Optional.isEmpty() Available in JDK 11 EA Builds
DZone My recently posted question, "Optional.isEmpty() Coming to Java?," was prompted by a core-libs-dev mailing list post titled "RFR: 8184693:…
Using Annotations for Related JPA Entities
DZone The objective of this article is to demonstrate how to reduce the usage of yourEntityManager while persisting the associated…
Automate It: Be Lazy (Part 1)
DZone Based on my passion as an open source developer, in particular for the Apache Maven Project, I work JIRA-based, which…
Exact Conversion of Long to Int in Java
DZone With all the shiny things (lambda expressions, streams, Optional, the new Date/Time API, etc.) to distract my attention that…
This Week in Spring: Spring Cloud Edgeware, Authentication, and More
DZone Hi Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! This week I’m fresh from the amazing…
Design Patterns Explained: Adapter Pattern With Code Examples
DZone Design patterns provide a reliable and easy way to follow proven design principles and to write well-structured and maintainable…
Making Pivot Tables with Java Streams from Databases
DZone Raw data from database rows and tables does not provide much insight to human readers. Instead, humans are much…
Introduction to the Apache POI Library
DZone We use Office applications frequently to serve many purposes. Have you ever thought of doing the task of reading…
Payload Transformation: JSON to Java
DZone Mule provides us the functionality of transforming one input data type to another that not only increases the system…