Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/eugenp/tutorials

algorithms/README.md

@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
 - [Bubble Sort in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-bubble-sort)
 - [Introduction to JGraphT](http://www.baeldung.com/jgrapht)
 - [Introduction to Minimax Algorithm](http://www.baeldung.com/java-minimax-algorithm)
+- [How to Calculate Levenshtein Distance in Java?](http://www.baeldung.com/java-levenshtein-distance)

apache-spark/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Relevant articles
+
+- [Introduction to Apache Spark](http://www.baeldung.com/apache-spark)

cas/cas-secured-app/pom.xml

@@ -65,6 +65,24 @@
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<forkCount>3</forkCount>
+					<reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+					<excludes>
+						<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
+						<exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
+						<exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
+						<exclude>**/JdbcTest.java</exclude>
+						<exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
+					</excludes>
+
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
@@ -107,4 +125,5 @@
 	</pluginRepositories>
 
 
+
 </project>

cas/cas-secured-app/src/test/java/com/baeldung/cassecuredapp/CasSecuredAppApplicationIntegrationTest.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
 
 @RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
 @SpringBootTest
-public class CasSecuredAppApplicationTests {
+public class CasSecuredAppApplicationIntegrationTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void contextLoads() {

cas/cas-server/src/main/resources/application.properties

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].sql=SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = ?
 cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].url=jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/test?useUnicode=true&useJDBCCompliantTimezoneShift=true&useLegacyDatetimeCode=false&serverTimezone=UTC
 cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
 cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].user=root
-cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].password=
+cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].password=root
 cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].ddlAuto=none
 #cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].driverClass=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
 cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].driverClass=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver

cas/cas-server/src/main/resources/create_test_db_and_users_tbl.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+-- Dumping database structure for test
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `test` /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 */;
+USE `test`;
+
+-- Dumping structure for table test.users
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users` (
+  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `email` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `password` text DEFAULT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=3 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `users` DISABLE KEYS */;
+INSERT INTO `users` (`id`, `email`, `password`) VALUES
+	(1, 'test@test.com', 'Mellon');
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `users` ENABLE KEYS */;

core-java-8/README.md

@@ -30,3 +30,5 @@
 - [The Difference Between map() and flatMap()](http://www.baeldung.com/java-difference-map-and-flatmap)
 - [Merging Streams in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-merge-streams)
 - [“Stream has already been operated upon or closed” Exception in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-stream-operated-upon-or-closed-exception)
+- [Display All Time Zones With GMT And UTC in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-time-zones)
+- [Copy a File with Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-copy-file)

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/ClassWithAnnotation.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+@Deprecated
+class ClassWithAnnotation {
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/ClassWithDeprecatedMethod.java

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+class ClassWithDeprecatedMethod {
+
+    @Deprecated
+    static void deprecatedMethod() {
+
+    }
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/ClassWithSafeVarargs.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+class ClassWithSafeVarargs<T> {
+
+    @SafeVarargs
+    final void iterateOverVarargs(T... args) {
+        for (T x : args) {
+            // do stuff with x
+        }
+    }
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/ClassWithSuppressWarnings.java

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+class ClassWithSuppressWarnings {
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+    void useDeprecatedMethod() {
+        ClassWithDeprecatedMethod.deprecatedMethod(); // no warning is generated here
+    }
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/IntConsumer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+@FunctionalInterface
+interface IntConsumer {
+
+    void accept(Integer number);
+
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/Interval.java

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Repeatable;
+
+@Repeatable(Intervals.class)
+@interface Interval {
+    int hour() default 1;
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/IntervalUsage.java

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+public class IntervalUsage {
+
+    @Interval(hour = 17)
+    @Interval(hour = 13)
+    void doPeriodicCleanup() {
+    }
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/Intervals.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+@interface Intervals {
+    Interval[] value();
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/MyAnnotation.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+@Inherited
+@Documented
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ElementType.LOCAL_VARIABLE, ElementType.FIELD})
+@interface MyAnnotation {
+
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/MyAnnotationTarget.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+class MyAnnotationTarget {
+
+    // this is OK
+    @MyAnnotation
+    String someField;
+
+    // @MyAnnotation <- this is invalid usage!
+    void doSomething() {
+
+        // this also works
+        @MyAnnotation
+        String localVariable;
+    }
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/MyOperation.java

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+interface MyOperation {
+
+    void perform();
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/MyOperationImpl.java

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+class MyOperationImpl implements MyOperation {
+
+    @Override
+    public void perform() {
+
+    }
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/timezonedisplay/TimezoneDisplay.java

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package com.baeldung.timezonedisplay;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class TimezoneDisplay {
+
+    public enum OffsetBase {
+        GMT, UTC
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getTimeZoneList(OffsetBase base) {
+        Set<String> availableZoneIds = ZoneId.getAvailableZoneIds();
+
+        LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now();
+        return availableZoneIds
+          .stream()
+          .map(ZoneId::of)
+          .sorted(new ZoneComparator())
+          .map(id -> String.format("(%s%s) %s", base, getOffset(now, id), id.getId()))
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+    private String getOffset(LocalDateTime dateTime, ZoneId id) {
+        return dateTime
+          .atZone(id)
+          .getOffset()
+          .getId()
+          .replace("Z", "+00:00");
+    }
+
+    private class ZoneComparator implements Comparator<ZoneId> {
+
+        @Override
+        public int compare(ZoneId zoneId1, ZoneId zoneId2) {
+            LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now();
+
+            ZoneOffset offset1 = now
+              .atZone(zoneId1)
+              .getOffset();
+
+            ZoneOffset offset2 = now
+              .atZone(zoneId2)
+              .getOffset();
+
+            return offset1.compareTo(offset2);
+        }
+    }
+
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/timezonedisplay/TimezoneDisplayApp.java

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.baeldung.timezonedisplay;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class TimezoneDisplayApp {
+
+    public static void main(String... args) {
+        TimezoneDisplay display = new TimezoneDisplay();
+
+        System.out.println("Time zones in UTC:");
+        List<String> utc = display.getTimeZoneList(TimezoneDisplay.OffsetBase.UTC);
+        utc.forEach(System.out::println);
+
+        System.out.println("Time zones in GMT:");
+        List<String> gmt = display.getTimeZoneList(TimezoneDisplay.OffsetBase.GMT);
+        gmt.forEach(System.out::println);
+    }
+}

core-java-9/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java9/datetime/DateToLocalDateConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.java9.datetime;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Class which shows a way to convert java.util.Date into java.time.LocalDate.
+ * 
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class DateToLocalDateConverter {
+
+    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDateViaInstant(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return dateToConvert.toInstant()
+            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+            .toLocalDate();
+    }
+
+    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDateViaSqlDate(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return new java.sql.Date(dateToConvert.getTime()).toLocalDate();
+    }
+
+    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDateViaMilisecond(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return Instant.ofEpochMilli(dateToConvert.getTime())
+            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+            .toLocalDate();
+    }
+
+    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDate(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return LocalDate.ofInstant(dateToConvert.toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault());
+    }
+
+}

core-java-9/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java9/datetime/DateToLocalDateTimeConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.java9.datetime;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Class which shows a way to convert java.util.Date into java.time.LocalDateTime.
+ * 
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class DateToLocalDateTimeConverter {
+
+    public static LocalDateTime convertToLocalDateTimeViaInstant(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return dateToConvert.toInstant()
+            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+            .toLocalDateTime();
+    }
+
+    public static LocalDateTime convertToLocalDateTimeViaSqlTimestamp(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return new java.sql.Timestamp(dateToConvert.getTime()).toLocalDateTime();
+    }
+
+    public static LocalDateTime convertToLocalDateTimeViaMilisecond(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return Instant.ofEpochMilli(dateToConvert.getTime())
+            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+            .toLocalDateTime();
+    }
+
+    public static LocalDateTime convertToLocalDateTime(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return LocalDateTime.ofInstant(dateToConvert.toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault());
+    }
+
+}

core-java-9/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java9/datetime/LocalDateTimeToDateConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.java9.datetime;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Class which shows different ways of converting java.time.LocalDateTime into java.util.Date. 
+ *  
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class LocalDateTimeToDateConverter {
+
+    public static Date convertToDateViaSqlTimestamp(LocalDateTime dateToConvert) {
+        return java.sql.Timestamp.valueOf(dateToConvert);
+    }
+
+    public static Date convertToDateViaInstant(LocalDateTime dateToConvert) {
+        return java.util.Date.from(dateToConvert.atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+            .toInstant());
+    }
+
+}

core-java-9/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java9/datetime/LocalDateToDateConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.java9.datetime;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Class which shows different ways of converting java.time.LocalDate into java.util.Date. 
+ *  
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class LocalDateToDateConverter {
+
+    public static Date convertToDateViaSqlDate(LocalDate dateToConvert) {
+        return java.sql.Date.valueOf(dateToConvert);
+    }
+
+    public static Date convertToDateViaInstant(LocalDate dateToConvert) {
+        return java.util.Date.from(dateToConvert.atStartOfDay()
+            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+            .toInstant());
+    }
+
+}

core-java-9/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9/datetime/DateToLocalDateConverterTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.java9.datetime;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.java9.datetime.DateToLocalDateConverter;
+
+/**
+ * JUnits for {@link DateToLocalDateConverter} class.
+ * 
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class DateToLocalDateConverterTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010WhenConvertViaInstant() {
+        // given
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.set(2010, 10, 10);
+        Date dateToConvert = calendar.getTime();
+
+        // when
+        LocalDate localDate = DateToLocalDateConverter.convertToLocalDateViaInstant(dateToConvert);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, localDate.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(11, localDate.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, localDate.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010WhenConvertViaMiliseconds() {
+        // given
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.set(2010, 10, 10);
+        Date dateToConvert = calendar.getTime();
+
+        // when
+        LocalDate localDate = DateToLocalDateConverter.convertToLocalDateViaMilisecond(dateToConvert);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, localDate.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(11, localDate.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, localDate.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010WhenConvertViaSqlDate() {
+        // given
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.set(2010, 10, 10);
+        Date dateToConvert = calendar.getTime();
+
+        // when
+        LocalDate localDate = DateToLocalDateConverter.convertToLocalDateViaSqlDate(dateToConvert);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, localDate.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(11, localDate.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, localDate.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010WhenConvertToLocalDate() {
+        // given
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.set(2010, 10, 10);
+        Date dateToConvert = calendar.getTime();
+
+        // when
+        LocalDate localDateTime = DateToLocalDateConverter.convertToLocalDate(dateToConvert);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(11, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+    }
+
+}

core-java-9/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9/datetime/DateToLocalDateTimeConverterTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.java9.datetime;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.java9.datetime.DateToLocalDateTimeConverter;
+
+/**
+ * JUnits for {@link DateToLocalDateTimeConverter} class.
+ * 
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class DateToLocalDateTimeConverterTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010time8hour20minWhenConvertViaInstant() {
+        // given
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.set(2010, 10, 10, 8, 20);
+        Date dateToConvert = calendar.getTime();
+
+        // when
+        LocalDateTime localDateTime = DateToLocalDateTimeConverter.convertToLocalDateTimeViaInstant(dateToConvert);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(11, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+        assertEquals(8, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.HOUR_OF_DAY));
+        assertEquals(20, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MINUTE_OF_HOUR));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010time8hour20minWhenConvertViaMiliseconds() {
+        // given
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.set(2010, 10, 10, 8, 20);
+        Date dateToConvert = calendar.getTime();
+
+        // when
+        LocalDateTime localDateTime = DateToLocalDateTimeConverter.convertToLocalDateTimeViaMilisecond(dateToConvert);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(11, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+        assertEquals(8, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.HOUR_OF_DAY));
+        assertEquals(20, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MINUTE_OF_HOUR));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010time8hour20minWhenConvertViaSqlTimestamp() {
+        // given
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.set(2010, 10, 10, 8, 20);
+        Date dateToConvert = calendar.getTime();
+
+        // when
+        LocalDateTime localDateTime = DateToLocalDateTimeConverter.convertToLocalDateTimeViaSqlTimestamp(dateToConvert);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(11, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+        assertEquals(8, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.HOUR_OF_DAY));
+        assertEquals(20, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MINUTE_OF_HOUR));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010time8hour20minWhenConvertToLocalDateTime() {
+        // given
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.set(2010, 10, 10, 8, 20);
+        Date dateToConvert = calendar.getTime();
+
+        // when
+        LocalDateTime localDateTime = DateToLocalDateTimeConverter.convertToLocalDateTime(dateToConvert);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(11, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+        assertEquals(8, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.HOUR_OF_DAY));
+        assertEquals(20, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MINUTE_OF_HOUR));
+    }
+
+}

core-java-9/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9/datetime/LocalDateTimeToDateConverterTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.java9.datetime;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * JUnits for {@link LocalDateTimeToDateConverter} class.
+ * 
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class LocalDateTimeToDateConverterTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010time8hour20minWhenConvertViaInstant() {
+        // given
+        LocalDateTime dateToConvert = LocalDateTime.of(2010, 11, 10, 8, 20);
+
+        // when
+        Date date = LocalDateTimeToDateConverter.convertToDateViaInstant(dateToConvert);
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.setTime(date);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+        assertEquals(8, calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR));
+        assertEquals(20, calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE));
+        assertEquals(0, calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010WhenConvertViaSqlTimestamp() {
+        // given
+        LocalDateTime dateToConvert = LocalDateTime.of(2010, 11, 10, 8, 20);
+
+        // when
+        Date date = LocalDateTimeToDateConverter.convertToDateViaSqlTimestamp(dateToConvert);
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.setTime(date);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+        assertEquals(8, calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR));
+        assertEquals(20, calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE));
+        assertEquals(0, calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND));
+    }
+
+}

core-java-9/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9/datetime/LocalDateToDateConverterTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.java9.datetime;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * JUnits for {@link LocalDateToDateConverter} class.
+ * 
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class LocalDateToDateConverterTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010WhenConvertViaInstant() {
+        // given
+        LocalDate dateToConvert = LocalDate.of(2010, 11, 10);
+
+        // when
+        Date date = LocalDateToDateConverter.convertToDateViaInstant(dateToConvert);
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.setTime(date);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010WhenConvertViaSqlDate() {
+        // given
+        LocalDate dateToConvert = LocalDate.of(2010, 11, 10);
+
+        // when
+        Date date = LocalDateToDateConverter.convertToDateViaSqlDate(dateToConvert);
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.setTime(date);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+    }
+
+}

core-java-concurrency/README.md

@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@
 - [Guide to Volatile Keyword in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-volatile)
 - [Overview of the java.util.concurrent](http://www.baeldung.com/java-util-concurrent)
 - [Semaphores in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-semaphore)
+- [Daemon Threads in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-daemon-thread)

core-java-concurrency/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/stopping/ControlSubThread.java

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package com.baeldung.concurrent.stopping;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+public class ControlSubThread implements Runnable {
+
+    private Thread worker;
+    private int interval = 100;
+    private AtomicBoolean running = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    private AtomicBoolean stopped = new AtomicBoolean(true);
+
+
+    public ControlSubThread(int sleepInterval) {
+        interval = sleepInterval;
+    }
+
+    public void start() {
+        worker = new Thread(this);
+        worker.start();
+    }
+
+    public void stop() {
+        running.set(false);
+    }
+
+    public void interrupt() {
+        running.set(false);
+        worker.interrupt();
+    }
+
+    boolean isRunning() {
+        return running.get();
+    }
+
+    boolean isStopped() {
+        return stopped.get();
+    }
+
+    public void run() {
+        running.set(true);
+        stopped.set(false);
+        while (running.get()) {
+            try {
+                Thread.sleep(interval);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                // no-op, just loop again
+            }
+            // do something
+        }
+        stopped.set(true);
+    }
+}

core-java-concurrency/src/test/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/stopping/StopThreadTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package com.baeldung.concurrent.stopping;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class StopThreadTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenStoppedThreadIsStopped() throws InterruptedException {
+
+        int interval = 100;
+
+        ControlSubThread controlSubThread = new ControlSubThread(interval);
+        controlSubThread.start();
+
+        // Give things a chance to get set up
+        Thread.sleep(interval);
+        assertTrue(controlSubThread.isRunning());
+        assertFalse(controlSubThread.isStopped());
+
+        // Stop it and make sure the flags have been reversed
+        controlSubThread.stop();
+        Thread.sleep(interval);
+        assertTrue(controlSubThread.isStopped());
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInterruptedThreadIsStopped() throws InterruptedException {
+
+        int interval = 5000;
+
+        ControlSubThread controlSubThread = new ControlSubThread(interval);
+        controlSubThread.start();
+
+        // Give things a chance to get set up
+        Thread.sleep(100);
+        assertTrue(controlSubThread.isRunning());
+        assertFalse(controlSubThread.isStopped());
+
+        // Stop it and make sure the flags have been reversed
+        controlSubThread.interrupt();
+
+        // Wait less than the time we would normally sleep, and make sure we exited.
+        Thread.sleep(interval/10);
+        assertTrue(controlSubThread.isStopped());
+    }
+}

core-java/README.md

@@ -115,4 +115,9 @@
 - [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)
+- [Copy a File with Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-copy-file)
+- [Introduction to Creational Design Patterns](http://www.baeldung.com/creational-design-patterns)
 

core-java/pom.xml

@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
         <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
 
         <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>22.0</guava.version>
+        <guava.version>23.0</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/AbstractFactory.java

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.abstractfactory;
+
+public interface AbstractFactory {
+    Animal getAnimal(String toyType) ;
+    Color getColor(String colorType);
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.abstractfactory;
+
+public class AbstractPatternDriver {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        AbstractFactory abstractFactory;
+        
+        //creating a brown toy dog
+        abstractFactory = FactoryProvider.getFactory("Toy");
+        Animal toy = abstractFactory.getAnimal("Dog");
+        
+        abstractFactory = FactoryProvider.getFactory("Color");
+        Color color = abstractFactory.getColor("Brown");
+        
+        String result = "A " + toy.getType() + " with " + color.getColor() + " color " + toy.makeSound();
+        
+        System.out.println(result);
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.abstractfactory;
+
+public interface Animal {
+    String getType();
+    String makeSound();
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.abstractfactory;
+
+public class AnimalFactory implements AbstractFactory {
+
+    @Override
+    public Animal getAnimal(String animalType) {
+        if ("Dog".equalsIgnoreCase(animalType)) {
+            return new Dog();
+        } else if ("Duck".equalsIgnoreCase(animalType)) {
+            return new Duck();
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Color getColor(String color) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.abstractfactory;
+
+public class Brown implements Color {
+
+    @Override
+    public String getColor() {
+        return "brown";
+    }
+
+}

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

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

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

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.abstractfactory;
+
+public class ColorFactory implements AbstractFactory {
+
+    @Override
+    public Color getColor(String colorType) {
+        if ("Brown".equalsIgnoreCase(colorType)) {
+            return new Brown();
+        } else if ("White".equalsIgnoreCase(colorType)) {
+            return new White();
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Animal getAnimal(String toyType) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.abstractfactory;
+
+public class Dog implements Animal {
+
+    @Override
+    public String getType() {
+        return "Dog";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String makeSound() {
+        return "Barks";
+    }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.abstractfactory;
+
+public class Duck implements Animal {
+
+    @Override
+    public String getType() {
+        return "Duck";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String makeSound() {
+        return "Squeks";
+    }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.abstractfactory;
+
+public class FactoryProvider {
+    public static AbstractFactory getFactory(String choice){
+        
+        if("Toy".equalsIgnoreCase(choice)){
+            return new AnimalFactory();
+        }
+        else if("Color".equalsIgnoreCase(choice)){
+            return new ColorFactory();
+        }
+        
+        return null;
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.abstractfactory;
+
+public class White implements Color {
+
+    @Override
+    public String getColor() {
+        return "White";
+    }
+
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/designpatterns/creational/builder/BankAccount.java

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.builder;
+
+public class BankAccount {
+    private String name;
+    private String accountNumber;
+    private String email;
+    private boolean newsletter;
+
+    //The constructor that takes a builder from which it will create object
+    //the access to this is only provided to builder
+    private BankAccount(BankAccountBuilder builder) {
+        this.name = builder.name;
+        this.accountNumber = builder.accountNumber;
+        this.email = builder.email;
+        this.newsletter = builder.newsletter;
+    }
+    
+    public static class BankAccountBuilder {
+        private String name;
+        private String accountNumber;
+        private String email;
+        private boolean newsletter;
+        
+        //All Mandatory parameters goes with this constructor
+        public BankAccountBuilder(String name, String accountNumber) {
+            this.name = name;
+            this.accountNumber = accountNumber;
+        }
+
+        //setters for optional parameters which returns this same builder
+        //to support fluent design
+        public BankAccountBuilder withEmail(String email) {
+            this.email = email;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public BankAccountBuilder wantNewsletter(boolean newsletter) {
+            this.newsletter = newsletter;
+            return this;
+        }
+        
+        //the actual build method that prepares and returns a BankAccount object
+        public BankAccount build() {
+            return new BankAccount(this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    //getters
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public String getAccountNumber() {
+        return accountNumber;
+    }
+
+    public String getEmail() {
+        return email;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isNewsletter() {
+        return newsletter;
+    }
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/designpatterns/creational/builder/BuilderPatternDriver.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.builder;
+
+public class BuilderPatternDriver {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        BankAccount newAccount = new BankAccount
+          .BankAccountBuilder("Jon", "22738022275")
+          .withEmail("jon@example.com")
+          .wantNewsletter(true)
+          .build();
+
+        System.out.println("Name: " + newAccount.getName());
+        System.out.println("AccountNumber:" + newAccount.getAccountNumber());
+        System.out.println("Email: " + newAccount.getEmail());
+        System.out.println("Want News letter?: " + newAccount.isNewsletter());
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.factory;
+
+public class FactoryDriver {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Polygon p;
+        PolygonFactory factory = new PolygonFactory();
+        
+        //get the shape which has 4 sides
+        p = factory.getPolygon(4);
+        System.out.println("The shape with 4 sides is a " + p.getType());
+        
+        //get the shape which has 4 sides
+        p = factory.getPolygon(8);
+        System.out.println("The shape with 8 sides is a " + p.getType());
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.factory;
+
+public class Heptagon implements Polygon {
+
+    @Override
+    public String getType() {
+        return "Heptagon";
+    }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.factory;
+
+public class Octagon implements Polygon {
+
+    @Override
+    public String getType() {
+        return "Octagon";
+    }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.factory;
+
+public class Pentagon implements Polygon {
+
+    @Override
+    public String getType() {
+        return "Pentagon";
+    }
+
+}

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

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

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

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.factory;
+
+public class PolygonFactory {
+    public Polygon getPolygon(int numberOfSides) {
+        if(numberOfSides == 3) {
+            return new Triangle();
+        }
+        if(numberOfSides == 4) {
+            return new Square();
+        }
+        if(numberOfSides == 5) {
+            return new Pentagon();
+        }
+        if(numberOfSides == 4) {
+            return new Heptagon();
+        }
+        else if(numberOfSides == 8) {
+            return new Octagon();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.factory;
+
+public class Square implements Polygon {
+
+    @Override
+    public String getType() {
+        return "Square";
+    }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.factory;
+
+public class Triangle implements Polygon {
+
+    @Override
+    public String getType() {
+        return "Triangle";
+    }
+
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/designpatterns/creational/singleton/Singleton.java

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.singleton;
+
+public class Singleton  {    
+    private Singleton() {}
+    
+    private static class SingletonHolder {    
+        public static final Singleton instance = new Singleton();
+    }    
+
+    public static Singleton getInstance() {    
+        return SingletonHolder.instance;    
+    }    
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/designpatterns/creational/singleton/SingletonDriver.java

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.singleton;
+
+public class SingletonDriver {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Singleton instance = Singleton.getInstance();
+        System.out.println(instance.toString());
+    }
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/loops/LoopsInJava.java

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package com.baeldung.loops;
+
+public class LoopsInJava {
+
+    public int[] simple_for_loop() {
+        int[] arr = new int[5];
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+            arr[i] = i;
+            System.out.println("Simple for loop: i - " + i);
+        }
+        return arr;
+    }
+
+    public int[] enhanced_for_each_loop() {
+        int[] intArr = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 };
+        int[] arr = new int[5];
+        for (int num : intArr) {
+            arr[num] = num;
+            System.out.println("Enhanced for-each loop: i - " + num);
+        }
+        return arr;
+    }
+
+    public int[] while_loop() {
+        int i = 0;
+        int[] arr = new int[5];
+        while (i < 5) {
+            arr[i] = i;
+            System.out.println("While loop: i - " + i++);
+        }
+        return arr;
+    }
+
+    public int[] do_while_loop() {
+        int i = 0;
+        int[] arr = new int[5];
+        do {
+            arr[i] = i;
+            System.out.println("Do-While loop: i - " + i++);
+        } while (i < 5);
+        return arr;
+    }
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/nestedclass/Enclosing.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.baeldung.nestedclass;
+
+public class Enclosing {
+
+    public static class Nested {
+
+        public void test() {
+            System.out.println("Calling test...");
+        }
+    }
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/nestedclass/NewEnclosing.java

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.baeldung.nestedclass;
+
+public class NewEnclosing {
+
+    void run() {
+        class Local {
+
+            void run() {
+                System.out.println("Welcome to Baeldung!");
+            }
+        }
+        Local local = new Local();
+        local.run();
+    }
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/nestedclass/Outer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.baeldung.nestedclass;
+
+public class Outer {
+
+    public class Inner {
+
+        public void test() {
+            System.out.println("Calling test...");
+        }
+    }
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/nestedclass/SimpleAbstractClass.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package com.baeldung.nestedclass;
+
+abstract class SimpleAbstractClass {
+    abstract void run();
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/timezonedisplay/TimezoneDisplayJava7.java

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package com.baeldung.timezonedisplay;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+public class TimezoneDisplayJava7 {
+
+    public enum OffsetBase {
+        GMT, UTC
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getTimeZoneList(TimezoneDisplayJava7.OffsetBase base) {
+        String[] availableZoneIds = TimeZone.getAvailableIDs();
+        List<String> result = new ArrayList<>(availableZoneIds.length);
+
+        for (String zoneId : availableZoneIds) {
+            TimeZone curTimeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone(zoneId);
+
+            String offset = calculateOffset(curTimeZone.getRawOffset());
+
+            result.add(String.format("(%s%s) %s", base, offset, zoneId));
+        }
+
+        Collections.sort(result);
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private String calculateOffset(int rawOffset) {
+        if (rawOffset == 0) {
+            return "+00:00";
+        }
+        long hours = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toHours(rawOffset);
+        long minutes = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(rawOffset);
+        minutes = Math.abs(minutes - TimeUnit.HOURS.toMinutes(hours));
+
+        return String.format("%+03d:%02d", hours, Math.abs(minutes));
+    }
+
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/timezonedisplay/TimezoneDisplayJava7App.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.baeldung.timezonedisplay;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class TimezoneDisplayJava7App {
+
+    public static void main(String... args) {
+        TimezoneDisplayJava7 display = new TimezoneDisplayJava7();
+
+        System.out.println("Time zones in UTC:");
+        List<String> utc = display.getTimeZoneList(TimezoneDisplayJava7.OffsetBase.UTC);
+        for (String timeZone : utc) {
+            System.out.println(timeZone);
+        }
+
+        System.out.println("Time zones in GMT:");
+        List<String> gmt = display.getTimeZoneList(TimezoneDisplayJava7.OffsetBase.GMT);
+        for (String timeZone : gmt) {
+            System.out.println(timeZone);
+        }
+    }
+
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/arraydeque/ArrayDequeTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package com.baeldung.arraydeque;
+
+import java.util.ArrayDeque;
+import java.util.Deque;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ArrayDequeTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenOffer_addsAtLast() {
+        final Deque<String> deque = new ArrayDeque<>();
+
+        deque.offer("first");
+        deque.offer("second");
+
+        assertEquals("second", deque.getLast());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenPoll_removesFirst() {
+        final Deque<String> deque = new ArrayDeque<>();
+
+        deque.offer("first");
+        deque.offer("second");
+
+        assertEquals("first", deque.poll());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenPush_addsAtFirst() {
+        final Deque<String> deque = new ArrayDeque<>();
+
+        deque.push("first");
+        deque.push("second");
+
+        assertEquals("second", deque.getFirst());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenPop_removesLast() {
+        final Deque<String> deque = new ArrayDeque<>();
+
+        deque.push("first");
+        deque.push("second");
+
+        assertEquals("second", deque.pop());
+    }
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/copyfiles/FileCopierTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package com.baeldung.copyfiles;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+
+public class FileCopierTest {
+	File original = new File("src/test/resources/original.txt");
+
+	@Before
+	public void init() throws IOException {
+		if (!original.exists())
+			Files.createFile(original.toPath());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenIoAPI_whenCopied_thenCopyExistsWithSameContents() throws IOException {
+		File copied = new File("src/test/resources/copiedWithIo.txt");
+		try (InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(original));
+				OutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(copied))) {
+			byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
+			int lengthRead;
+			while ((lengthRead = in.read(buffer)) > 0) {
+				out.write(buffer, 0, lengthRead);
+				out.flush();
+			}
+		}
+		assertThat(copied).exists();
+		assertThat(Files.readAllLines(original.toPath()).equals(Files.readAllLines(copied.toPath())));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenCommonsIoAPI_whenCopied_thenCopyExistsWithSameContents() throws IOException {
+		File copied = new File("src/test/resources/copiedWithApacheCommons.txt");
+		FileUtils.copyFile(original, copied);
+		assertThat(copied).exists();
+		assertThat(Files.readAllLines(original.toPath()).equals(Files.readAllLines(copied.toPath())));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenNIO2_whenCopied_thenCopyExistsWithSameContents() throws IOException {
+		Path copied = Paths.get("src/test/resources/copiedWithNio.txt");
+		Path originalPath = original.toPath();
+		Files.copy(originalPath, copied, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+		assertThat(copied).exists();
+		assertThat(Files.readAllLines(originalPath).equals(Files.readAllLines(copied)));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenGuava_whenCopied_thenCopyExistsWithSameContents() throws IOException {
+		File copied = new File("src/test/resources/copiedWithApacheCommons.txt");
+		com.google.common.io.Files.copy(original, copied);
+		assertThat(copied).exists();
+		assertThat(Files.readAllLines(original.toPath()).equals(Files.readAllLines(copied.toPath())));
+	}
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/designpatterns/creational/abstractfactory/AbstractPatternIntegrationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.abstractfactory;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class AbstractPatternIntegrationTest {
+    @Test
+    public void givenAbstractFactory_whenGettingObjects_thenSuccessful() {
+        AbstractFactory abstractFactory;
+        
+        //creating a brown toy dog
+        abstractFactory = FactoryProvider.getFactory("Toy");
+        Animal toy = abstractFactory.getAnimal("Dog");
+        
+        abstractFactory = FactoryProvider.getFactory("Color");
+        Color color = abstractFactory.getColor("Brown");
+        
+        String result = "A " + toy.getType() + " with " + color.getColor() + " color " + toy.makeSound();
+        assertEquals("A Dog with brown color Barks", result);
+    }
+
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/designpatterns/creational/builder/BuilderPatternIntegrationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.builder;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class BuilderPatternIntegrationTest {
+    @Test
+    public void whenCreatingObjectThroughBuilder_thenObjectValid() {
+        BankAccount newAccount = new BankAccount
+          .BankAccountBuilder("Jon", "22738022275")
+          .withEmail("jon@example.com")
+          .wantNewsletter(true)
+          .build();
+        
+        assertEquals(newAccount.getName(), "Jon");
+        assertEquals(newAccount.getAccountNumber(), "22738022275");
+        assertEquals(newAccount.getEmail(), "jon@example.com");
+        assertEquals(newAccount.isNewsletter(), true);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void whenSkippingOptionalParameters_thenObjectValid() {
+        BankAccount newAccount = new BankAccount
+          .BankAccountBuilder("Jon", "22738022275")
+          .build();
+        
+        assertEquals(newAccount.getName(), "Jon");
+        assertEquals(newAccount.getAccountNumber(), "22738022275");
+        assertEquals(newAccount.getEmail(), null);
+        assertEquals(newAccount.isNewsletter(), false);
+    }
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/designpatterns/creational/factory/FactoryIntegrationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.factory;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class FactoryIntegrationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUsingFactoryForSquare_thenCorrectObjectReturned() {
+        Polygon p;
+        PolygonFactory factory = new PolygonFactory();
+        
+        //get the shape which has 4 sides
+        p = factory.getPolygon(4);
+        String result = "The shape with 4 sides is a " + p.getType();
+        
+        assertEquals("The shape with 4 sides is a Square", result);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void whenUsingFactoryForOctagon_thenCorrectObjectReturned() {
+        Polygon p;
+        PolygonFactory factory = new PolygonFactory();
+        
+        //get the shape which has 4 sides
+        p = factory.getPolygon(8);
+        String result = "The shape with 8 sides is a " + p.getType();
+        
+        assertEquals("The shape with 8 sides is a Octagon", result);
+    }
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/designpatterns/creational/singleton/SingletonIntegrationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.baeldung.designpatterns.creational.singleton;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class SingletonIntegrationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    /**
+     * Although there is absolutely no way to determine whether
+     * a class is Singleton, in this test case, we will just 
+     * check for two objects if they point to same instance or 
+     * not. We will also check for their hashcode.
+     */
+    public void whenGettingMultipleObjects_thenAllPointToSame() {
+        //first object
+        Singleton obj1 = Singleton.getInstance();
+        
+        //Second object
+        Singleton obj2 = Singleton.getInstance();
+        
+        assertTrue(obj1 == obj2);
+        assertEquals(obj1.hashCode(), obj2.hashCode());
+    }
+
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/loops/WhenUsingLoops.java

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package com.baeldung.loops;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class WhenUsingLoops {
+
+    private LoopsInJava loops = new LoopsInJava();
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldRunForLoop() {
+        int[] expected = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 };
+        int[] actual = loops.simple_for_loop();
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldRunEnhancedForeachLoop() {
+        int[] expected = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 };
+        int[] actual = loops.enhanced_for_each_loop();
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldRunWhileLoop() {
+        int[] expected = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 };
+        int[] actual = loops.while_loop();
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldRunDoWhileLoop() {
+        int[] expected = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 };
+        int[] actual = loops.do_while_loop();
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/nestedclass/AnonymousInnerTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.nestedclass;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class AnonymousInnerTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenRunAnonymousClass_thenCorrect() {
+        SimpleAbstractClass simpleAbstractClass = new SimpleAbstractClass() {
+            void run() {
+                System.out.println("Running Anonymous Class...");
+            }
+        };
+        simpleAbstractClass.run();
+    }
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/nestedclass/InnerClassTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.baeldung.nestedclass;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class InnerClassTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInnerClassWhenInstantiating_thenCorrect() {
+        Outer outer = new Outer();
+        Outer.Inner inner = outer.new Inner();
+        inner.test();
+    }
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/nestedclass/LocalClassTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.baeldung.nestedclass;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class LocalClassTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenTestingLocalClass_thenCorrect() {
+        NewEnclosing newEnclosing = new NewEnclosing();
+        newEnclosing.run();
+    }
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/nestedclass/NestedClassTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.baeldung.nestedclass;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class NestedClassTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInstantiatingStaticNestedClass_thenCorrect() {
+        Enclosing.Nested nested = new Enclosing.Nested();
+        nested.test();
+    }
+}

core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/nestedclass/NewOuterTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.baeldung.nestedclass;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class NewOuterTest {
+
+    int a = 1;
+    static int b = 2;
+
+    public class InnerClass {
+        int a = 3;
+        static final int b = 4;
+
+        @Test
+        public void whenShadowing_thenCorrect() {
+            assertEquals(3, a);
+            assertEquals(4, b);
+            assertEquals(1, NewOuterTest.this.a);
+            assertEquals(2, NewOuterTest.b);
+            assertEquals(2, NewOuterTest.this.b);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shadowingTest() {
+        NewOuterTest outer = new NewOuterTest();
+        NewOuterTest.InnerClass inner = outer.new InnerClass();
+        inner.whenShadowing_thenCorrect();
+
+    }
+}

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

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ public class StringFormatterExampleTests {
     public void givenString_whenFormatSpecifierForCalendar_thenGotExpected() {
         //Syntax of Format Specifiers for Date/Time Representation
         Calendar c = new GregorianCalendar(2017, 11, 10);
-        String s = String.format("The date is: %1$tm %1$te,%1$tY", c);
+        String s = String.format("The date is: %tm %1$te,%1$tY", c);
+
 
         assertEquals("The date is: 12 10,2017", s);
     }
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ public class StringFormatterExampleTests {
     public void givenString_whenLineSeparatorConversion_thenConvertedString() {        
         //Line Separator Conversion
         String s = String.format("First Line %nSecond Line");
-        assertEquals("First Line \n"
+        assertEquals("First Line " + System.getProperty("line.separator")
                 + "Second Line", s);
     }
 
@@ -114,10 +115,10 @@ public class StringFormatterExampleTests {
     public void givenString_whenSpecifyArgumentIndex_thenGotExpected() {
         Calendar c = new GregorianCalendar(2017, 11, 10);
         //Argument_Index
-        String s = String.format("The date is: %1$tm %1$te,%1$tY", c);
+        String s = String.format("The date is: %tm %1$te,%1$tY", c);
         assertEquals("The date is: 12 10,2017", s);
-
-        s = String.format("The date is: %1$tm %<te,%<tY", c);
+       
+        s = String.format("The date is: %tm %<te,%<tY", c);
         assertEquals("The date is: 12 10,2017", s);
     }
 
@@ -126,8 +127,7 @@ public class StringFormatterExampleTests {
         //Using String Formatter with Appendable
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         Formatter formatter = new Formatter(sb);
-        formatter.format("I am writting to a %1$s Instance.", sb.getClass());
-
+        formatter.format("I am writting to a %s Instance.", sb.getClass());
         assertEquals("I am writting to a class java.lang.StringBuilder Instance.", sb.toString());
     }
     

core-java/src/test/resources/original.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#Copy a File with Java (www.Baeldung.com)
+Copying Files with Java is Fun!

deeplearning4j/README.md

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 This is a sample project for the [deeplearning4j](https://deeplearning4j.org) library.
 
 ### Relevant Articles:
-- [A Guide to deeplearning4j](http://www.baeldung.com/a-guide-to-deeplearning4j/)
+- [A Guide to deeplearning4j](http://www.baeldung.com/deeplearning4j)

ejb/wildfly/widlfly-web/src/main/java/TestEJBServlet.java

@@ -26,16 +26,13 @@ public class TestEJBServlet extends HttpServlet {
         PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
 
         out.println("<html>");
-        out.println("<head><title>Users</title></head>");
         out.println("<body>");
-        out.println("<center><h1>List of users:</h1>");
-        out.println("<table border=\"1\" align=\"center\" style=\"width:50%\">");
         for (User user : users) {
-            out.println("<tr>");
-            out.print("<td>" + user.getUsername() + "</td>");
-            out.print("<td>" + user.getEmail() + "</td>");
-            out.println("</tr>");
+            out.print(user.getUsername());
+            out.print(" " + user.getEmail() + " <br>");
         }
+        out.println("</body>");
+        out.println("</html>");
     }
 
     protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {

gradle/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/.gradle/

gradle/.travis.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# More details on how to configure the Travis build
+# https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/customizing-the-build/
+
+# Speed up build with travis caches
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - $HOME/.gradle/caches/
+    - $HOME/.gradle/wrapper/
+
+language: java
+
+jdk:
+  - oraclejdk8
+
+#Skipping install step to avoid having Travis run arbitrary './gradlew assemble' task
+# https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/customizing-the-build/#Skipping-the-Installation-Step
+install:
+  - true
+
+#Don't build tags
+branches:
+  except:
+  - /^v\d/
+
+#Build and perform release (if needed)
+script:
+  - ./gradlew build -s && ./gradlew ciPerformRelease

gradle/build.gradle

@@ -1,25 +1,35 @@
-apply plugin: 'java'
-apply plugin: 'maven'
-
-repositories{
-   mavenCentral()
+allprojects {
+    repositories {
+        jcenter() 
+    }
 }
 
-dependencies{ 
-     compile 'org.springframework:spring-context:4.3.5.RELEASE' 
-} 
 
-task hello {   
-    println "this Baeldung's tutorial is ${awesomeness}"  
+subprojects {
+
+    version = '1.0'
 }
 
-uploadArchives {  
-    repositories {  
-        mavenDeployer {  
-            repository(url: 'http://yourmavenrepo/repository') {  
-                authentication(userName: 'user', password: 'password');  
-            }  
-      
-        }  
-    }  
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+
+println 'This will be executed during the configuration phase.'
+
+task configured {
+    println 'This will also be executed during the configuration phase.'
+}
+
+task execFirstTest {
+    doLast {
+        println 'This will be executed during the execution phase.'
+    }
+}
+
+task execSecondTest {
+    doFirst {
+      println 'This will be executed first during the execution phase.'
+    }
+    doLast {
+      println 'This will be executed last during the execution phase.'
+    }
+    println 'This will be executed during the configuration phase as well.'
 }

gradle/gradle.properties

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-awesomeness=awesome
-group=com.baeldung.tutorial
-version=1.0.1

gradle/gradle/shipkit.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+//This default Shipkit configuration file was created automatically and is intended to be checked-in.
+//Default configuration is sufficient for local testing and trying out Shipkit.
+//To leverage Shipkit fully, please fix the TODO items, refer to our Getting Started Guide for help:
+//
+//     https://github.com/mockito/shipkit/blob/master/docs/getting-started.md
+//
+shipkit {
+   //TODO is the repository correct?
+   gitHub.repository = "unspecified-user/unspecified-repo"
+
+   //TODO generate and use your own read-only GitHub personal access token
+   gitHub.readOnlyAuthToken = "76826c9ec886612f504d12fd4268b16721c4f85d"
+
+   //TODO generate GitHub write token, and ensure your Travis CI has this env variable exported
+   gitHub.writeAuthToken = System.getenv("GH_WRITE_TOKEN")
+}
+
+allprojects {
+   plugins.withId("com.jfrog.bintray") {
+
+       //Bintray configuration is handled by JFrog Bintray Gradle Plugin
+       //For reference see the official documentation: https://github.com/bintray/gradle-bintray-plugin
+       bintray {
+
+           //TODO sign up for free open source account with https://bintray.com, then look up your API key on your profile page in Bintray
+           key = '7ea297848ca948adb7d3ee92a83292112d7ae989'
+           //TODO don't check in the key, remove above line and use env variable exported on CI:
+           //key = System.getenv("BINTRAY_API_KEY")
+
+           pkg {
+               //TODO configure Bintray settings per your project (https://github.com/bintray/gradle-bintray-plugin)
+               repo = 'bootstrap'
+               user = 'shipkit-bootstrap-bot'
+               userOrg = 'shipkit-bootstrap'
+               name = 'maven'
+               licenses = ['MIT']
+               labels = ['continuous delivery', 'release automation', 'shipkit']
+           }
+       }
+   }
+}

gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Sat Dec 31 15:46:08 BRT 2016
+#Thu Oct 12 16:43:02 BDT 2017
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.2.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.2.1-bin.zip

gradle/gradletaskdemo/aplugin.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+task fromPlugin {
+    doLast {
+        println "I'm from plugin"
+    }
+}

gradle/gradletaskdemo/build.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
+        }
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath "org.shipkit:shipkit:0.9.117"
+    }
+}
+
+
+plugins {
+    id 'java'
+}
+
+
+apply from: 'aplugin.gradle'
+apply plugin: 'org.shipkit.bintray-release'
+
+
+//hello task
+task hello {
+    doLast {
+        println 'Baeldung'
+    }
+}
+
+//Groovy in gradle task
+task toLower {
+    doLast {
+        String someString = 'HELLO FROM BAELDUNG'
+        println "Original: " + someString
+        println "Lower case: " + someString.toLowerCase()
+    }
+}
+
+
+// Task dependencies
+task helloGradle {
+    doLast {
+        println 'Hello Gradle!'
+    }
+}
+
+task fromBaeldung(dependsOn: helloGradle) {
+    doLast {
+        println "I'm from Baeldung"
+    }
+}
+
+
+//Adding behavior to a task via api
+task helloBaeldung {
+    doLast {
+        println 'I will be executed second'
+    }
+}
+
+helloBaeldung.doFirst {
+    println 'I will be executed first'
+}
+
+helloBaeldung.doLast {
+    println 'I will be executed third'
+}
+
+helloBaeldung {
+    doLast {
+        println 'I will be executed fourth'
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+
+//Adding extra task properties
+task ourTask {
+    ext.theProperty = "theValue"
+}
+
+task printTaskProperty {
+    doLast {
+        println ourTask.theProperty
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+//Declaring dependencies
+dependencies {
+    compile group: 
+      'org.springframework', name: 'spring-core', version: '4.3.5.RELEASE'
+    compile 'org.springframework:spring-core:4.3.5.RELEASE',
+            'org.springframework:spring-aop:4.3.5.RELEASE'
+    compile(
+        [group: 'org.springframework', name: 'spring-core', version: '4.3.5.RELEASE'],
+        [group: 'org.springframework', name: 'spring-aop', version: '4.3.5.RELEASE']
+    )
+    testCompile('org.hibernate:hibernate-core:5.2.12.Final') {
+        transitive = true
+    }
+    runtime(group: 'org.hibernate', name: 'hibernate-core', version: '5.2.12.Final') {
+        transitive = false
+    }
+	runtime "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.4.11@jar"
+    runtime group: 'org.codehaus.groovy', name: 'groovy-all', version: '2.4.11', ext: 'jar'
+    
+    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')	
+}

gradle/gradletaskdemo/build/tmp/jar/MANIFEST.MF

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+

gradle/gradlew

@@ -6,12 +6,30 @@
 ##
 ##############################################################################
 
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
 
 APP_NAME="Gradle"
 APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
 
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD="maximum"
 
@@ -30,6 +48,7 @@ die ( ) {
 cygwin=false
 msys=false
 darwin=false
+nonstop=false
 case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN* )
     cygwin=true
@@ -40,26 +59,11 @@ case "`uname`" in
   MINGW* )
     msys=true
     ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
 esac
 
-# Attempt to set APP_HOME
-# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
-PRG="$0"
-# Need this for relative symlinks.
-while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
-    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
-    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
-    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
-        PRG="$link"
-    else
-        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
-    fi
-done
-SAVED="`pwd`"
-cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
-APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
-cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
-
 CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ location of your Java installation."
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
-if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" ] ; then
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
     MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
     if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
         if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then

gradle/gradlew.bat

@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 @rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
-@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
-
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
 @rem Find java.exe
 if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ echo location of your Java installation.
 goto fail
 
 :init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windowz variants
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
 
 if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
 if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args

gradle/greeter/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/.gradle
+/build
+/bin

gradle/greeter/build.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+apply plugin : 'java'
+apply plugin : 'application'
+
+
+
+dependencies {
+    compile project(':greeting-library')
+    compile project(':greeting-library-java')
+}
+
+mainClassName = 'greeter.Greeter'
+run {
+    if (project.hasProperty("appArgs")) {
+        args Eval.me(appArgs)
+    }
+    else
+        args = ["Baeldung"];
+}

gradle/greeter/src/main/java/greeter/Greeter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package greeter;
+
+import baeldunggreeter.Formatter;
+
+public class Greeter {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        final String output = GreetingFormatter
+            .greeting(args[0]);
+        String date = Formatter.getFormattedDate();
+        System.out.println(output);
+        System.out.println("Today is :" + date);
+    }
+}

gradle/greeter/src/test/java/greetertest/TestGreeting.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+
+
+
+public class TestGreeting{
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+}

gradle/greeting-library-java/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/build
+/bin

gradle/greeting-library-java/build.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apply plugin :'java'
+//apply plugin : 'application'
+
+
+
+dependencies{
+    compile group: 'joda-time', name: 'joda-time', version: '2.9.9'
+    testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.12'
+}

gradle/greeting-library-java/src/main/java/baeldunggreeter/Formatter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package baeldunggreeter;
+
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+public class Formatter {
+    public static String getFormattedDate() {
+        DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(
+            "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
+        Date date = new Date();
+        return dateFormat.format(date);
+    }
+}

gradle/greeting-library-java/src/test/java/baeldunggreetertest/FormatterTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package baeldunggreetertest;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import baeldunggreeter.Formatter;
+
+public class FormatterTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFormatter() {
+
+        String dateRegex1 = "^((19|20)\\d\\d)-(0?[1-9]|1[012])-(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01]) ([2][0-3]|[0-1][0-9]|[1-9]):[0-5][0-9]:([0-5][0-9]|[6][0])$";
+        String dateString = Formatter.getFormattedDate();
+        assertTrue(Pattern
+            .matches(dateRegex1, dateString));
+
+    }
+}