Java
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Java 9: Enhancements to Optional
Previously, I wrote about the Optional class that was introduced in Java 8 to model potentially absent values and reduce…
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Java 9: Enhancements to the Stream API
Java 9 adds 4 new methods to the Stream interface: 1. dropWhile The dropWhile method is similar to the skip…
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Java 9: JShell
JShell is a new tool introduced in Java 9 that evaluates Java statements entered on the command line. It is…
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Caching method results with JCache
In JCache there is a handy functionality that transparently caches the result of methods. You can annotate methods of managed…
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Choosing Java Cryptographic Algorithms Part 1 – Hashing
Abstract This is the 1st of a three-part blog series covering Java cryptographic algorithms. The series covers how to implement…
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Fatjars, Thinwars and why OpenLiberty is cool
Fatjars Building a Fatjar (or Uberjar) that contains everything you need to run your application nicely packaged together means you…
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JavaParser to generate, analyze and modify Java code
As developers we frequently look in contempt to people doing repetitive work manually. They should automate that, we think. Still,…
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Some Factory Examples
Every now and then I find myself scratching through some of my old code to find that example “where I…
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Gentle intro to GraphQL in Java World
A lot of people think that GraphQL is for Front End and JavaScript only, that it doesn’t have the place…
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