Merge branch 'master' into master

.gitignore

@@ -77,4 +77,5 @@ apache-avro/src/main/java/com/baeldung/avro/model/
 jta/transaction-logs/
 software-security/sql-injection-samples/derby.log
 spring-soap/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springsoap/gen/
-/report-*.json
+/report-*.json
+transaction.log

algorithms-miscellaneous-1/pom.xml

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.dpaukov</groupId>
             <artifactId>combinatoricslib3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.0</version>
+            <version>${combinatoricslib3.version}</version>
          </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
         <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
         <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
+        <combinatoricslib3.version>3.3.0</combinatoricslib3.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

algorithms-miscellaneous-3/README.md

@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 - [Implementing Simple State Machines with Java Enums](https://www.baeldung.com/java-enum-simple-state-machine)
 - [Converting Between Roman and Arabic Numerals in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-convert-roman-arabic)
 - [Practical Java Examples of the Big O Notation](http://www.baeldung.com/java-algorithm-complexity)
+- [Checking If a List Is Sorted in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-check-if-list-sorted)
+- [Checking if a Java Graph has a Cycle](https://www.baeldung.com/java-graph-has-a-cycle)
+- [A Guide to the Folding Technique](https://www.baeldung.com/folding-hashing-technique)

algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml

@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@
             <version>${org.assertj.core.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
+        	<version>${commons-collections4.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        	<version>${guava.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -34,6 +46,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
+        <commons-collections4.version>4.3</commons-collections4.version>
+        <guava.version>28.0-jre</guava.version>
     </properties>
-
 </project>

algorithms-miscellaneous-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/checksortedlist/Employee.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.checksortedlist;
+
+public class Employee {
+
+    long id;
+
+    String name;
+
+    public Employee() {
+    }
+
+    public Employee(long id, String name) {
+        super();
+        this.id = id;
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    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;
+    }
+
+}

algorithms-miscellaneous-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/checksortedlist/SortedListChecker.java

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.checksortedlist;
+
+import static org.apache.commons.collections4.CollectionUtils.isEmpty;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Comparators;
+import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;;
+
+public class SortedListChecker {
+
+    private SortedListChecker() {
+        throw new AssertionError();
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach(List<String> listOfStrings) {
+        if (isEmpty(listOfStrings) || listOfStrings.size() == 1) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        Iterator<String> iter = listOfStrings.iterator();
+        String current, previous = iter.next();
+        while (iter.hasNext()) {
+            current = iter.next();
+            if (previous.compareTo(current) > 0) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            previous = current;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach(List<Employee> employees, Comparator<Employee> employeeComparator) {
+        if (isEmpty(employees) || employees.size() == 1) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        Iterator<Employee> iter = employees.iterator();
+        Employee current, previous = iter.next();
+        while (iter.hasNext()) {
+            current = iter.next();
+            if (employeeComparator.compare(previous, current) > 0) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            previous = current;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkIfSortedUsingRecursion(List<String> listOfStrings) {
+        return isSortedRecursive(listOfStrings, listOfStrings.size());
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isSortedRecursive(List<String> listOfStrings, int index) {
+        if (index < 2) {
+            return true;
+        } else if (listOfStrings.get(index - 2)
+            .compareTo(listOfStrings.get(index - 1)) > 0) {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            return isSortedRecursive(listOfStrings, index - 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClass(List<String> listOfStrings) {
+        return Ordering.<String> natural()
+            .isOrdered(listOfStrings);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClass(List<Employee> employees, Comparator<Employee> employeeComparator) {
+        return Ordering.from(employeeComparator)
+            .isOrdered(employees);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClassHandlingNull(List<String> listOfStrings) {
+        return Ordering.<String> natural()
+            .nullsLast()
+            .isOrdered(listOfStrings);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkIfSortedUsingComparators(List<String> listOfStrings) {
+        return Comparators.isInOrder(listOfStrings, Comparator.<String> naturalOrder());
+    }
+
+}

algorithms-miscellaneous-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/checksortedlist/SortedListCheckerUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.checksortedlist;
+
+import static com.baeldung.algorithms.checksortedlist.SortedListChecker.checkIfSortedUsingComparators;
+import static com.baeldung.algorithms.checksortedlist.SortedListChecker.checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach;
+import static com.baeldung.algorithms.checksortedlist.SortedListChecker.checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClass;
+import static com.baeldung.algorithms.checksortedlist.SortedListChecker.checkIfSortedUsingRecursion;
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class SortedListCheckerUnitTest {
+
+    private List<String> sortedListOfString;
+    private List<String> unsortedListOfString;
+    private List<String> singletonList;
+
+    private List<Employee> employeesSortedByName;
+    private List<Employee> employeesNotSortedByName;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        sortedListOfString = asList("Canada", "HK", "LA", "NJ", "NY");
+        unsortedListOfString = asList("LA", "HK", "NJ", "NY", "Canada");
+        singletonList = Collections.singletonList("NY");
+
+        employeesSortedByName = asList(new Employee(1L, "John"), new Employee(2L, "Kevin"), new Employee(3L, "Mike"));
+        employeesNotSortedByName = asList(new Employee(1L, "Kevin"), new Employee(2L, "John"), new Employee(3L, "Mike"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSortedList_whenUsingIterativeApproach_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach(sortedListOfString)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSingleElementList_whenUsingIterativeApproach_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach(singletonList)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnsortedList_whenUsingIterativeApproach_thenReturnFalse() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach(unsortedListOfString)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSortedListOfEmployees_whenUsingIterativeApproach_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach(employeesSortedByName, Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName))).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnsortedListOfEmployees_whenUsingIterativeApproach_thenReturnFalse() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach(employeesNotSortedByName, Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName))).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSortedList_whenUsingRecursion_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingRecursion(sortedListOfString)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSingleElementList_whenUsingRecursion_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingRecursion(singletonList)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnsortedList_whenUsingRecursion_thenReturnFalse() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingRecursion(unsortedListOfString)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSortedList_whenUsingGuavaOrdering_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClass(sortedListOfString)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnsortedList_whenUsingGuavaOrdering_thenReturnFalse() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClass(unsortedListOfString)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSortedListOfEmployees_whenUsingGuavaOrdering_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClass(employeesSortedByName, Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName))).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnsortedListOfEmployees_whenUsingGuavaOrdering_thenReturnFalse() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClass(employeesNotSortedByName, Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName))).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSortedList_whenUsingGuavaComparators_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingComparators(sortedListOfString)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnsortedList_whenUsingGuavaComparators_thenReturnFalse() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingComparators(unsortedListOfString)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+}

apache-avro/pom.xml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.10</version>
+            <version>${junit.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>

apache-olingo/olingo2/pom.xml

@@ -3,37 +3,28 @@
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<parent>
-		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.3.RELEASE</version>
-		<relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
-	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.baeldung.examples.olingo2</groupId>
 	<artifactId>olingo2-sample</artifactId>
 	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>olingo2-sample</name>
 	<description>Sample Olingo 2 Project</description>
 
-	<properties>
-		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
-		<olingo2.version>2.0.11</olingo2.version>
-	</properties>
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
+    </parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jersey</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
 			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
@@ -90,4 +81,9 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
+	<properties>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+		<olingo2.version>2.0.11</olingo2.version>
+	</properties>
+
 </project>

apache-olingo/olingo2/src/test/java/org/baeldung/examples/olingo2/Olingo2SampleApplicationUnitTest.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
 
 @RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
 @SpringBootTest
-public class Olingo2SampleApplicationTests {
+public class Olingo2SampleApplicationUnitTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void contextLoads() {

apache-pulsar/pom.xml

@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
     <version>0.0.1</version>
     <name>apache-pulsar</name>
 
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pulsar</groupId>

apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ConsumerUnitTest.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Message;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClient;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.SubscriptionType;
 
-public class ConsumerTest {
+public class ConsumerUnitTest {
 
     private static final String SERVICE_URL = "pulsar://localhost:6650";
     private static final String TOPIC_NAME = "test-topic";

apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/ProducerUnitTest.java

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClientException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 
-public class ProducerTest {
+public class ProducerUnitTest {
 
     private static final String SERVICE_URL = "pulsar://localhost:6650";
     private static final String TOPIC_NAME = "test-topic";

apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/subscriptions/ExclusiveSubscriptionUnitTest.java

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.SubscriptionType;
 
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 
-public class ExclusiveSubscriptionTest {
+public class ExclusiveSubscriptionUnitTest {
     private static final String SERVICE_URL = "pulsar://localhost:6650";
     private static final String TOPIC_NAME = "test-topic";
     private static final String SUBSCRIPTION_NAME = "test-subscription";

apache-pulsar/src/main/java/com/baeldung/subscriptions/FailoverSubscriptionUnitTest.java

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.SubscriptionType;
 
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 
-public class FailoverSubscriptionTest {
+public class FailoverSubscriptionUnitTest {
     private static final String SERVICE_URL = "pulsar://localhost:6650";
     private static final String TOPIC_NAME = "failover-subscription-test-topic";
     private static final String SUBSCRIPTION_NAME = "test-subscription";

apache-spark/pom.xml

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 			<version>${com.datastax.spark.spark-cassandra-connector-java.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
 	<build>
     	<plugins>
     	  	<plugin>
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@
       		</plugin>
    		</plugins>
   	</build>
+
     <properties>
         <org.apache.spark.spark-core.version>2.3.0</org.apache.spark.spark-core.version>
         <org.apache.spark.spark-sql.version>2.3.0</org.apache.spark.spark-sql.version>

autovalue/README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ### Relevant Articles:
 - [Introduction to AutoValue](http://www.baeldung.com/introduction-to-autovalue)
 - [Introduction to AutoFactory](http://www.baeldung.com/autofactory)
+- [Google AutoService](https://www.baeldung.com/google-autoservice)

autovalue/pom.xml

@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
+            <artifactId>auto-service</artifactId>
+            <version>${auto-service.version}</version>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
@@ -40,6 +46,7 @@
     <properties>
         <auto-value.version>1.3</auto-value.version>
         <auto-factory.version>1.0-beta5</auto-factory.version>
+        <auto-service.version>1.0-rc5</auto-service.version>
         <guice.version>4.2.0</guice.version>
     </properties>
 

autovalue/src/main/java/com/baeldung/autoservice/BingTranslationServiceProvider.java

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.autoservice;
+
+import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+@AutoService(TranslationService.class)
+public class BingTranslationServiceProvider implements TranslationService {
+    @Override
+    public String translate(String message, Locale from, Locale to) {
+        // implementation details
+        return message + " (translated by Bing)"; 
+    }
+}

autovalue/src/main/java/com/baeldung/autoservice/GoogleTranslationServiceProvider.java

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.autoservice;
+
+import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+@AutoService(TranslationService.class)
+public class GoogleTranslationServiceProvider implements TranslationService {
+    @Override
+    public String translate(String message, Locale from, Locale to) {
+        // implementation details
+        return message + " (translated by Google)"; 
+    }
+}

autovalue/src/main/java/com/baeldung/autoservice/TranslationService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.baeldung.autoservice;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+public interface TranslationService {
+    String translate(String message, Locale from, Locale to);
+}

autovalue/src/test/java/com/baeldung/autoservice/TranslationServiceUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package com.baeldung.autoservice;
+
+import com.baeldung.autoservice.TranslationService;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.ServiceLoader;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class TranslationServiceUnitTest {
+
+    private ServiceLoader<TranslationService> loader;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        loader = ServiceLoader.load(TranslationService.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenServiceLoaderLoads_thenLoadsAllProviders() {
+        long count = StreamSupport.stream(loader.spliterator(), false).count();
+        assertEquals(2, count);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenServiceLoaderLoadsGoogleService_thenGoogleIsLoaded() {
+        TranslationService googleService = StreamSupport.stream(loader.spliterator(), false)
+          .filter(p -> p.getClass().getSimpleName().equals("GoogleTranslationServiceProvider"))
+          .findFirst()
+          .get();
+		
+        String message = "message";
+        assertEquals(message + " (translated by Google)", googleService.translate(message, null, null));
+    }
+}

bootique/pom.xml

@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
     <properties>
         <main.class>com.baeldung.bootique.App</main.class>
         <bootique-bom.version>0.23</bootique-bom.version>
-
         <maven-shade-plugin.version>2.4.3</maven-shade-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 

core-groovy-2/README.md

@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@
 - [String Matching in Groovy](http://www.baeldung.com/)
 - [Template Engines in Groovy](https://www.baeldung.com/groovy-template-engines)
 - [Groovy def Keyword](https://www.baeldung.com/groovy-def-keyword)
-- [Pattern Matching in Strings in Groovy](https://www.baeldung.com/groovy-pattern-matching)
+- [Pattern Matching in Strings in Groovy](https://www.baeldung.com/groovy-pattern-matching)
+- [Working with XML in Groovy](https://www.baeldung.com/groovy-xml)
+- [Integrating Groovy into Java Applications](https://www.baeldung.com/groovy-java-applications)

core-groovy-2/pom.xml

@@ -157,20 +157,19 @@
     </repositories>
 
     <pluginRepositories>
-                <pluginRepository>
-                    <id>bintray</id>
-                    <name>Groovy Bintray</name>
-                    <url>https://dl.bintray.com/groovy/maven</url>
-                    <releases>
-                        <!-- avoid automatic updates -->
-                        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
-                    </releases>
-                    <snapshots>
-                        <enabled>false</enabled>
-                    </snapshots>
-                </pluginRepository>
-            </pluginRepositories>
-
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>bintray</id>
+            <name>Groovy Bintray</name>
+            <url>https://dl.bintray.com/groovy/maven</url>
+            <releases>
+                <!-- avoid automatic updates -->
+                <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+            </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </pluginRepository>
+    </pluginRepositories>
 
     <properties>
         <junit.platform.version>1.0.0</junit.platform.version>

core-java-modules/README.md

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 - [Multi-Module Maven Application with Java Modules](https://www.baeldung.com/maven-multi-module-project-java-jpms)
 - [Guide to Java FileChannel](https://www.baeldung.com/java-filechannel)
 - [Understanding the NumberFormatException in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-number-format-exception)
+- [Will an Error Be Caught by Catch Block in Java?](https://www.baeldung.com/java-error-catch)

core-java-modules/core-java-10/README.md

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 - [Guide to Java 10](http://www.baeldung.com/java-10-overview)
 - [Copy a List to Another List in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-copy-list-to-another)
 - [Deep Dive Into the New Java JIT Compiler – Graal](https://www.baeldung.com/graal-java-jit-compiler)
+- [Copying Sets in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-copy-sets)

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/README.md

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 - [Anonymous Classes in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/)
 - [How to Delay Code Execution in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-delay-code-execution)
 - [Run JAR Application With Command Line Arguments](https://www.baeldung.com/java-run-jar-with-arguments)
+- [Java 8 Stream skip() vs limit()](https://www.baeldung.com/java-stream-skip-vs-limit)

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/pom.xml

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     <name>core-java-8-2</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
-
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
@@ -17,19 +16,18 @@
         <relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <icu.version>64.2</icu.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
             <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
             <version>${icu.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -44,6 +42,13 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
-
     </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <icu.version>64.2</icu.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.12.2</assertj.version>
+    </properties>
 </project>

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/forEach/ReverseList.java

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package com.baeldung.forEach;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+class ReverseList extends ArrayList<String> {
+
+    List<String> list = Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C", "D");
+
+    Consumer<String> removeElement = s -> {
+        System.out.println(s + " " + list.size());
+        if (s != null && s.equals("A")) {
+            list.remove("D");
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public Iterator<String> iterator() {
+
+        final int startIndex = this.size() - 1;
+        final List<String> list = this;
+        return new Iterator<String>() {
+
+            int currentIndex = startIndex;
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean hasNext() {
+                return currentIndex >= 0;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public String next() {
+                String next = list.get(currentIndex);
+                currentIndex--;
+                return next;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void remove() {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    public void forEach(Consumer<? super String> action) {
+        for (String s : this) {
+            action.accept(s);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void iterateParallel() {
+        list.forEach(System.out::print);
+        System.out.print(" ");
+        list.parallelStream().forEach(System.out::print);
+    }
+
+    public void iterateReverse() {
+        List<String> myList = new ReverseList();
+        myList.addAll(list);
+        myList.forEach(System.out::print);
+        System.out.print(" ");
+        myList.stream().forEach(System.out::print);
+    }
+
+    public void removeInCollectionForEach() {
+        list.forEach(removeElement);
+    }
+
+    public void removeInStreamForEach() {
+        list.stream().forEach(removeElement);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] argv) {
+
+        ReverseList collectionForEach = new ReverseList();
+        collectionForEach.iterateParallel();
+        collectionForEach.iterateReverse();
+        collectionForEach.removeInCollectionForEach();
+        collectionForEach.removeInStreamForEach();
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/stream/SkipLimitComparison.java

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package com.baeldung.stream;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+public class SkipLimitComparison {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        skipExample();
+        limitExample();
+        limitInfiniteStreamExample();
+        getEvenNumbers(10, 10).stream()
+            .forEach(System.out::println);
+    }
+
+    public static void skipExample() {
+        Stream.of(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
+            .filter(i -> i % 2 == 0)
+            .skip(2)
+            .forEach(i -> System.out.print(i + " "));
+    }
+
+    public static void limitExample() {
+        Stream.of(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
+            .filter(i -> i % 2 == 0)
+            .limit(2)
+            .forEach(i -> System.out.print(i + " "));
+    }
+
+    public static void limitInfiniteStreamExample() {
+        Stream.iterate(0, i -> i + 1)
+            .filter(i -> i % 2 == 0)
+            .limit(10)
+            .forEach(System.out::println);
+    }
+
+    private static List<Integer> getEvenNumbers(int offset, int limit) {
+        return Stream.iterate(0, i -> i + 1)
+            .filter(i -> i % 2 == 0)
+            .skip(offset)
+            .limit(limit)
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/bifunction/BiFunctionalInterfacesUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+package com.baeldung.bifunction;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class BiFunctionalInterfacesUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    public void givenStreamValues_whenMappedToNewValues() {
+        List<String> mapped = Stream.of("hello", "world")
+                .map(word -> word + "!")
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        assertThat(mapped).containsExactly("hello!", "world!");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenStreamValues_whenReducedWithPrefixingOperation() {
+        String result = Stream.of("hello", "world")
+                .reduce("", (a, b) -> b + "-" + a);
+
+        assertThat(result).isEqualTo("world-hello-");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenStreamValues_whenReducedWithPrefixingLambda_thenHasNoTrailingDash() {
+        String result = Stream.of("hello", "world")
+                .reduce("", (a, b) -> combineWithoutTrailingDash(a, b));
+
+        assertThat(result).isEqualTo("world-hello");
+    }
+
+    private String combineWithoutTrailingDash(String a, String b) {
+        if (a.isEmpty()) {
+            return b;
+        }
+        return b + "-" + a;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenStreamValues_whenReducedWithPrefixingMethodReference_thenHasNoTrailingDash() {
+        String result = Stream.of("hello", "world")
+                .reduce("", this::combineWithoutTrailingDash);
+
+        assertThat(result).isEqualTo("world-hello");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenCombined() {
+        List<String> list1 = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c");
+        List<Integer> list2 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
+
+        List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int i=0; i < list1.size(); i++) {
+            result.add(list1.get(i) + list2.get(i));
+        }
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly("a1", "b2", "c3");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenCombinedWithGeneralPurposeCombiner() {
+        List<String> list1 = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c");
+        List<Integer> list2 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
+
+        List<String> result = listCombiner(list1, list2, (a, b) -> a + b);
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly("a1", "b2", "c3");
+    }
+
+    private static <T, U, R> List<R> listCombiner(List<T> list1,
+                                                  List<U> list2,
+                                                  BiFunction<T, U, R> combiner) {
+        List<R> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < list1.size(); i++) {
+            result.add(combiner.apply(list1.get(i), list2.get(i)));
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenComparedWithCombiningFunction() {
+        List<Double> list1 = Arrays.asList(1.0d, 2.1d, 3.3d);
+        List<Float> list2 = Arrays.asList(0.1f, 0.2f, 4f);
+
+        // algorithm to determine if the value in list1 > value in list 2
+        List<Boolean> result = listCombiner(list1, list2, (a, b) -> a > b);
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly(true, true, false);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenComparedWithCombiningFunctionByMethodReference() {
+        List<Double> list1 = Arrays.asList(1.0d, 2.1d, 3.3d);
+        List<Float> list2 = Arrays.asList(0.1f, 0.2f, 4f);
+
+        // algorithm to determine if the value in list1 > value in list 2
+        List<Boolean> result = listCombiner(list1, list2, this::firstIsGreaterThanSecond);
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly(true, true, false);
+    }
+
+    private boolean firstIsGreaterThanSecond(Double a, Float b) {
+        return a > b;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenComparedForEqualityByCombiningFunction() {
+        List<Float> list1 = Arrays.asList(0.1f, 0.2f, 4f);
+        List<Float> list2 = Arrays.asList(0.1f, 0.2f, 4f);
+
+        List<Boolean> result = listCombiner(list1, list2, (a, b) -> a.equals(b));
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly(true, true, true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenComparedForEqualityByCombiningFunctionWithMethodReference() {
+        List<Float> list1 = Arrays.asList(0.1f, 0.2f, 4f);
+        List<Float> list2 = Arrays.asList(0.1f, 0.2f, 4f);
+
+        List<Boolean> result = listCombiner(list1, list2, Float::equals);
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly(true, true, true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenComparedWithCombiningFunctionWithCompareTo() {
+        List<Double> list1 = Arrays.asList(1.0d, 2.1d, 3.3d);
+        List<Double> list2 = Arrays.asList(0.1d, 0.2d, 4d);
+
+        List<Integer> result = listCombiner(list1, list2, Double::compareTo);
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly(1, 1, -1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Allows you to to pass in a lambda or method reference and then
+     * get access to the BiFunction it is meant to become
+     */
+    private static <T, U, R> BiFunction<T, U, R> asBiFunction(BiFunction<T, U, R> function) {
+        return function;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenComparedWithCombiningFunctionWithComposedBiFunction() {
+        List<Double> list1 = Arrays.asList(1.0d, 2.1d, 3.3d);
+        List<Double> list2 = Arrays.asList(0.1d, 0.2d, 4d);
+
+        List<Boolean> result = listCombiner(list1, list2,
+                asBiFunction(Double::compareTo)
+                    .andThen(i -> i > 0));
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly(true, true, false);
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/README.md

@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@
 - [Java 8 Predicate Chain](https://www.baeldung.com/java-predicate-chain)
 - [Method References in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-method-references)
 - [Creating a Custom Annotation in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-custom-annotation)
+- [The Difference Between Collection.stream().forEach() and Collection.forEach()](https://www.baeldung.com/java-collection-stream-foreach)

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

@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
     <properties>
 
         <!-- util -->
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.8.1</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.9</commons-lang3.version>
         
         <jmh-core.version>1.19</jmh-core.version>
         <jmh-generator-annprocess.version>1.19</jmh-generator-annprocess.version>

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

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.array;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Scanner;
-
-public class JaggedArray {
-
-    int[][] shortHandFormInitialization() {
-        int[][] jaggedArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
-        return jaggedArr;
-    }
-
-    int[][] declarationAndThenInitialization() {
-        int[][] jaggedArr = new int[3][];
-        jaggedArr[0] = new int[] { 1, 2 };
-        jaggedArr[1] = new int[] { 3, 4, 5 };
-        jaggedArr[2] = new int[] { 6, 7, 8, 9 };
-        return jaggedArr;
-    }
-
-    int[][] declarationAndThenInitializationUsingUserInputs() {
-        int[][] jaggedArr = new int[3][];
-        jaggedArr[0] = new int[2];
-        jaggedArr[1] = new int[3];
-        jaggedArr[2] = new int[4];
-        initializeElements(jaggedArr);
-        return jaggedArr;
-    }
-
-    void initializeElements(int[][] jaggedArr) {
-        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
-        for (int outer = 0; outer < jaggedArr.length; outer++) {
-            for (int inner = 0; inner < jaggedArr[outer].length; inner++) {
-                jaggedArr[outer][inner] = sc.nextInt();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    void printElements(int[][] jaggedArr) {
-        for (int index = 0; index < jaggedArr.length; index++) {
-            System.out.println(Arrays.toString(jaggedArr[index]));
-        }
-    }
-
-    int[] getElementAtGivenIndex(int[][] jaggedArr, int index) {
-        return jaggedArr[index];
-    }
-
-}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package com.baeldung.array;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class MultiDimensionalArray {
+
+    int[][] shortHandFormInitialization() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArray = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
+        return multiDimensionalArray;
+    }
+
+    int[][] declarationAndThenInitialization() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArray = new int[3][];
+        multiDimensionalArray[0] = new int[] { 1, 2 };
+        multiDimensionalArray[1] = new int[] { 3, 4, 5 };
+        multiDimensionalArray[2] = new int[] { 6, 7, 8, 9 };
+        return multiDimensionalArray;
+    }
+
+    int[][] declarationAndThenInitializationUsingUserInputs() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArray = new int[3][];
+        multiDimensionalArray[0] = new int[2];
+        multiDimensionalArray[1] = new int[3];
+        multiDimensionalArray[2] = new int[4];
+        initializeElements(multiDimensionalArray);
+        return multiDimensionalArray;
+    }
+
+    void initializeElements(int[][] multiDimensionalArray) {
+        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
+        for (int outer = 0; outer < multiDimensionalArray.length; outer++) {
+            for (int inner = 0; inner < multiDimensionalArray[outer].length; inner++) {
+                multiDimensionalArray[outer][inner] = sc.nextInt();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    void initialize2DArray(int[][] multiDimensionalArray) {
+        for (int[] array : multiDimensionalArray) {
+            Arrays.fill(array, 7);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void printElements(int[][] multiDimensionalArray) {
+        for (int index = 0; index < multiDimensionalArray.length; index++) {
+            System.out.println(Arrays.toString(multiDimensionalArray[index]));
+        }
+    }
+
+    int[] getElementAtGivenIndex(int[][] multiDimensionalArray, int index) {
+        return multiDimensionalArray[index];
+    }
+
+    int[] findLengthOfElements(int[][] multiDimensionalArray) {
+        int[] arrayOfLengths = new int[multiDimensionalArray.length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < multiDimensionalArray.length; i++) {
+            arrayOfLengths[i] = multiDimensionalArray[i].length;
+        }
+        return arrayOfLengths;
+    }
+
+    Integer[] findLengthOfElements(Integer[][] multiDimensionalArray) {
+        return Arrays.stream(multiDimensionalArray)
+          .map(array -> array.length)
+          .toArray(Integer[]::new);
+    }
+
+    int[][] copy2DArray(int[][] arrayOfArrays) {
+        int[][] copied2DArray = new int[arrayOfArrays.length][];
+        for (int i = 0; i < arrayOfArrays.length; i++) {
+            int[] array = arrayOfArrays[i];
+            copied2DArray[i] = Arrays.copyOf(array, array.length);
+        }
+        return copied2DArray;
+    }
+
+    Integer[][] copy2DArray(Integer[][] arrayOfArrays) {
+        return Arrays.stream(arrayOfArrays)
+          .map(array -> Arrays.copyOf(array, array.length))
+          .toArray(Integer[][]::new);
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.baeldung.array;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
+
+public class RemoveElementFromAnArray {
+
+    public int[] removeAnElementWithAGivenIndex(int[] array, int index) {
+        return ArrayUtils.remove(array, index);
+    }
+
+    public int[] removeAllElementsWithGivenIndices(int[] array, int... indicies) {
+        return ArrayUtils.removeAll(array, indicies);
+    }
+
+    public int[] removeFirstOccurrenceOfGivenElement(int[] array, int element) {
+        return ArrayUtils.removeElement(array, element);
+    }
+
+    public int[] removeAllGivenElements(int[] array, int... elements) {
+        return ArrayUtils.removeElements(array, elements);
+    }
+
+    public int[] removeAllOccurrencesOfAGivenElement(int[] array, int element) {
+        return ArrayUtils.removeAllOccurences(array, element);
+    }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package com.baeldung.array;
+
+import com.baeldung.arraycopy.model.Employee;
+
+public class SortedArrayChecker {
+    boolean isSorted(int[] array, int length) {
+        if (array == null || length < 2)
+            return true;
+
+        if (array[length - 2] > array[length - 1])
+            return false;
+
+        return isSorted(array, length - 1);
+    }
+
+    boolean isSorted(int[] array) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length - 1; i++) {
+            if (array[i] > array[i + 1])
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    boolean isSorted(String[] array, int length) {
+        if (array == null || length < 2)
+            return true;
+
+        if (array[length - 2].compareTo(array[length - 1]) > 0)
+            return false;
+
+        return isSorted(array, length - 1);
+    }
+
+boolean isSorted(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length - 1; ++i) {
+        if (array[i].compareTo(array[i + 1]) > 0)
+            return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+    boolean isSortedByName(Employee[] array) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length - 1; ++i) {
+            if (array[i].getName().compareTo(array[i + 1].getName()) > 0)
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+boolean isSortedByAge(Employee[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length - 1; ++i) {
+        if (array[i].getAge() > (array[i + 1].getAge()))
+            return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+    boolean isSortedByAge(Employee[] array, int length) {
+        if (array == null || length < 2)
+            return true;
+
+        if (array[length - 2].getAge() > array[length - 1].getAge())
+            return false;
+
+        return isSortedByAge(array, length - 1);
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays/src/main/java/com/baeldung/arraycopy/model/Employee.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ public class Employee implements Serializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -2454619097207585825L;
     private int id;
     private String name;
+    private int age;
 
     public Employee() {
     }
@@ -15,10 +16,24 @@ public class Employee implements Serializable {
         this.name = name;
     }
 
+    public Employee(int id, String name, int age) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.name = name;
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    public int getAge() {
+        return age;
+    }
+
     public int getId() {
         return id;
     }
 
+    public void setAge(int age) {
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
     public void setId(int id) {
         this.id = id;
     }

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

@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.array;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.PrintStream;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class JaggedArrayUnitTest {
-
-    private JaggedArray obj = new JaggedArray();
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenInitializedUsingShortHandForm_thenCorrect() {
-        assertArrayEquals(new int[][] { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } }, obj.shortHandFormInitialization());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenInitializedWithDeclarationAndThenInitalization_thenCorrect() {
-        assertArrayEquals(new int[][] { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } }, obj.declarationAndThenInitialization());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenInitializedWithDeclarationAndThenInitalizationUsingUserInputs_thenCorrect() {
-        InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream("1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9".getBytes());
-        System.setIn(is);
-        assertArrayEquals(new int[][] { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } }, obj.declarationAndThenInitializationUsingUserInputs());
-        System.setIn(System.in);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void givenJaggedArrayAndAnIndex_thenReturnArrayAtGivenIndex() {
-        int[][] jaggedArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
-        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 1, 2 }, obj.getElementAtGivenIndex(jaggedArr, 0));
-        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 3, 4, 5 }, obj.getElementAtGivenIndex(jaggedArr, 1));
-        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 6, 7, 8, 9 }, obj.getElementAtGivenIndex(jaggedArr, 2));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void givenJaggedArray_whenUsingArraysAPI_thenVerifyPrintedElements() {
-        int[][] jaggedArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
-        ByteArrayOutputStream outContent = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        System.setOut(new PrintStream(outContent));
-        obj.printElements(jaggedArr);
-        assertEquals("[1, 2][3, 4, 5][6, 7, 8, 9]", outContent.toString().replace("\r", "").replace("\n", ""));
-        System.setOut(System.out);
-    }
-
-}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package com.baeldung.array;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class MultiDimensionalArrayUnitTest {
+
+    private MultiDimensionalArray obj = new MultiDimensionalArray();
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInitializedUsingShortHandForm_thenCorrect() {
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[][] { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } }, obj.shortHandFormInitialization());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInitializedWithDeclarationAndThenInitalization_thenCorrect() {
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[][] { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } }, obj.declarationAndThenInitialization());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInitializedWithDeclarationAndThenInitalizationUsingUserInputs_thenCorrect() {
+        InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream("1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9".getBytes());
+        System.setIn(is);
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[][] { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } }, obj.declarationAndThenInitializationUsingUserInputs());
+        System.setIn(System.in);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenMultiDimensionalArrayAndAnIndex_thenReturnArrayAtGivenIndex() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 1, 2 }, obj.getElementAtGivenIndex(multiDimensionalArr, 0));
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 3, 4, 5 }, obj.getElementAtGivenIndex(multiDimensionalArr, 1));
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 6, 7, 8, 9 }, obj.getElementAtGivenIndex(multiDimensionalArr, 2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenMultiDimensionalArray_whenUsingArraysAPI_thenVerifyPrintedElements() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
+        ByteArrayOutputStream outContent = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        System.setOut(new PrintStream(outContent));
+        obj.printElements(multiDimensionalArr);
+        assertEquals("[1, 2][3, 4, 5][6, 7, 8, 9]", outContent.toString().replace("\r", "").replace("\n", ""));
+        System.setOut(System.out);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenMultiDimensionalArray_whenUsingArraysFill_thenVerifyInitialize2DArray() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArr = new int[3][];
+        multiDimensionalArr[0] = new int[2];
+        multiDimensionalArr[1] = new int[3];
+        multiDimensionalArr[2] = new int[4];
+        obj.initialize2DArray(multiDimensionalArr);
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[][] {{7,7}, {7,7,7}, {7,7,7,7}}, multiDimensionalArr);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenMultiDimensionalArray_whenUsingIteration_thenVerifyFindLengthOfElements() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[]{2,3,4}, obj.findLengthOfElements(multiDimensionalArr));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenMultiDimensionalArray_whenUsingArraysStream_thenVerifyFindLengthOfElements() {
+        Integer[][] multiDimensionalArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
+        assertArrayEquals(new Integer[]{2,3,4}, obj.findLengthOfElements(multiDimensionalArr));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenMultiDimensionalArray_whenUsingArraysCopyOf_thenVerifyCopy2DArray() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
+        assertArrayEquals(multiDimensionalArr, obj.copy2DArray(multiDimensionalArr));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenMultiDimensionalArray_whenUsingArraysStream_thenVerifyCopy2DArray() {
+        Integer[][] multiDimensionalArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
+        assertArrayEquals(multiDimensionalArr, obj.copy2DArray(multiDimensionalArr));
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package com.baeldung.array;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class RemoveElementFromAnArrayUnitTest {
+
+    private final RemoveElementFromAnArray sut = new RemoveElementFromAnArray();
+    private final int[] inputArray = new int[] { 40, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 };
+
+    @Test
+    void testRemoveAnElementWithAGivenIndex() {
+        int index = 2;
+        int[] modifiedArray = sut.removeAnElementWithAGivenIndex(inputArray, index);
+
+        assertFalse(ArrayUtils.contains(modifiedArray, inputArray[index]));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRemoveAllElementsWithGivenIndices() {
+        int first = 0;
+        int last = inputArray.length - 1;
+        int[] modifiedArray = sut.removeAllElementsWithGivenIndices(inputArray, first, last);
+
+        assertFalse(ArrayUtils.contains(modifiedArray, inputArray[first]) && ArrayUtils.contains(modifiedArray, inputArray[last]));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRemoveElement_WhenArrayIsNull_ThrowsIndexOutOfBoundEx() {
+        int index = 2;
+
+        assertThrows(IndexOutOfBoundsException.class, () -> {
+            sut.removeAnElementWithAGivenIndex(null, index);
+        });
+
+        assertThrows(IndexOutOfBoundsException.class, () -> {
+            sut.removeAllElementsWithGivenIndices(null, index);
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRemoveFirstOccurrenceOfGivenElement() {
+        int element = 40;
+        int[] modifiedArray = sut.removeFirstOccurrenceOfGivenElement(inputArray, element);
+
+        int indexInInputArray = ArrayUtils.indexOf(inputArray, element);
+        int indexInModifiedArray = ArrayUtils.indexOf(modifiedArray, element);
+        assertFalse(indexInInputArray == indexInModifiedArray);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRemoveAllGivenElements() {
+        int duplicateElement = 40;
+        int[] elements = new int[] { duplicateElement, 10, 50 };
+        int[] modifiedArray = sut.removeAllGivenElements(inputArray, elements);
+
+        assertTrue(ArrayUtils.contains(modifiedArray, duplicateElement));
+        assertFalse(ArrayUtils.contains(modifiedArray, elements[1]));
+        assertFalse(ArrayUtils.contains(modifiedArray, elements[2]));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRemoveAllOccurrencesOfAGivenElement() {
+        int element = 40;
+        int[] modifiedArray = sut.removeAllOccurrencesOfAGivenElement(inputArray, element);
+
+        assertFalse(ArrayUtils.contains(modifiedArray, element));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRemoveElement_WhenArrayIsNull_ReturnsNull() {
+        int element = 20;
+
+        assertEquals(null, sut.removeFirstOccurrenceOfGivenElement(null, element));
+        assertEquals(null, sut.removeAllGivenElements(null, element));
+        assertEquals(null, sut.removeAllOccurrencesOfAGivenElement(null, element));
+
+    }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package com.baeldung.array;
+
+import com.baeldung.arraycopy.model.Employee;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+class SortedArrayCheckerUnitTest {
+
+    private static final int[] INTEGER_SORTED = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9};
+    private static final int[] INTEGER_NOT_SORTED = {1, 3, 11, 7};
+
+    private static final String[] STRING_SORTED = {"abc", "cde", "fgh"};
+    private static final String[] STRING_NOT_SORTED = {"abc", "fgh", "cde", "ijk"};
+
+    private final Employee[] EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_NAME = {
+            new Employee(1, "Carlos", 26),
+            new Employee(2, "Daniel", 31),
+            new Employee(3, "Marta", 27)};
+
+    private final Employee[] EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_NAME = {
+            new Employee(1, "Daniel", 31),
+            new Employee(2, "Carlos", 26),
+            new Employee(3, "Marta", 27)};
+
+    private final Employee[] EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_AGE = {
+            new Employee(1, "Carlos", 26),
+            new Employee(2, "Marta", 27),
+            new Employee(3, "Daniel", 31)};
+
+    private final Employee[] EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_AGE = {
+            new Employee(1, "Marta", 27),
+            new Employee(2, "Carlos", 26),
+            new Employee(3, "Daniel", 31)};
+
+    private SortedArrayChecker sortedArrayChecker;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        sortedArrayChecker = new SortedArrayChecker();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenIntegerArray_thenReturnIfItIsSortedOrNot() {
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSorted(INTEGER_SORTED)).isEqualTo(true);
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSorted(INTEGER_NOT_SORTED)).isEqualTo(false);
+
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSorted(INTEGER_SORTED, INTEGER_SORTED.length)).isEqualTo(true);
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSorted(INTEGER_NOT_SORTED, INTEGER_NOT_SORTED.length)).isEqualTo(false);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenStringArray_thenReturnIfItIsSortedOrNot() {
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSorted(STRING_SORTED)).isEqualTo(true);
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSorted(STRING_NOT_SORTED)).isEqualTo(false);
+
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSorted(STRING_SORTED, STRING_SORTED.length)).isEqualTo(true);
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSorted(STRING_NOT_SORTED, STRING_NOT_SORTED.length)).isEqualTo(false);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEmployeeArray_thenReturnIfItIsSortedOrNot() {
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSortedByName(EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_NAME)).isEqualTo(true);
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSortedByName(EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_NAME)).isEqualTo(false);
+
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSortedByAge(EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_AGE)).isEqualTo(true);
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSortedByAge(EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_AGE)).isEqualTo(false);
+
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSortedByAge(EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_AGE, EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_AGE.length)).isEqualTo(true);
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSortedByAge(EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_AGE, EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_AGE.length)).isEqualTo(false);
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-set/README.md

@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 - [Initializing HashSet at the Time of Construction](http://www.baeldung.com/java-initialize-hashset)
 - [Guide to EnumSet](https://www.baeldung.com/java-enumset)
 - [Set Operations in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-set-operations)
+- [Copying Sets in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-copy-sets)

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-set/pom.xml

@@ -14,30 +14,31 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-        <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-        <version>${guava.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-        <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
-        <version>${commons-collections4.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-        <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.5</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-        <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6</version>
-    </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+            <version>${guava.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-collections4.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+            <version>${gson.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-lang.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <commons-collections4.version>4.3</commons-collections4.version>
         <guava.version>27.1-jre</guava.version>
+        <gson.version>2.8.5</gson.version>
     </properties>
 </project>

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

@@ -1,26 +1,35 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung.exception.numberformat</groupId>
-    <artifactId>core-java-exceptions</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <name>core-java-exceptions</name>
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>com.baeldung.exception.numberformat</groupId>
+	<artifactId>core-java-exceptions</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>core-java-exceptions</name>
 
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
-        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
-    </parent>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+		<artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+		<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
+	</parent>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>${junit.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+			<version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<properties>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.9</commons-lang3.version>
+	</properties>
 
 </project>

core-java-modules/core-java-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/exception/error/ErrorGeneratorUnitTest.java

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-package com.baeldung.error;
+package com.baeldung.exception.error;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class ErrorGeneratorUnitTest {

core-java-modules/core-java-jpms/decoupling-pattern1/consumermodule/pom.xml

@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
         <version>1.0</version>
     </parent>
     
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.baeldung.servicemodule</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servicemodule</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>           
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -19,12 +27,4 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-    
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.baeldung.servicemodule</groupId>
-            <artifactId>servicemodule</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0</version>           
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
 </project>

core-java-modules/core-java-jpms/decoupling-pattern2/consumermodule/pom.xml

@@ -2,17 +2,18 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <parent>
-        <artifactId>com.baeldung.decoupling-pattern2</artifactId>
-        <groupId>decoupling-pattern2</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>com.baeldung.consumermodule</groupId>
     <artifactId>consumermodule</artifactId>
     <version>1.0</version>
 
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>com.baeldung.decoupling-pattern2</artifactId>
+        <groupId>decoupling-pattern2</groupId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.baeldung.servicemodule</groupId>

core-java-modules/core-java-lambdas/README.MD

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-### Relevant Articles
-
-- [Why Do Local Variables Used in Lambdas Have to Be Final or Effectively Final?](https://www.baeldung.com/java-lambda-effectively-final-local-variables)

core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/README.md

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 - [Generic Constructors in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-generic-constructors)
 - [Cannot Reference “X” Before Supertype Constructor Has Been Called](https://www.baeldung.com/java-cannot-reference-x-before-supertype-constructor-error)
 - [Anonymous Classes in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-anonymous-classes)
+- [Raw Types in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/raw-types-java)

core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/rawtype/RawTypeDemo.java

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.baeldung.rawtype;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class RawTypeDemo {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		RawTypeDemo rawTypeDemo = new RawTypeDemo();
+		rawTypeDemo.methodA();
+	}
+
+	public void methodA() {
+		// parameterized type
+		List<String> listStr = new ArrayList<>();
+		listStr.add("Hello Folks!");
+		methodB(listStr);
+		String s = listStr.get(1); // ClassCastException at run time
+	}
+
+	public void methodB(List rawList) { // Inexpressive raw type
+		rawList.add(1); // Unsafe operation
+	}
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-lang-syntax/src/main/java/com/baeldung/breakloop/LoopBreaking.java

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.baeldung.breakloop;
+
+public class LoopBreaking {
+
+    public String simpleBreak() {
+        String result = "";
+        for (int outerCounter = 0; outerCounter < 2; outerCounter++) {
+            result += "outer" + outerCounter;
+            for (int innerCounter = 0; innerCounter < 2; innerCounter++) {
+                result += "inner" + innerCounter;
+                if (innerCounter == 0) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public String labelBreak() {
+        String result = "";
+        myBreakLabel:
+        for (int outerCounter = 0; outerCounter < 2; outerCounter++) {
+            result += "outer" + outerCounter;
+            for (int innerCounter = 0; innerCounter < 2; innerCounter++) {
+                result += "inner" + innerCounter;
+                if (innerCounter == 0) {
+                    break myBreakLabel;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public String usingReturn() {
+        String result = "";
+        for (int outerCounter = 0; outerCounter < 2; outerCounter++) {
+            result += "outer" + outerCounter;
+            for (int innerCounter = 0; innerCounter < 2; innerCounter++) {
+                result += "inner" + innerCounter;
+                if (innerCounter == 0) {
+                    return result;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return "failed";
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-lang-syntax/src/test/java/com/baeldung/breakloop/LoopBreakingUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.baeldung.breakloop;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+class LoopBreakingUnitTest {
+
+    private LoopBreaking loopBreaking = new LoopBreaking();
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingBreak_shouldBreakInnerLoop() {
+        assertEquals("outer0inner0outer1inner0", loopBreaking.simpleBreak());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingLabeledBreak_shouldBreakInnerLoopAndOuterLoop() {
+        assertEquals("outer0inner0", loopBreaking.labelBreak());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingReturn_shouldBreakInnerLoopAndOuterLoop() {
+        assertEquals("outer0inner0", loopBreaking.usingReturn());
+    }
+}

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

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ## Relevant articles:
 
-- [Determine File Creating Date in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/file-creation-date-java)
+- [Determine File Creating Date in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-file-creation-date)

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

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <parent>
-      <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-      <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
-      <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      <relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 </project>

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

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 
 ## Core Java Optional
 
-### Relevant Articles: 
+### Relevant Articles: 
+- [Java Optional as Return Type](https://www.baeldung.com/java-optional-return)

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

@@ -1,22 +1,14 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung.core-java-modules</groupId>
-    <artifactId>core-java-modules</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-  <artifactId>core-java-optional</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <hibernate.core.version>5.4.0.Final</hibernate.core.version>
-        <h2database.version>1.4.197</h2database.version>
-        <jackson.databind.version>2.9.8</jackson.databind.version>
-    </properties>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>core-java-optional</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+	
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung.core-java-modules</groupId>
+        <artifactId>core-java-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
   
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -50,4 +42,13 @@
         </plugins>
 
     </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <hibernate.core.version>5.4.0.Final</hibernate.core.version>
+        <h2database.version>1.4.197</h2database.version>
+        <jackson.databind.version>2.9.8</jackson.databind.version>
+    </properties>
 </project>

core-java-modules/core-java-security/src/main/java/com/baeldung/random/SecureRandomDemo.java

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.baeldung.random;
+
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+import java.util.stream.LongStream;
+import java.util.stream.DoubleStream;
+
+public interface SecureRandomDemo {
+
+    public static void generateSecureRandomValues() {
+        SecureRandom sr = new SecureRandom();
+
+        int randomInt = sr.nextInt();
+        long randomLong = sr.nextLong();
+        float randomFloat = sr.nextFloat();
+        double randomDouble = sr.nextDouble();
+        boolean randomBoolean = sr.nextBoolean();
+
+        IntStream randomIntStream = sr.ints();
+        LongStream randomLongStream = sr.longs();
+        DoubleStream randomDoubleStream = sr.doubles();
+
+        byte[] values = new byte[124];
+        sr.nextBytes(values);
+    }
+
+    public static SecureRandom getSecureRandomForAlgorithm(String algorithm) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+        if (algorithm == null || algorithm.isEmpty()) {
+            return new SecureRandom();
+        }
+
+        return SecureRandom.getInstance(algorithm);
+    }
+
+}

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

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
         <relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>

core-java-modules/multimodulemavenproject/daomodule/pom.xml

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung.daomodule</groupId>
+    <artifactId>daomodule</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung.multimodulemavenproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>multimodulemavenproject</artifactId>
         <version>1.0</version>
     </parent>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung.daomodule</groupId>
-    <artifactId>daomodule</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0</version>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
     
     <build>
         <plugins>

core-java-modules/multimodulemavenproject/entitymodule/pom.xml

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung.entitymodule</groupId>
+    <artifactId>entitymodule</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung.multimodulemavenproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>multimodulemavenproject</artifactId>
         <version>1.0</version>
     </parent>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung.entitymodule</groupId>
-    <artifactId>entitymodule</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0</version>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
     
     <build>
         <plugins>

core-java-modules/multimodulemavenproject/mainappmodule/pom.xml

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung.mainappmodule</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mainappmodule</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung.multimodulemavenproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>multimodulemavenproject</artifactId>
         <version>1.0</version>
     </parent>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung.mainappmodule</groupId>
-    <artifactId>mainappmodule</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0</version>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
     
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>

core-java-modules/multimodulemavenproject/pom.xml

@@ -14,18 +14,25 @@
         <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
+    <modules>
+        <module>entitymodule</module>
+        <module>daomodule</module>
+        <module>userdaomodule</module>
+        <module>mainappmodule</module>
+    </modules>
+    
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>junit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-                <version>4.12</version>
+                <version>${junit.version}</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
                 <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-                <version>3.12.2</version>
+                <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
@@ -49,14 +56,8 @@
         </pluginManagement>
     </build>
     
-    <modules>
-        <module>entitymodule</module>
-        <module>daomodule</module>
-        <module>userdaomodule</module>
-        <module>mainappmodule</module>
-    </modules>
-    
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <assertj-core.version>3.12.2</assertj-core.version>
     </properties>
 </project>

core-java-modules/multimodulemavenproject/userdaomodule/pom.xml

@@ -1,24 +1,16 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung.userdaomodule</groupId>
+    <artifactId>userdaomodule</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung.multimodulemavenproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>multimodulemavenproject</artifactId>
         <version>1.0</version>
     </parent>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung.userdaomodule</groupId>
-    <artifactId>userdaomodule</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0</version>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
     
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -33,6 +25,15 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>9</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>9</maven.compiler.target>

core-java-modules/pre-jpms/pom.xml

@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7.25</version>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
+
 	<build>
 		<finalName>pre-jpms</finalName>
 		<plugins>
@@ -65,9 +66,9 @@
 					</archive>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
+
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	</properties>

custom-pmd/pom.xml

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
     <name>custom-pmd</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+    
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>

flyway-cdi-extension/pom.xml

@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>flyway-cdi-extension</name>
 
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId>

jackson-2/README.md

@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ The "REST With Spring" Classes: http://bit.ly/restwithspring
 - [Mapping Multiple JSON Fields to a Single Java Field](https://www.baeldung.com/json-multiple-fields-single-java-field)
 - [How to Process YAML with Jackson](https://www.baeldung.com/jackson-yaml)
 - [Working with Tree Model Nodes in Jackson](https://www.baeldung.com/jackson-json-node-tree-model)
-
+- [Converting JSON to CSV in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-converting-json-to-csv)

jackson-2/pom.xml

@@ -26,21 +26,21 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.8</version>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         
         <!-- CSV -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-csv</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.8</version>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>        
 
         <!-- Allow use of LocalDate -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.8</version>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
 

jackson-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jackson/json/compare/JsonCompareUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+package com.baeldung.jackson.json.compare;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.NumericNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.TextNode;
+
+public class JsonCompareUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoSameJsonDataObjects_whenCompared_thenAreEqual() throws IOException {
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        String s1 = "{\"employee\": {\"id\": \"1212\",\"fullName\": \"John Miles\", \"age\": 34 }}";
+        String s2 = "{\"employee\": {\"id\": \"1212\",\"age\": 34, \"fullName\": \"John Miles\" }}";
+
+        JsonNode actualObj1 = mapper.readTree(s1);
+        JsonNode actualObj2 = mapper.readTree(s2);
+
+        assertEquals(actualObj1, actualObj2);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoSameNestedJsonDataObjects_whenCompared_thenEqual() throws IOException {
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        String s1 = "{\"employee\": {\"id\": \"1212\",\"fullName\": \"John Miles\",\"age\": 34, \"contact\":{\"email\": \"john@xyz.com\",\"phone\": \"9999999999\"} }}";
+        String s2 = "{\"employee\": {\"id\": \"1212\",\"fullName\": \"John Miles\",\"age\": 34, \"contact\":{\"email\": \"john@xyz.com\",\"phone\": \"9999999999\"} }}";
+
+        JsonNode actualObj1 = mapper.readTree(s1);
+        JsonNode actualObj2 = mapper.readTree(s2);
+
+        assertEquals(actualObj1, actualObj2);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoSameListJsonDataObjects_whenCompared_thenEqual() throws IOException {
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        String s1 = "{\"employee\": {\"id\": \"1212\",\"fullName\": \"John Miles\",\"age\": 34, \"skills\":[\"Java\", \"C++\", \"Python\"] }}";
+        String s2 = "{\"employee\": {\"id\": \"1212\",\"fullName\": \"John Miles\",\"age\": 34, \"skills\":[\"Java\", \"C++\", \"Python\"] }}";
+
+        JsonNode actualObj1 = mapper.readTree(s1);
+        JsonNode actualObj2 = mapper.readTree(s2);
+
+        assertEquals(actualObj1, actualObj2);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoJsonDataObjects_whenComparedUsingCustomNumericNodeComparator_thenEqual() throws IOException {
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        String s1 = "{\"name\": \"John\",\"score\":5.0}";
+        String s2 = "{\"name\": \"John\",\"score\":5}";
+        JsonNode actualObj1 = mapper.readTree(s1);
+        JsonNode actualObj2 = mapper.readTree(s2);
+
+        NumericNodeComparator cmp = new NumericNodeComparator();
+
+        assertNotEquals(actualObj1, actualObj2);
+        assertTrue(actualObj1.equals(cmp, actualObj2));
+
+    }
+    
+    public class NumericNodeComparator implements Comparator<JsonNode> {
+        @Override
+        public int compare(JsonNode o1, JsonNode o2) {
+            if (o1.equals(o2)) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            if ((o1 instanceof NumericNode) && (o2 instanceof NumericNode)) {
+                Double d1 = ((NumericNode) o1).asDouble();
+                Double d2 = ((NumericNode) o2).asDouble();
+                if (d1.compareTo(d2) == 0) {
+                    return 0;
+                }
+            }
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoJsonDataObjects_whenComparedUsingCustomTextNodeComparator_thenEqual() throws IOException {
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        String s1 = "{\"name\": \"JOHN\",\"score\":5}";
+        String s2 = "{\"name\": \"John\",\"score\":5}";
+        JsonNode actualObj1 = mapper.readTree(s1);
+        JsonNode actualObj2 = mapper.readTree(s2);
+
+        TextNodeComparator cmp = new TextNodeComparator();
+
+        assertNotEquals(actualObj1, actualObj2);
+        assertTrue(actualObj1.equals(cmp, actualObj2));
+
+    }
+    
+    public class TextNodeComparator implements Comparator<JsonNode> {
+        @Override
+        public int compare(JsonNode o1, JsonNode o2) {
+            if (o1.equals(o2)) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            if ((o1 instanceof TextNode) && (o2 instanceof TextNode)) {
+                String s1 = ((TextNode) o1).asText();
+                String s2 = ((TextNode) o2).asText();
+                if (s1.equalsIgnoreCase(s2)) {
+                    return 0;
+                }
+            }
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+}

java-collections-conversions/README.md

@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@
 - [Converting a List to String in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-list-to-string)
 - [How to Convert List to Map in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-list-to-map)
 - [Array to String Conversions](https://www.baeldung.com/java-array-to-string)
-- [Converting a Collection to ArrayList in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-convert-collection-arraylist)
+- [Converting a Collection to ArrayList in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-convert-collection-arraylist)
+- [Java 8 Collectors toMap](https://www.baeldung.com/java-collectors-tomap)
+- [Converting Iterable to Collection in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-iterable-to-collection)
+- [Converting Iterator to List](https://www.baeldung.com/java-convert-iterator-to-list)

java-collections-conversions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/convert/iteratortolist/ConvertIteratorToListServiceUnitTest.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.baeldung.convertiteratortolist;
+package com.baeldung.convert.iteratortolist;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.collection.IsCollectionWithSize.hasSize;

java-collections-conversions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java/collections/IterableToCollectionUnitTest.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.baeldung.java.collections;
+package com.baeldung.java.collections;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;

java-dates-2/pom.xml

@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
             <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
             <version>${joda-time.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-validator/commons-validator -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-validator.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- test scoped -->
         <dependency>
@@ -56,6 +63,7 @@
         <!-- testing -->
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
         <joda-time.version>2.10</joda-time.version>
+        <commons-validator.version>1.6</commons-validator.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.9</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.9</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>

java-dates-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidator.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+public interface DateValidator {
+   boolean isValid(String dateStr);
+}

java-dates-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingApacheValidator.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import org.apache.commons.validator.GenericValidator;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingApacheValidator implements DateValidator {
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValid(String dateStr) {
+        return GenericValidator.isDate(dateStr, "yyyy-MM-dd", true); 
+    }
+}

java-dates-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingDateFormat.java

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingDateFormat implements DateValidator {
+    private String dateFormat;
+
+    public DateValidatorUsingDateFormat(String dateFormat) {
+        this.dateFormat = dateFormat;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValid(String dateStr) {
+        DateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(this.dateFormat);
+        sdf.setLenient(false);
+        try {
+            sdf.parse(dateStr);
+        } catch (ParseException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}

java-dates-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingDateTimeFormatter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingDateTimeFormatter implements DateValidator {
+    private DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter;
+    
+    public DateValidatorUsingDateTimeFormatter(DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter) {
+        this.dateFormatter = dateFormatter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValid(String dateStr) {
+        try {
+            this.dateFormatter.parse(dateStr);
+        } catch (DateTimeParseException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}

java-dates-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingLocalDate.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingLocalDate implements DateValidator {
+    private DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter;
+    
+    public DateValidatorUsingLocalDate(DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter) {
+        this.dateFormatter = dateFormatter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValid(String dateStr) {
+        try {
+            LocalDate.parse(dateStr, this.dateFormatter);
+        } catch (DateTimeParseException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}

java-dates-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingApacheValidatorUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.apache.commons.validator.GenericValidator;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingApacheValidatorUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenValidDatePassed_ThenTrue() {
+        assertTrue(GenericValidator.isDate("2019-02-28", "yyyy-MM-dd", true));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInvalidDatePassed_ThenFalse() {
+        assertFalse(GenericValidator.isDate("2019-02-29", "yyyy-MM-dd", true));
+    }
+}

java-dates-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingDateFormatUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingDateFormatUnitTest {
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidator_whenValidDatePassed_ThenTrue() {
+        DateValidator validator = new DateValidatorUsingDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
+        
+        assertTrue(validator.isValid("02/28/2019"));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidator_whenInvalidDatePassed_ThenFalse() {
+        DateValidator validator = new DateValidatorUsingDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
+        
+        assertFalse(validator.isValid("02/30/2019"));
+    }
+}

java-dates-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingDateTimeFormatterUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.ResolverStyle;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingDateTimeFormatterUnitTest {
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidator_whenValidDatePassed_ThenTrue() {
+        DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("uuuu-MM-dd", Locale.US)
+            .withResolverStyle(ResolverStyle.STRICT);
+        DateValidator validator = new DateValidatorUsingDateTimeFormatter(dateFormatter);
+        
+        assertTrue(validator.isValid("2019-02-28"));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidator_whenInValidDatePassed_ThenFalse() {
+        DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("uuuu-MM-dd", Locale.US)
+            .withResolverStyle(ResolverStyle.STRICT);
+        DateValidator validator = new DateValidatorUsingDateTimeFormatter(dateFormatter);
+        
+        assertFalse(validator.isValid("2019-02-30"));
+    }
+
+}

java-dates-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingLocalDateUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingLocalDateUnitTest {
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidator_whenValidDatePassed_ThenTrue() {
+        DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.BASIC_ISO_DATE;
+        DateValidator validator = new DateValidatorUsingLocalDate(dateFormatter);
+        
+        assertTrue(validator.isValid("20190228"));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidator_whenInValidDatePassed_ThenFalse() {
+        DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.BASIC_ISO_DATE;
+        DateValidator validator = new DateValidatorUsingLocalDate(dateFormatter);
+        
+        assertFalse(validator.isValid("20190230"));
+    }
+}

java-math/pom.xml

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.dpaukov</groupId>
             <artifactId>combinatoricslib3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.0</version>
+            <version>${combinatoricslib3.version}</version>
          </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
         <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
         <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
+        <combinatoricslib3.version>3.3.0</combinatoricslib3.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

java-numbers/src/main/java/com/baeldung/random/SecureRandomDemo.java

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.baeldung.random;
+
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+import java.util.stream.LongStream;
+import java.util.stream.DoubleStream;
+
+public interface SecureRandomDemo {
+
+    public static void generateSecureRandomValues() {
+        SecureRandom sr = new SecureRandom();
+
+        int randomInt = sr.nextInt();
+        long randomLong = sr.nextLong();
+        float randomFloat = sr.nextFloat();
+        double randomDouble = sr.nextDouble();
+        boolean randomBoolean = sr.nextBoolean();
+
+        IntStream randomIntStream = sr.ints();
+        LongStream randomLongStream = sr.longs();
+        DoubleStream randomDoubleStream = sr.doubles();
+
+        byte[] values = new byte[124];
+        sr.nextBytes(values);
+    }
+
+    public static SecureRandom getSecureRandomForAlgorithm(String algorithm) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+        if (algorithm == null || algorithm.isEmpty()) {
+            return new SecureRandom();
+        }
+
+        return SecureRandom.getInstance(algorithm);
+    }
+
+}

java-streams-2/README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ### Relevant Articles:
 - [Guide to Stream.reduce()](https://www.baeldung.com/java-stream-reduce)
-
+- [How to Break from Java Stream forEach](https://www.baeldung.com/java-break-stream-foreach)
+- [Java IntStream Conversions](https://www.baeldung.com/java-intstream-convert)

java-streams-2/pom.xml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <groupId>com.baeldung.javastreams2</groupId>
     <artifactId>javastreams2</artifactId>
     <version>1.0</version>
-    <name>Stream Reduce</name>
+    <name>javastreams2</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <parent>
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 	
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.9</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.9</maven.compiler.target>
         <assertj.version>3.11.1</assertj.version>
     </properties>
 </project>

java-streams-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/breakforeach/CustomForEach.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.baeldung.breakforeach;
+
+import java.util.Spliterator;
+import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+public class CustomForEach {
+
+    public static class Breaker {
+        private boolean shouldBreak = false;
+
+        public void stop() {
+            shouldBreak = true;
+        }
+
+        boolean get() {
+            return shouldBreak;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static <T> void forEach(Stream<T> stream, BiConsumer<T, Breaker> consumer) {
+        Spliterator<T> spliterator = stream.spliterator();
+        boolean hadNext = true;
+        Breaker breaker = new Breaker();
+
+        while (hadNext && !breaker.get()) {
+            hadNext = spliterator.tryAdvance(elem -> {
+                consumer.accept(elem, breaker);
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}

java-streams-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/breakforeach/CustomSpliterator.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.baeldung.breakforeach;
+
+import java.util.Spliterator;
+import java.util.Spliterators;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+public class CustomSpliterator<T> extends Spliterators.AbstractSpliterator<T> {
+
+    private Spliterator<T> splitr;
+    private Predicate<T> predicate;
+    private boolean isMatched = true;
+
+    public CustomSpliterator(Spliterator<T> splitr, Predicate<T> predicate) {
+        super(splitr.estimateSize(), 0);
+        this.splitr = splitr;
+        this.predicate = predicate;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean tryAdvance(Consumer<? super T> consumer) {
+        boolean hadNext = splitr.tryAdvance(elem -> {
+            if (predicate.test(elem) && isMatched) {
+                consumer.accept(elem);
+            } else {
+                isMatched = false;
+            }
+        });
+        return hadNext && isMatched;
+    }
+}

java-streams-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/breakforeach/CustomTakeWhile.java

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.breakforeach;
+
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
+
+public class CustomTakeWhile {
+
+    public static <T> Stream<T> takeWhile(Stream<T> stream, Predicate<T> predicate) {
+        CustomSpliterator<T> customSpliterator = new CustomSpliterator<>(stream.spliterator(), predicate);
+        return StreamSupport.stream(customSpliterator, false);
+    }
+
+}

java-streams-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/breakforeach/TakeWhileExample.java

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.baeldung.breakforeach;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+
+public class TakeWhileExample {
+
+    public static void takeWhileJava9() {
+        Stream.of("cat", "dog", "elephant", "fox", "rabbit", "duck")
+            .takeWhile(n -> n.length() % 2 != 0)
+            .forEach(System.out::println); // cat, dog
+    }
+
+    public static void plainForLoopWithBreak() {
+        List<String> list = asList("cat", "dog", "elephant", "fox", "rabbit", "duck");
+        for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
+            String item = list.get(i);
+            if (item.length() % 2 == 0) {
+                break;
+            }
+            System.out.println(item);
+        }
+    }
+}

java-streams-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/breakforeach/BreakFromStreamForEachUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package com.baeldung.breakforeach;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class BreakFromStreamForEachUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCustomTakeWhileIsCalled_ThenCorrectItemsAreReturned() {
+        Stream<String> initialStream = Stream.of("cat", "dog", "elephant", "fox", "rabbit", "duck");
+
+        List<String> result = CustomTakeWhile.takeWhile(initialStream, x -> x.length() % 2 != 0)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        assertEquals(asList("cat", "dog"), result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCustomForEachIsCalled_ThenCorrectItemsAreReturned() {
+        Stream<String> initialStream = Stream.of("cat", "dog", "elephant", "fox", "rabbit", "duck");
+        List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        CustomForEach.forEach(initialStream, (elem, breaker) -> {
+            if (elem.length() % 2 == 0) {
+                breaker.stop();
+            } else {
+                result.add(elem);
+            }
+        });
+
+        assertEquals(asList("cat", "dog"), result);
+    }
+
+}

java-streams-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/convert/intstreams/IntStreamsConversionsUnitTest.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.baeldung.intstreams.conversion;
+package com.baeldung.convert.intstreams;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 

java-strings-2/README.MD

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 - [Java Localization – Formatting Messages](https://www.baeldung.com/java-localization-messages-formatting)
 - [Check If a String Contains a Substring](https://www.baeldung.com/java-string-contains-substring)
 - [Removing Stopwords from a String in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-string-remove-stopwords)
+- [Blank and Empty Strings in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-blank-empty-strings)

java-strings-2/pom.xml

@@ -57,6 +57,26 @@
             <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-text.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.0.Final</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
+            <version>6.0.2.Final</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.web</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2.6</version>
+        </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -86,7 +106,7 @@
     <properties>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.8.1</commons-lang3.version>
         <icu4j.version>61.1</icu4j.version>
-        <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
+        <guava.version>28.0-jre</guava.version>
         <commons-text.version>1.4</commons-text.version>
     </properties>
 

java-strings-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/string/emptystrings/EmptyStringCheck.java

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.baeldung.string.emptystrings;
+
+class EmptyStringCheck {
+
+    boolean isEmptyString(String string) {
+        return string == null || string.isEmpty();
+    }
+}

java-strings-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/string/emptystrings/Java5EmptyStringCheck.java

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.baeldung.string.emptystrings;
+
+class Java5EmptyStringCheck {
+
+    boolean isEmptyString(String string) {
+        return string == null || string.length() == 0;
+    }
+}