Moved the code to spring-5-reactive-2

README.md

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 
-The "REST with Spring" Classes
+The Courses
 ==============================
 
-Here's the Master Class of REST With Spring (along with the newly announced Boot 2 material): <br/>
-**[>> THE REST WITH SPRING - MASTER CLASS](http://www.baeldung.com/rest-with-spring-course?utm_source=github&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tutorials&utm_campaign=rws#master-class)**
 
-And here's the Master Class of Learn Spring Security: <br/>
-**[>> LEARN SPRING SECURITY - MASTER CLASS](http://www.baeldung.com/learn-spring-security-course?utm_source=github&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tutorials&utm_campaign=lss#master-class)**
+Here's the new "Learn Spring" course: <br/>
+**[>> LEARN SPRING - THE MASTER CLASS](https://www.baeldung.com/learn-spring-course?utm_source=github&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tutorials&utm_campaign=ls#master-class)**
+
+Here's the Master Class of "REST With Spring" (along with the new announced Boot 2 material): <br/>
+**[>> THE REST WITH SPRING - MASTER CLASS](https://www.baeldung.com/rest-with-spring-course?utm_source=github&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tutorials&utm_campaign=rws#master-class)**
+
+And here's the Master Class of "Learn Spring Security": <br/>
+**[>> LEARN SPRING SECURITY - MASTER CLASS](https://www.baeldung.com/learn-spring-security-course?utm_source=github&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tutorials&utm_campaign=lss#master-class)**
 
 
 
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ Java and Spring Tutorials
 
 This project is **a collection of small and focused tutorials** - each covering a single and well defined area of development in the Java ecosystem. 
 A strong focus of these is, of course, the Spring Framework - Spring, Spring Boot and Spring Security. 
-In additional to Spring, the following technologies are in focus: `core Java`, `Jackson`, `HttpClient`, `Guava`. 
+In additional to Spring, the modules here are covering a number of aspects in Java. 
 
 
 Building the project
@@ -32,8 +36,15 @@ Running a Spring Boot module
 ====================
 To run a Spring Boot module run the command: `mvn spring-boot:run` in the module directory
 
-#Running Tests
 
+Working with the IDE
+====================
+This repo contains a large number of modules. 
+When you're working with an individual module, there's no need to import all of them (or build all of them) - you can simply import that particular module in either Eclipse or IntelliJ. 
+
+
+Running Tests
+=============
 The command `mvn clean install` will run the unit tests in a module.
 To run the integration tests, use the command `mvn clean install -Pintegration-lite-first`
 

algorithms-miscellaneous-3/README.md

@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 - [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)
 - [Checking if a Java Graph has a Cycle](https://www.baeldung.com/java-graph-has-a-cycle)
-- [A Guide to the Folding Technique](https://www.baeldung.com/folding-hashing-technique)
+- [A Guide to the Folding Technique in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/folding-hashing-technique)

algorithms-miscellaneous-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/stringsortingbynumber/NaturalOrderComparators.java

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.stringsortingbynumber;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
+public final class NaturalOrderComparators {
+
+    private static final String DIGIT_AND_DECIMAL_REGEX = "[^\\d.]";
+
+    private NaturalOrderComparators() {
+        throw new AssertionError("Let's keep this static");
+    }
+
+    public static Comparator<String> createNaturalOrderRegexComparator() {
+        return Comparator.comparingDouble(NaturalOrderComparators::parseStringToNumber);
+    }
+
+    private static double parseStringToNumber(String input){
+
+        final String digitsOnly = input.replaceAll(DIGIT_AND_DECIMAL_REGEX, "");
+
+        if("".equals(digitsOnly)) return 0;
+
+        try{
+            return Double.parseDouble(digitsOnly);
+        }catch (NumberFormatException nfe){
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+}

algorithms-miscellaneous-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/stringsortingbynumber/NaturalOrderComparatorsUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.stringsortingbynumber;
+
+import com.baeldung.algorithms.stringsortingbynumber.NaturalOrderComparators;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class NaturalOrderComparatorsUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSimpleStringsContainingIntsAndDoubles_whenSortedByRegex_checkSortingCorrect() {
+
+        List<String> testStrings = Arrays.asList("a1", "b3", "c4", "d2.2", "d2.4", "d2.3d");
+
+        testStrings.sort(NaturalOrderComparators.createNaturalOrderRegexComparator());
+
+        List<String> expected = Arrays.asList("a1", "d2.2", "d2.3d", "d2.4", "b3", "c4");
+
+        assertEquals(expected, testStrings);
+
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSimpleStringsContainingIntsAndDoublesWithAnInvalidNumber_whenSortedByRegex_checkSortingCorrect() {
+
+        List<String> testStrings = Arrays.asList("a1", "b3", "c4", "d2.2", "d2.4", "d2.3.3d");
+
+        testStrings.sort(NaturalOrderComparators.createNaturalOrderRegexComparator());
+
+        List<String> expected = Arrays.asList("d2.3.3d", "a1", "d2.2", "d2.4", "b3", "c4");
+
+        assertEquals(expected, testStrings);
+
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAllForseenProblems_whenSortedByRegex_checkSortingCorrect() {
+
+        List<String> testStrings = Arrays.asList("a1", "b3", "c4", "d2.2", "d2.f4", "d2.3.3d");
+
+        testStrings.sort(NaturalOrderComparators.createNaturalOrderRegexComparator());
+
+        List<String> expected = Arrays.asList("d2.3.3d", "a1", "d2.2", "d2.f4", "b3", "c4");
+
+        assertEquals(expected, testStrings);
+
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenComplexStringsContainingSeparatedNumbers_whenSortedByRegex_checkNumbersCondensedAndSorted() {
+
+        List<String> testStrings = Arrays.asList("a1b2c5", "b3ght3.2", "something65.thensomething5"); //125, 33.2, 65.5
+
+        List<String> expected = Arrays.asList("b3ght3.2", "something65.thensomething5", "a1b2c5" );
+
+        testStrings.sort(NaturalOrderComparators.createNaturalOrderRegexComparator());
+
+        assertEquals(expected, testStrings);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenStringsNotContainingNumbers_whenSortedByRegex_checkOrderNotChanged() {
+
+        List<String> testStrings = Arrays.asList("a", "c", "d", "e");
+        List<String> expected = new ArrayList<>(testStrings);
+
+        testStrings.sort(NaturalOrderComparators.createNaturalOrderRegexComparator());
+
+        assertEquals(expected, testStrings);
+    }
+}

algorithms-sorting/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/shellsort/ShellSort.java

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.shellsort;
+
+public class ShellSort {
+
+    public static void sort(int arrayToSort[]) {
+        int n = arrayToSort.length;
+
+        for (int gap = n / 2; gap > 0; gap /= 2) {
+            for (int i = gap; i < n; i++) {
+                int key = arrayToSort[i];
+                int j = i;
+                while (j >= gap && arrayToSort[j - gap] > key) {
+                    arrayToSort[j] = arrayToSort[j - gap];
+                    j -= gap;
+                }
+                arrayToSort[j] = key;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

algorithms-sorting/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/shellsort/ShellSortUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.baeldung.algorithms.shellsort;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ShellSortUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnsortedArray_whenShellSort_thenSortedAsc() {
+        int[] input = {41, 15, 82, 5, 65, 19, 32, 43, 8};
+        ShellSort.sort(input);
+        int[] expected = {5, 8, 15, 19, 32, 41, 43, 65, 82};
+        assertArrayEquals("the two arrays are not equal", expected, input);
+    }
+}

axon/pom.xml

@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@
             <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>axon-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
             <version>${axon.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>axon-server-connector</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -58,7 +52,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <axon.version>4.0.3</axon.version>
+        <axon.version>4.1.2</axon.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

axon/src/main/java/com/baeldung/axon/commandmodel/OrderAggregate.java

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import com.baeldung.axon.coreapi.commands.ShipOrderCommand;
 import com.baeldung.axon.coreapi.events.OrderConfirmedEvent;
 import com.baeldung.axon.coreapi.events.OrderPlacedEvent;
 import com.baeldung.axon.coreapi.events.OrderShippedEvent;
+import com.baeldung.axon.coreapi.exceptions.UnconfirmedOrderException;
 
 @Aggregate
 public class OrderAggregate {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public class OrderAggregate {
     @CommandHandler
     public void handle(ShipOrderCommand command) {
         if (!orderConfirmed) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot ship an order which has not been confirmed yet.");
+            throw new UnconfirmedOrderException();
         }
 
         apply(new OrderShippedEvent(orderId));
@@ -43,12 +44,12 @@ public class OrderAggregate {
     @EventSourcingHandler
     public void on(OrderPlacedEvent event) {
         this.orderId = event.getOrderId();
-        orderConfirmed = false;
+        this.orderConfirmed = false;
     }
 
     @EventSourcingHandler
     public void on(OrderConfirmedEvent event) {
-        orderConfirmed = true;
+        this.orderConfirmed = true;
     }
 
     protected OrderAggregate() {

axon/src/main/java/com/baeldung/axon/coreapi/exceptions/UnconfirmedOrderException.java

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.baeldung.axon.coreapi.exceptions;
+
+public class UnconfirmedOrderException extends IllegalStateException {
+
+    public UnconfirmedOrderException() {
+        super("Cannot ship an order which has not been confirmed yet.");
+    }
+}

axon/src/main/java/com/baeldung/axon/querymodel/OrderedProductsEventHandler.java

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.axonframework.config.ProcessingGroup;
 import org.axonframework.eventhandling.EventHandler;
 import org.axonframework.queryhandling.QueryHandler;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import com.baeldung.axon.coreapi.queries.FindAllOrderedProductsQuery;
 import com.baeldung.axon.coreapi.queries.OrderedProduct;
 
 @Service
+@ProcessingGroup("ordered-products")
 public class OrderedProductsEventHandler {
 
     private final Map<String, OrderedProduct> orderedProducts = new HashMap<>();

axon/src/main/resources/application.properties

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+spring.application.name=Order Management Service

axon/src/test/java/com/baeldung/axon/commandmodel/OrderAggregateUnitTest.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.baeldung.axon.commandmodel;
 
 import java.util.UUID;
 
+import com.baeldung.axon.coreapi.exceptions.UnconfirmedOrderException;
 import org.axonframework.test.aggregate.AggregateTestFixture;
 import org.axonframework.test.aggregate.FixtureConfiguration;
 import org.junit.*;
@@ -41,12 +42,12 @@ public class OrderAggregateUnitTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void givenOrderPlacedEvent_whenShipOrderCommand_thenShouldThrowIllegalStateException() {
+    public void givenOrderPlacedEvent_whenShipOrderCommand_thenShouldThrowUnconfirmedOrderException() {
         String orderId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
         String product = "Deluxe Chair";
         fixture.given(new OrderPlacedEvent(orderId, product))
                .when(new ShipOrderCommand(orderId))
-               .expectException(IllegalStateException.class);
+               .expectException(UnconfirmedOrderException.class);
     }
 
     @Test

core-groovy-2/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/concatenate/Wonder.groovy

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package com.baeldung.concatenate
+
+class Wonder {
+
+    String numOfWonder = 'seven'
+
+    String operator_plus() {
+        return 'The ' + numOfWonder + ' wonders of the world'
+    }
+
+    String operator_left() {
+        return 'The ' << numOfWonder << ' wonders of ' << 'the world'
+    }
+
+    String interpolation_one() {
+        return "The $numOfWonder wonders of the world"
+
+    }
+
+    String interpolation_two() {
+        return "The ${numOfWonder} wonders of the world"
+    }
+
+    String multilineString() {
+        return """
+            There are $numOfWonder wonders of the world.
+            Can you name them all? 
+            1. The Great Pyramid of Giza
+            2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
+            3. Colossus of Rhode
+            4. Lighthouse of Alexendra
+            5. Temple of Artemis
+            6. Status of Zeus at Olympia
+            7. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
+        """
+    }
+
+    String method_concat() {
+        return 'The '.concat(numOfWonder).concat(' wonders of the world')
+
+    }
+
+    String method_builder() {
+        return new StringBuilder()
+                .append('The ').append(numOfWonder).append(' wonders of the world')
+    }
+
+    String method_buffer() {
+        return new StringBuffer()
+                .append('The ').append(numOfWonder).append(' wonders of the world')
+    }
+}

core-groovy-2/src/test/groovy/com/baeldung/concatenate/WonderUnitTest.groovy

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package com.baeldung.concatenate
+
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*
+
+class WonderUnitTest {
+
+    static final String EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE = "The seven wonders of the world"
+
+    Wonder wonder
+
+    @Before
+    void before() {
+        wonder = new Wonder()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingOperatorPlus_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE, wonder.operator_plus())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingOperatorLeft_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE, wonder.operator_left())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingInterpolationOne_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE, wonder.interpolation_one())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingInterpolationTwo_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE, wonder.interpolation_two())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingMultiline_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        def expectedMultiline = """
+            There are seven wonders of the world.
+            Can you name them all? 
+            1. The Great Pyramid of Giza
+            2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
+            3. Colossus of Rhode
+            4. Lighthouse of Alexendra
+            5. Temple of Artemis
+            6. Status of Zeus at Olympia
+            7. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
+        """
+        assertEquals(expectedMultiline, wonder.multilineString())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingMethodConcat_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE, wonder.method_concat())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingMethodBuilder_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE, wonder.method_builder())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingMethodBuffer_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE, wonder.method_buffer())
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Relevant articles:
+
+- [Negate a Predicate Method Reference with Java 11](https://www.baeldung.com/java-negate-predicate-method-reference)

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

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+## Relevant Articles:
+
+
+- [String API Updates in Java 12](https://www.baeldung.com/java12-string-api)

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

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+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/test/java/com/baeldung/java8/optional/OptionalUnitTest.java

@@ -259,4 +259,15 @@ public class OptionalUnitTest {
         LOG.debug("Getting default value...");
         return "Default Value";
     }
+    
+//    Uncomment code when code base is compatiable with Java 11     
+//    @Test
+//    public void givenAnEmptyOptional_thenIsEmptyBehavesAsExpected() {
+//        Optional<String> opt = Optional.of("Baeldung");
+//        assertFalse(opt.isEmpty());
+//     
+//        opt = Optional.ofNullable(null);
+//        assertTrue(opt.isEmpty());
+//    }
+
 }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+*.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-arrays-2/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<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-arrays-2</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>core-java-arrays-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>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- test scoped -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <finalName>core-java-arrays-2</finalName>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+
+        <!-- util -->
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.9</commons-lang3.version>
+        <!-- testing -->
+        <assertj-core.version>3.10.0</assertj-core.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/array/looping/LoopDiagonally.java

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package com.baeldung.array.looping;
+
+public class LoopDiagonally {
+
+
+    public String loopDiagonally(String[][] twoDArray) {
+
+        int length = twoDArray.length;
+        int diagonalLines = (length + length) - 1;
+        int itemsInDiagonal = 0;
+        int midPoint = (diagonalLines / 2) + 1;
+        StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
+
+        for (int i = 1; i <= diagonalLines; i++) {
+
+            StringBuilder items = new StringBuilder();
+            int rowIndex;
+            int columnIndex;
+
+            if (i <= midPoint) {
+                itemsInDiagonal++;
+                for (int j = 0; j < itemsInDiagonal; j++) {
+                    rowIndex = (i - j) - 1;
+                    columnIndex = j;
+                    items.append(twoDArray[rowIndex][columnIndex]);
+                }
+            } else {
+                itemsInDiagonal--;
+                for (int j = 0; j < itemsInDiagonal; j++) {
+                    rowIndex = (length - 1) - j;
+                    columnIndex = (i - length) + j;
+                    items.append(twoDArray[rowIndex][columnIndex]);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (i != diagonalLines) {
+                output.append(items).append(" ");
+            } else {
+                output.append(items);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return output.toString();
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/array/looping/LoopDiagonallyUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.baeldung.array.looping;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class LoopDiagonallyUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void twoArrayIsLoopedDiagonallyAsExpected() {
+
+        LoopDiagonally loopDiagonally = new LoopDiagonally();
+        String[][] twoDArray = {{"a", "b", "c"},
+                                {"d", "e", "f"},
+                                {"g", "h", "i"}};
+
+        String output = loopDiagonally.loopDiagonally(twoDArray);
+        assertEquals("a db gec hf i", output);
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays/src/main/java/com/baeldung/array/SortedArrayChecker.java

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ package com.baeldung.array;
 
 import com.baeldung.arraycopy.model.Employee;
 
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
 public class SortedArrayChecker {
+
     boolean isSorted(int[] array, int length) {
         if (array == null || length < 2)
             return true;
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ public class SortedArrayChecker {
         return true;
     }
 
-    boolean isSorted(String[] array, int length) {
+    boolean isSorted(Comparable[] array, int length) {
         if (array == null || length < 2)
             return true;
 
@@ -32,40 +35,31 @@ public class SortedArrayChecker {
         return isSorted(array, length - 1);
     }
 
-boolean isSorted(String[] array) {
-    for (int i = 0; i < array.length - 1; ++i) {
-        if (array[i].compareTo(array[i + 1]) > 0)
-            return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-    boolean isSortedByName(Employee[] array) {
+    boolean isSorted(Comparable[] array) {
         for (int i = 0; i < array.length - 1; ++i) {
-            if (array[i].getName().compareTo(array[i + 1].getName()) > 0)
+            if (array[i].compareTo(array[i + 1]) > 0)
                 return false;
         }
 
         return true;
     }
 
-boolean isSortedByAge(Employee[] array) {
-    for (int i = 0; i < array.length - 1; ++i) {
-        if (array[i].getAge() > (array[i + 1].getAge()))
-            return false;
+    boolean isSorted(Object[] array, Comparator comparator) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length - 1; ++i) {
+            if (comparator.compare(array[i], (array[i + 1])) > 0)
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
     }
 
-    return true;
-}
-
-    boolean isSortedByAge(Employee[] array, int length) {
+    boolean isSorted(Object[] array, Comparator comparator, int length) {
         if (array == null || length < 2)
             return true;
 
-        if (array[length - 2].getAge() > array[length - 1].getAge())
+        if (comparator.compare(array[length - 2], array[length - 1]) > 0)
             return false;
 
-        return isSortedByAge(array, length - 1);
+        return isSorted(array, comparator, length - 1);
     }
 }

core-java-modules/core-java-arrays/src/test/java/com/baeldung/array/SortedArrayCheckerUnitTest.java

@@ -4,32 +4,33 @@ import com.baeldung.arraycopy.model.Employee;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
-class SortedArrayCheckerUnitTest {
-
+public class SortedArrayCheckerUnitTest {
     private static final int[] INTEGER_SORTED = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9};
     private static final int[] INTEGER_NOT_SORTED = {1, 3, 11, 7};
 
     private static final String[] STRING_SORTED = {"abc", "cde", "fgh"};
     private static final String[] STRING_NOT_SORTED = {"abc", "fgh", "cde", "ijk"};
 
-    private final Employee[] EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_NAME = {
+    private static final Employee[] EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_NAME = {
             new Employee(1, "Carlos", 26),
             new Employee(2, "Daniel", 31),
             new Employee(3, "Marta", 27)};
 
-    private final Employee[] EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_NAME = {
+    private static final Employee[] EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_NAME = {
             new Employee(1, "Daniel", 31),
             new Employee(2, "Carlos", 26),
             new Employee(3, "Marta", 27)};
 
-    private final Employee[] EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_AGE = {
+    private static final Employee[] EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_AGE = {
             new Employee(1, "Carlos", 26),
             new Employee(2, "Marta", 27),
             new Employee(3, "Daniel", 31)};
 
-    private final Employee[] EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_AGE = {
+    private static final Employee[] EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_AGE = {
             new Employee(1, "Marta", 27),
             new Employee(2, "Carlos", 26),
             new Employee(3, "Daniel", 31)};
@@ -61,13 +62,18 @@ class SortedArrayCheckerUnitTest {
 
     @Test
     public void givenEmployeeArray_thenReturnIfItIsSortedOrNot() {
-        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSortedByName(EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_NAME)).isEqualTo(true);
-        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSortedByName(EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_NAME)).isEqualTo(false);
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSorted(EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_NAME, Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName))).isEqualTo(true);
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSorted(EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_NAME, Comparator.comparing(Employee::getName))).isEqualTo(false);
 
-        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSortedByAge(EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_AGE)).isEqualTo(true);
-        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSortedByAge(EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_AGE)).isEqualTo(false);
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSorted(EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_AGE, Comparator.comparingInt(Employee::getAge))).isEqualTo(true);
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSorted(EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_AGE, Comparator.comparingInt(Employee::getAge))).isEqualTo(false);
 
-        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSortedByAge(EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_AGE, EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_AGE.length)).isEqualTo(true);
-        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker.isSortedByAge(EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_AGE, EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_AGE.length)).isEqualTo(false);
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker
+                .isSorted(EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_AGE, Comparator.comparingInt(Employee::getAge), EMPLOYEES_SORTED_BY_AGE.length))
+                .isEqualTo(true);
+        assertThat(sortedArrayChecker
+                .isSorted(EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_AGE, Comparator.comparingInt(Employee::getAge), EMPLOYEES_NOT_SORTED_BY_AGE.length))
+                .isEqualTo(false);
     }
+
 }

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-array-list/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/collections/CoreJavaCollectionsUnitTest.java

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class CoreJavaCollectionsUnitTest {
     @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
     public final void givenUsingGuavaBuilder_whenUnmodifiableListIsCreatedFromOriginal_thenNoLongerModifiable() {
         final List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
-        final ImmutableList<Object> unmodifiableList = ImmutableList.builder().addAll(list).build();
+        final ImmutableList<String> unmodifiableList = ImmutableList.<String>builder().addAll(list).build();
         unmodifiableList.add("four");
     }
 

core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-basic/README.md

@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
 - [Runnable vs. Callable in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-runnable-callable)
 - [What is Thread-Safety and How to Achieve it?](https://www.baeldung.com/java-thread-safety)
 - [How to Start a Thread in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-start-thread)
+- [How to Delay Code Execution in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-delay-code-execution)

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

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Relevant Articles:
+
+- [Will an Error Be Caught by Catch Block in Java?](https://www.baeldung.com/java-error-catch)