Core Java
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Testing with files and directories in JUnit with @Rule
Testing with Files and directories in JUnit is easy thanks to TemporaryFolder @Rule. In JUnit rules (@Rule) can be used…
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Instances of Non-Capturing Lambdas
Roughly a month ago, I summarized Brian Goetz’ peek under the hood of lambda expressions in Java 8. Currently I’m…
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Java8 Sorting – Performance Pitfall
Java 8 brings all the goodness of lambdas to enable us to program using a declarative style. But is it…
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Unit Testing in AEM (thinking loud)
This is not a recommendation of any sorts but a culmination of ideas and a few options that are available…
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My favourite Java puzzler 2 + 1 = 4
Here’s my current favourite Java puzzler. How can you get your code to do this? …
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Fail-fast validations using Java 8 streams
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen code which fail-fast validates the state of something, using an…
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Why Now is the Perfect Time to Upgrade to Java 8
Interested to see how you can get the most out of the new Java 8 features with AppDynamics? Start a…
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Working with GZIP and compressed data
Abstract We all know what it means to zip a file with zip or gzip. But using zipped files in…
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Make agents, not frameworks
Ever since their introduction, Java annotations have become an integral part of the APIs of larger application frameworks. Good examples…
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