumberUtils_isParsable("1001");
+        LOG.info("Using NumberUtils.isParsable : " + res);
+        
+        res =isNumeric.usingStringUtils_isNumeric("1001");
+        LOG.info("Using StringUtils.isNumeric : " + res);
+        
+        res =isNumeric.usingStringUtils_isNumericSpace("1001");
+        LOG.info("Using StringUtils.isNumericSpace : " + res);
+    }
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stringisnumeric/CoreJavaIsNumericUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.baeldung.stringisnumeric;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class CoreJavaIsNumericUnitTest {
+    public static boolean isNumeric(String strNum) {
+        try {
+            double d = Double.parseDouble(strNum);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException | NullPointerException nfe) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void whenUsingCoreJava_thenTrue() {
+        // Valid Numbers
+        assertThat(isNumeric("22")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(isNumeric("5.05")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(isNumeric("-200")).isTrue(); 
+        assertThat(isNumeric("10.0d")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(isNumeric("   22   ")).isTrue();
+         
+        // Invalid Numbers
+        assertThat(isNumeric(null)).isFalse();
+        assertThat(isNumeric("")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(isNumeric("abc")).isFalse();
+    }
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stringisnumeric/NumberUtilsIsCreatableUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.baeldung.stringisnumeric;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class NumberUtilsIsCreatableUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    public void givenApacheCommons_whenUsingIsParsable_thenTrue() {
+        // Valid Numbers
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isCreatable("22")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isCreatable("5.05")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isCreatable("-200")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isCreatable("10.0d")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isCreatable("1000L")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isCreatable("0xFF")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isCreatable("07")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isCreatable("2.99e+8")).isTrue();
+         
+        // Invalid Numbers
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isCreatable(null)).isFalse();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isCreatable("")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isCreatable("abc")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isCreatable(" 22 ")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isCreatable("09")).isFalse();
+    }
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stringisnumeric/NumberUtilsIsParsableUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.baeldung.stringisnumeric;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class NumberUtilsIsParsableUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    public void givenApacheCommons_whenUsingIsParsable_thenTrue() {
+        // Valid Numbers
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isParsable("22")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isParsable("-23")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isParsable("2.2")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isParsable("09")).isTrue();
+        
+        // Invalid Numbers
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isParsable(null)).isFalse();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isParsable("")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isParsable("6.2f")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isParsable("9.8d")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isParsable("22L")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isParsable("0xFF")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(NumberUtils.isParsable("2.99e+8")).isFalse();
+    }
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stringisnumeric/RegularExpressionsUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.baeldung.stringisnumeric;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class RegularExpressionsUnitTest {
+    public static boolean isNumeric(String strNum) {
+        return strNum.matches("-?\\d+(\\.\\d+)?");
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void whenUsingRegularExpressions_thenTrue() {
+        // Valid Numbers
+        assertThat(isNumeric("22")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(isNumeric("5.05")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(isNumeric("-200")).isTrue();
+         
+        // Invalid Numbers
+        assertThat(isNumeric("abc")).isFalse();
+    }
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stringisnumeric/StringUtilsIsNumericSpaceUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.baeldung.stringisnumeric;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class StringUtilsIsNumericSpaceUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    public void givenApacheCommons_whenUsingIsNumericSpace_thenTrue() {
+        // Valid Numbers
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumericSpace("123")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumericSpace("١٢٣")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumericSpace("")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumericSpace("  ")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumericSpace("12 3")).isTrue();
+         
+        // Invalid Numbers
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumericSpace(null)).isFalse();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumericSpace("ab2c")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumericSpace("12.3")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumericSpace("-123")).isFalse();
+    }
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stringisnumeric/StringUtilsIsNumericUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.baeldung.stringisnumeric;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class StringUtilsIsNumericUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    public void givenApacheCommons_whenUsingIsNumeric_thenTrue() {
+        // Valid Numbers
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumeric("123")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumeric("١٢٣")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumeric("१२३")).isTrue();
+         
+        // Invalid Numbers
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumeric(null)).isFalse();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumeric("")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumeric("  ")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumeric("12 3")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumeric("ab2c")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumeric("12.3")).isFalse();
+        assertThat(StringUtils.isNumeric("-123")).isFalse();
+    }
+}

core-kotlin/README.md

@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@
 - [Objects in Kotlin](http://www.baeldung.com/kotlin-objects)
 - [Reading from a File in Kotlin](http://www.baeldung.com/kotlin-read-file)
 - [Guide to Kotlin @JvmField](http://www.baeldung.com/kotlin-jvm-field-annotation)
+- [Filtering Kotlin Collections](http://www.baeldung.com/kotlin-filter-collection)

core-kotlin/pom.xml

@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@
             <artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-math3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-platform-runner</artifactId>
@@ -69,6 +63,24 @@
             <artifactId>kotlinx-coroutines-core</artifactId>
             <version>${kotlinx.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains.spek</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spek-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.5</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains.spek</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spek-subject-extension</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.5</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains.spek</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spek-junit-platform-engine</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.5</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.nhaarman</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-kotlin</artifactId>

core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/filesystem/FileWriter.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.baeldung.filesystem
+
+import java.io.File
+
+class FileWriter {
+
+    fun writeFileUsingPrintWriter(fileName: String, fileContent: String) =
+            File(fileName).printWriter().use { out -> out.print(fileContent) }
+
+    fun writeFileUsingBufferedWriter(fileName: String, fileContent: String) =
+            File(fileName).bufferedWriter().use { out -> out.write(fileContent) }
+
+    fun writeFileDirectly(fileName: String, fileContent: String) =
+            File(fileName).writeText(fileContent)
+
+    fun writeFileDirectlyAsBytes(fileName: String, fileContent: String) =
+            File(fileName).writeBytes(fileContent.toByteArray())
+
+}

core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/lambda/Lambda.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package com.baeldung.lambda
+
+fun inferredType(input: Int): Int {
+    val square = { number: Int -> number * number }
+
+    return square(input)
+}
+
+fun intToBiggerString(argument: Int): String {
+
+    val magnitude100String = { input: Int ->
+        val magnitude = input * 100
+        magnitude.toString()
+    }
+
+    return magnitude100String(argument)
+}
+
+fun manyLambda(nums: Array<Int>): List<String> {
+    val newList = nums.map { intToBiggerString(it) }
+
+    return newList
+}
+
+fun empty() {
+    val noReturn: (Int) -> Unit = { num -> println(num) }
+
+    noReturn(5)
+}
+
+fun invokeLambda(lambda: (Double) -> Boolean): Boolean {
+    return lambda(4.329)
+}
+
+fun extendString(arg: String, num: Int): String {
+    val another: String.(Int) -> String = { this + it }
+
+    return arg.another(num)
+}
+
+fun getCalculationLambda(): (Int) -> Any {
+    val calculateGrade = { grade: Int ->
+        when (grade) {
+            in 0..40 -> "Fail"
+            in 41..70 -> "Pass"
+            in 71..100 -> "Distinction"
+            else -> false
+        }
+    }
+
+    return calculateGrade
+}
+
+fun getCalculationLambdaWithReturn(): (Int) -> String {
+    val calculateGrade: Int.() -> String = lambda@{
+        if (this < 0 || this > 100) {
+            return@lambda "Error"
+        } else if (this < 40) {
+            return@lambda "Fail"
+        } else if (this < 70) {
+            return@lambda "Pass"
+        }
+
+        "Distinction"
+    }
+
+    return calculateGrade
+}
+
+fun getCalculationAnonymousFunction(): (Int) -> String {
+    val calculateGrade = fun(grade: Int): String {
+        if (grade < 0 || grade > 100) {
+            return "Error"
+        } else if (grade < 40) {
+            return "Fail"
+        } else if (grade < 70) {
+            return "Pass"
+        }
+
+        return "Distinction"
+    }
+
+    return calculateGrade
+}

core-kotlin/src/test/java/com/baeldung/lambda/LambdaKotlinTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.baeldung.lambda;
+
+import kotlin.jvm.functions.Function1;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * Created by Paul Jervis on 24/04/2018.
+ */
+class LambdaKotlinTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void givenJava6_whenUsingAnonnymousClass_thenReturnLambdaResult() {
+        assertTrue(LambdaKt.invokeLambda(new Function1<Double, Boolean>() {
+            @Override
+            public Boolean invoke(Double c) {
+                return c >= 0;
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenJava8_whenUsingLambda_thenReturnLambdaResult() {
+        assertTrue(LambdaKt.invokeLambda(c -> c >= 0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenJava8_whenCallingMethodWithStringExtension_thenImplementExtension() {
+        String actual = LambdaKt.extendString("Word", 90);
+        String expected = "Word90";
+
+        assertEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+}

core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/filesystem/FileWriterTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package com.baeldung.filesystem
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import java.io.File
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+internal class FileWriterTest {
+
+    private val fileName = "src/test/resources/Kotlin.out"
+
+    private val fileContent = "Kotlin\nConcise, Safe, Interoperable, Tool-friendly"
+
+    private val fileWriter = FileWriter()
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenWrittenWithPrintWriter_thenCorrect() {
+        fileWriter.writeFileUsingPrintWriter(fileName, fileContent)
+
+        assertEquals(fileContent, File(fileName).readText())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenWrittenWithBufferedWriter_thenCorrect() {
+        fileWriter.writeFileUsingBufferedWriter(fileName, fileContent)
+
+        assertEquals(fileContent, File(fileName).readText())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenWrittenDirectly_thenCorrect() {
+        fileWriter.writeFileDirectly(fileName, fileContent)
+
+        assertEquals(fileContent, File(fileName).readText())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenWrittenDirectlyAsBytes_thenCorrect() {
+        fileWriter.writeFileDirectlyAsBytes(fileName, fileContent)
+
+        assertEquals(fileContent, File(fileName).readText())
+    }
+
+}

core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/kotlin/spek/CalculatorSubjectTest5.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.baeldung.kotlin.spek
+
+import com.baeldung.kotlin.junit5.Calculator
+import org.jetbrains.spek.api.dsl.describe
+import org.jetbrains.spek.api.dsl.it
+import org.jetbrains.spek.subject.SubjectSpek
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+
+class CalculatorSubjectTest5 : SubjectSpek<Calculator>({
+    subject { Calculator() }
+    describe("A calculator") {
+        describe("Addition") {
+            val result = subject.add(3, 5)
+            it("Produces the correct answer") {
+                assertEquals(8, result)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+})

core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/kotlin/spek/CalculatorTest5.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.baeldung.kotlin.spek
+
+import com.baeldung.kotlin.junit5.Calculator
+import org.jetbrains.spek.api.Spek
+import org.jetbrains.spek.api.dsl.describe
+import org.jetbrains.spek.api.dsl.given
+import org.jetbrains.spek.api.dsl.it
+import org.jetbrains.spek.api.dsl.on
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+
+class CalculatorTest5 : Spek({
+    given("A calculator") {
+        val calculator = Calculator()
+        on("Adding 3 and 5") {
+            val result = calculator.add(3, 5)
+            it("Produces 8") {
+                assertEquals(8, result)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    describe("A calculator") {
+        val calculator = Calculator()
+        describe("Addition") {
+            val result = calculator.add(3, 5)
+            it("Produces the correct answer") {
+                assertEquals(8, result)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+})

core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/kotlin/spek/DataDrivenTest5.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.baeldung.kotlin.spek
+
+import org.jetbrains.spek.api.Spek
+import org.jetbrains.spek.api.dsl.describe
+import org.jetbrains.spek.api.dsl.it
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions
+
+class DataDrivenTest5 : Spek({
+    describe("A data driven test") {
+        mapOf(
+                "hello" to "HELLO",
+                "world" to "WORLD"
+        ).forEach { input, expected ->
+            describe("Capitalising $input") {
+                it("Correctly returns $expected") {
+                    Assertions.assertEquals(expected, input.toUpperCase())
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+})

core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/kotlin/spek/GroupTest5.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package com.baeldung.kotlin.spek
+
+import org.jetbrains.spek.api.Spek
+import org.jetbrains.spek.api.dsl.describe
+import org.jetbrains.spek.api.dsl.it
+
+class GroupTest5 : Spek({
+    describe("Outer group") {
+        beforeEachTest {
+            System.out.println("BeforeEachTest 0")
+        }
+        beforeGroup {
+            System.out.println("BeforeGroup 0")
+        }
+        afterEachTest {
+            System.out.println("AfterEachTest 0")
+        }
+        afterGroup {
+            System.out.println("AfterGroup 0")
+        }
+        describe("Inner group 1") {
+            beforeEachTest {
+                System.out.println("BeforeEachTest 1")
+            }
+            beforeGroup {
+                System.out.println("BeforeGroup 1")
+            }
+            afterEachTest {
+                System.out.println("AfterEachTest 1")
+            }
+            afterGroup {
+                System.out.println("AfterGroup 1")
+            }
+            it("Test 1") {
+                System.out.println("Test 1")
+            }
+            it("Test 2") {
+                System.out.println("Test 2")
+            }
+        }
+        describe("Inner group 2") {
+            beforeEachTest {
+                System.out.println("BeforeEachTest 2")
+            }
+            beforeGroup {
+                System.out.println("BeforeGroup 2")
+            }
+            afterEachTest {
+                System.out.println("AfterEachTest 2")
+            }
+            afterGroup {
+                System.out.println("AfterGroup 2")
+            }
+            it("Test 3") {
+                System.out.println("Test 3")
+            }
+            it("Test 4") {
+                System.out.println("Test 4")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+})

core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/lambda/LambdaTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package com.baeldung.lambda
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+class LambdaTest {
+    @Test
+    fun whenCallingALambda_thenPerformTheAction() {
+        assertEquals(9, inferredType(3))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenCallingAMoreComplicatedLambda_thenPerformTheAction() {
+        assertEquals("500", intToBiggerString(5))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenPassingALambdaObject_thenCallTriggerLambda() {
+        val lambda = { arg: Double ->
+            arg == 4.329
+        }
+
+        val result = invokeLambda(lambda)
+
+        assertTrue(result)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenPassingALambdaLiteral_thenCallTriggerLambda() {
+        val result = invokeLambda({
+            true
+        })
+
+        assertTrue(result)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenPassingALambdaLiteralOutsideBrackets_thenCallTriggerLambda() {
+        val result = invokeLambda { arg -> arg.isNaN() }
+
+        assertFalse(result)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenPassingAnAnonymousFunction_thenCallTriggerLambda() {
+        val result = invokeLambda(fun(arg: Double): Boolean {
+            return arg >= 0
+        })
+
+        assertTrue(result)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenUsingLambda_thenCalculateGrade() {
+        val gradeCalculation = getCalculationLambda()
+
+        assertEquals(false, gradeCalculation(-40))
+        assertEquals("Pass", gradeCalculation(50))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenUsingReturnStatementLambda_thenCalculateGrade() {
+        val gradeCalculation: Int.() -> String = getCalculationLambdaWithReturn()
+
+        assertEquals("Distinction", 80.gradeCalculation())
+        assertEquals("Error", 244_234_324.gradeCalculation())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenUsingAnonymousFunction_thenCalculateGrade() {
+        val gradeCalculation = getCalculationAnonymousFunction()
+
+        assertEquals("Error", gradeCalculation(244_234_324))
+        assertEquals("Pass", gradeCalculation(50))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenPassingAFunctionReference_thenCallTriggerLambda() {
+        val reference = Double::isFinite
+        val result = invokeLambda(reference)
+
+        assertTrue(result)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun givenArray_whenMappingArray_thenPerformCalculationOnAllElements() {
+        val expected = listOf("100", "200", "300", "400", "500")
+        val actual = manyLambda(arrayOf(1, 2, 3, 4, 5))
+
+        assertEquals(expected, actual)
+    }
+
+}

drools/pom.xml

@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
     <artifactId>drools</artifactId>
 
     <parent>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
+		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+		<artifactId>parent-spring</artifactId>
+		<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../parent-spring</relativePath>
+	</parent>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -47,18 +48,13 @@
             <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
             <version>${apache-poi-version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-core.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <http-component-version>4.4.6</http-component-version>
         <drools-version>7.4.1.Final</drools-version>
         <apache-poi-version>3.13</apache-poi-version>
-        <spring-core.version>4.3.6.RELEASE</spring-core.version>
+        <spring.version>4.3.6.RELEASE</spring.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

ethereumj/README.md

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 
 ### Relevant Articles:
 - [Introduction to EthereumJ](http://www.baeldung.com/ethereumj)
+- [Creating and Deploying Smart Contracts with Solidity](http://www.baeldung.com/smart-contracts-ethereum-solidity)

gson/pom.xml

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -19,11 +20,6 @@
             <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
             <version>${joda-time.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>

guava-modules/guava-18/pom.xml

@@ -8,19 +8,11 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
     <properties>
         <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
     </properties>

guava-modules/guava-19/pom.xml

@@ -8,19 +8,11 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
     <properties>
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
     </properties>

guava-modules/guava-21/pom.xml

@@ -7,18 +7,12 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jool</artifactId>

guava/pom.xml

@@ -8,17 +8,13 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
         <!-- utils -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
@@ -36,6 +32,14 @@
             <version>${assertj.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hamcrest/java-hamcrest -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>java-hamcrest</artifactId>
+            <version>${java-hamcrest.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
+        <java-hamcrest.version>2.0.0.0</java-hamcrest.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

guava/src/test/java/org/baeldung/hamcrest/HamcrestCoreMatchersTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+package org.baeldung.hamcrest;
+
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.StringEndsWith.endsWith;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.StringStartsWith.startsWith;
+
+public class HamcrestCoreMatchersTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingIsForMatch() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, is("hamcrest core"));
+        assertThat(testString, is(equalTo("hamcrest core")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenDifferentStaticTypeTestInput_WhenUsingEqualToObject_ThenCorrect() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        Object original = 100;
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(original, equalToObject(100));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingInstanceOfForClassTypeCheck() {
+
+        assertThat("hamcrest", is(instanceOf(String.class)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingIsA_ThenAssertType() {
+
+        assertThat("hamcrest core", isA(String.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingEqualToMatcherForEquality() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String actualString = "Hamcrest Core";
+        List<String> actualList = Lists.newArrayList("hamcrest", "core");
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(actualString, is(equalTo("Hamcrest Core")));
+        assertThat(actualList, is(equalTo(Lists.newArrayList("hamcrest", "core"))));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingNotForMatch() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, not("hamcrest core"));
+        assertThat(testString, is(not(equalTo("hamcrest core"))));
+        assertThat(testString, is(not(instanceOf(Integer.class))));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingNullValueForNullCheck() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        Integer nullObject = null;
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(nullObject, is(nullValue()));
+        assertThat(nullObject, is(nullValue(Integer.class)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingNotNullValueForNotNullCheck() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        Integer testNumber = 123;
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testNumber, is(notNullValue()));
+        assertThat(testNumber, is(notNullValue(Integer.class)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_WhenStartsWith_ThenCorrect() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, startsWith("hamcrest"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void giveString_WhenStartsWithIgnoringCase_ThenCorrect() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, startsWithIgnoringCase("HAMCREST"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_WhenEndsWith_ThenCorrect() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, endsWith("core"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_WhenEndsWithIgnoringCase_ThenCorrect() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, endsWithIgnoringCase("CORE"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_WhenContainsString_ThenCorrect() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, containsString("co"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_WhenContainsStringIgnoringCase_ThenCorrect() {
+
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, containsStringIgnoringCase("CO"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingHasItemInCollection() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        List<String> list = Lists.newArrayList("java", "spring", "baeldung");
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(list, hasItem("java"));
+        assertThat(list, hasItem(isA(String.class)));
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingHasItemsInCollection() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        List<String> list = Lists.newArrayList("java", "spring", "baeldung");
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(list, hasItems("java", "baeldung"));
+        assertThat(list, hasItems(isA(String.class), endsWith("ing")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingAnyForClassType() {
+
+        assertThat("hamcrest", is(any(String.class)));
+        assertThat("hamcrest", is(any(Object.class)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingAllOfForAllMatchers() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "Hamcrest Core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, allOf(startsWith("Ham"), endsWith("ore"), containsString("Core")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingAnyOfForAnyMatcher() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "Hamcrest Core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, anyOf(startsWith("Ham"), containsString("baeldung")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingBothForMatcher() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "Hamcrest Core Matchers";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, both(startsWith("Ham")).and(containsString("Core")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingEitherForMatcher() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "Hamcrest Core Matchers";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, either(startsWith("Bael")).or(containsString("Core")));
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingEveryItemForMatchInCollection() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        List<String> testItems = Lists.newArrayList("Common", "Core", "Combinable");
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testItems, everyItem(startsWith("Co")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoTestInputs_WhenUsingSameInstanceForMatch() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String string1 = "hamcrest";
+        String string2 = string1;
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(string1, is(sameInstance(string2)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoTestInputs_WhenUsingTheInstanceForMatch() {
+        // GIVEN
+        String string1 = "hamcrest";
+        String string2 = string1;
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(string1, is(theInstance(string2)));
+    }
+
+}
+

guava/src/test/java/org/baeldung/hamcrest/HamcrestExamplesUnitTest.java

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItems;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.emptyIterable;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -57,6 +58,12 @@ public class HamcrestExamplesUnitTest {
         final List<String> collection = Lists.newArrayList();
         assertThat(collection, empty());
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public final void givenIterableIsEmpty_whenChecking_thenEmpty() {
+        final Iterable<String> collection = Lists.newArrayList();
+        assertThat(collection, emptyIterable());
+    }
 
     @Test
     public final void givenCollectionIsNotEmpty_whenChecking_thenNotEmpty() {

guava/src/test/java/org/baeldung/hamcrest/README.md

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ### Relevant Articles:
 - [Testing with Hamcrest](http://www.baeldung.com/java-junit-hamcrest-guide)
+- [Hamcrest File Matchers](http://www.baeldung.com/hamcrest-file-matchers)

guest/junit5-example/pom.xml

@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@
         <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>5.0.0-M4</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
@@ -62,4 +57,8 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+    
+    <properties>
+    	
+    </properties>
 </project>

handling-spring-static-resources/pom.xml

@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-spring</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../parent-spring</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>

hibernate5/README.md

@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 - [Hibernate Interceptors](http://www.baeldung.com/hibernate-interceptor)
 - [JPA Attribute Converters](http://www.baeldung.com/jpa-attribute-converters)
 - [Mapping LOB Data in Hibernate](http://www.baeldung.com/hibernate-lob)
+- [@Immutable in Hibernate](http://www.baeldung.com/hibernate-immutable)

hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/HibernateUtil.java

@@ -1,30 +1,12 @@
 package com.baeldung.hibernate;
 
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.Employee;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.EntityDescription;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.OrderEntry;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.OrderEntryIdClass;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.OrderEntryPK;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.PointEntity;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.PolygonEntity;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.Product;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.Phone;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.TemporalValues;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.Course;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.Student;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.User;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.UserProfile;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.inheritance.Animal;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.inheritance.Bag;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.inheritance.Book;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.inheritance.Car;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.inheritance.MyEmployee;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.inheritance.MyProduct;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.inheritance.Pen;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.inheritance.Person;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.inheritance.Pet;
-import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.inheritance.Vehicle;
-
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.pessimisticlocking.Individual;
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.pessimisticlocking.PessimisticLockingCourse;
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.pessimisticlocking.PessimisticLockingEmployee;
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.pessimisticlocking.PessimisticLockingStudent;
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.*;
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.Person;
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.inheritance.*;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
 import org.hibernate.boot.Metadata;
@@ -82,6 +64,12 @@ public class HibernateUtil {
         metadataSources.addAnnotatedClass(PointEntity.class);
         metadataSources.addAnnotatedClass(PolygonEntity.class);
         metadataSources.addAnnotatedClass(com.baeldung.hibernate.pojo.Person.class);
+        metadataSources.addAnnotatedClass(Individual.class);
+        metadataSources.addAnnotatedClass(PessimisticLockingEmployee.class);
+        metadataSources.addAnnotatedClass(PessimisticLockingStudent.class);
+        metadataSources.addAnnotatedClass(PessimisticLockingCourse.class);
+        metadataSources.addAnnotatedClass(com.baeldung.hibernate.pessimisticlocking.Customer.class);
+        metadataSources.addAnnotatedClass(com.baeldung.hibernate.pessimisticlocking.Address.class);
 
         Metadata metadata = metadataSources.buildMetadata();
         return metadata.getSessionFactoryBuilder()

hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/pessimisticlocking/Address.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.pessimisticlocking;
+
+import javax.persistence.Embeddable;
+
+@Embeddable
+public class Address {
+
+    private String country;
+    private String city;
+
+    public Address(String country, String city) {
+        this.country = country;
+        this.city = city;
+    }
+
+    public Address() {
+    }
+
+    public String getCountry() {
+        return country;
+    }
+
+    public void setCountry(String country) {
+        this.country = country;
+    }
+
+    public String getCity() {
+        return city;
+    }
+
+    public void setCity(String city) {
+        this.city = city;
+    }
+}

hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/pessimisticlocking/Customer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.pessimisticlocking;
+
+import javax.persistence.*;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Entity
+public class Customer {
+
+    @Id
+    private Long customerId;
+    private String name;
+    private String lastName;
+    @ElementCollection
+    @CollectionTable(name = "customer_address")
+    private List<Address> addressList;
+
+    public Customer() {
+    }
+
+    public Customer(Long customerId, String name, String lastName, List<Address> addressList) {
+        this.customerId = customerId;
+        this.name = name;
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+        this.addressList = addressList;
+    }
+
+    public Long getCustomerId() {
+        return customerId;
+    }
+
+    public void setCustomerId(Long customerId) {
+        this.customerId = customerId;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getLastName() {
+        return lastName;
+    }
+
+    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+    }
+
+    public List<Address> getAddressList() {
+        return addressList;
+    }
+
+    public void setAddressList(List<Address> addressList) {
+        this.addressList = addressList;
+    }
+}

hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/pessimisticlocking/Individual.java

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.pessimisticlocking;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Inheritance;
+import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;
+
+@Entity
+@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.JOINED)
+public class Individual {
+
+    @Id
+    private Long id;
+    private String name;
+    private String lastName;
+
+    public Individual(Long id, String name, String lastName) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.name = name;
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+    }
+
+    public Individual() {
+    }
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(Long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getLastName() {
+        return lastName;
+    }
+
+    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+    }
+}

hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/pessimisticlocking/PessimisticLockingCourse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.pessimisticlocking;
+
+import javax.persistence.*;
+
+@Entity
+public class PessimisticLockingCourse {
+
+    @Id
+    private Long courseId;
+    private String name;
+    @ManyToOne
+    @JoinTable(name = "student_course")
+    private PessimisticLockingStudent student;
+
+    public PessimisticLockingCourse(Long courseId, String name, PessimisticLockingStudent student) {
+        this.courseId = courseId;
+        this.name = name;
+        this.student = student;
+    }
+
+    public PessimisticLockingCourse() {
+    }
+
+    public Long getCourseId() {
+        return courseId;
+    }
+
+    public void setCourseId(Long courseId) {
+        this.courseId = courseId;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public PessimisticLockingStudent getStudent() {
+        return student;
+    }
+
+    public void setStudent(PessimisticLockingStudent students) {
+        this.student = students;
+    }
+}

hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/pessimisticlocking/PessimisticLockingEmployee.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.pessimisticlocking;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
+@Entity
+public class PessimisticLockingEmployee extends Individual {
+
+    private BigDecimal salary;
+
+    public PessimisticLockingEmployee(Long id, String name, String lastName, BigDecimal salary) {
+        super(id, name, lastName);
+        this.salary = salary;
+    }
+
+    public PessimisticLockingEmployee() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    public BigDecimal getSalary() {
+        return salary;
+    }
+
+    public void setSalary(BigDecimal average) {
+        this.salary = average;
+    }
+}

hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/pessimisticlocking/PessimisticLockingStudent.java

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.pessimisticlocking;
+
+import javax.persistence.*;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Entity
+public class PessimisticLockingStudent {
+
+    @Id
+    private Long id;
+    private String name;
+    @OneToMany(mappedBy = "student")
+    private List<PessimisticLockingCourse> courses;
+
+    public PessimisticLockingStudent(Long id, String name) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public PessimisticLockingStudent() {
+    }
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(Long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public List<PessimisticLockingCourse> getCourses() {
+        return courses;
+    }
+
+    public void setCourses(List<PessimisticLockingCourse> courses) {
+        this.courses = courses;
+    }
+}

hibernate5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/pessimisticlocking/BasicPessimisticLockingIntegrationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.pessimisticlocking;
+
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.HibernateUtil;
+import com.vividsolutions.jts.util.Assert;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import javax.persistence.*;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class BasicPessimisticLockingIntegrationTest {
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUp() throws IOException {
+        EntityManager entityManager = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+        PessimisticLockingStudent student = new PessimisticLockingStudent(1L, "JOHN");
+        PessimisticLockingCourse course = new PessimisticLockingCourse(1L, "MATH", student);
+        student.setCourses(Arrays.asList(course));
+        entityManager.persist(course);
+        entityManager.persist(student);
+        entityManager.getTransaction()
+            .commit();
+        entityManager.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFoundRecordWithPessimisticRead_whenFindingNewOne_PessimisticLockExceptionThrown() {
+        try {
+            EntityManager entityManager = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+            entityManager.find(PessimisticLockingStudent.class, 1L, LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_READ);
+
+            EntityManager entityManager2 = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+            entityManager2.find(PessimisticLockingStudent.class, 1L, LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_READ);
+
+            entityManager.close();
+            entityManager2.close();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Assert.isTrue(e instanceof PessimisticLockException);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenRecordWithPessimisticReadQuery_whenQueryingNewOne_PessimisticLockExceptionThrown() throws IOException {
+        try {
+            EntityManager entityManager = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+            Query query = entityManager.createQuery("from Student where studentId = :studentId");
+            query.setParameter("studentId", 1L);
+            query.setLockMode(LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_WRITE);
+            query.getResultList();
+
+            EntityManager entityManager2 = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+            Query query2 = entityManager2.createQuery("from Student where studentId = :studentId");
+            query2.setParameter("studentId", 1L);
+            query2.setLockMode(LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_READ);
+            query2.getResultList();
+
+            entityManager.close();
+            entityManager2.close();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Assert.isTrue(e instanceof PessimisticLockException);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenRecordWithPessimisticReadLock_whenFindingNewOne_PessimisticLockExceptionThrown() {
+        try {
+            EntityManager entityManager = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+            PessimisticLockingStudent resultStudent = entityManager.find(PessimisticLockingStudent.class, 1L);
+            entityManager.lock(resultStudent, LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_READ);
+
+            EntityManager entityManager2 = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+            entityManager2.find(PessimisticLockingStudent.class, 1L, LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_FORCE_INCREMENT);
+
+            entityManager.close();
+            entityManager2.close();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Assert.isTrue(e instanceof PessimisticLockException);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenRecordAndRefreshWithPessimisticRead_whenFindingWithPessimisticWrite_PessimisticLockExceptionThrown() {
+        try {
+            EntityManager entityManager = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+            PessimisticLockingStudent resultStudent = entityManager.find(PessimisticLockingStudent.class, 1L);
+            entityManager.refresh(resultStudent, LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_FORCE_INCREMENT);
+
+            EntityManager entityManager2 = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+            entityManager2.find(PessimisticLockingStudent.class, 1L, LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_WRITE);
+
+            entityManager.close();
+            entityManager2.close();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Assert.isTrue(e instanceof PessimisticLockException);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenRecordWithPessimisticRead_whenUpdatingRecord_PessimisticLockExceptionThrown() {
+        try {
+            EntityManager entityManager = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+            PessimisticLockingStudent resultStudent = entityManager.find(PessimisticLockingStudent.class, 1L);
+            entityManager.refresh(resultStudent, LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_READ);
+
+            EntityManager entityManager2 = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+            PessimisticLockingStudent resultStudent2 = entityManager2.find(PessimisticLockingStudent.class, 1L);
+            resultStudent2.setName("Change");
+            entityManager2.persist(resultStudent2);
+            entityManager2.getTransaction()
+                .commit();
+
+            entityManager.close();
+            entityManager2.close();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Assert.isTrue(e instanceof PessimisticLockException);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenRecordWithPessimisticWrite_whenUpdatingRecord_PessimisticLockExceptionThrown() {
+        try {
+            EntityManager entityManager = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+            PessimisticLockingStudent resultStudent = entityManager.find(PessimisticLockingStudent.class, 1L);
+            entityManager.refresh(resultStudent, LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_WRITE);
+
+            EntityManager entityManager2 = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+            PessimisticLockingStudent resultStudent2 = entityManager2.find(PessimisticLockingStudent.class, 1L);
+            resultStudent2.setName("Change");
+            entityManager2.persist(resultStudent2);
+            entityManager2.getTransaction()
+                .commit();
+
+            entityManager.close();
+            entityManager2.close();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Assert.isTrue(e instanceof PessimisticLockException);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected static EntityManager getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction() throws IOException {
+        String propertyFileName = "hibernate-pessimistic-locking.properties";
+        EntityManager entityManager = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory(propertyFileName)
+            .openSession();
+        entityManager.getTransaction()
+            .begin();
+
+        return entityManager;
+    }
+
+}

hibernate5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/pessimisticlocking/PessimisticLockScopesIntegrationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.pessimisticlocking;
+
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.HibernateUtil;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.LockModeType;
+import javax.persistence.PessimisticLockScope;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class PessimisticLockScopesIntegrationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEclipseEntityWithJoinInheritance_whenNormalLock_thenShouldChildAndParentEntity() throws IOException {
+        EntityManager em = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+        PessimisticLockingEmployee employee = new PessimisticLockingEmployee(1L, "JOHN", "SMITH", new BigDecimal(4.5));
+        em.persist(employee);
+        em.getTransaction()
+            .commit();
+        em.close();
+
+        // NORMAL SCOPE
+        EntityManager em2 = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+        PessimisticLockingEmployee foundEmployee = em2.find(PessimisticLockingEmployee.class, 1L, LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_WRITE);
+        em2.getTransaction()
+            .rollback();
+
+        // EXTENDED SCOPE
+        Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
+        map.put("javax.persistence.lock.scope", PessimisticLockScope.EXTENDED);
+
+        EntityManager em3 = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+        foundEmployee = em3.find(PessimisticLockingEmployee.class, 1L, LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_WRITE, map);
+        em3.getTransaction()
+            .rollback();
+
+        em2.close();
+        em3.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEntityWithElementCollection_whenLock_thenHibernateExtendedScopeLockOnlyOwningEntity() throws IOException {
+        EntityManager em = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+        Address address = new Address("Poland", "Warsaw");
+        Customer customer = new Customer(1L, "JOE", "DOE", Arrays.asList(address));
+        em.persist(customer);
+        em.getTransaction()
+            .commit();
+        em.close();
+
+        // NORMAL SCOPE
+        EntityManager em2 = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+        Customer foundCustomer = em2.find(Customer.class, 1L, LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_WRITE);
+        em2.getTransaction()
+            .rollback();
+
+        // EXTENDED SCOPE
+        Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
+        map.put("javax.persistence.lock.scope", PessimisticLockScope.EXTENDED);
+
+        EntityManager em3 = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+        foundCustomer = em3.find(Customer.class, 1L, LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_WRITE, map);
+        em2.getTransaction()
+            .rollback();
+
+        em2.close();
+        em3.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEntityWithOneToMany_whenLock_thenHibernateExtendedScopeLockOnlyOwningEntity() throws IOException {
+        EntityManager em = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+        PessimisticLockingStudent student = new PessimisticLockingStudent(1L, "JOE");
+        PessimisticLockingCourse course = new PessimisticLockingCourse(1L, "COURSE", student);
+        student.setCourses(Arrays.asList(course));
+        em.persist(course);
+        em.persist(student);
+        em.getTransaction()
+            .commit();
+        em.close();
+
+        // NORMAL SCOPE
+        EntityManager em2 = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+        PessimisticLockingCourse foundCourse = em2.find(PessimisticLockingCourse.class, 1L, LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_WRITE);
+        em2.getTransaction()
+            .rollback();
+
+        // EXTENDED SCOPE
+        Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
+        map.put("javax.persistence.lock.scope", PessimisticLockScope.EXTENDED);
+
+        EntityManager em3 = getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction();
+        foundCourse = em3.find(PessimisticLockingCourse.class, 1L, LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_WRITE, map);
+        em3.getTransaction()
+            .rollback();
+
+        em2.close();
+        em3.close();
+    }
+
+    protected EntityManager getEntityManagerWithOpenTransaction() throws IOException {
+        String propertyFileName = "hibernate-pessimistic-locking.properties";
+        EntityManager entityManager = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory(propertyFileName)
+            .openSession();
+        entityManager.getTransaction()
+            .begin();
+
+        return entityManager;
+    }
+
+}

hibernate5/src/test/resources/hibernate-pessimistic-locking.properties

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+hibernate.connection.driver_class=org.h2.Driver
+hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:h2:mem:mydb1;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;LOCK_TIMEOUT=100;MVCC=FALSE
+hibernate.connection.username=sa
+hibernate.connection.autocommit=true
+hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
+
+hibernate.show_sql=true
+hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=create-drop

httpclient/pom.xml

@@ -8,17 +8,13 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
         <!-- utils -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>

httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/sec/HttpClientAuthLiveTest.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ public class HttpClientAuthLiveTest {
     public final void givenAuthorizationHeaderIsSetManually_whenExecutingGetRequest_thenSuccess2() throws IOException {
         final HttpGet request = new HttpGet(URL_SECURED_BY_BASIC_AUTHENTICATION);
         final String auth = DEFAULT_USER + ":" + DEFAULT_PASS;
-        final byte[] encodedAuth = Base64.encodeBase64(auth.getBytes(Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1")));
+        final byte[] encodedAuth = Base64.encodeBase64(auth.getBytes(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1));
         final String authHeader = "Basic " + new String(encodedAuth);
         request.setHeader(HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION, authHeader);
 
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ public class HttpClientAuthLiveTest {
 
     private String authorizationHeader(final String username, final String password) {
         final String auth = username + ":" + password;
-        final byte[] encodedAuth = Base64.encodeBase64(auth.getBytes(Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1")));
+        final byte[] encodedAuth = Base64.encodeBase64(auth.getBytes(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1));
 
         return "Basic " + new String(encodedAuth);
     }

influxdb/README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ## Influx SDK Tutorial Project
 
 ### Relevant Article:
-- [Introduction to using InfluxDB with Java](http://www.baeldung.com/using-influxdb-with-java/)
+- [Using InfluxDB with Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-influxdb)
+
 
 ### Overview
 This Maven project contains the Java code for the article linked above.

jackson/pom.xml

@@ -8,18 +8,13 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
         <!-- utils -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>

javax-servlets/README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ### Relevant Articles:
 - [Introduction to Java Servlets](http://www.baeldung.com/intro-to-servlets)
 - [An MVC Example with Servlets and JSP](http://www.baeldung.com/mvc-servlet-jsp)
+- [Handling Cookies and a Session in a Java Servlet](http://www.baeldung.com/java-servlet-cookies-session)

jmh/pom.xml

@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -25,17 +26,6 @@
             <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
             <version>${openjdk.jmh.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>

jsf/README.md

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 - [Introduction to JSF Expression Language 3.0](http://www.baeldung.com/jsf-expression-language-el-3)
 - [Introduction to JSF EL 2](http://www.baeldung.com/intro-to-jsf-expression-language)
 - [JavaServer Faces (JSF) with Spring](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-jsf)
+- [Introduction to Primefaces](http://www.baeldung.com/jsf-primefaces)

jsf/pom.xml

@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
             <version>${javax.servlet.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        
+         <!-- Primefaces -->
+        <dependency>
+		<groupId>org.primefaces</groupId>
+		<artifactId>primefaces</artifactId>
+		<version>6.2</version>
+	</dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -103,6 +110,6 @@
 
         <!-- maven plugins -->
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-    </properties>
 
+    </properties>
 </project>

jsf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springintegration/controllers/HelloPFBean.java

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+package com.baeldung.springintegration.controllers;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import javax.el.ELContextEvent;
+import javax.el.ELContextListener;
+import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
+import javax.faces.bean.ViewScoped;
+
+@ManagedBean(name = "helloPFBean")
+@ViewScoped
+public class HelloPFBean {
+
+    private String firstName;
+    private String lastName;
+
+    private String componentSuite;
+
+    private List<Technology> technologies;
+
+    private String inputText;
+    private String outputText;
+
+    @PostConstruct
+    public void init() {
+        firstName = "Hello";
+        lastName = "Primefaces";
+
+        technologies = new ArrayList<Technology>();
+
+        Technology technology1 = new Technology();
+        technology1.setCurrentVersion("10");
+        technology1.setName("Java");
+
+        technologies.add(technology1);
+
+        Technology technology2 = new Technology();
+        technology2.setCurrentVersion("5.0");
+        technology2.setName("Spring");
+
+        technologies.add(technology2);
+    }
+
+    public void onBlurEvent() {
+        outputText = inputText.toUpperCase();
+    }
+
+    public String getFirstName() {
+        return firstName;
+    }
+
+    public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+        this.firstName = firstName;
+    }
+
+    public String getLastName() {
+        return lastName;
+    }
+
+    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+    }
+
+    public String getComponentSuite() {
+        return componentSuite;
+    }
+
+    public void setComponentSuite(String componentSuite) {
+        this.componentSuite = componentSuite;
+    }
+
+    public List<Technology> getTechnologies() {
+        return technologies;
+    }
+
+    public void setTechnologies(List<Technology> technologies) {
+        this.technologies = technologies;
+    }
+
+    public String getInputText() {
+        return inputText;
+    }
+
+    public void setInputText(String inputText) {
+        this.inputText = inputText;
+    }
+
+    public String getOutputText() {
+        return outputText;
+    }
+
+    public void setOutputText(String outputText) {
+        this.outputText = outputText;
+    }
+
+    public class Technology {
+        private String name;
+        private String currentVersion;
+
+        public String getName() {
+            return name;
+        }
+
+        public void setName(String name) {
+            this.name = name;
+        }
+
+        public String getCurrentVersion() {
+            return currentVersion;
+        }
+
+        public void setCurrentVersion(String currentVersion) {
+            this.currentVersion = currentVersion;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}

jsf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springintegration/controllers/HelloPFMBean.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.baeldung.springintegration.controllers;
+
+import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
+import javax.faces.bean.SessionScoped;
+
+@ManagedBean(name = "helloPFMBean")
+@SessionScoped
+public class HelloPFMBean {
+
+    private String magicWord;
+
+    public String getMagicWord() {
+        return magicWord;
+    }
+
+    public void setMagicWord(String magicWord) {
+        this.magicWord = magicWord;
+    }
+
+    public String go() {
+        if (this.magicWord != null && this.magicWord.toUpperCase()
+            .equals("BAELDUNG")) {
+            return "pm:success";
+        }
+        return "pm:failure";
+    }
+
+}

jsf/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/faces-config.xml

@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
             </var>
         </resource-bundle>
         <el-resolver>org.springframework.web.jsf.el.SpringBeanFacesELResolver</el-resolver>
+        
+        <navigation-handler>
+	    org.primefaces.mobile.application.MobileNavigationHandler
+        </navigation-handler>
+		
+    <!-- 	<default-render-kit-id>PRIMEFACES_MOBILE</default-render-kit-id> -->
     </application>
 
     <navigation-rule>

jsf/src/main/webapp/pf_intro.xhtml

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
+"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+	xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
+	xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
+	xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
+	xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui">
+
+<h:head>
+	<title>Hello Primefaces</title>
+</h:head>
+<h:body>
+	<h:form id="primeForm">
+
+		<p:panelGrid columns="2">
+			<h:outputText value="#{helloPFBean.firstName}" />
+			<h:outputText value="#{helloPFBean.lastName}" />
+		</p:panelGrid>
+
+		<h:panelGrid columns="2">
+			<p:outputLabel for="jsfCompSuite" value="Component Suite" />
+			<p:selectOneRadio id="jsfCompSuite"
+				value="#{helloPFBean.componentSuite}">
+				<f:selectItem itemLabel="ICEfaces" itemValue="ICEfaces" />
+				<f:selectItem itemLabel="RichFaces" itemValue="RichFaces" />
+			</p:selectOneRadio>
+		</h:panelGrid>
+
+		<p:dataTable var="technology" value="#{helloPFBean.technologies}">
+			<p:column headerText="Name">
+				<h:outputText value="#{technology.name}" />
+			</p:column>
+
+			<p:column headerText="Version">
+				<h:outputText value="#{technology.currentVersion}" />
+			</p:column>
+		</p:dataTable>
+
+		<h:panelGrid columns="3">
+			<h:outputText value="Blur event " />
+			<p:inputText id="inputTextId" value="#{helloPFBean.inputText}">
+				<p:ajax event="blur" update="outputTextId"
+					listener="#{helloPFBean.onBlurEvent}" />
+			</p:inputText>
+			<h:outputText id="outputTextId" value="#{helloPFBean.outputText}" />
+			<p:commandButton value="Open Dialog" icon="ui-icon-note"
+				onclick="PF('exDialog').show();">
+			</p:commandButton>
+		</h:panelGrid>
+
+		<p:dialog header="Example dialog" widgetVar="exDialog" minHeight="40">
+			<h:outputText value="Hello Baeldung!" />
+		</p:dialog>
+
+	</h:form>
+
+</h:body>
+</html>

jsf/src/main/webapp/pfm_intro.xhtml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+	xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
+	xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
+	xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
+	xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui"
+	xmlns:pm="http://primefaces.org/mobile">
+<f:view renderKitId="PRIMEFACES_MOBILE" />
+<h:head>
+</h:head>
+<h:body>
+	<pm:page id="enter">
+		<pm:header>
+			<p:outputLabel value="Introduction to PFM"></p:outputLabel>
+		</pm:header>
+		<pm:content>
+			<h:form id="enterForm">
+				<pm:field>
+					<p:outputLabel value="Enter Magic Word"></p:outputLabel>
+					<p:inputText id="magicWord" value="#{helloPFMBean.magicWord}"></p:inputText>
+				</pm:field>
+				<p:commandButton value="Go!" action="#{helloPFMBean.go}"></p:commandButton>
+			</h:form>
+		</pm:content>
+	</pm:page>
+	<pm:page id="success">
+		<pm:content>
+			<p:outputLabel value="Correct!"></p:outputLabel>
+			<p:button value="Back" outcome="pm:enter?transition=flow"></p:button>
+		</pm:content>
+	</pm:page>
+	<pm:page id="failure">
+		<pm:content>
+			<p:outputLabel value="That is not the magic word"></p:outputLabel>
+			<p:button value="Back" outcome="pm:enter?transition=flow"></p:button>
+		</pm:content>
+	</pm:page>
+</h:body>
+</html>

json/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Relevant Articles:
 - [Introduction to JSON Schema in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/introduction-to-json-schema-in-java)
-- [A Guide to FastJson](http://www.baeldung.com/????????)
+- [A Guide to FastJson](http://www.baeldung.com/fastjson)
 - [Introduction to JSONForms](http://www.baeldung.com/introduction-to-jsonforms)
 - [Introduction to JsonPath](http://www.baeldung.com/guide-to-jayway-jsonpath)
+- [Introduction to JSON-Java (org.json)](http://www.baeldung.com/java-org-json)

jsonb/pom.xml

@@ -34,12 +34,6 @@
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
             <version>${junit.jupiter.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-platform-surefire-provider</artifactId>

libraries-data/README.md

@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
 - [Intro to JDO Queries 2/2](http://www.baeldung.com/jdo-queries)
 - [Introduction to HikariCP](http://www.baeldung.com/hikaricp)
 - [Introduction to JCache](http://www.baeldung.com/jcache)
+- [A Guide to Apache Ignite](http://www.baeldung.com/apache-ignite)
 - [Apache Ignite with Spring Data](http://www.baeldung.com/apache-ignite-spring-data)

libraries/README.md

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 - [Creating and Configuring Jetty 9 Server in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/jetty-java-programmatic)
 - [Introduction To OpenCSV](http://www.baeldung.com/opencsv)
 - [Introduction to Akka Actors in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/akka-actors-java)
-- [Asynchronous HTTP with async-http-client in Java](https://github.com/eugenp/tutorials/tree/master/libraries)
+- [Asynchronous HTTP with async-http-client in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/async-http-client)
 - [Introduction to Smooks](http://www.baeldung.com/smooks)
 - [WebSockets with AsyncHttpClient](http://www.baeldung.com/async-http-client-websockets)
 - [A Guide to Infinispan in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/infinispan)
@@ -70,7 +70,16 @@
 - [Introduction to Akka Actors in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/akka-actors-java)
 - [A Guide to Apache Commons Collections CollectionUtils](http://www.baeldung.com/apache-commons-collection-utils)
 - [A Guide to Byte Buddy](http://www.baeldung.com/byte-buddy)
+- [Introduction to jOOL](http://www.baeldung.com/jool)
+- [Consumer Driven Contracts with Pact](http://www.baeldung.com/pact-junit-consumer-driven-contracts)
+- [Apache Commons BeanUtils](http://www.baeldung.com/apache-commons-beanutils)
+- [Apache Commons Collections BidiMap](http://www.baeldung.com/commons-collections-bidi-map)
+- [Introduction to Atlassian Fugue](http://www.baeldung.com/java-fugue)
+- [Publish and Receive Messages with Nats Java Client](http://www.baeldung.com/nats-java-client)
 - [Java Concurrency Utility with JCTools](http://www.baeldung.com/java-concurrency-jc-tools)
+- [Apache Commons Collections MapUtils](http://www.baeldung.com/apache-commons-map-utils)
+- [Testing Netty with EmbeddedChannel](http://www.baeldung.com/testing-netty-embedded-channel)
+
 
 The libraries module contains examples related to small libraries that are relatively easy to use and does not require any separate module of its own.
 

libraries/pom.xml

@@ -680,6 +680,12 @@
             <version>${unirest.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- javalin -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.javalin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javalin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.6.0</version>
+        </dependency>
         <!-- Atlassian Fugue -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.atlassian.fugue</groupId>

libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javalin/JavalinApp.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.javalin;
+
+import com.baeldung.javalin.User.UserController;
+import io.javalin.Javalin;
+
+public class JavalinApp {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Javalin app = Javalin.create()
+                .port(7000)
+                .start();
+
+        app.get("/hello", ctx -> ctx.html("Hello, Javalin!"));
+        app.get("/users", UserController.fetchAllUsernames);
+        app.get("/users/:id", UserController.fetchById);
+    }
+}

libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javalin/User/User.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.baeldung.javalin.User;
+
+public class User {
+    public final int id;
+    public final String name;
+
+    public User(int id, String name) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+}

libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javalin/User/UserController.java

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.baeldung.javalin.User;
+
+import io.javalin.Handler;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class UserController {
+    public static Handler fetchAllUsernames = ctx -> {
+        UserDao dao = UserDao.instance();
+        Iterable<String> allUsers = dao.getAllUsernames();
+        ctx.json(allUsers);
+    };
+
+    public static Handler fetchById = ctx -> {
+        int id = Integer.parseInt(Objects.requireNonNull(ctx.param("id")));
+        UserDao dao = UserDao.instance();
+        User user = dao.getUserById(id);
+        if (user == null) {
+            ctx.html("Not Found");
+        } else {
+            ctx.json(user);
+        }
+    };
+}