merge and fix conflict

2019-07-07 01:11:11 +03:00
parent 3b8bb69b10 88586cc09f
commit 8d11845d5b
237 changed files with 6743 additions and 424 deletions
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 - [Implementing Simple State Machines with Java Enums](https://www.baeldung.com/java-enum-simple-state-machine)
 - [Converting Between Roman and Arabic Numerals in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-convert-roman-arabic)
 - [Practical Java Examples of the Big O Notation](http://www.baeldung.com/java-algorithm-complexity)
+- [Checking If a List Is Sorted in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-check-if-list-sorted)
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@
            <version>${org.assertj.core.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
+        
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
+        	<version>${commons-collections4.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        	<version>${guava.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
@@ -34,6 +46,7 @@

    <properties>
        <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
+        <commons-collections4.version>4.3</commons-collections4.version>
+        <guava.version>28.0-jre</guava.version>
    </properties>
-
 </project>
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.checksortedlist;
+
+public class Employee {
+
+    long id;
+
+    String name;
+
+    public Employee() {
+    }
+
+    public Employee(long id, String name) {
+        super();
+        this.id = id;
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.checksortedlist;
+
+import static org.apache.commons.collections4.CollectionUtils.isEmpty;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Comparators;
+import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;;
+
+public class SortedListChecker {
+
+    private SortedListChecker() {
+        throw new AssertionError();
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach(List<String> listOfStrings) {
+        if (isEmpty(listOfStrings) || listOfStrings.size() == 1) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        Iterator<String> iter = listOfStrings.iterator();
+        String current, previous = iter.next();
+        while (iter.hasNext()) {
+            current = iter.next();
+            if (previous.compareTo(current) > 0) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            previous = current;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach(List<Employee> employees, Comparator<Employee> employeeComparator) {
+        if (isEmpty(employees) || employees.size() == 1) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        Iterator<Employee> iter = employees.iterator();
+        Employee current, previous = iter.next();
+        while (iter.hasNext()) {
+            current = iter.next();
+            if (employeeComparator.compare(previous, current) > 0) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            previous = current;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkIfSortedUsingRecursion(List<String> listOfStrings) {
+        return isSortedRecursive(listOfStrings, listOfStrings.size());
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isSortedRecursive(List<String> listOfStrings, int index) {
+        if (index < 2) {
+            return true;
+        } else if (listOfStrings.get(index - 2)
+            .compareTo(listOfStrings.get(index - 1)) > 0) {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            return isSortedRecursive(listOfStrings, index - 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClass(List<String> listOfStrings) {
+        return Ordering.<String> natural()
+            .isOrdered(listOfStrings);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClass(List<Employee> employees, Comparator<Employee> employeeComparator) {
+        return Ordering.from(employeeComparator)
+            .isOrdered(employees);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClassHandlingNull(List<String> listOfStrings) {
+        return Ordering.<String> natural()
+            .nullsLast()
+            .isOrdered(listOfStrings);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkIfSortedUsingComparators(List<String> listOfStrings) {
+        return Comparators.isInOrder(listOfStrings, Comparator.<String> naturalOrder());
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package com.baeldung.folding;
+
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+/**
+ * Calculate a hash value for the strings using the folding technique.
+ * 
+ * The implementation serves only to the illustration purposes and is far
+ * from being the most efficient. 
+ * 
+ * @author A.Shcherbakov
+ *
+ */
+public class FoldingHash {
+
+    /**
+     * Calculate the hash value of a given string.
+     * 
+     * @param str Assume it is not null
+     * @param groupSize the group size in the folding technique
+     * @param maxValue defines a max value that the hash may acquire (exclusive)     
+     * @return integer value from 0 (inclusive) to maxValue (exclusive)
+     */
+    public int hash(String str, int groupSize, int maxValue) {
+        final int[] codes = this.toAsciiCodes(str);
+        return IntStream.range(0, str.length())
+            .filter(i -> i % groupSize == 0)
+            .mapToObj(i -> extract(codes, i, groupSize))
+            .map(block -> concatenate(block))
+            .reduce(0, (a, b) -> (a + b) % maxValue);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new array of given length whose elements are take from 
+     * the original one starting from the offset.
+     *  
+     * If the original array has not enough elements, the returning array will contain 
+     * element from the offset till the end of the original array.
+     *  
+     * @param numbers original array. Assume it is not null.
+     * @param offset index of the element to start from. Assume it is less than the size of the array 
+     * @param length max size of the resulting array
+     * @return
+     */
+    public int[] extract(int[] numbers, int offset, int length) {
+        final int defect = numbers.length - (offset + length);
+        final int s = defect < 0 ? length + defect : length;
+        int[] result = new int[s];
+        for (int index = 0; index < s; index++) {
+            result[index] = numbers[index + offset];
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Concatenate the numbers into a single number as if they were strings.
+     * Assume that the procedure does not suffer from the overflow.
+     * @param numbers integers to concatenate
+     * @return
+     */
+    public int concatenate(int[] numbers) {
+        final String merged = IntStream.of(numbers)
+            .mapToObj(number -> "" + number)
+            .collect(Collectors.joining());
+        return Integer.parseInt(merged, 10);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convert the string into its characters' ASCII codes.
+     * @param str input string
+     * @return
+     */
+    private int[] toAsciiCodes(String str) {
+        return str.chars()
+            .toArray();
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.baeldung.folding;
+
+/**
+ * Code snippet for article "A Guide to the Folding Technique".
+ *  
+ * @author A.Shcherbakov
+ *
+ */
+public class Main {
+
+    public static void main(String... arg) {
+        FoldingHash hasher = new FoldingHash();
+        final String str = "Java language";
+        System.out.println(hasher.hash(str, 2, 100_000));
+        System.out.println(hasher.hash(str, 3, 1_000));
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.checksortedlist;
+
+import static com.baeldung.algorithms.checksortedlist.SortedListChecker.checkIfSortedUsingComparators;
+import static com.baeldung.algorithms.checksortedlist.SortedListChecker.checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach;
+import static com.baeldung.algorithms.checksortedlist.SortedListChecker.checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClass;
+import static com.baeldung.algorithms.checksortedlist.SortedListChecker.checkIfSortedUsingRecursion;
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class SortedListCheckerUnitTest {
+
+    private List<String> sortedListOfString;
+    private List<String> unsortedListOfString;
+    private List<String> singletonList;
+
+    private List<Employee> employeesSortedByName;
+    private List<Employee> employeesNotSortedByName;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        sortedListOfString = asList("Canada", "HK", "LA", "NJ", "NY");
+        unsortedListOfString = asList("LA", "HK", "NJ", "NY", "Canada");
+        singletonList = Collections.singletonList("NY");
+
+        employeesSortedByName = asList(new Employee(1L, "John"), new Employee(2L, "Kevin"), new Employee(3L, "Mike"));
+        employeesNotSortedByName = asList(new Employee(1L, "Kevin"), new Employee(2L, "John"), new Employee(3L, "Mike"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSortedList_whenUsingIterativeApproach_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach(sortedListOfString)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSingleElementList_whenUsingIterativeApproach_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach(singletonList)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnsortedList_whenUsingIterativeApproach_thenReturnFalse() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach(unsortedListOfString)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSortedListOfEmployees_whenUsingIterativeApproach_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach(employeesSortedByName, Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName))).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnsortedListOfEmployees_whenUsingIterativeApproach_thenReturnFalse() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingIterativeApproach(employeesNotSortedByName, Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName))).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSortedList_whenUsingRecursion_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingRecursion(sortedListOfString)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSingleElementList_whenUsingRecursion_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingRecursion(singletonList)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnsortedList_whenUsingRecursion_thenReturnFalse() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingRecursion(unsortedListOfString)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSortedList_whenUsingGuavaOrdering_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClass(sortedListOfString)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnsortedList_whenUsingGuavaOrdering_thenReturnFalse() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClass(unsortedListOfString)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSortedListOfEmployees_whenUsingGuavaOrdering_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClass(employeesSortedByName, Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName))).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnsortedListOfEmployees_whenUsingGuavaOrdering_thenReturnFalse() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingOrderingClass(employeesNotSortedByName, Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName))).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSortedList_whenUsingGuavaComparators_thenReturnTrue() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingComparators(sortedListOfString)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnsortedList_whenUsingGuavaComparators_thenReturnFalse() {
+        assertThat(checkIfSortedUsingComparators(unsortedListOfString)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package com.baeldung.folding;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class FoldingHashUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenStringJavaLanguage_whenSize2Capacity100000_then48933() throws Exception {
+        final FoldingHash hasher = new FoldingHash();
+        final int value = hasher.hash("Java language", 2, 100_000);
+        assertEquals(value, 48933);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenStringVaJaLanguage_whenSize2Capacity100000_thenSameAsJavaLanguage() throws Exception {
+        final FoldingHash hasher = new FoldingHash();
+        final int java = hasher.hash("Java language", 2, 100_000);
+        final int vaja = hasher.hash("vaJa language", 2, 100_000);
+        assertTrue(java == vaja);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSingleElementArray_whenOffset0Size2_thenSingleElement() throws Exception {
+        final FoldingHash hasher = new FoldingHash();
+        final int[] value = hasher.extract(new int[] { 5 }, 0, 2);
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 5 }, value);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFiveElementArray_whenOffset0Size3_thenFirstThreeElements() throws Exception {
+        final FoldingHash hasher = new FoldingHash();
+        final int[] value = hasher.extract(new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }, 0, 3);
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 1, 2, 3 }, value);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFiveElementArray_whenOffset1Size2_thenTwoElements() throws Exception {
+        final FoldingHash hasher = new FoldingHash();
+        final int[] value = hasher.extract(new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }, 1, 2);
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 2, 3 }, value);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFiveElementArray_whenOffset2SizeTooBig_thenElementsToTheEnd() throws Exception {
+        final FoldingHash hasher = new FoldingHash();
+        final int[] value = hasher.extract(new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }, 2, 2000);
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 3, 4, 5 }, value);
+    }
+
+}
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
+            <artifactId>auto-service</artifactId>
+            <version>${auto-service.version}</version>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
@@ -40,6 +46,7 @@
    <properties>
        <auto-value.version>1.3</auto-value.version>
        <auto-factory.version>1.0-beta5</auto-factory.version>
+        <auto-service.version>1.0-rc5</auto-service.version>
        <guice.version>4.2.0</guice.version>
    </properties>

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.autoservice;
+
+import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+@AutoService(TranslationService.class)
+public class BingTranslationServiceProvider implements TranslationService {
+    @Override
+    public String translate(String message, Locale from, Locale to) {
+        // implementation details
+        return message + " (translated by Bing)"; 
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.autoservice;
+
+import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+@AutoService(TranslationService.class)
+public class GoogleTranslationServiceProvider implements TranslationService {
+    @Override
+    public String translate(String message, Locale from, Locale to) {
+        // implementation details
+        return message + " (translated by Google)"; 
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.baeldung.autoservice;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+public interface TranslationService {
+    String translate(String message, Locale from, Locale to);
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package com.baeldung.autoservice;
+
+import com.baeldung.autoservice.TranslationService;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.ServiceLoader;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class TranslationServiceUnitTest {
+
+    private ServiceLoader<TranslationService> loader;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        loader = ServiceLoader.load(TranslationService.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenServiceLoaderLoads_thenLoadsAllProviders() {
+        long count = StreamSupport.stream(loader.spliterator(), false).count();
+        assertEquals(2, count);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenServiceLoaderLoadsGoogleService_thenGoogleIsLoaded() {
+        TranslationService googleService = StreamSupport.stream(loader.spliterator(), false)
+          .filter(p -> p.getClass().getSimpleName().equals("GoogleTranslationServiceProvider"))
+          .findFirst()
+          .get();
+		
+        String message = "message";
+        assertEquals(message + " (translated by Google)", googleService.translate(message, null, null));
+    }
+}
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 - [String Matching in Groovy](http://www.baeldung.com/)
 - [Template Engines in Groovy](https://www.baeldung.com/groovy-template-engines)
 - [Groovy def Keyword](https://www.baeldung.com/groovy-def-keyword)
- [Pattern Matching in Strings in Groovy](https://www.baeldung.com/groovy-pattern-matching)
+- [Pattern Matching in Strings in Groovy](https://www.baeldung.com/groovy-pattern-matching)
+- [Working with XML in Groovy](https://www.baeldung.com/groovy-xml)
@@ -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 +1,84 @@
+package com.baeldung.forEach;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+class ReverseList extends ArrayList<String> {
+
+    List<String> list = Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C", "D");
+
+    Consumer<String> removeElement = s -> {
+        System.out.println(s + " " + list.size());
+        if (s != null && s.equals("A")) {
+            list.remove("D");
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public Iterator<String> iterator() {
+
+        final int startIndex = this.size() - 1;
+        final List<String> list = this;
+        return new Iterator<String>() {
+
+            int currentIndex = startIndex;
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean hasNext() {
+                return currentIndex >= 0;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public String next() {
+                String next = list.get(currentIndex);
+                currentIndex--;
+                return next;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void remove() {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    public void forEach(Consumer<? super String> action) {
+        for (String s : this) {
+            action.accept(s);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void iterateParallel() {
+        list.forEach(System.out::print);
+        System.out.print(" ");
+        list.parallelStream().forEach(System.out::print);
+    }
+
+    public void iterateReverse() {
+        List<String> myList = new ReverseList();
+        myList.addAll(list);
+        myList.forEach(System.out::print);
+        System.out.print(" ");
+        myList.stream().forEach(System.out::print);
+    }
+
+    public void removeInCollectionForEach() {
+        list.forEach(removeElement);
+    }
+
+    public void removeInStreamForEach() {
+        list.stream().forEach(removeElement);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] argv) {
+
+        ReverseList collectionForEach = new ReverseList();
+        collectionForEach.iterateParallel();
+        collectionForEach.iterateReverse();
+        collectionForEach.removeInCollectionForEach();
+        collectionForEach.removeInStreamForEach();
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+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());
+    }
+
+}
@@ -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));
+
+    }
+
+}
@@ -1,26 +1,35 @@
 <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.exception.numberformat</groupId>
-    <artifactId>core-java-exceptions</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <name>core-java-exceptions</name>
+	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.exception.numberformat</groupId>
+	<artifactId>core-java-exceptions</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>core-java-exceptions</name>

-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
-        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
-    </parent>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+		<artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+		<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
+	</parent>

-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
+	<properties>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.9</commons-lang3.version>
+	</properties>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.12</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+			<version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>

 </project>
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-package com.baeldung.error;
+package com.baeldung.exception.error;

 import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;

 public class ErrorGeneratorUnitTest {
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-### Relevant Articles
-
- [Why Do Local Variables Used in Lambdas Have to Be Final or Effectively Final?](https://www.baeldung.com/java-lambda-effectively-final-local-variables)
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