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core-java-modules/README.md

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+## Core Java Modules
+
+This module contains modules about core Java
+
+## Relevant articles:
+
+- [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

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+## Core Java 10
+
+This module contains articles about Java 10 core features
+
+### Relevant Articles: 
+
+- [Java 10 LocalVariable Type-Inference](http://www.baeldung.com/java-10-local-variable-type-inference)
+- [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-10/pom.xml

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+<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</groupId>
+    <artifactId>core-java-10</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>core-java-10</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>${maven.compiler.source.version}</source>
+                    <target>${maven.compiler.target.version}</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source.version>10</maven.compiler.source.version>
+        <maven.compiler.target.version>10</maven.compiler.target.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>

core-java-modules/core-java-10/src/main/java/com/baeldung/App.java

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+package com.baeldung;
+
+/**
+ * Hello world!
+ *
+ */
+public class App 
+{
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-10/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graal/CountUppercase.java

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+package com.baeldung.graal;
+
+public class CountUppercase {
+    static final int ITERATIONS = Math.max(Integer.getInteger("iterations", 1), 1);
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        String sentence = String.join(" ", args);
+        for (int iter = 0; iter < ITERATIONS; iter++) {
+            if (ITERATIONS != 1) System.out.println("-- iteration " + (iter + 1) + " --");
+            long total = 0, start = System.currentTimeMillis(), last = start;
+            for (int i = 1; i < 10_000_000; i++) {
+                total += sentence
+                  .chars()
+                  .filter(Character::isUpperCase)
+                  .count();
+                if (i % 1_000_000 == 0) {
+                    long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                    System.out.printf("%d (%d ms)%n", i / 1_000_000, now - last);
+                    last = now;
+                }
+            }
+            System.out.printf("total: %d (%d ms)%n", total, System.currentTimeMillis() - start);
+        }
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-10/src/main/java/com/baeldung/set/CopySets.java

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+package com.baeldung.set;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class CopySets {
+
+    // Using Java 10
+    public static <T> Set<T> copyBySetCopyOf(Set<T> original) {
+        Set<T> copy = Set.copyOf(original);
+        return copy;
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-10/src/main/resources/logback.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
+            </pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+    </root>
+</configuration>

core-java-modules/core-java-10/src/test/java/com/baeldung/AppTest.java

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+package com.baeldung;
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import junit.framework.TestSuite;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for simple App.
+ */
+public class AppTest 
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * Create the test case
+     *
+     * @param testName name of the test case
+     */
+    public AppTest( String testName )
+    {
+        super( testName );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the suite of tests being tested
+     */
+    public static Test suite()
+    {
+        return new TestSuite( AppTest.class );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Rigourous Test :-)
+     */
+    public void testApp()
+    {
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-10/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java10/Java10FeaturesUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.java10;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class Java10FeaturesUnitTest {
+
+    private List<Integer> someIntList;
+    
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        someIntList = new ArrayList<>();
+        
+        someIntList.add(1);
+        someIntList.add(2);
+        someIntList.add(3);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenVarInitWithString_thenGetStringTypeVar() {
+        var message = "Hello, Java 10";
+        assertTrue(message instanceof String);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenVarInitWithAnonymous_thenGetAnonymousType() {
+        var obj = new Object() {};
+        assertFalse(obj.getClass().equals(Object.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public void whenModifyCopyOfList_thenThrowsException() {
+        List<Integer> copyList = List.copyOf(someIntList);
+        copyList.add(4);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public void whenModifyToUnmodifiableList_thenThrowsException() {
+        List<Integer> evenList = someIntList.stream()
+          .filter(i -> i % 2 == 0)
+          .collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableList());
+        evenList.add(4);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenListContainsInteger_OrElseThrowReturnsInteger() {
+        Integer firstEven = someIntList.stream()
+          .filter(i -> i % 2 == 0)
+          .findFirst()
+          .orElseThrow();
+        is(firstEven).equals(Integer.valueOf(2));
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-10/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java10/list/CopyListServiceUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.java10.list;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class CopyListServiceUnitTest {
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public void whenModifyCopyOfList_thenThrowsException() {
+        List<Integer> copyList = List.copyOf(Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4));
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/README.md

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+## Core Java 11
+
+This module contains articles about Java 11 core features
+
+### Relevant articles
+
+- [Java 11 Single File Source Code](https://www.baeldung.com/java-single-file-source-code)
+- [Java 11 Local Variable Syntax for Lambda Parameters](https://www.baeldung.com/java-var-lambda-params)
+- [Java 11 String API Additions](https://www.baeldung.com/java-11-string-api)
+- [Java 11 Nest Based Access Control](https://www.baeldung.com/java-nest-based-access-control)
+- [Exploring the New HTTP Client in Java 9 and 11](https://www.baeldung.com/java-9-http-client)
+- [An Introduction to Epsilon GC: A No-Op Experimental Garbage Collector](https://www.baeldung.com/jvm-epsilon-gc-garbage-collector)
+- [Guide to jlink](https://www.baeldung.com/jlink)
+- [Negate a Predicate Method Reference with Java 11](https://www.baeldung.com/java-negate-predicate-method-reference)
+- [Transforming an Empty String into an Empty Optional](https://www.baeldung.com/java-empty-string-to-empty-optional)

core-java-modules/core-java-11/pom.xml

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+<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</groupId>
+    <artifactId>core-java-11</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>core-java-11</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+            <version>${guava.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>${maven.compiler.source.version}</source>
+                    <target>${maven.compiler.target.version}</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source.version>11</maven.compiler.source.version>
+        <maven.compiler.target.version>11</maven.compiler.target.version>
+        <guava.version>27.1-jre</guava.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.11.1</assertj.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/main/java/com/baeldung/App.java

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+package com.baeldung;
+
+/**
+ * Hello world!
+ *
+ */
+public class App 
+{
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/main/java/com/baeldung/Outer.java

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+package com.baeldung;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+public class Outer {
+
+    public void outerPublic() {
+    }
+
+    private void outerPrivate() {
+    }
+
+    class Inner {
+
+        public void innerPublic() {
+            outerPrivate();
+        }
+
+        public void innerPublicReflection(Outer ob) throws Exception {
+            Method method = ob.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("outerPrivate");
+            method.invoke(ob);
+        }
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/main/java/com/baeldung/add

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+#!/usr/local/bin/java --source 11
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class Addition
+{
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println(Arrays.stream(args)
+          .mapToInt(Integer::parseInt)
+          .sum());
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/main/java/com/baeldung/epsilongc/MemoryPolluter.java

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+package com.baeldung.epsilongc;
+
+public class MemoryPolluter {
+
+    private static final int MEGABYTE_IN_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
+    private static final int ITERATION_COUNT = 1024 * 10;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("Starting pollution");
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < ITERATION_COUNT; i++) {
+            byte[] array = new byte[MEGABYTE_IN_BYTES];
+        }
+
+        System.out.println("Terminating");
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/HttpClientExample.java

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+/*
+ * To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties.
+ * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates
+ * and open the template in the editor.
+ */
+package com.baeldung.java11.httpclient;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient.Version;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublishers;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse.PushPromiseHandler;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class HttpClientExample {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        httpGetRequest();
+        httpPostRequest();
+        asynchronousGetRequest();
+        asynchronousMultipleRequests();
+        pushRequest();
+    }
+
+    public static void httpGetRequest() throws URISyntaxException, IOException, InterruptedException {
+        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_2)
+            .uri(URI.create("http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1"))
+            .headers("Accept-Enconding", "gzip, deflate")
+            .build();
+        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        String responseBody = response.body();
+        int responseStatusCode = response.statusCode();
+
+        System.out.println("httpGetRequest: " + responseBody);
+        System.out.println("httpGetRequest status code: " + responseStatusCode);
+    }
+
+    public static void httpPostRequest() throws URISyntaxException, IOException, InterruptedException {
+        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_2)
+            .build();
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(new URI("http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts"))
+            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_2)
+            .POST(BodyPublishers.ofString("Sample Post Request"))
+            .build();
+        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, BodyHandlers.ofString());
+        String responseBody = response.body();
+        System.out.println("httpPostRequest : " + responseBody);
+    }
+
+    public static void asynchronousGetRequest() throws URISyntaxException {
+        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
+        URI httpURI = new URI("http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1");
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(httpURI)
+            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_2)
+            .build();
+        CompletableFuture<Void> futureResponse = client.sendAsync(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString())
+            .thenAccept(resp -> {
+                System.out.println("Got pushed response " + resp.uri());
+                System.out.println("Response statuscode: " + resp.statusCode());
+                System.out.println("Response body: " + resp.body());
+            });
+        System.out.println("futureResponse" + futureResponse);
+
+    }
+
+    public static void asynchronousMultipleRequests() throws URISyntaxException {
+        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
+        List<URI> uris = Arrays.asList(new URI("http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1"), new URI("http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/2"));
+        List<HttpRequest> requests = uris.stream()
+            .map(HttpRequest::newBuilder)
+            .map(reqBuilder -> reqBuilder.build())
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        System.out.println("Got pushed response1 " + requests);
+        CompletableFuture.allOf(requests.stream()
+            .map(request -> client.sendAsync(request, BodyHandlers.ofString()))
+            .toArray(CompletableFuture<?>[]::new))
+            .thenAccept(System.out::println)
+            .join();
+    }
+
+    public static void pushRequest() throws URISyntaxException, InterruptedException {
+        System.out.println("Running HTTP/2 Server Push example...");
+
+        HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+            .version(Version.HTTP_2)
+            .build();
+
+        HttpRequest pageRequest = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(URI.create("https://http2.golang.org/serverpush"))
+            .build();
+
+        // Interface HttpResponse.PushPromiseHandler<T>
+        // void applyPushPromise​(HttpRequest initiatingRequest, HttpRequest pushPromiseRequest, Function<HttpResponse.BodyHandler<T>,​CompletableFuture<HttpResponse<T>>> acceptor)
+        httpClient.sendAsync(pageRequest, BodyHandlers.ofString(), pushPromiseHandler())
+            .thenAccept(pageResponse -> {
+                System.out.println("Page response status code: " + pageResponse.statusCode());
+                System.out.println("Page response headers: " + pageResponse.headers());
+                String responseBody = pageResponse.body();
+                System.out.println(responseBody);
+            }).join();
+
+        Thread.sleep(1000); // waiting for full response
+    }
+
+    private static PushPromiseHandler<String> pushPromiseHandler() {
+        return (HttpRequest initiatingRequest, 
+            HttpRequest pushPromiseRequest, 
+            Function<HttpResponse.BodyHandler<String>, 
+            CompletableFuture<HttpResponse<String>>> acceptor) -> {
+            acceptor.apply(BodyHandlers.ofString())
+                .thenAccept(resp -> {
+                    System.out.println(" Pushed response: " + resp.uri() + ", headers: " + resp.headers());
+                });
+            System.out.println("Promise request: " + pushPromiseRequest.uri());
+            System.out.println("Promise request: " + pushPromiseRequest.headers());
+        };
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/main/java/com/baeldung/predicate/not/Person.java

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+package com.baeldung.predicate.not;
+
+public class Person {
+    private static final int ADULT_AGE = 18;
+
+    private int age;
+
+    public Person(int age) {
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isAdult() {
+        return age >= ADULT_AGE;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isNotAdult() {
+        return !isAdult();
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/main/java/com/baeldung/predicate/not/README.md

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+## Relevant articles:
+
+- [Negate a Predicate Method Reference with Java 11](https://www.baeldung.com/java-negate-predicate-method-reference)

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/main/resources/logback.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
+            </pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+    </root>
+</configuration>

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/modules/jlinkModule/com/baeldung/jlink/HelloWorld.java

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+package com.baeldung.jlink;
+
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+public class HelloWorld {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(HelloWorld.class.getName());
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        LOG.info("Hello World!");
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/modules/jlinkModule/module-info.java

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+module jlinkModule {
+    requires java.logging;
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/AppUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung;
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import junit.framework.TestSuite;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for simple App.
+ */
+public class AppUnitTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * Create the test case
+     *
+     * @param testName name of the test case
+     */
+    public AppUnitTest(String testName )
+    {
+        super( testName );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the suite of tests being tested
+     */
+    public static Test suite()
+    {
+        return new TestSuite( AppUnitTest.class );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Rigourous Test :-)
+     */
+    public void testApp()
+    {
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/EmptyStringToEmptyOptionalUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+public class EmptyStringToEmptyOptionalUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEmptyString_whenFilteringOnOptional_thenEmptyOptionalIsReturned() {
+        String str = "";
+        Optional<String> opt = Optional.ofNullable(str).filter(s -> !s.isEmpty());
+        Assert.assertFalse(opt.isPresent());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEmptyString_whenFilteringOnOptionalInJava11_thenEmptyOptionalIsReturned() {
+        String str = "";
+        Optional<String> opt = Optional.ofNullable(str).filter(Predicate.not(String::isEmpty));
+        Assert.assertFalse(opt.isPresent());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEmptyString_whenPassingResultOfEmptyToNullToOfNullable_thenEmptyOptionalIsReturned() {
+        String str = "";
+        Optional<String> opt = Optional.ofNullable(Strings.emptyToNull(str));
+        Assert.assertFalse(opt.isPresent());
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/NewStringAPIUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class NewStringAPIUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenRepeatStringTwice_thenGetStringTwice() {
+        String output = "La ".repeat(2) + "Land";
+
+        is(output).equals("La La Land");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenStripString_thenReturnStringWithoutWhitespaces() {
+        is("\n\t  hello   \u2005".strip()).equals("hello");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenTrimAdvanceString_thenReturnStringWithWhitespaces() {
+        is("\n\t  hello   \u2005".trim()).equals("hello   \u2005");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenBlankString_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertTrue("\n\t\u2005  ".isBlank());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenMultilineString_thenReturnNonEmptyLineCount() {
+        String multilineStr = "This is\n \n a multiline\n string.";
+
+        long lineCount = multilineStr.lines()
+          .filter(String::isBlank)
+          .count();
+
+        is(lineCount).equals(3L);
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/OuterUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class OuterUnitTest {
+
+    private static final String NEST_HOST_NAME = "com.baeldung.Outer";
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetNestHostFromOuter_thenGetNestHost() {
+        is(Outer.class.getNestHost().getName()).equals(NEST_HOST_NAME);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetNestHostFromInner_thenGetNestHost() {
+        is(Outer.Inner.class.getNestHost().getName()).equals(NEST_HOST_NAME);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCheckNestmatesForNestedClasses_thenGetTrue() {
+        is(Outer.Inner.class.isNestmateOf(Outer.class)).equals(true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCheckNestmatesForUnrelatedClasses_thenGetFalse() {
+        is(Outer.Inner.class.isNestmateOf(Outer.class)).equals(false);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetNestMembersForNestedClasses_thenGetAllNestedClasses() {
+        Set<String> nestMembers = Arrays.stream(Outer.Inner.class.getNestMembers())
+          .map(Class::getName)
+          .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+
+        is(nestMembers.size()).equals(2);
+
+        assertTrue(nestMembers.contains("com.baeldung.Outer"));
+        assertTrue(nestMembers.contains("com.baeldung.Outer$Inner"));
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpClientUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.java11.httpclient.test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.Authenticator;
+import java.net.CookieManager;
+import java.net.CookiePolicy;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.PasswordAuthentication;
+import java.net.ProxySelector;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class HttpClientUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnSampleDataContentWhenConnectViaSystemProxy() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/post"))
+            .headers("Content-Type", "text/plain;charset=UTF-8")
+            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("Sample body"))
+            .build();
+      
+        
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+            .proxy(ProxySelector.getDefault())
+            .build()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+        
+        assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+        assertThat(response.body(), containsString("Sample body"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldNotFollowRedirectWhenSetToDefaultNever() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("http://stackoverflow.com"))
+            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
+            .GET()
+            .build();
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+            .build()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_MOVED_PERM));
+        assertThat(response.body(), containsString("https://stackoverflow.com/"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldFollowRedirectWhenSetToAlways() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("http://stackoverflow.com"))
+            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
+            .GET()
+            .build();
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+            .followRedirects(HttpClient.Redirect.ALWAYS)
+            .build()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+        assertThat(response.request()
+            .uri()
+            .toString(), equalTo("https://stackoverflow.com/"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnOKStatusForAuthenticatedAccess() throws URISyntaxException, IOException, InterruptedException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/basic-auth"))
+            .GET()
+            .build();
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+            .authenticator(new Authenticator() {
+                @Override
+                protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
+                    return new PasswordAuthentication("postman", "password".toCharArray());
+                }
+            })
+            .build()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldSendRequestAsync() throws URISyntaxException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/post"))
+            .headers("Content-Type", "text/plain;charset=UTF-8")
+            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("Sample body"))
+            .build();
+        CompletableFuture<HttpResponse<String>> response = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+            .build()
+            .sendAsync(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.get()
+            .statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldUseJustTwoThreadWhenProcessingSendAsyncRequest() throws URISyntaxException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/get"))
+            .GET()
+            .build();
+
+        ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(2);
+
+        CompletableFuture<HttpResponse<String>> response1 = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+            .executor(executorService)
+            .build()
+            .sendAsync(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        CompletableFuture<HttpResponse<String>> response2 = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+            .executor(executorService)
+            .build()
+            .sendAsync(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        CompletableFuture<HttpResponse<String>> response3 = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+            .executor(executorService)
+            .build()
+            .sendAsync(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        CompletableFuture.allOf(response1, response2, response3)
+            .join();
+
+        assertThat(response1.get()
+            .statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+        assertThat(response2.get()
+            .statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+        assertThat(response3.get()
+            .statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldNotStoreCookieWhenPolicyAcceptNone() throws URISyntaxException, IOException, InterruptedException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/get"))
+            .GET()
+            .build();
+
+        HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+            .cookieHandler(new CookieManager(null, CookiePolicy.ACCEPT_NONE))
+            .build();
+
+        httpClient.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertTrue(httpClient.cookieHandler()
+            .isPresent());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldStoreCookieWhenPolicyAcceptAll() throws URISyntaxException, IOException, InterruptedException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/get"))
+            .GET()
+            .build();
+
+        HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+            .cookieHandler(new CookieManager(null, CookiePolicy.ACCEPT_ALL))
+            .build();
+
+        httpClient.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertTrue(httpClient.cookieHandler()
+            .isPresent());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldProcessMultipleRequestViaStream() throws URISyntaxException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+        List<URI> targets = Arrays.asList(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/get?foo1=bar1"), new URI("https://postman-echo.com/get?foo2=bar2"));
+
+        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
+
+        List<CompletableFuture<String>> futures = targets.stream()
+            .map(target -> client.sendAsync(HttpRequest.newBuilder(target)
+                .GET()
+                .build(), HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString())
+                .thenApply(response -> response.body()))
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        CompletableFuture.allOf(futures.toArray(new CompletableFuture[0]))
+            .join();
+
+        if (futures.get(0)
+            .get()
+            .contains("foo1")) {
+            assertThat(futures.get(0)
+                .get(), containsString("bar1"));
+            assertThat(futures.get(1)
+                .get(), containsString("bar2"));
+        } else {
+            assertThat(futures.get(1)
+                .get(), containsString("bar2"));
+            assertThat(futures.get(1)
+                .get(), containsString("bar1"));
+        }
+
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void completeExceptionallyExample() {
+        CompletableFuture<String> cf = CompletableFuture.completedFuture("message").thenApplyAsync(String::toUpperCase,
+                CompletableFuture.delayedExecutor(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+        CompletableFuture<String> exceptionHandler = cf.handle((s, th) -> { return (th != null) ? "message upon cancel" : ""; });
+        cf.completeExceptionally(new RuntimeException("completed exceptionally"));
+        assertTrue("Was not completed exceptionally", cf.isCompletedExceptionally());
+        try {
+            cf.join();
+            fail("Should have thrown an exception");
+        } catch (CompletionException ex) { // just for testing
+            assertEquals("completed exceptionally", ex.getCause().getMessage());
+        }
+
+        assertEquals("message upon cancel", exceptionHandler.join());
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpRequestUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.java11.httpclient.test;
+
+import static java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit.SECONDS;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class HttpRequestUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnStatusOKWhenSendGetRequest() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/get"))
+            .GET()
+            .build();
+
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldUseHttp2WhenWebsiteUsesHttp2() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://stackoverflow.com"))
+            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_2)
+            .GET()
+            .build();
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+        assertThat(response.version(), equalTo(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldFallbackToHttp1_1WhenWebsiteDoesNotUseHttp2() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException, NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/get"))
+            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_2)
+            .GET()
+            .build();
+
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.version(), equalTo(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnStatusOKWhenSendGetRequestWithDummyHeaders() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/get"))
+            .headers("key1", "value1", "key2", "value2")
+            .GET()
+            .build();
+
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnStatusOKWhenSendGetRequestTimeoutSet() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/get"))
+            .timeout(Duration.of(10, SECONDS))
+            .GET()
+            .build();
+
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnNoContentWhenPostWithNoBody() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/post"))
+            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
+            .build();
+
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnSampleDataContentWhenPostWithBodyText() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/post"))
+            .headers("Content-Type", "text/plain;charset=UTF-8")
+            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("Sample request body"))
+            .build();
+
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+        assertThat(response.body(), containsString("Sample request body"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnSampleDataContentWhenPostWithInputStream() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        byte[] sampleData = "Sample request body".getBytes();
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/post"))
+            .headers("Content-Type", "text/plain;charset=UTF-8")
+            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofInputStream(() -> new ByteArrayInputStream(sampleData)))
+            .build();
+
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+        assertThat(response.body(), containsString("Sample request body"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnSampleDataContentWhenPostWithByteArrayProcessorStream() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        byte[] sampleData = "Sample request body".getBytes();
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/post"))
+            .headers("Content-Type", "text/plain;charset=UTF-8")
+            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofByteArray(sampleData))
+            .build();
+
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+        assertThat(response.body(), containsString("Sample request body"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnSampleDataContentWhenPostWithFileProcessorStream() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/post"))
+            .headers("Content-Type", "text/plain;charset=UTF-8")
+            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofFile(Paths.get("src/test/resources/sample.txt")))
+            .build();
+
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+        assertThat(response.body(), containsString("Sample file content"));
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpResponseUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.java11.httpclient.test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class HttpResponseUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnStatusOKWhenSendGetRequest() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/get"))
+            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_2)
+            .GET()
+            .build();
+
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+            .followRedirects(HttpClient.Redirect.NORMAL)
+            .build()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+        assertNotNull(response.body());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldResponseURIDifferentThanRequestUIRWhenRedirect() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
+        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+            .uri(new URI("http://stackoverflow.com"))
+            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_2)
+            .GET()
+            .build();
+        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+            .followRedirects(HttpClient.Redirect.NORMAL)
+            .build()
+            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+        assertThat(request.uri()
+            .toString(), equalTo("http://stackoverflow.com"));
+        assertThat(response.uri()
+            .toString(), equalTo("https://stackoverflow.com/"));
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/optional/OptionalUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.optional;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link Optional} in Java 11.
+ */
+public class OptionalUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAnEmptyOptional_isEmpty_thenBehavesAsExpected() {
+        Optional<String> opt = Optional.of("Baeldung");
+        assertFalse(opt.isEmpty());
+
+        opt = Optional.ofNullable(null);
+        assertTrue(opt.isEmpty());
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/predicate/not/PersonUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.predicate.not;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import static java.util.function.Predicate.not;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+class PersonUnitTest {
+    private List<Person> people;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void preparePeople() {
+        people = Arrays.asList(
+          new Person(1),
+          new Person(18),
+          new Person(2)
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenPeople_whenFilterIsAdult_thenOneResult() {
+        List<Person> adults = people.stream()
+          .filter(Person::isAdult)
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        assertThat(adults).size().isEqualTo(1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenPeople_whenFilterIsAdultNegated_thenTwoResults() {
+        List<Person> nonAdults = people.stream()
+          .filter(person -> !person.isAdult())
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        assertThat(nonAdults).size().isEqualTo(2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenPeople_whenFilterIsNotAdult_thenTwoResults() {
+        List<Person> nonAdults = people.stream()
+          .filter(Person::isNotAdult)
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        assertThat(nonAdults).size().isEqualTo(2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenPeople_whenFilterNotIsAdult_thenTwoResults() {
+        List<Person> nonAdults = people.stream()
+          .filter(not(Person::isAdult))
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        assertThat(nonAdults).size().isEqualTo(2);
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-12/README.md

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+## Relevant Articles:
+
+
+- [String API Updates in Java 12](https://www.baeldung.com/java12-string-api)

core-java-modules/core-java-12/pom.xml

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+<?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</groupId>
+    <artifactId>core-java-12</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>core-java-12</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>${maven.compiler.source.version}</source>
+                    <target>${maven.compiler.target.version}</target>
+                    <compilerArgs>--enable-preview</compilerArgs>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source.version>12</maven.compiler.source.version>
+        <maven.compiler.target.version>12</maven.compiler.target.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>

core-java-modules/core-java-12/src/test/java/com/baeldung/collectors/CollectorsUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.collectors;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.maxBy;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.minBy;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.teeing;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for collectors additions in Java 12.
+ */
+public class CollectorsUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenTeeing_ItShouldCombineTheResultsAsExpected() {
+        List<Integer> numbers = Arrays.asList(42, 4, 2, 24);
+        Range range = numbers.stream()
+            .collect(teeing(minBy(Integer::compareTo), maxBy(Integer::compareTo), (min, max) -> new Range(min.orElse(null), max.orElse(null))));
+
+        assertThat(range).isEqualTo(new Range(2, 42));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Represents a closed range of numbers between {@link #min} and
+     * {@link #max}, both inclusive.
+     */
+    private static class Range {
+
+        private final Integer min;
+
+        private final Integer max;
+
+        Range(Integer min, Integer max) {
+            this.min = min;
+            this.max = max;
+        }
+
+        Integer getMin() {
+            return min;
+        }
+
+        Integer getMax() {
+            return max;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object o) {
+            if (this == o)
+                return true;
+            if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass())
+                return false;
+            Range range = (Range) o;
+            return Objects.equals(getMin(), range.getMin()) && Objects.equals(getMax(), range.getMax());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(getMin(), getMax());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return "Range{" + "min=" + min + ", max=" + max + '}';
+        }
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-12/src/test/java/com/baeldung/string/StringAPITest.java

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+package com.baeldung.string;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class StringAPITest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenPositiveArgument_thenReturnIndentedString() {
+        String multilineStr = "This is\na multiline\nstring.";
+        String outputStr = "   This is\n   a multiline\n   string.\n";
+
+        String postIndent = multilineStr.indent(3);
+
+        assertThat(postIndent, equalTo(outputStr));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenNegativeArgument_thenReturnReducedIndentedString() {
+        String multilineStr = "   This is\n   a multiline\n   string.";
+        String outputStr = " This is\n a multiline\n string.\n";
+
+        String postIndent = multilineStr.indent(-2);
+
+        assertThat(postIndent, equalTo(outputStr));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenTransformUsingLamda_thenReturnTransformedString() {
+        String result = "hello".transform(input -> input + " world!");
+
+        assertThat(result, equalTo("hello world!"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenTransformUsingParseInt_thenReturnInt() {
+        int result = "42".transform(Integer::parseInt);
+
+        assertThat(result, equalTo(42));
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-12/src/test/java/com/baeldung/switchExpression/SwitchUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.switchExpression;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class SwitchUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void switchJava12(){
+
+        var month = Month.AUG;
+
+        var value = switch(month){
+            case JAN,JUN, JUL -> 3;
+            case FEB,SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC -> 1;
+            case MAR,MAY, APR, AUG -> 2;
+        };
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(value, 2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void switchLocalVariable(){
+        var month = Month.AUG;
+        int i = switch (month){
+            case JAN,JUN, JUL -> 3;
+            case FEB,SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC -> 1;
+            case MAR,MAY, APR, AUG -> {
+                int j = month.toString().length() * 4;
+                break j;
+            }
+        };
+        Assert.assertEquals(12, i);
+    }
+
+    enum Month {JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC}
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/.gitignore

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+*.class
+
+0.*
+
+#folders#
+/target
+/neoDb*
+/data
+/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
+*/META-INF/*
+.resourceCache
+
+# Packaged files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
+
+# Files generated by integration tests
+backup-pom.xml
+/bin/
+/temp
+
+#IntelliJ specific
+.idea/
+*.iml

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

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+## Core Java 8 (part 2)
+
+This module contains articles about Java 8 core features
+
+### Relevant Articles: 
+- [Anonymous Classes in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/)
+- [How to Delay Code Execution in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-delay-code-execution)
+- [Run a Java Application from the Command Line](https://www.baeldung.com/java-run-jar-with-arguments)
+- [Java 8 Stream skip() vs limit()](https://www.baeldung.com/java-stream-skip-vs-limit)
+- [Guide to Java BiFunction Interface](https://www.baeldung.com/java-bifunction-interface)
+- [[<-- Prev]](/core-java-modules/core-java-8)

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

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+<?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>
+    <artifactId>core-java-8-2</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>core-java-8-2</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <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>
+
+    <properties>
+        <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/jarArguments/JarExample.java

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+package com.baeldung.jarArguments;
+
+public class JarExample {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("Hello Baeldung Reader in JarExample!");
+        
+        if(args == null) {
+            System.out.println("You have not provided any arguments!");
+        }else {
+            System.out.println("There are "+args.length+" argument(s)!");
+            for(int i=0; i<args.length; i++) {
+                System.out.println("Argument("+(i+1)+"):" + args[i]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/localization/App.java

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+package com.baeldung.localization;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+public class App {
+
+    /**
+     * Runs all available formatter
+     * @throws ParseException 
+     */
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        List<Locale> locales = Arrays.asList(new Locale[] { Locale.UK, Locale.ITALY, Locale.FRANCE, Locale.forLanguageTag("pl-PL") });
+        Localization.run(locales);
+        JavaSEFormat.run(locales);
+        ICUFormat.run(locales);
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/localization/ICUFormat.java

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+package com.baeldung.localization;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.ResourceBundle;
+
+import com.ibm.icu.text.MessageFormat;
+
+public class ICUFormat {
+
+    public static String getLabel(Locale locale, Object[] data) {
+        ResourceBundle bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("formats", locale);
+        String format = bundle.getString("label-icu");
+        MessageFormat formatter = new MessageFormat(format, locale);
+        return formatter.format(data);
+    }
+
+    public static void run(List<Locale> locales) {
+        System.out.println("ICU formatter");
+        locales.forEach(locale -> System.out.println(getLabel(locale, new Object[] { "Alice", "female", 0 })));
+        locales.forEach(locale -> System.out.println(getLabel(locale, new Object[] { "Alice", "female", 1 })));
+        locales.forEach(locale -> System.out.println(getLabel(locale, new Object[] { "Alice", "female", 2 })));
+        locales.forEach(locale -> System.out.println(getLabel(locale, new Object[] { "Alice", "female", 3 })));
+        locales.forEach(locale -> System.out.println(getLabel(locale, new Object[] { "Bob", "male", 0 })));
+        locales.forEach(locale -> System.out.println(getLabel(locale, new Object[] { "Bob", "male", 1 })));
+        locales.forEach(locale -> System.out.println(getLabel(locale, new Object[] { "Bob", "male", 2 })));
+        locales.forEach(locale -> System.out.println(getLabel(locale, new Object[] { "Bob", "male", 3 })));
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/localization/JavaSEFormat.java

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+package com.baeldung.localization;
+
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.ResourceBundle;
+
+public class JavaSEFormat {
+
+    public static String getLabel(Locale locale, Object[] data) {
+        ResourceBundle bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("formats", locale);
+        final String pattern = bundle.getString("label");
+        final MessageFormat formatter = new MessageFormat(pattern, locale);
+        return formatter.format(data);
+    }
+
+    public static void run(List<Locale> locales) {
+        System.out.println("Java formatter");
+        final Date date = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
+        locales.forEach(locale -> System.out.println(getLabel(locale, new Object[] { date, "Alice", 0 })));
+        locales.forEach(locale -> System.out.println(getLabel(locale, new Object[] { date, "Alice", 2 })));
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/localization/Localization.java

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+package com.baeldung.localization;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.ResourceBundle;
+
+public class Localization {
+
+    public static String getLabel(Locale locale) {
+        final ResourceBundle bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("messages", locale);
+        return bundle.getString("label");
+    }
+
+    public static void run(List<Locale> locales) {
+        locales.forEach(locale -> System.out.println(getLabel(locale)));
+    }
+
+}

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

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+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/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_0.xsd"
+	version="2.0">
+
+	<persistence-unit
+		name="com.baeldung.optionalReturnType"
+		transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL">
+		<description>Persist Optional Return Type Demo</description>
+		<provider>org.hibernate.jpa.HibernatePersistenceProvider</provider>
+		<class>com.baeldung.optionalReturnType.User</class>
+		<class>com.baeldung.optionalReturnType.UserOptional</class>
+		<!-- 
+		<class>com.baeldung.optionalReturnType.UserOptionalField</class>
+		-->
+		<exclude-unlisted-classes>true</exclude-unlisted-classes>
+
+		<properties>
+			<property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver"
+				value="org.h2.Driver" />
+			<property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.url"
+				value="jdbc:h2:mem:test" />
+			<property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.user" value="sa" />
+			<property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.password" value="" />
+			<property name="hibernate.dialect"
+				value="org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect" />
+			<property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="create-drop" />
+			<property name="show_sql" value="true" />
+			<property name="hibernate.temp.use_jdbc_metadata_defaults"
+				value="false" />
+		</properties>
+	</persistence-unit>
+</persistence>

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/resources/example_manifest.txt

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+Main-Class: com.baeldung.jarArguments.JarExample

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/resources/formats_en.properties

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+label=On {0, date, short} {1} has sent you {2, choice, 0#no messages|1#a message|2#two messages|2<{2,number,integer} messages}.
+label-icu={0} has sent you {2, plural, =0 {no messages} =1 {a message} other {{2, number, integer} messages}}.

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/resources/formats_fr.properties

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+label={0, date, short}, {1}{2, choice, 0# ne|0<} vous a envoyé {2, choice, 0#aucun message|1#un message|2#deux messages|2<{2,number,integer} messages}.
+label-icu={0} {2, plural, =0 {ne } other {}}vous a envoyé {2, plural, =0 {aucun message} =1 {un message} other {{2, number, integer} messages}}.

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/resources/formats_it.properties

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+label={0, date, short} {1} ti ha inviato {2, choice, 0#nessun messagio|1#un messaggio|2#due messaggi|2<{2, number, integer} messaggi}.
+label-icu={0} {2, plural, =0 {non } other {}}ti ha inviato {2, plural, =0 {nessun messaggio} =1 {un messaggio} other {{2, number, integer} messaggi}}.

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/resources/formats_pl.properties

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+label=W {0, date, short} {1}{2, choice, 0# nie|0<} wys\u0142a\u0142a ci {2, choice, 0#\u017Cadnych wiadomo\u015Bci|1#wiadomo\u015B\u0107|2#dwie wiadomo\u015Bci|2<{2, number, integer} wiadomo\u015Bci}.
+label-icu={0} {2, plural, =0 {nie } other {}}{1, select, male {wys\u0142a\u0142} female {wys\u0142a\u0142a} other {wys\u0142a\u0142o}} ci {2, plural, =0 {\u017Cadnej wiadomo\u015Bci} =1 {wiadomo\u015B\u0107} other {{2, number, integer} wiadomo\u015Bci}}.

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/resources/messages_en.properties

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+label=Alice has sent you a message.

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/resources/messages_fr.properties

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+label=Alice vous a envoyé un message.

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/resources/messages_it.properties

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+label=Alice ti ha inviato un messaggio.

core-java-modules/core-java-8-2/src/main/resources/messages_pl.properties

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+label=Alice wys\u0142a\u0142a ci wiadomo\u015B\u0107.

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

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+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-8-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/localization/ICUFormatUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.localization;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.localization.ICUFormat;
+
+public class ICUFormatUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInUK_whenAliceSendsNothing_thenCorrectMessage() {
+        assertEquals("Alice has sent you no messages.", ICUFormat.getLabel(Locale.UK, new Object[] { "Alice", "female", 0 }));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInUK_whenAliceSendsOneMessage_thenCorrectMessage() {
+        assertEquals("Alice has sent you a message.", ICUFormat.getLabel(Locale.UK, new Object[] { "Alice", "female", 1 }));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInUK_whenBobSendsSixMessages_thenCorrectMessage() {
+        assertEquals("Bob has sent you 6 messages.", ICUFormat.getLabel(Locale.UK, new Object[] { "Bob", "male", 6 }));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInItaly_whenAliceSendsNothing_thenCorrectMessage() {
+        assertEquals("Alice non ti ha inviato nessun messaggio.", ICUFormat.getLabel(Locale.ITALY, new Object[] { "Alice", "female", 0 }));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInItaly_whenAliceSendsOneMessage_thenCorrectMessage() {
+        assertEquals("Alice ti ha inviato un messaggio.", ICUFormat.getLabel(Locale.ITALY, new Object[] { "Alice", "female", 1 }));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInItaly_whenBobSendsSixMessages_thenCorrectMessage() {
+        assertEquals("Bob ti ha inviato 6 messaggi.", ICUFormat.getLabel(Locale.ITALY, new Object[] { "Bob", "male", 6 }));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInFrance_whenAliceSendsNothing_thenCorrectMessage() {
+        assertEquals("Alice ne vous a envoyé aucun message.", ICUFormat.getLabel(Locale.FRANCE, new Object[] { "Alice", "female", 0 }));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenInFrance_whenAliceSendsOneMessage_thenCorrectMessage() {
+        assertEquals("Alice vous a envoyé un message.", ICUFormat.getLabel(Locale.FRANCE, new Object[] { "Alice", "female", 1 }));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInFrance_whenBobSendsSixMessages_thenCorrectMessage() {
+        assertEquals("Bob vous a envoyé 6 messages.", ICUFormat.getLabel(Locale.FRANCE, new Object[] { "Bob", "male", 6 }));
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInPoland_whenAliceSendsNothing_thenCorrectMessage() {
+        assertEquals("Alice nie wysłała ci żadnej wiadomości.", ICUFormat.getLabel(Locale.forLanguageTag("pl-PL"), new Object[] { "Alice", "female", 0 }));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenInPoland_whenAliceSendsOneMessage_thenCorrectMessage() {
+        assertEquals("Alice wysłała ci wiadomość.", ICUFormat.getLabel(Locale.forLanguageTag("pl-PL"), new Object[] { "Alice", "female", 1 }));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenInPoland_whenBobSendsSixMessages_thenCorrectMessage() {
+        assertEquals("Bob wysłał ci 6 wiadomości.", ICUFormat.getLabel(Locale.forLanguageTag("pl-PL"), new Object[] { "Bob", "male", 6 }));
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/.gitignore

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+*.class
+
+0.*
+
+#folders#
+/target
+/neoDb*
+/data
+/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
+*/META-INF/*
+.resourceCache
+
+# Packaged files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
+
+# Files generated by integration tests
+*.txt
+backup-pom.xml
+/bin/
+/temp
+
+#IntelliJ specific
+.idea/
+*.iml

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

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+## Core Java 8
+
+This module contains articles about Java 8 core features
+
+### Relevant Articles: 
+- [New Features in Java 8](https://www.baeldung.com/java-8-new-features)
+- [Guide to Java 8 groupingBy Collector](https://www.baeldung.com/java-groupingby-collector)
+- [Strategy Design Pattern in Java 8](https://www.baeldung.com/java-strategy-pattern)
+- [Guide to Java 8 Comparator.comparing()](https://www.baeldung.com/java-8-comparator-comparing)
+- [Guide to the Java 8 forEach](https://www.baeldung.com/foreach-java)
+- [Introduction to Spliterator in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-spliterator)
+- [Finding Min/Max in an Array with Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-array-min-max)
+- [Internationalization and Localization in Java 8](https://www.baeldung.com/java-8-localization)
+- [Generalized Target-Type Inference in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-generalized-target-type-inference)
+- [[More -->]](/core-java-modules/core-java-8-2)

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

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+<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>
+    <artifactId>core-java-8</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>core-java-8</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-collections4.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+            <version>${lombok.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- test scoped -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <finalName>core-java-8</finalName>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${spring-boot-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>repackage</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <classifier>spring-boot</classifier>
+                            <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <!-- util -->
+        <commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
+        <!-- testing -->
+        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
+        <!-- plugins -->
+        <spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>2.0.4.RELEASE</spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>
+    </properties>
+</project>

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aspect/ChangeCallsToCurrentTimeInMillisMethod.aj

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+package com.baeldung.aspect;
+
+public aspect ChangeCallsToCurrentTimeInMillisMethod {
+    long around():
+            call(public static native long java.lang.System.currentTimeMillis())
+                    && within(user.code.base.pckg.*) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_8_features/Address.java

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+package com.baeldung.java_8_features;
+
+public class Address {
+
+    private String street;
+
+    public String getStreet() {
+        return street;
+    }
+
+    public void setStreet(String street) {
+        this.street = street;
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_8_features/CustomException.java

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+package com.baeldung.java_8_features;
+
+public class CustomException extends RuntimeException {
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_8_features/OptionalAddress.java

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+package com.baeldung.java_8_features;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public class OptionalAddress {
+
+    private String street;
+
+    public Optional<String> getStreet() {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(street);
+    }
+
+    public void setStreet(String street) {
+        this.street = street;
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_8_features/OptionalUser.java

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+package com.baeldung.java_8_features;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public class OptionalUser {
+
+    private OptionalAddress address;
+
+    public Optional<OptionalAddress> getAddress() {
+        return Optional.of(address);
+    }
+
+    public void setAddress(OptionalAddress address) {
+        this.address = address;
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_8_features/User.java

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+package com.baeldung.java_8_features;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public class User {
+
+    private String name;
+
+    private Address address;
+
+    public Address getAddress() {
+        return address;
+    }
+
+    public void setAddress(Address address) {
+        this.address = address;
+    }
+
+    public User() {
+    }
+
+    public User(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isRealUser(User user) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public String getOrThrow() {
+        String value = null;
+        Optional<String> valueOpt = Optional.ofNullable(value);
+        String result = valueOpt.orElseThrow(CustomException::new).toUpperCase();
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isLegalName(String name) {
+        return name.length() > 3 && name.length() < 16;
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_8_features/Vehicle.java

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+package com.baeldung.java_8_features;
+
+public interface Vehicle {
+
+    void moveTo(long altitude, long longitude);
+
+    static String producer() {
+        return "N&F Vehicles";
+    }
+
+    default long[] startPosition() {
+        return new long[] { 23, 15 };
+    }
+
+    default String getOverview() {
+        return "ATV made by " + producer();
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_8_features/VehicleImpl.java

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+package com.baeldung.java_8_features;
+
+public class VehicleImpl implements Vehicle {
+
+    @Override
+    public void moveTo(long altitude, long longitude) {
+        // do nothing
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_8_features/groupingby/BlogPost.java

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+package com.baeldung.java_8_features.groupingby;
+
+public class BlogPost {
+    private String title;
+    private String author;
+    private BlogPostType type;
+    private int likes;
+
+    public BlogPost(String title, String author, BlogPostType type, int likes) {
+        this.title = title;
+        this.author = author;
+        this.type = type;
+        this.likes = likes;
+    }
+
+    public String getTitle() {
+        return title;
+    }
+
+    public String getAuthor() {
+        return author;
+    }
+
+    public BlogPostType getType() {
+        return type;
+    }
+
+    public int getLikes() {
+        return likes;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "BlogPost{" + "title='" + title + '\'' + ", type=" + type + ", likes=" + likes + '}';
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_8_features/groupingby/BlogPostType.java

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+package com.baeldung.java_8_features.groupingby;
+
+public enum BlogPostType {
+    NEWS, REVIEW, GUIDE
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java_8_features/groupingby/Tuple.java

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+package com.baeldung.java_8_features.groupingby;
+
+public class Tuple {
+
+    private BlogPostType type;
+    private String author;
+    
+    public Tuple(BlogPostType type, String author) {
+        super();
+        this.type = type;
+        this.author = author;
+    }
+
+    public BlogPostType getType() {
+        return type;
+    }
+
+    public void setType(BlogPostType type) {
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    public String getAuthor() {
+        return author;
+    }
+
+    public void setAuthor(String author) {
+        this.author = author;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "Tuple [type=" + type + ", author=" + author + ", getType()=" + getType() + ", getAuthor()=" + getAuthor() + ", getClass()=" + getClass() + ", hashCode()=" + hashCode() + ", toString()=" + super.toString() + "]";
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/nullsafecollectionstreams/NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingCommonsEmptyIfNull.java

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+package com.baeldung.nullsafecollectionstreams;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import static org.apache.commons.collections4.CollectionUtils.emptyIfNull;
+
+public class NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingCommonsEmptyIfNull {
+
+    /**
+    * This method shows how to make a null safe stream from a collection through the use of 
+    * emptyIfNull() method from Apache Commons CollectionUtils library
+    * 
+     * @param collection The collection that is to be converted into a stream
+     * @return The stream that has been created from the collection or an empty stream if the collection is null
+    */
+    public Stream<String> collectionAsStream(Collection<String> collection) {
+        return emptyIfNull(collection).stream();
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/nullsafecollectionstreams/NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingJava8OptionalContainer.java

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+package com.baeldung.nullsafecollectionstreams;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+public class NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingJava8OptionalContainer {
+
+    /**
+    * This method shows how to make a null safe stream from a collection  through the use of 
+    * Java SE 8’s Optional Container
+    * 
+     * @param collection The collection that is to be converted into a stream
+     * @return The stream that has been created from the collection or an empty stream if the collection is null
+    */
+    public Stream<String> collectionAsStream(Collection<String> collection) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(collection)
+            .map(Collection::stream)
+            .orElseGet(Stream::empty);
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/nullsafecollectionstreams/NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingNullDereferenceCheck.java

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+package com.baeldung.nullsafecollectionstreams;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+public class NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingNullDereferenceCheck {
+    
+    /**
+    * This method shows how to make a null safe stream from a collection through the use of a check 
+    * to prevent null dereferences
+    * 
+    * @param collection The collection that is to be converted into a stream
+    * @return The stream that has been created from the collection or an empty stream if the collection is null
+    */
+    public Stream<String> collectionAsStream(Collection<String> collection) {
+        return collection == null ? Stream.empty() : collection.stream();
+    }    
+
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spliteratorAPI/Article.java

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+package com.baeldung.spliteratorAPI;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Article {
+    private List<Author> listOfAuthors;
+    private int id;
+    private String name;
+
+    public Article(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public Article(List<Author> listOfAuthors, int id) {
+        super();
+        this.listOfAuthors = listOfAuthors;
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public int getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(int id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public List<Author> getListOfAuthors() {
+        return listOfAuthors;
+    }
+
+    public void setListOfAuthors(List<Author> listOfAuthors) {
+        this.listOfAuthors = listOfAuthors;
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spliteratorAPI/Author.java

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+package com.baeldung.spliteratorAPI;
+
+public class Author {
+    private String name;
+    private int relatedArticleId;
+
+    public Author(String name, int relatedArticleId) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.relatedArticleId = relatedArticleId;
+    }
+
+    public int getRelatedArticleId() {
+        return relatedArticleId;
+    }
+
+    public void setRelatedArticleId(int relatedArticleId) {
+        this.relatedArticleId = relatedArticleId;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "[name: " + name + ", relatedId: " + relatedArticleId + "]";
+    }
+}
+

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spliteratorAPI/Executor.java

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+package com.baeldung.spliteratorAPI;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+public class Executor {
+
+	public static int countAutors(Stream<Author> stream) {
+		RelatedAuthorCounter wordCounter = stream.reduce(new RelatedAuthorCounter(0, true),
+				RelatedAuthorCounter::accumulate, RelatedAuthorCounter::combine);
+		return wordCounter.getCounter();
+	}
+
+	public static List<Article> generateElements() {
+		return Stream.generate(() -> new Article("Java")).limit(35000).collect(Collectors.toList());
+	}
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spliteratorAPI/RelatedAuthorCounter.java

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+package com.baeldung.spliteratorAPI;
+
+public class RelatedAuthorCounter {
+    private final int counter;
+    private final boolean isRelated;
+
+    public RelatedAuthorCounter(int counter, boolean isRelated) {
+        this.counter = counter;
+        this.isRelated = isRelated;
+    }
+
+    public RelatedAuthorCounter accumulate(Author author) {
+        if (author.getRelatedArticleId() == 0) {
+            return isRelated ? this : new RelatedAuthorCounter(counter, true);
+        } else {
+            return isRelated ? new RelatedAuthorCounter(counter + 1, false) : this;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public RelatedAuthorCounter combine(RelatedAuthorCounter RelatedAuthorCounter) {
+        return new RelatedAuthorCounter(counter + RelatedAuthorCounter.counter, RelatedAuthorCounter.isRelated);
+    }
+
+    public int getCounter() {
+        return counter;
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spliteratorAPI/RelatedAuthorSpliterator.java

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+package com.baeldung.spliteratorAPI;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Spliterator;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public class RelatedAuthorSpliterator implements Spliterator<Author> {
+	private final List<Author> list;
+	AtomicInteger current = new AtomicInteger();
+
+	public RelatedAuthorSpliterator(List<Author> list) {
+		this.list = list;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean tryAdvance(Consumer<? super Author> action) {
+
+		action.accept(list.get(current.getAndIncrement()));
+		return current.get() < list.size();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Spliterator<Author> trySplit() {
+		int currentSize = list.size() - current.get();
+		if (currentSize < 10) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		for (int splitPos = currentSize / 2 + current.intValue(); splitPos < list.size(); splitPos++) {
+			if (list.get(splitPos).getRelatedArticleId() == 0) {
+				Spliterator<Author> spliterator = new RelatedAuthorSpliterator(list.subList(current.get(), splitPos));
+				current.set(splitPos);
+				return spliterator;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public long estimateSize() {
+		return list.size() - current.get();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int characteristics() {
+		return CONCURRENT;
+	}
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spliteratorAPI/Task.java

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+package com.baeldung.spliteratorAPI;
+
+import java.util.Spliterator;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+
+public class Task implements Callable<String> {
+    private Spliterator<Article> spliterator;
+    private final static String SUFFIX = "- published by Baeldung";
+
+    public Task(Spliterator<Article> spliterator) {
+        this.spliterator = spliterator;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String call() {
+        int current = 0;
+        while (spliterator.tryAdvance(article -> {
+            article.setName(article.getName()
+                .concat(SUFFIX));
+        })) {
+            current++;
+        }
+        ;
+        return Thread.currentThread()
+            .getName() + ":" + current;
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/strategy/ChristmasDiscounter.java

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+package com.baeldung.strategy;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
+public class ChristmasDiscounter implements Discounter {
+
+    @Override
+    public BigDecimal apply(BigDecimal amount) {
+        return amount.multiply(BigDecimal.valueOf(0.9));
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/strategy/Discounter.java

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+package com.baeldung.strategy;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
+
+public interface Discounter extends UnaryOperator<BigDecimal> {
+
+    default Discounter combine(Discounter after) {
+        return value -> after.apply(this.apply(value));
+    }
+
+    static Discounter christmas() {
+        return (amount) -> amount.multiply(BigDecimal.valueOf(0.9));
+    }
+
+    static Discounter newYear() {
+        return (amount) -> amount.multiply(BigDecimal.valueOf(0.8));
+    }
+
+    static Discounter easter() {
+        return (amount) -> amount.multiply(BigDecimal.valueOf(0.5));
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/strategy/EasterDiscounter.java

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+package com.baeldung.strategy;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
+public class EasterDiscounter implements Discounter {
+
+    @Override
+    public BigDecimal apply(BigDecimal amount) {
+        return amount.multiply(BigDecimal.valueOf(0.5));
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/application/Application.java

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+package com.baeldung.streamreduce.application;
+
+import com.baeldung.streamreduce.entities.User;
+import com.baeldung.streamreduce.utilities.NumberUtils;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Application {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        List<Integer> numbers = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6);
+        int result1 = numbers.stream().reduce(0, (a, b) -> a + b);
+        System.out.println(result1);
+        
+        int result2 = numbers.stream().reduce(0, Integer::sum);
+        System.out.println(result2);
+
+        List<String> letters = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c", "d", "e");
+        String result3 = letters.stream().reduce("", (a, b) -> a + b);
+        System.out.println(result3);
+        
+        String result4 = letters.stream().reduce("", String::concat);
+        System.out.println(result4);
+
+        String result5 = letters.stream().reduce("", (a, b) -> a.toUpperCase() + b.toUpperCase());
+        System.out.println(result5);
+        
+        List<User> users = Arrays.asList(new User("John", 30), new User("Julie", 35));
+        int result6 = users.stream().reduce(0, (partialAgeResult, user) -> partialAgeResult + user.getAge(), Integer::sum);
+        System.out.println(result6);
+        
+        String result7 = letters.parallelStream().reduce("", String::concat);
+        System.out.println(result7);
+        
+        int result8 = users.parallelStream().reduce(0, (partialAgeResult, user) -> partialAgeResult + user.getAge(), Integer::sum);
+        System.out.println(result8);
+        
+        List<User> userList = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i <= 1000000; i++) {
+            userList.add(new User("John" + i, i));
+        }
+        
+        long t1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        int result9 = userList.stream().reduce(0, (partialAgeResult, user) -> partialAgeResult + user.getAge(), Integer::sum);
+        long t2 = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        System.out.println(result9);
+        System.out.println("Sequential stream time: " + (t2 - t1) + "ms");
+        
+        long t3 = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        int result10 = userList.parallelStream().reduce(0, (partialAgeResult, user) -> partialAgeResult + user.getAge(), Integer::sum);
+        long t4 = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        System.out.println(result10);
+        System.out.println("Parallel stream time: " + (t4 - t3) + "ms");
+        
+        int result11 = NumberUtils.divideListElements(numbers, 1);
+        System.out.println(result11);
+        
+        int result12 = NumberUtils.divideListElementsWithExtractedTryCatchBlock(numbers, 0);
+        System.out.println(result12);
+    }    
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/entities/User.java

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+package com.baeldung.streamreduce.entities;
+
+public class User {
+
+    private final String name;
+    private final int age;
+
+    public User(String name, int age) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public int getAge() {
+        return age;
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "User{" + "name=" + name + ", age=" + age + '}';
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/utilities/NumberUtils.java

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+package com.baeldung.streamreduce.utilities;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+public abstract class NumberUtils {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(NumberUtils.class.getName());
+
+    public static int divideListElements(List<Integer> values, Integer divider) {
+        return values.stream()
+                .reduce(0, (a, b) -> {
+                    try {
+                        return a / divider + b / divider;
+                    } catch (ArithmeticException e) {
+                        LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Arithmetic Exception: Division by Zero");
+                    }
+                    return 0;
+                });
+    }
+    
+    public static int divideListElementsWithExtractedTryCatchBlock(List<Integer> values, int divider) {
+        return values.stream().reduce(0, (a, b) -> divide(a, divider) + divide(b, divider));
+    }
+    
+    public static int divideListElementsWithApplyFunctionMethod(List<Integer> values, int divider) {
+        BiFunction<Integer, Integer, Integer> division = (a, b) -> a / b;
+        return values.stream().reduce(0, (a, b) -> applyFunction(division, a, divider) + applyFunction(division, b, divider));
+    }
+    
+    private static int divide(int value, int factor) {
+        int result = 0;
+        try {
+            result = value / factor;
+        } catch (ArithmeticException e) {
+            LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Arithmetic Exception: Division by Zero");
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+    
+    private static int applyFunction(BiFunction<Integer, Integer, Integer> function, int a, int b) {
+        try {
+            return function.apply(a, b);
+        }
+        catch(Exception e) {
+            LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Exception occurred!");
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/resources/logback.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
+            </pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+    </root>
+</configuration>

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/internationalization/DateFormatUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.internationalization;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+
+public class DateFormatUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenGregorianCalendar_whenLocaleSpecificDateInstance_givenLanguageSpecificMonths() {
+        GregorianCalendar gregorianCalendar = new GregorianCalendar(2018, 1, 1, 10, 15, 20);
+        Date date = gregorianCalendar.getTime();
+
+        DateFormat itInstance = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL, Locale.ITALY);
+        DateFormat usInstance = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL, Locale.US);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("giovedì 1 febbraio 2018", itInstance.format(date));
+        Assert.assertEquals("Thursday, February 1, 2018", usInstance.format(date));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenGregorianCalendar_whenDateInstanceWithDifferentFormats_givenSpecificDateFormatting() {
+        GregorianCalendar gregorianCalendar = new GregorianCalendar(2018, 1, 1, 10, 15, 20);
+        Date date = gregorianCalendar.getTime();
+
+        DateFormat fullInstance = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL, Locale.ITALY);
+        DateFormat mediumInstance = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.ITALY);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("giovedì 1 febbraio 2018", fullInstance.format(date));
+        Assert.assertEquals("1-feb-2018", mediumInstance.format(date));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenGregorianCalendar_whenTimeInstanceWithDifferentFormats_givenSpecificTimeFormatting() {
+        GregorianCalendar gregorianCalendar = new GregorianCalendar(2018, 1, 1, 10, 15, 20);
+        gregorianCalendar.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("CET"));
+        TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("CET"));
+        Date date = gregorianCalendar.getTime();
+
+        DateFormat fullInstance = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL, Locale.ITALY);
+        DateFormat mediumInstance = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.ITALY);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("10.15.20 CET", fullInstance.format(date));
+        Assert.assertEquals("10.15.20" , mediumInstance.format(date));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenGregorianCalendar_whenDateTimeInstanceWithDifferentFormats_givenSpecificDateTimeFormatting() {
+        GregorianCalendar gregorianCalendar = new GregorianCalendar(2018, 1, 1, 10, 15, 20);
+        gregorianCalendar.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("CET"));
+        TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("CET"));
+        Date date = gregorianCalendar.getTime();
+
+        DateFormat ffInstance = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL, DateFormat.FULL, Locale.ITALY);
+        DateFormat smInstance = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.ITALY);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("giovedì 1 febbraio 2018 10.15.20 CET", ffInstance.format(date));
+        Assert.assertEquals("01/02/18 10.15.20", smInstance.format(date));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenGregorianCalendar_whenLocaleSpecificDateTimeInstance_givenLocaleSpecificFormatting() {
+        GregorianCalendar gregorianCalendar = new GregorianCalendar(2018, 1, 1, 10, 15, 20);
+        gregorianCalendar.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("CET"));
+        TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("CET"));
+        Date date = gregorianCalendar.getTime();
+
+        DateFormat itInstance = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL, DateFormat.FULL, Locale.ITALY);
+        DateFormat jpInstance = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL, DateFormat.FULL, Locale.JAPAN);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("giovedì 1 febbraio 2018 10.15.20 CET", itInstance.format(date));
+        Assert.assertEquals("2018年2月1日 10時15分20秒 CET", jpInstance.format(date));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenGregorianCalendar_whenCustomizedSimpleDateFormat_thenSpecificMonthRepresentations() {
+        GregorianCalendar gregorianCalendar = new GregorianCalendar(2018, 1, 1, 10, 15, 20);
+        Date date = gregorianCalendar.getTime();
+        Locale.setDefault(new Locale("pl", "PL"));
+
+        SimpleDateFormat fullMonthDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss:SSS");
+        SimpleDateFormat shortMonthsimpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss:SSS");
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("01-lutego-2018 10:15:20:000", fullMonthDateFormat.format(date));
+        Assert.assertEquals("01-02-2018 10:15:20:000" , shortMonthsimpleDateFormat.format(date));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenGregorianCalendar_whenCustomizedDateFormatSymbols_thenChangedDayNames() {
+        GregorianCalendar gregorianCalendar = new GregorianCalendar(2018, 1, 1, 10, 15, 20);
+        Date date = gregorianCalendar.getTime();
+        Locale.setDefault(new Locale("pl", "PL"));
+
+        DateFormatSymbols dateFormatSymbols = new DateFormatSymbols();
+        dateFormatSymbols.setWeekdays(new String[]{"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H"});
+        SimpleDateFormat standardDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE-MMMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss:SSS");
+        SimpleDateFormat newDaysDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE-MMMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss:SSS", dateFormatSymbols);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("czwartek-lutego-2018 10:15:20:000", standardDateFormat.format(date));
+        Assert.assertEquals("F-lutego-2018 10:15:20:000", newDaysDateFormat.format(date));
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/internationalization/NumbersCurrenciesFormattingUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.internationalization;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.text.DecimalFormat;
+import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
+import java.text.NumberFormat;
+import java.util.Currency;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+public class NumbersCurrenciesFormattingUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenDifferentLocalesAndDoubleNumber_whenNumberInstance_thenDifferentOutput() {
+        Locale usLocale = Locale.US;
+        Locale plLocale = new Locale("pl", "PL");
+        Locale deLocale = Locale.GERMANY;
+        double number = 102_300.456d;
+
+        NumberFormat usNumberFormat = NumberFormat.getInstance(usLocale);
+        NumberFormat plNumberFormat = NumberFormat.getInstance(plLocale);
+        NumberFormat deNumberFormat = NumberFormat.getInstance(deLocale);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(usNumberFormat.format(number), "102,300.456");
+        Assert.assertEquals(plNumberFormat.format(number), "102 300,456");
+        Assert.assertEquals(deNumberFormat.format(number), "102.300,456");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenDifferentLocalesAndDoubleAmount_whenCurrencyInstance_thenDifferentOutput() {
+        Locale usLocale = Locale.US;
+        Locale plLocale = new Locale("pl", "PL");
+        Locale deLocale = Locale.GERMANY;
+        BigDecimal number = new BigDecimal(102_300.456d);
+
+        NumberFormat usNumberFormat = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(usLocale);
+        NumberFormat plNumberFormat = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(plLocale);
+        NumberFormat deNumberFormat = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(deLocale);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(usNumberFormat.format(number), "$102,300.46");
+        Assert.assertEquals(plNumberFormat.format(number), "102 300,46 zł");
+        Assert.assertEquals(deNumberFormat.format(number), "102.300,46 €");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenLocaleAndNumber_whenSpecificDecimalFormat_thenSpecificOutput() {
+        Locale.setDefault(Locale.FRANCE);
+        BigDecimal number = new BigDecimal(102_300.456d);
+
+        DecimalFormat zeroDecimalFormat = new DecimalFormat("000000000.0000");
+        DecimalFormat hashDecimalFormat = new DecimalFormat("###,###.#");
+        DecimalFormat dollarDecimalFormat = new DecimalFormat("$###,###.##");
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(zeroDecimalFormat.format(number), "000102300,4560");
+        Assert.assertEquals(hashDecimalFormat.format(number), "102 300,5");
+        Assert.assertEquals(dollarDecimalFormat.format(number), "$102 300,46");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenLocaleAndNumber_whenSpecificDecimalFormatSymbols_thenSpecificOutput() {
+        Locale.setDefault(Locale.FRANCE);
+        BigDecimal number = new BigDecimal(102_300.456d);
+
+        DecimalFormatSymbols decimalFormatSymbols = DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance();
+        decimalFormatSymbols.setGroupingSeparator('^');
+        decimalFormatSymbols.setDecimalSeparator('@');
+        DecimalFormat separatorsDecimalFormat = new DecimalFormat("$###,###.##");
+        separatorsDecimalFormat.setGroupingSize(4);
+        separatorsDecimalFormat.setCurrency(Currency.getInstance(Locale.JAPAN));
+        separatorsDecimalFormat.setDecimalFormatSymbols(decimalFormatSymbols);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(separatorsDecimalFormat.format(number), "$10^2300@46");
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java8/Java8DefaultStaticIntefaceMethodsUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.java8;
+
+import com.baeldung.java_8_features.Vehicle;
+import com.baeldung.java_8_features.VehicleImpl;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class Java8DefaultStaticIntefaceMethodsUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void callStaticInterfaceMethdosMethods_whenExpectedResults_thenCorrect() {
+        Vehicle vehicle = new VehicleImpl();
+        String overview = vehicle.getOverview();
+        long[] startPosition = vehicle.startPosition();
+
+        assertEquals(overview, "ATV made by N&F Vehicles");
+        assertEquals(startPosition[0], 23);
+        assertEquals(startPosition[1], 15);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void callDefaultInterfaceMethods_whenExpectedResults_thenCorrect() {
+        String producer = Vehicle.producer();
+        assertEquals(producer, "N&F Vehicles");
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java8/Java8ForEachUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.java8;
+
+import java.util.ArrayDeque;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Queue;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class Java8ForEachUnitTest {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Java8ForEachUnitTest.class);
+
+    @Test
+    public void compareForEachMethods_thenPrintResults() {
+
+        List<String> names = new ArrayList<>();
+        names.add("Larry");
+        names.add("Steve");
+        names.add("James");
+        names.add("Conan");
+        names.add("Ellen");
+
+        // Java 5 - for-loop
+        LOG.debug("--- Enhanced for-loop ---");
+        for (String name : names) {
+            LOG.debug(name);
+        }
+
+        // Java 8 - forEach
+        names.forEach(name -> {
+            System.out.println(name);
+        });
+
+        LOG.debug("--- Print Consumer ---");
+        Consumer<String> printConsumer = new Consumer<String>() {
+            public void accept(String name) {
+                System.out.println(name);
+            };
+        };
+
+        names.forEach(printConsumer);
+
+        // Anonymous inner class that implements Consumer interface
+        LOG.debug("--- Anonymous inner class ---");
+        names.forEach(new Consumer<String>() {
+            public void accept(String name) {
+                LOG.debug(name);
+            }
+        });
+
+        // Java 8 - forEach - Lambda Syntax
+        LOG.debug("--- forEach method ---");
+        names.forEach(name -> LOG.debug(name));
+
+        // Java 8 - forEach - Print elements using a Method Reference
+        LOG.debug("--- Method Reference ---");
+        names.forEach(LOG::debug);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenList_thenIterateAndPrintResults() {
+        List<String> names = Arrays.asList("Larry", "Steve", "James");
+
+        names.forEach(System.out::println);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSet_thenIterateAndPrintResults() {
+        Set<String> uniqueNames = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("Larry", "Steve", "James"));
+
+        uniqueNames.forEach(System.out::println);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenQueue_thenIterateAndPrintResults() {
+        Queue<String> namesQueue = new ArrayDeque<>(Arrays.asList("Larry", "Steve", "James"));
+
+        namesQueue.forEach(System.out::println);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenMap_thenIterateAndPrintResults() {
+        Map<Integer, String> namesMap = new HashMap<>();
+        namesMap.put(1, "Larry");
+        namesMap.put(2, "Steve");
+        namesMap.put(3, "James");
+
+        namesMap.entrySet()
+            .forEach(entry -> System.out.println(entry.getKey() + " " + entry.getValue()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenMap_whenUsingBiConsumer_thenIterateAndPrintResults2() {
+        Map<Integer, String> namesMap = new HashMap<>();
+        namesMap.put(1, "Larry");
+        namesMap.put(2, "Steve");
+        namesMap.put(3, "James");
+
+        namesMap.forEach((key, value) -> System.out.println(key + " " + value));
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java8/Java8MethodReferenceUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.java8;
+
+import com.baeldung.java_8_features.User;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class Java8MethodReferenceUnitTest {
+
+    private List<String> list;
+
+    @Before
+    public void init() {
+        list = new ArrayList<>();
+        list.add("One");
+        list.add("OneAndOnly");
+        list.add("Derek");
+        list.add("Change");
+        list.add("factory");
+        list.add("justBefore");
+        list.add("Italy");
+        list.add("Italy");
+        list.add("Thursday");
+        list.add("");
+        list.add("");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkStaticMethodReferences_whenWork_thenCorrect() {
+
+        List<User> users = new ArrayList<>();
+        users.add(new User());
+        users.add(new User());
+        boolean isReal = users.stream().anyMatch(u -> User.isRealUser(u));
+        boolean isRealRef = users.stream().anyMatch(User::isRealUser);
+        assertTrue(isReal);
+        assertTrue(isRealRef);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkInstanceMethodReferences_whenWork_thenCorrect() {
+        User user = new User();
+        boolean isLegalName = list.stream().anyMatch(user::isLegalName);
+        assertTrue(isLegalName);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkParticularTypeReferences_whenWork_thenCorrect() {
+        long count = list.stream().filter(String::isEmpty).count();
+        assertEquals(count, 2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkConstructorReferences_whenWork_thenCorrect() {
+        Stream<User> stream = list.stream().map(User::new);
+        List<User> userList = stream.collect(Collectors.toList());
+        assertEquals(userList.size(), list.size());
+        assertTrue(userList.get(0) instanceof User);
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java8/Java8OptionalUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.java8;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.java_8_features.Address;
+import com.baeldung.java_8_features.CustomException;
+import com.baeldung.java_8_features.OptionalAddress;
+import com.baeldung.java_8_features.OptionalUser;
+import com.baeldung.java_8_features.User;
+
+public class Java8OptionalUnitTest {
+
+    private List<String> list;
+
+    @Before
+    public void init() {
+        list = new ArrayList<>();
+        list.add("One");
+        list.add("OneAndOnly");
+        list.add("Derek");
+        list.add("Change");
+        list.add("factory");
+        list.add("justBefore");
+        list.add("Italy");
+        list.add("Italy");
+        list.add("Thursday");
+        list.add("");
+        list.add("");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkOptional_whenAsExpected_thenCorrect() {
+        Optional<String> optionalEmpty = Optional.empty();
+        assertFalse(optionalEmpty.isPresent());
+
+        String str = "value";
+        Optional<String> optional = Optional.of(str);
+        assertEquals(optional.get(), "value");
+
+        Optional<String> optionalNullable = Optional.ofNullable(str);
+        Optional<String> optionalNull = Optional.ofNullable(null);
+        assertEquals(optionalNullable.get(), "value");
+        assertFalse(optionalNull.isPresent());
+
+        List<String> listOpt = Optional.of(list).orElse(new ArrayList<>());
+        List<String> listNull = null;
+        List<String> listOptNull = Optional.ofNullable(listNull).orElse(new ArrayList<>());
+        assertTrue(listOpt == list);
+        assertTrue(listOptNull.isEmpty());
+
+        Optional<User> user = Optional.ofNullable(getUser());
+        String result = user.map(User::getAddress).map(Address::getStreet).orElse("not specified");
+        assertEquals(result, "1st Avenue");
+
+        Optional<OptionalUser> optionalUser = Optional.ofNullable(getOptionalUser());
+        String resultOpt = optionalUser.flatMap(OptionalUser::getAddress).flatMap(OptionalAddress::getStreet).orElse("not specified");
+        assertEquals(resultOpt, "1st Avenue");
+
+        Optional<User> userNull = Optional.ofNullable(getUserNull());
+        String resultNull = userNull.map(User::getAddress).map(Address::getStreet).orElse("not specified");
+        assertEquals(resultNull, "not specified");
+
+        Optional<OptionalUser> optionalUserNull = Optional.ofNullable(getOptionalUserNull());
+        String resultOptNull = optionalUserNull.flatMap(OptionalUser::getAddress).flatMap(OptionalAddress::getStreet).orElse("not specified");
+        assertEquals(resultOptNull, "not specified");
+
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = CustomException.class)
+    public void callMethod_whenCustomException_thenCorrect() {
+        User user = new User();
+        String result = user.getOrThrow();
+    }
+
+    private User getUser() {
+        User user = new User();
+        Address address = new Address();
+        address.setStreet("1st Avenue");
+        user.setAddress(address);
+        return user;
+    }
+
+    private OptionalUser getOptionalUser() {
+        OptionalUser user = new OptionalUser();
+        OptionalAddress address = new OptionalAddress();
+        address.setStreet("1st Avenue");
+        user.setAddress(address);
+        return user;
+    }
+
+    private OptionalUser getOptionalUserNull() {
+        OptionalUser user = new OptionalUser();
+        OptionalAddress address = new OptionalAddress();
+        address.setStreet(null);
+        user.setAddress(address);
+        return user;
+    }
+
+    private User getUserNull() {
+        User user = new User();
+        Address address = new Address();
+        address.setStreet(null);
+        user.setAddress(address);
+        return user;
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java8/comparator/Employee.java

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+package com.baeldung.java8.comparator;
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import lombok.ToString;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+@ToString
+@EqualsAndHashCode
+public class Employee implements Comparable<Employee>{
+    String name;
+    int age;
+    double salary;
+    long mobile;
+    
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(Employee argEmployee) {
+        return name.compareTo(argEmployee.getName());
+    }
+    
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java8/comparator/Java8ComparatorUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.java8.comparator;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class Java8ComparatorUnitTest {
+
+    private Employee[] employees;
+    private Employee[] employeesArrayWithNulls;
+    private Employee[] sortedEmployeesByName;
+    private Employee[] sortedEmployeesByNameDesc;
+    private Employee[] sortedEmployeesByAge;
+    private Employee[] sortedEmployeesByMobile;
+    private Employee[] sortedEmployeesBySalary;
+    private Employee[] sortedEmployeesArray_WithNullsFirst;
+    private Employee[] sortedEmployeesArray_WithNullsLast;
+    private Employee[] sortedEmployeesByNameAge;
+    private Employee[] someMoreEmployees;
+    private Employee[] sortedEmployeesByAgeName;;
+
+    @Before
+    public void initData() {
+        employees = new Employee[] { new Employee("John", 25, 3000, 9922001), new Employee("Ace", 22, 2000, 5924001), new Employee("Keith", 35, 4000, 3924401) };
+        employeesArrayWithNulls = new Employee[] { new Employee("John", 25, 3000, 9922001), null, new Employee("Ace", 22, 2000, 5924001), null, new Employee("Keith", 35, 4000, 3924401) };
+
+        sortedEmployeesByName = new Employee[] { new Employee("Ace", 22, 2000, 5924001), new Employee("John", 25, 3000, 9922001), new Employee("Keith", 35, 4000, 3924401) };
+        sortedEmployeesByNameDesc = new Employee[] { new Employee("Keith", 35, 4000, 3924401), new Employee("John", 25, 3000, 9922001), new Employee("Ace", 22, 2000, 5924001) };
+
+        sortedEmployeesByAge = new Employee[] { new Employee("Ace", 22, 2000, 5924001), new Employee("John", 25, 3000, 9922001), new Employee("Keith", 35, 4000, 3924401) };
+
+        sortedEmployeesByMobile = new Employee[] { new Employee("Keith", 35, 4000, 3924401), new Employee("Ace", 22, 2000, 5924001), new Employee("John", 25, 3000, 9922001), };
+
+        sortedEmployeesBySalary = new Employee[] { new Employee("Ace", 22, 2000, 5924001), new Employee("John", 25, 3000, 9922001), new Employee("Keith", 35, 4000, 3924401), };
+
+        sortedEmployeesArray_WithNullsFirst = new Employee[] { null, null, new Employee("Ace", 22, 2000, 5924001), new Employee("John", 25, 3000, 9922001), new Employee("Keith", 35, 4000, 3924401) };
+        sortedEmployeesArray_WithNullsLast = new Employee[] { new Employee("Ace", 22, 2000, 5924001), new Employee("John", 25, 3000, 9922001), new Employee("Keith", 35, 4000, 3924401), null, null };
+
+        someMoreEmployees = new Employee[] { new Employee("Jake", 25, 3000, 9922001), new Employee("Jake", 22, 2000, 5924001), new Employee("Ace", 22, 3000, 6423001), new Employee("Keith", 35, 4000, 3924401) };
+
+        sortedEmployeesByAgeName = new Employee[] { new Employee("Ace", 22, 3000, 6423001), new Employee("Jake", 22, 2000, 5924001), new Employee("Jake", 25, 3000, 9922001), new Employee("Keith", 35, 4000, 3924401) };
+        sortedEmployeesByNameAge = new Employee[] { new Employee("Ace", 22, 3000, 6423001), new Employee("Jake", 22, 2000, 5924001), new Employee("Jake", 25, 3000, 9922001), new Employee("Keith", 35, 4000, 3924401) };
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenComparing_thenSortedByName() {
+        Comparator<Employee> employeeNameComparator = Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName);
+        Arrays.sort(employees, employeeNameComparator);
+        // System.out.println(Arrays.toString(employees));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(employees, sortedEmployeesByName));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenComparingWithComparator_thenSortedByNameDesc() {
+        Comparator<Employee> employeeNameComparator = Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName, (s1, s2) -> {
+            return s2.compareTo(s1);
+        });
+        Arrays.sort(employees, employeeNameComparator);
+        // System.out.println(Arrays.toString(employees));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(employees, sortedEmployeesByNameDesc));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReversed_thenSortedByNameDesc() {
+        Comparator<Employee> employeeNameComparator = Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName);
+        Comparator<Employee> employeeNameComparatorReversed = employeeNameComparator.reversed();
+        Arrays.sort(employees, employeeNameComparatorReversed);
+        // System.out.println(Arrays.toString(employees));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(employees, sortedEmployeesByNameDesc));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenComparingInt_thenSortedByAge() {
+        Comparator<Employee> employeeAgeComparator = Comparator.comparingInt(Employee::getAge);
+        Arrays.sort(employees, employeeAgeComparator);
+        // System.out.println(Arrays.toString(employees));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(employees, sortedEmployeesByAge));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenComparingLong_thenSortedByMobile() {
+        Comparator<Employee> employeeMobileComparator = Comparator.comparingLong(Employee::getMobile);
+        Arrays.sort(employees, employeeMobileComparator);
+        // System.out.println(Arrays.toString(employees));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(employees, sortedEmployeesByMobile));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenComparingDouble_thenSortedBySalary() {
+        Comparator<Employee> employeeSalaryComparator = Comparator.comparingDouble(Employee::getSalary);
+        Arrays.sort(employees, employeeSalaryComparator);
+        // System.out.println(Arrays.toString(employees));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(employees, sortedEmployeesBySalary));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenNaturalOrder_thenSortedByName() {
+        Comparator<Employee> employeeNameComparator = Comparator.<Employee> naturalOrder();
+        Arrays.sort(employees, employeeNameComparator);
+        // System.out.println(Arrays.toString(employees));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(employees, sortedEmployeesByName));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReverseOrder_thenSortedByNameDesc() {
+        Comparator<Employee> employeeNameComparator = Comparator.<Employee> reverseOrder();
+        Arrays.sort(employees, employeeNameComparator);
+        // System.out.println(Arrays.toString(employees));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(employees, sortedEmployeesByNameDesc));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenNullsFirst_thenSortedByNameWithNullsFirst() {
+        Comparator<Employee> employeeNameComparator = Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName);
+        Comparator<Employee> employeeNameComparator_nullFirst = Comparator.nullsFirst(employeeNameComparator);
+        Arrays.sort(employeesArrayWithNulls, employeeNameComparator_nullFirst);
+        // System.out.println(Arrays.toString(employeesArrayWithNulls));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(employeesArrayWithNulls, sortedEmployeesArray_WithNullsFirst));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenNullsLast_thenSortedByNameWithNullsLast() {
+        Comparator<Employee> employeeNameComparator = Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName);
+        Comparator<Employee> employeeNameComparator_nullLast = Comparator.nullsLast(employeeNameComparator);
+        Arrays.sort(employeesArrayWithNulls, employeeNameComparator_nullLast);
+        // System.out.println(Arrays.toString(employeesArrayWithNulls));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(employeesArrayWithNulls, sortedEmployeesArray_WithNullsLast));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenThenComparing_thenSortedByAgeName() {
+        Comparator<Employee> employee_Age_Name_Comparator = Comparator.comparing(Employee::getAge).thenComparing(Employee::getName);
+
+        Arrays.sort(someMoreEmployees, employee_Age_Name_Comparator);
+        // System.out.println(Arrays.toString(someMoreEmployees));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(someMoreEmployees, sortedEmployeesByAgeName));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenThenComparing_thenSortedByNameAge() {
+        Comparator<Employee> employee_Name_Age_Comparator = Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName).thenComparingInt(Employee::getAge);
+
+        Arrays.sort(someMoreEmployees, employee_Name_Age_Comparator);
+        // System.out.println(Arrays.toString(someMoreEmployees));
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(someMoreEmployees, sortedEmployeesByNameAge));
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java_8_features/groupingby/Java8GroupingByCollectorUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.java_8_features.groupingby;
+
+import com.baeldung.java_8_features.groupingby.BlogPost;
+import com.baeldung.java_8_features.groupingby.BlogPostType;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+
+import static java.util.Comparator.comparingInt;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class Java8GroupingByCollectorUnitTest {
+
+    private static final List<BlogPost> posts = Arrays.asList(new BlogPost("News item 1", "Author 1", BlogPostType.NEWS, 15), new BlogPost("Tech review 1", "Author 2", BlogPostType.REVIEW, 5),
+        new BlogPost("Programming guide", "Author 1", BlogPostType.GUIDE, 20), new BlogPost("News item 2", "Author 2", BlogPostType.NEWS, 35), new BlogPost("Tech review 2", "Author 1", BlogPostType.REVIEW, 15));
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAListOfPosts_whenGroupedByType_thenGetAMapBetweenTypeAndPosts() {
+        Map<BlogPostType, List<BlogPost>> postsPerType = posts.stream()
+            .collect(groupingBy(BlogPost::getType));
+
+        assertEquals(2, postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.NEWS)
+            .size());
+        assertEquals(1, postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.GUIDE)
+            .size());
+        assertEquals(2, postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.REVIEW)
+            .size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAListOfPosts_whenGroupedByTypeAndTheirTitlesAreJoinedInAString_thenGetAMapBetweenTypeAndCsvTitles() {
+        Map<BlogPostType, String> postsPerType = posts.stream()
+            .collect(groupingBy(BlogPost::getType, mapping(BlogPost::getTitle, joining(", ", "Post titles: [", "]"))));
+
+        assertEquals("Post titles: [News item 1, News item 2]", postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.NEWS));
+        assertEquals("Post titles: [Programming guide]", postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.GUIDE));
+        assertEquals("Post titles: [Tech review 1, Tech review 2]", postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.REVIEW));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAListOfPosts_whenGroupedByTypeAndSumTheLikes_thenGetAMapBetweenTypeAndPostLikes() {
+        Map<BlogPostType, Integer> likesPerType = posts.stream()
+            .collect(groupingBy(BlogPost::getType, summingInt(BlogPost::getLikes)));
+
+        assertEquals(50, likesPerType.get(BlogPostType.NEWS)
+            .intValue());
+        assertEquals(20, likesPerType.get(BlogPostType.REVIEW)
+            .intValue());
+        assertEquals(20, likesPerType.get(BlogPostType.GUIDE)
+            .intValue());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAListOfPosts_whenGroupedByTypeInAnEnumMap_thenGetAnEnumMapBetweenTypeAndPosts() {
+        EnumMap<BlogPostType, List<BlogPost>> postsPerType = posts.stream()
+            .collect(groupingBy(BlogPost::getType, () -> new EnumMap<>(BlogPostType.class), toList()));
+
+        assertEquals(2, postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.NEWS)
+            .size());
+        assertEquals(1, postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.GUIDE)
+            .size());
+        assertEquals(2, postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.REVIEW)
+            .size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAListOfPosts_whenGroupedByTypeInSets_thenGetAMapBetweenTypesAndSetsOfPosts() {
+        Map<BlogPostType, Set<BlogPost>> postsPerType = posts.stream()
+            .collect(groupingBy(BlogPost::getType, toSet()));
+
+        assertEquals(2, postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.NEWS)
+            .size());
+        assertEquals(1, postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.GUIDE)
+            .size());
+        assertEquals(2, postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.REVIEW)
+            .size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAListOfPosts_whenGroupedByTypeConcurrently_thenGetAMapBetweenTypeAndPosts() {
+        ConcurrentMap<BlogPostType, List<BlogPost>> postsPerType = posts.parallelStream()
+            .collect(groupingByConcurrent(BlogPost::getType));
+
+        assertEquals(2, postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.NEWS)
+            .size());
+        assertEquals(1, postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.GUIDE)
+            .size());
+        assertEquals(2, postsPerType.get(BlogPostType.REVIEW)
+            .size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAListOfPosts_whenGroupedByTypeAndAveragingLikes_thenGetAMapBetweenTypeAndAverageNumberOfLikes() {
+        Map<BlogPostType, Double> averageLikesPerType = posts.stream()
+            .collect(groupingBy(BlogPost::getType, averagingInt(BlogPost::getLikes)));
+
+        assertEquals(25, averageLikesPerType.get(BlogPostType.NEWS)
+            .intValue());
+        assertEquals(20, averageLikesPerType.get(BlogPostType.GUIDE)
+            .intValue());
+        assertEquals(10, averageLikesPerType.get(BlogPostType.REVIEW)
+            .intValue());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAListOfPosts_whenGroupedByTypeAndCounted_thenGetAMapBetweenTypeAndNumberOfPosts() {
+        Map<BlogPostType, Long> numberOfPostsPerType = posts.stream()
+            .collect(groupingBy(BlogPost::getType, counting()));
+
+        assertEquals(2, numberOfPostsPerType.get(BlogPostType.NEWS)
+            .intValue());
+        assertEquals(1, numberOfPostsPerType.get(BlogPostType.GUIDE)
+            .intValue());
+        assertEquals(2, numberOfPostsPerType.get(BlogPostType.REVIEW)
+            .intValue());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAListOfPosts_whenGroupedByTypeAndMaxingLikes_thenGetAMapBetweenTypeAndMaximumNumberOfLikes() {
+        Map<BlogPostType, Optional<BlogPost>> maxLikesPerPostType = posts.stream()
+            .collect(groupingBy(BlogPost::getType, maxBy(comparingInt(BlogPost::getLikes))));
+
+        assertTrue(maxLikesPerPostType.get(BlogPostType.NEWS)
+            .isPresent());
+        assertEquals(35, maxLikesPerPostType.get(BlogPostType.NEWS)
+            .get()
+            .getLikes());
+
+        assertTrue(maxLikesPerPostType.get(BlogPostType.GUIDE)
+            .isPresent());
+        assertEquals(20, maxLikesPerPostType.get(BlogPostType.GUIDE)
+            .get()
+            .getLikes());
+
+        assertTrue(maxLikesPerPostType.get(BlogPostType.REVIEW)
+            .isPresent());
+        assertEquals(15, maxLikesPerPostType.get(BlogPostType.REVIEW)
+            .get()
+            .getLikes());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAListOfPosts_whenGroupedByAuthorAndThenByType_thenGetAMapBetweenAuthorAndMapsBetweenTypeAndBlogPosts() {
+        Map<String, Map<BlogPostType, List<BlogPost>>> map = posts.stream()
+            .collect(groupingBy(BlogPost::getAuthor, groupingBy(BlogPost::getType)));
+
+        assertEquals(1, map.get("Author 1")
+            .get(BlogPostType.NEWS)
+            .size());
+        assertEquals(1, map.get("Author 1")
+            .get(BlogPostType.GUIDE)
+            .size());
+        assertEquals(1, map.get("Author 1")
+            .get(BlogPostType.REVIEW)
+            .size());
+
+        assertEquals(1, map.get("Author 2")
+            .get(BlogPostType.NEWS)
+            .size());
+        assertEquals(1, map.get("Author 2")
+            .get(BlogPostType.REVIEW)
+            .size());
+        assertNull(map.get("Author 2")
+            .get(BlogPostType.GUIDE));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAListOfPosts_whenGroupedByTypeAndSummarizingLikes_thenGetAMapBetweenTypeAndSummary() {
+        Map<BlogPostType, IntSummaryStatistics> likeStatisticsPerType = posts.stream()
+            .collect(groupingBy(BlogPost::getType, summarizingInt(BlogPost::getLikes)));
+
+        IntSummaryStatistics newsLikeStatistics = likeStatisticsPerType.get(BlogPostType.NEWS);
+
+        assertEquals(2, newsLikeStatistics.getCount());
+        assertEquals(50, newsLikeStatistics.getSum());
+        assertEquals(25.0, newsLikeStatistics.getAverage(), 0.001);
+        assertEquals(35, newsLikeStatistics.getMax());
+        assertEquals(15, newsLikeStatistics.getMin());
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/nullsafecollectionstreams/NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingCommonsEmptyIfNullUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.nullsafecollectionstreams;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+
+public class NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingCommonsEmptyIfNullUnitTest {
+
+    private final NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingCommonsEmptyIfNull instance = 
+            new NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingCommonsEmptyIfNull();
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCollectionIsNull_thenExpectAnEmptyStream() {
+        Collection<String> collection = null;
+        Stream<String> expResult = Stream.empty();
+        Stream<String> result = instance.collectionAsStream(collection);
+        assertStreamEquals(expResult, result);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCollectionHasElements_thenExpectAStreamOfExactlyTheSameElements() {
+
+        Collection<String> collection = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c");
+        Stream<String> expResult = Arrays.stream(new String[] { "a", "b", "c" });
+        Stream<String> result = instance.collectionAsStream(collection);
+        assertStreamEquals(expResult, result);
+    }
+
+    private static void assertStreamEquals(Stream<?> s1, Stream<?> s2) {
+        Iterator<?> iter1 = s1.iterator(), iter2 = s2.iterator();
+        while (iter1.hasNext() && iter2.hasNext())
+            assertEquals(iter1.next(), iter2.next());
+        assert !iter1.hasNext() && !iter2.hasNext();
+    }
+    
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/nullsafecollectionstreams/NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingJava8OptionalContainerUnitTest.java

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+/*
+ * To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties.
+ * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates
+ * and open the template in the editor.
+ */
+package com.baeldung.nullsafecollectionstreams;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Kwaje Anthony <kwajeanthony@gmail.com>
+ */
+public class NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingJava8OptionalContainerUnitTest {
+
+    private final NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingJava8OptionalContainer instance = new NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingJava8OptionalContainer();
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCollectionIsNull_thenExpectAnEmptyStream() {
+        Collection<String> collection = null;
+        Stream<String> expResult = Stream.empty();
+        Stream<String> result = instance.collectionAsStream(collection);
+        assertStreamEquals(expResult, result);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCollectionHasElements_thenExpectAStreamOfExactlyTheSameElements() {
+
+        Collection<String> collection = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c");
+        Stream<String> expResult = Arrays.stream(new String[] { "a", "b", "c" });
+        Stream<String> result = instance.collectionAsStream(collection);
+        assertStreamEquals(expResult, result);
+    }
+
+    private static void assertStreamEquals(Stream<?> s1, Stream<?> s2) {
+        Iterator<?> iter1 = s1.iterator(), iter2 = s2.iterator();
+        while (iter1.hasNext() && iter2.hasNext())
+            assertEquals(iter1.next(), iter2.next());
+        assert !iter1.hasNext() && !iter2.hasNext();
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/nullsafecollectionstreams/NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingNullDereferenceCheckUnitTest.java

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+
+package com.baeldung.nullsafecollectionstreams;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Kwaje Anthony <kwajeanthony@gmail.com>
+ */
+public class NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingNullDereferenceCheckUnitTest {
+
+    private final NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingNullDereferenceCheck instance = 
+            new NullSafeCollectionStreamsUsingNullDereferenceCheck();
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCollectionIsNull_thenExpectAnEmptyStream() {
+        Collection<String> collection = null;
+        Stream<String> expResult = Stream.empty();
+        Stream<String> result = instance.collectionAsStream(collection);
+        assertStreamEquals(expResult, result);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCollectionHasElements_thenExpectAStreamOfExactlyTheSameElements() {
+
+        Collection<String> collection = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c");
+        Stream<String> expResult = Arrays.stream(new String[] { "a", "b", "c" });
+        Stream<String> result = instance.collectionAsStream(collection);
+        assertStreamEquals(expResult, result);
+    }
+
+    private static void assertStreamEquals(Stream<?> s1, Stream<?> s2) {
+        Iterator<?> iter1 = s1.iterator(), iter2 = s2.iterator();
+        while (iter1.hasNext() && iter2.hasNext())
+            assertEquals(iter1.next(), iter2.next());
+        assert !iter1.hasNext() && !iter2.hasNext();
+    }
+
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spliteratorAPI/ExecutorUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.spliteratorAPI;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Spliterator;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ExecutorUnitTest {
+	Article article;
+	Stream<Author> stream;
+	Spliterator<Author> spliterator;
+	Spliterator<Article> split1;
+	Spliterator<Article> split2;
+
+	@Before
+	public void init() {
+		article = new Article(Arrays.asList(new Author("Ahmad", 0), new Author("Eugen", 0), new Author("Alice", 1),
+				new Author("Alice", 1), new Author("Mike", 0), new Author("Alice", 1), new Author("Mike", 0),
+				new Author("Alice", 1), new Author("Mike", 0), new Author("Alice", 1), new Author("Mike", 0),
+				new Author("Mike", 0), new Author("Alice", 1), new Author("Mike", 0), new Author("Alice", 1),
+				new Author("Mike", 0), new Author("Alice", 1), new Author("Mike", 0), new Author("Alice", 1),
+				new Author("Mike", 0), new Author("Michał", 0), new Author("Loredana", 1)), 0);
+		stream = article.getListOfAuthors().stream();
+		split1 = Executor.generateElements().spliterator();
+		split2 = split1.trySplit();
+		spliterator = new RelatedAuthorSpliterator(article.getListOfAuthors());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenAstreamOfAuthors_whenProcessedInParallelWithCustomSpliterator_coubtProducessRightOutput() {
+		Stream<Author> stream2 = StreamSupport.stream(spliterator, true);
+		assertThat(Executor.countAutors(stream2.parallel())).isEqualTo(9);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenSpliterator_whenAppliedToAListOfArticle_thenSplittedInHalf() {
+		assertThat(new Task(split1).call()).containsSequence(Executor.generateElements().size() / 2 + "");
+		assertThat(new Task(split2).call()).containsSequence(Executor.generateElements().size() / 2 + "");
+	}
+}