Merge branch 'master' into master

2019-07-06 23:27:06 +03:00
parent f10889579d 88586cc09f
commit 3d5931b0ab
68 changed files with 1878 additions and 366 deletions
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
        <icu.version>64.2</icu.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.12.2</assertj.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@
            <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
            <version>${icu.version}</version>
        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+package com.baeldung.bifunction;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class BiFunctionalInterfacesUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    public void givenStreamValues_whenMappedToNewValues() {
+        List<String> mapped = Stream.of("hello", "world")
+                .map(word -> word + "!")
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        assertThat(mapped).containsExactly("hello!", "world!");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenStreamValues_whenReducedWithPrefixingOperation() {
+        String result = Stream.of("hello", "world")
+                .reduce("", (a, b) -> b + "-" + a);
+
+        assertThat(result).isEqualTo("world-hello-");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenStreamValues_whenReducedWithPrefixingLambda_thenHasNoTrailingDash() {
+        String result = Stream.of("hello", "world")
+                .reduce("", (a, b) -> combineWithoutTrailingDash(a, b));
+
+        assertThat(result).isEqualTo("world-hello");
+    }
+
+    private String combineWithoutTrailingDash(String a, String b) {
+        if (a.isEmpty()) {
+            return b;
+        }
+        return b + "-" + a;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenStreamValues_whenReducedWithPrefixingMethodReference_thenHasNoTrailingDash() {
+        String result = Stream.of("hello", "world")
+                .reduce("", this::combineWithoutTrailingDash);
+
+        assertThat(result).isEqualTo("world-hello");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenCombined() {
+        List<String> list1 = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c");
+        List<Integer> list2 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
+
+        List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int i=0; i < list1.size(); i++) {
+            result.add(list1.get(i) + list2.get(i));
+        }
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly("a1", "b2", "c3");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenCombinedWithGeneralPurposeCombiner() {
+        List<String> list1 = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c");
+        List<Integer> list2 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
+
+        List<String> result = listCombiner(list1, list2, (a, b) -> a + b);
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly("a1", "b2", "c3");
+    }
+
+    private static <T, U, R> List<R> listCombiner(List<T> list1,
+                                                  List<U> list2,
+                                                  BiFunction<T, U, R> combiner) {
+        List<R> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < list1.size(); i++) {
+            result.add(combiner.apply(list1.get(i), list2.get(i)));
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenComparedWithCombiningFunction() {
+        List<Double> list1 = Arrays.asList(1.0d, 2.1d, 3.3d);
+        List<Float> list2 = Arrays.asList(0.1f, 0.2f, 4f);
+
+        // algorithm to determine if the value in list1 > value in list 2
+        List<Boolean> result = listCombiner(list1, list2, (a, b) -> a > b);
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly(true, true, false);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenComparedWithCombiningFunctionByMethodReference() {
+        List<Double> list1 = Arrays.asList(1.0d, 2.1d, 3.3d);
+        List<Float> list2 = Arrays.asList(0.1f, 0.2f, 4f);
+
+        // algorithm to determine if the value in list1 > value in list 2
+        List<Boolean> result = listCombiner(list1, list2, this::firstIsGreaterThanSecond);
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly(true, true, false);
+    }
+
+    private boolean firstIsGreaterThanSecond(Double a, Float b) {
+        return a > b;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenComparedForEqualityByCombiningFunction() {
+        List<Float> list1 = Arrays.asList(0.1f, 0.2f, 4f);
+        List<Float> list2 = Arrays.asList(0.1f, 0.2f, 4f);
+
+        List<Boolean> result = listCombiner(list1, list2, (a, b) -> a.equals(b));
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly(true, true, true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenComparedForEqualityByCombiningFunctionWithMethodReference() {
+        List<Float> list1 = Arrays.asList(0.1f, 0.2f, 4f);
+        List<Float> list2 = Arrays.asList(0.1f, 0.2f, 4f);
+
+        List<Boolean> result = listCombiner(list1, list2, Float::equals);
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly(true, true, true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenComparedWithCombiningFunctionWithCompareTo() {
+        List<Double> list1 = Arrays.asList(1.0d, 2.1d, 3.3d);
+        List<Double> list2 = Arrays.asList(0.1d, 0.2d, 4d);
+
+        List<Integer> result = listCombiner(list1, list2, Double::compareTo);
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly(1, 1, -1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Allows you to to pass in a lambda or method reference and then
+     * get access to the BiFunction it is meant to become
+     */
+    private static <T, U, R> BiFunction<T, U, R> asBiFunction(BiFunction<T, U, R> function) {
+        return function;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoLists_whenComparedWithCombiningFunctionWithComposedBiFunction() {
+        List<Double> list1 = Arrays.asList(1.0d, 2.1d, 3.3d);
+        List<Double> list2 = Arrays.asList(0.1d, 0.2d, 4d);
+
+        List<Boolean> result = listCombiner(list1, list2,
+                asBiFunction(Double::compareTo)
+                    .andThen(i -> i > 0));
+
+        assertThat(result).containsExactly(true, true, false);
+    }
+}
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
    <properties>

        <!-- util -->
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.8.1</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.9</commons-lang3.version>
        
        <jmh-core.version>1.19</jmh-core.version>
        <jmh-generator-annprocess.version>1.19</jmh-generator-annprocess.version>
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.array;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Scanner;
-
-public class JaggedArray {
-
-    int[][] shortHandFormInitialization() {
-        int[][] jaggedArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
-        return jaggedArr;
-    }
-
-    int[][] declarationAndThenInitialization() {
-        int[][] jaggedArr = new int[3][];
-        jaggedArr[0] = new int[] { 1, 2 };
-        jaggedArr[1] = new int[] { 3, 4, 5 };
-        jaggedArr[2] = new int[] { 6, 7, 8, 9 };
-        return jaggedArr;
-    }
-
-    int[][] declarationAndThenInitializationUsingUserInputs() {
-        int[][] jaggedArr = new int[3][];
-        jaggedArr[0] = new int[2];
-        jaggedArr[1] = new int[3];
-        jaggedArr[2] = new int[4];
-        initializeElements(jaggedArr);
-        return jaggedArr;
-    }
-
-    void initializeElements(int[][] jaggedArr) {
-        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
-        for (int outer = 0; outer < jaggedArr.length; outer++) {
-            for (int inner = 0; inner < jaggedArr[outer].length; inner++) {
-                jaggedArr[outer][inner] = sc.nextInt();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    void printElements(int[][] jaggedArr) {
-        for (int index = 0; index < jaggedArr.length; index++) {
-            System.out.println(Arrays.toString(jaggedArr[index]));
-        }
-    }
-
-    int[] getElementAtGivenIndex(int[][] jaggedArr, int index) {
-        return jaggedArr[index];
-    }
-
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package com.baeldung.array;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class MultiDimensionalArray {
+
+    int[][] shortHandFormInitialization() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArray = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
+        return multiDimensionalArray;
+    }
+
+    int[][] declarationAndThenInitialization() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArray = new int[3][];
+        multiDimensionalArray[0] = new int[] { 1, 2 };
+        multiDimensionalArray[1] = new int[] { 3, 4, 5 };
+        multiDimensionalArray[2] = new int[] { 6, 7, 8, 9 };
+        return multiDimensionalArray;
+    }
+
+    int[][] declarationAndThenInitializationUsingUserInputs() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArray = new int[3][];
+        multiDimensionalArray[0] = new int[2];
+        multiDimensionalArray[1] = new int[3];
+        multiDimensionalArray[2] = new int[4];
+        initializeElements(multiDimensionalArray);
+        return multiDimensionalArray;
+    }
+
+    void initializeElements(int[][] multiDimensionalArray) {
+        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
+        for (int outer = 0; outer < multiDimensionalArray.length; outer++) {
+            for (int inner = 0; inner < multiDimensionalArray[outer].length; inner++) {
+                multiDimensionalArray[outer][inner] = sc.nextInt();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    void initialize2DArray(int[][] multiDimensionalArray) {
+        for (int[] array : multiDimensionalArray) {
+            Arrays.fill(array, 7);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void printElements(int[][] multiDimensionalArray) {
+        for (int index = 0; index < multiDimensionalArray.length; index++) {
+            System.out.println(Arrays.toString(multiDimensionalArray[index]));
+        }
+    }
+
+    int[] getElementAtGivenIndex(int[][] multiDimensionalArray, int index) {
+        return multiDimensionalArray[index];
+    }
+
+    int[] findLengthOfElements(int[][] multiDimensionalArray) {
+        int[] arrayOfLengths = new int[multiDimensionalArray.length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < multiDimensionalArray.length; i++) {
+            arrayOfLengths[i] = multiDimensionalArray[i].length;
+        }
+        return arrayOfLengths;
+    }
+
+    Integer[] findLengthOfElements(Integer[][] multiDimensionalArray) {
+        return Arrays.stream(multiDimensionalArray)
+          .map(array -> array.length)
+          .toArray(Integer[]::new);
+    }
+
+    int[][] copy2DArray(int[][] arrayOfArrays) {
+        int[][] copied2DArray = new int[arrayOfArrays.length][];
+        for (int i = 0; i < arrayOfArrays.length; i++) {
+            int[] array = arrayOfArrays[i];
+            copied2DArray[i] = Arrays.copyOf(array, array.length);
+        }
+        return copied2DArray;
+    }
+
+    Integer[][] copy2DArray(Integer[][] arrayOfArrays) {
+        return Arrays.stream(arrayOfArrays)
+          .map(array -> Arrays.copyOf(array, array.length))
+          .toArray(Integer[][]::new);
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.baeldung.array;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
+
+public class RemoveElementFromAnArray {
+
+    public int[] removeAnElementWithAGivenIndex(int[] array, int index) {
+        return ArrayUtils.remove(array, index);
+    }
+
+    public int[] removeAllElementsWithGivenIndices(int[] array, int... indicies) {
+        return ArrayUtils.removeAll(array, indicies);
+    }
+
+    public int[] removeFirstOccurrenceOfGivenElement(int[] array, int element) {
+        return ArrayUtils.removeElement(array, element);
+    }
+
+    public int[] removeAllGivenElements(int[] array, int... elements) {
+        return ArrayUtils.removeElements(array, elements);
+    }
+
+    public int[] removeAllOccurrencesOfAGivenElement(int[] array, int element) {
+        return ArrayUtils.removeAllOccurences(array, element);
+    }
+
+}
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.array;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.PrintStream;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class JaggedArrayUnitTest {
-
-    private JaggedArray obj = new JaggedArray();
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenInitializedUsingShortHandForm_thenCorrect() {
-        assertArrayEquals(new int[][] { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } }, obj.shortHandFormInitialization());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenInitializedWithDeclarationAndThenInitalization_thenCorrect() {
-        assertArrayEquals(new int[][] { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } }, obj.declarationAndThenInitialization());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenInitializedWithDeclarationAndThenInitalizationUsingUserInputs_thenCorrect() {
-        InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream("1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9".getBytes());
-        System.setIn(is);
-        assertArrayEquals(new int[][] { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } }, obj.declarationAndThenInitializationUsingUserInputs());
-        System.setIn(System.in);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void givenJaggedArrayAndAnIndex_thenReturnArrayAtGivenIndex() {
-        int[][] jaggedArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
-        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 1, 2 }, obj.getElementAtGivenIndex(jaggedArr, 0));
-        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 3, 4, 5 }, obj.getElementAtGivenIndex(jaggedArr, 1));
-        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 6, 7, 8, 9 }, obj.getElementAtGivenIndex(jaggedArr, 2));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void givenJaggedArray_whenUsingArraysAPI_thenVerifyPrintedElements() {
-        int[][] jaggedArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
-        ByteArrayOutputStream outContent = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        System.setOut(new PrintStream(outContent));
-        obj.printElements(jaggedArr);
-        assertEquals("[1, 2][3, 4, 5][6, 7, 8, 9]", outContent.toString().replace("\r", "").replace("\n", ""));
-        System.setOut(System.out);
-    }
-
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package com.baeldung.array;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class MultiDimensionalArrayUnitTest {
+
+    private MultiDimensionalArray obj = new MultiDimensionalArray();
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInitializedUsingShortHandForm_thenCorrect() {
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[][] { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } }, obj.shortHandFormInitialization());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInitializedWithDeclarationAndThenInitalization_thenCorrect() {
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[][] { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } }, obj.declarationAndThenInitialization());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInitializedWithDeclarationAndThenInitalizationUsingUserInputs_thenCorrect() {
+        InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream("1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9".getBytes());
+        System.setIn(is);
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[][] { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } }, obj.declarationAndThenInitializationUsingUserInputs());
+        System.setIn(System.in);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenMultiDimensionalArrayAndAnIndex_thenReturnArrayAtGivenIndex() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 1, 2 }, obj.getElementAtGivenIndex(multiDimensionalArr, 0));
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 3, 4, 5 }, obj.getElementAtGivenIndex(multiDimensionalArr, 1));
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 6, 7, 8, 9 }, obj.getElementAtGivenIndex(multiDimensionalArr, 2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenMultiDimensionalArray_whenUsingArraysAPI_thenVerifyPrintedElements() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
+        ByteArrayOutputStream outContent = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        System.setOut(new PrintStream(outContent));
+        obj.printElements(multiDimensionalArr);
+        assertEquals("[1, 2][3, 4, 5][6, 7, 8, 9]", outContent.toString().replace("\r", "").replace("\n", ""));
+        System.setOut(System.out);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenMultiDimensionalArray_whenUsingArraysFill_thenVerifyInitialize2DArray() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArr = new int[3][];
+        multiDimensionalArr[0] = new int[2];
+        multiDimensionalArr[1] = new int[3];
+        multiDimensionalArr[2] = new int[4];
+        obj.initialize2DArray(multiDimensionalArr);
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[][] {{7,7}, {7,7,7}, {7,7,7,7}}, multiDimensionalArr);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenMultiDimensionalArray_whenUsingIteration_thenVerifyFindLengthOfElements() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[]{2,3,4}, obj.findLengthOfElements(multiDimensionalArr));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenMultiDimensionalArray_whenUsingArraysStream_thenVerifyFindLengthOfElements() {
+        Integer[][] multiDimensionalArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
+        assertArrayEquals(new Integer[]{2,3,4}, obj.findLengthOfElements(multiDimensionalArr));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenMultiDimensionalArray_whenUsingArraysCopyOf_thenVerifyCopy2DArray() {
+        int[][] multiDimensionalArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
+        assertArrayEquals(multiDimensionalArr, obj.copy2DArray(multiDimensionalArr));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenMultiDimensionalArray_whenUsingArraysStream_thenVerifyCopy2DArray() {
+        Integer[][] multiDimensionalArr = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4, 5 }, { 6, 7, 8, 9 } };
+        assertArrayEquals(multiDimensionalArr, obj.copy2DArray(multiDimensionalArr));
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package com.baeldung.array;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class RemoveElementFromAnArrayUnitTest {
+
+    private final RemoveElementFromAnArray sut = new RemoveElementFromAnArray();
+    private final int[] inputArray = new int[] { 40, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 };
+
+    @Test
+    void testRemoveAnElementWithAGivenIndex() {
+        int index = 2;
+        int[] modifiedArray = sut.removeAnElementWithAGivenIndex(inputArray, index);
+
+        assertFalse(ArrayUtils.contains(modifiedArray, inputArray[index]));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRemoveAllElementsWithGivenIndices() {
+        int first = 0;
+        int last = inputArray.length - 1;
+        int[] modifiedArray = sut.removeAllElementsWithGivenIndices(inputArray, first, last);
+
+        assertFalse(ArrayUtils.contains(modifiedArray, inputArray[first]) && ArrayUtils.contains(modifiedArray, inputArray[last]));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRemoveElement_WhenArrayIsNull_ThrowsIndexOutOfBoundEx() {
+        int index = 2;
+
+        assertThrows(IndexOutOfBoundsException.class, () -> {
+            sut.removeAnElementWithAGivenIndex(null, index);
+        });
+
+        assertThrows(IndexOutOfBoundsException.class, () -> {
+            sut.removeAllElementsWithGivenIndices(null, index);
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRemoveFirstOccurrenceOfGivenElement() {
+        int element = 40;
+        int[] modifiedArray = sut.removeFirstOccurrenceOfGivenElement(inputArray, element);
+
+        int indexInInputArray = ArrayUtils.indexOf(inputArray, element);
+        int indexInModifiedArray = ArrayUtils.indexOf(modifiedArray, element);
+        assertFalse(indexInInputArray == indexInModifiedArray);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRemoveAllGivenElements() {
+        int duplicateElement = 40;
+        int[] elements = new int[] { duplicateElement, 10, 50 };
+        int[] modifiedArray = sut.removeAllGivenElements(inputArray, elements);
+
+        assertTrue(ArrayUtils.contains(modifiedArray, duplicateElement));
+        assertFalse(ArrayUtils.contains(modifiedArray, elements[1]));
+        assertFalse(ArrayUtils.contains(modifiedArray, elements[2]));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRemoveAllOccurrencesOfAGivenElement() {
+        int element = 40;
+        int[] modifiedArray = sut.removeAllOccurrencesOfAGivenElement(inputArray, element);
+
+        assertFalse(ArrayUtils.contains(modifiedArray, element));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRemoveElement_WhenArrayIsNull_ReturnsNull() {
+        int element = 20;
+
+        assertEquals(null, sut.removeFirstOccurrenceOfGivenElement(null, element));
+        assertEquals(null, sut.removeAllGivenElements(null, element));
+        assertEquals(null, sut.removeAllOccurrencesOfAGivenElement(null, element));
+
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.baeldung.random;
+
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+import java.util.stream.LongStream;
+import java.util.stream.DoubleStream;
+
+public interface SecureRandomDemo {
+
+    public static void generateSecureRandomValues() {
+        SecureRandom sr = new SecureRandom();
+
+        int randomInt = sr.nextInt();
+        long randomLong = sr.nextLong();
+        float randomFloat = sr.nextFloat();
+        double randomDouble = sr.nextDouble();
+        boolean randomBoolean = sr.nextBoolean();
+
+        IntStream randomIntStream = sr.ints();
+        LongStream randomLongStream = sr.longs();
+        DoubleStream randomDoubleStream = sr.doubles();
+
+        byte[] values = new byte[124];
+        sr.nextBytes(values);
+    }
+
+    public static SecureRandom getSecureRandomForAlgorithm(String algorithm) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+        if (algorithm == null || algorithm.isEmpty()) {
+            return new SecureRandom();
+        }
+
+        return SecureRandom.getInstance(algorithm);
+    }
+
+}
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
            <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
            <version>${joda-time.version}</version>
        </dependency>
+        
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-validator/commons-validator -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
+            <version>1.6</version>
+        </dependency>

        <!-- test scoped -->
        <dependency>
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+public interface DateValidator {
+   boolean isValid(String dateStr);
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import org.apache.commons.validator.GenericValidator;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingApacheValidator implements DateValidator {
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValid(String dateStr) {
+        return GenericValidator.isDate(dateStr, "yyyy-MM-dd", true); 
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingDateFormat implements DateValidator {
+    private String dateFormat;
+
+    public DateValidatorUsingDateFormat(String dateFormat) {
+        this.dateFormat = dateFormat;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValid(String dateStr) {
+        DateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(this.dateFormat);
+        sdf.setLenient(false);
+        try {
+            sdf.parse(dateStr);
+        } catch (ParseException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingDateTimeFormatter implements DateValidator {
+    private DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter;
+    
+    public DateValidatorUsingDateTimeFormatter(DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter) {
+        this.dateFormatter = dateFormatter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValid(String dateStr) {
+        try {
+            this.dateFormatter.parse(dateStr);
+        } catch (DateTimeParseException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingLocalDate implements DateValidator {
+    private DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter;
+    
+    public DateValidatorUsingLocalDate(DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter) {
+        this.dateFormatter = dateFormatter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValid(String dateStr) {
+        try {
+            LocalDate.parse(dateStr, this.dateFormatter);
+        } catch (DateTimeParseException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.apache.commons.validator.GenericValidator;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingApacheValidatorUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenValidDatePassed_ThenTrue() {
+        assertTrue(GenericValidator.isDate("2019-02-28", "yyyy-MM-dd", true));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInvalidDatePassed_ThenFalse() {
+        assertFalse(GenericValidator.isDate("2019-02-29", "yyyy-MM-dd", true));
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingDateFormatUnitTest {
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidator_whenValidDatePassed_ThenTrue() {
+        DateValidator validator = new DateValidatorUsingDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
+        
+        assertTrue(validator.isValid("02/28/2019"));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidator_whenInvalidDatePassed_ThenFalse() {
+        DateValidator validator = new DateValidatorUsingDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
+        
+        assertFalse(validator.isValid("02/30/2019"));
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.ResolverStyle;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingDateTimeFormatterUnitTest {
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidator_whenValidDatePassed_ThenTrue() {
+        DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("uuuu-MM-dd", Locale.US)
+            .withResolverStyle(ResolverStyle.STRICT);
+        DateValidator validator = new DateValidatorUsingDateTimeFormatter(dateFormatter);
+        
+        assertTrue(validator.isValid("2019-02-28"));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidator_whenInValidDatePassed_ThenFalse() {
+        DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("uuuu-MM-dd", Locale.US)
+            .withResolverStyle(ResolverStyle.STRICT);
+        DateValidator validator = new DateValidatorUsingDateTimeFormatter(dateFormatter);
+        
+        assertFalse(validator.isValid("2019-02-30"));
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DateValidatorUsingLocalDateUnitTest {
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidator_whenValidDatePassed_ThenTrue() {
+        DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.BASIC_ISO_DATE;
+        DateValidator validator = new DateValidatorUsingLocalDate(dateFormatter);
+        
+        assertTrue(validator.isValid("20190228"));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidator_whenInValidDatePassed_ThenFalse() {
+        DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.BASIC_ISO_DATE;
+        DateValidator validator = new DateValidatorUsingLocalDate(dateFormatter);
+        
+        assertFalse(validator.isValid("20190230"));
+    }
+}
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 - [Java Localization – Formatting Messages](https://www.baeldung.com/java-localization-messages-formatting)
 - [Check If a String Contains a Substring](https://www.baeldung.com/java-string-contains-substring)
 - [Removing Stopwords from a String in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-string-remove-stopwords)
+- [Blank and Empty Strings in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-blank-empty-strings)
@@ -57,6 +57,26 @@
            <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
            <version>${commons-text.version}</version>
        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.0.Final</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
+            <version>6.0.2.Final</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.web</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2.6</version>
+        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

@@ -86,7 +106,7 @@
    <properties>
        <commons-lang3.version>3.8.1</commons-lang3.version>
        <icu4j.version>61.1</icu4j.version>
-        <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
+        <guava.version>28.0-jre</guava.version>
        <commons-text.version>1.4</commons-text.version>
    </properties>

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.baeldung.string.emptystrings;
+
+class EmptyStringCheck {
+
+    boolean isEmptyString(String string) {
+        return string == null || string.isEmpty();
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.baeldung.string.emptystrings;
+
+class Java5EmptyStringCheck {
+
+    boolean isEmptyString(String string) {
+        return string == null || string.length() == 0;
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.baeldung.string.emptystrings;
+
+class PlainJavaBlankStringCheck {
+
+    boolean isBlankString(String string) {
+        return string == null || string.trim().isEmpty();
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.string.emptystrings;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.Pattern;
+
+class SomeClassWithValidations {
+
+    @Pattern(regexp = "\\A(?!\\s*\\Z).+")
+    private String someString;
+
+    SomeClassWithValidations setSomeString(String someString) {
+        this.someString = someString;
+        return this;
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package com.baeldung.string.multiline;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+
+public class MultiLineString {
+    
+    String newLine = System.getProperty("line.separator");
+    
+    public String stringConcatenation() {
+        return "Get busy living"
+                .concat(newLine)
+                .concat("or")
+                .concat(newLine)
+                .concat("get busy dying.")
+                .concat(newLine)
+                .concat("--Stephen King");
+    }
+    
+    public String stringJoin() {
+        return String.join(newLine,
+                           "Get busy living",
+                           "or",
+                           "get busy dying.",
+                           "--Stephen King");
+    }
+    
+    public String stringBuilder() {
+        return new StringBuilder()
+                .append("Get busy living")
+                .append(newLine)
+                .append("or")
+                .append(newLine)
+                .append("get busy dying.")
+                .append(newLine)
+                .append("--Stephen King")
+                .toString();
+    }
+    
+    public String stringWriter() {
+        StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
+        PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(stringWriter);
+        printWriter.println("Get busy living");
+        printWriter.println("or");
+        printWriter.println("get busy dying.");
+        printWriter.println("--Stephen King");
+        return stringWriter.toString();
+    }
+    
+    public String guavaJoiner() {
+        return Joiner.on(newLine).join(ImmutableList.of("Get busy living",
+            "or",
+            "get busy dying.",
+            "--Stephen King"));
+    }
+    
+    public String loadFromFile() throws IOException {
+        return new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("src/main/resources/stephenking.txt")));
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package com.baeldung.string.reverse;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
+public class ReverseStringExamples {
+
+    public static String reverse(String input) {
+        if (input == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        String output = "";
+
+        for (int i = input.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            output = output + input.charAt(i);
+        }
+
+        return output;
+    }
+
+    public static String reverseUsingStringBuilder(String input) {
+        if (input == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder(input).reverse();
+
+        return output.toString();
+    }
+
+    public static String reverseUsingApacheCommons(String input) {
+        return StringUtils.reverse(input);
+    }
+
+    public static String reverseTheOrderOfWords(String sentence) {
+        if (sentence == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
+        String[] words = sentence.split(" ");
+
+        for (int i = words.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            output.append(words[i]);
+            output.append(" ");
+        }
+
+        return output.toString()
+            .trim();
+    }
+
+    public static String reverseTheOrderOfWordsUsingApacheCommons(String sentence) {
+        return StringUtils.reverseDelimited(sentence, ' ');
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Get busy living
+or
+get busy dying.
+--Stephen King
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.baeldung.string;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import com.baeldung.string.multiline.MultiLineString;
+
+public class MultiLineStringUnitTest {
+
+    
+    @Test
+    public void whenCompareMultiLineStrings_thenTheyAreAllTheSame() throws IOException {
+        MultiLineString ms = new MultiLineString();
+        assertEquals(ms.stringConcatenation(), ms.stringJoin());
+        assertEquals(ms.stringJoin(), ms.stringBuilder());
+        assertEquals(ms.stringBuilder(), ms.guavaJoiner());
+        assertEquals(ms.guavaJoiner(), ms.loadFromFile());
+    }
+    
+}
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