Merge branch 'master' into master

algorithms-miscellaneous-3/README.md

@@ -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)

algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml

@@ -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>

algorithms-miscellaneous-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/checksortedlist/Employee.java

@@ -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;
+    }
+
+}

algorithms-miscellaneous-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/checksortedlist/SortedListChecker.java

@@ -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());
+    }
+
+}

algorithms-miscellaneous-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/checksortedlist/SortedListCheckerUnitTest.java

@@ -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();
+    }
+
+}

core-groovy-2/README.md

@@ -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)

core-java-modules/core-java-lang-syntax/src/main/java/com/baeldung/breakloop/LoopBreaking.java

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.baeldung.breakloop;
+
+public class LoopBreaking {
+
+    public String simpleBreak() {
+        String result = "";
+        for (int outerCounter = 0; outerCounter < 2; outerCounter++) {
+            result += "outer" + outerCounter;
+            for (int innerCounter = 0; innerCounter < 2; innerCounter++) {
+                result += "inner" + innerCounter;
+                if (innerCounter == 0) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public String labelBreak() {
+        String result = "";
+        myBreakLabel:
+        for (int outerCounter = 0; outerCounter < 2; outerCounter++) {
+            result += "outer" + outerCounter;
+            for (int innerCounter = 0; innerCounter < 2; innerCounter++) {
+                result += "inner" + innerCounter;
+                if (innerCounter == 0) {
+                    break myBreakLabel;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public String usingReturn() {
+        String result = "";
+        for (int outerCounter = 0; outerCounter < 2; outerCounter++) {
+            result += "outer" + outerCounter;
+            for (int innerCounter = 0; innerCounter < 2; innerCounter++) {
+                result += "inner" + innerCounter;
+                if (innerCounter == 0) {
+                    return result;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return "failed";
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-lang-syntax/src/test/java/com/baeldung/breakloop/LoopBreakingUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.baeldung.breakloop;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+class LoopBreakingUnitTest {
+
+    private LoopBreaking loopBreaking = new LoopBreaking();
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingBreak_shouldBreakInnerLoop() {
+        assertEquals("outer0inner0outer1inner0", loopBreaking.simpleBreak());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingLabeledBreak_shouldBreakInnerLoopAndOuterLoop() {
+        assertEquals("outer0inner0", loopBreaking.labelBreak());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingReturn_shouldBreakInnerLoopAndOuterLoop() {
+        assertEquals("outer0inner0", loopBreaking.usingReturn());
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-security/src/main/java/com/baeldung/random/SecureRandomDemo.java

@@ -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);
+    }
+
+}

easy-random/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>easy-random</artifactId>
+    <name>easy-random</name>
+
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jeasy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>easy-random-core</artifactId>
+            <version>4.0.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>

easy-random/src/main/java/org/baeldung/easy/random/model/Department.java

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.baeldung.easy.random.model;
+
+import java.util.StringJoiner;
+
+public class Department {
+    private String depName;
+
+    public Department(String depName) {
+        this.depName = depName;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return new StringJoiner(", ", Department.class.getSimpleName() + "[", "]").add("depName='" + depName + "'")
+            .toString();
+    }
+}

easy-random/src/main/java/org/baeldung/easy/random/model/Employee.java

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package org.baeldung.easy.random.model;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class Employee {
+
+    private long id;
+    private String firstName;
+    private String lastName;
+    private Department department;
+    private Collection<Employee> coworkers;
+    private Map<YearQuarter, Grade> quarterGrades;
+
+    public Employee(long id, String firstName, String lastName, Department department) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.firstName = firstName;
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+        this.department = department;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o)
+            return true;
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass())
+            return false;
+        Employee employee = (Employee) o;
+        return id == employee.id;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(id);
+    }
+
+    public String getFirstName() {
+        return firstName;
+    }
+
+    public String getLastName() {
+        return lastName;
+    }
+
+    public long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public Department getDepartment() {
+        return department;
+    }
+
+    public Collection<Employee> getCoworkers() {
+        return Collections.unmodifiableCollection(coworkers);
+    }
+
+    public Map<YearQuarter, Grade> getQuarterGrades() {
+        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(quarterGrades);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return new StringJoiner(", ", Employee.class.getSimpleName() + "[", "]").add("id=" + id)
+            .add("firstName='" + firstName + "'")
+            .add("lastName='" + lastName + "'")
+            .add("department=" + department)
+            .add("coworkers size=" + ((coworkers == null) ? 0 : coworkers.size()))
+            .add("quarterGrades=" + quarterGrades)
+            .toString();
+    }
+}

easy-random/src/main/java/org/baeldung/easy/random/model/Grade.java

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package org.baeldung.easy.random.model;
+
+import java.util.StringJoiner;
+
+public class Grade {
+
+    private int grade;
+
+    public Grade(int grade) {
+        this.grade = grade;
+    }
+
+    public int getGrade() {
+        return grade;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return new StringJoiner(", ", Grade.class.getSimpleName() + "[", "]").add("grade=" + grade)
+            .toString();
+    }
+}

easy-random/src/main/java/org/baeldung/easy/random/model/Person.java

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.baeldung.easy.random.model;
+
+import java.util.StringJoiner;
+
+public class Person {
+
+    private String firstName;
+    private String lastName;
+    private Integer age;
+
+    public String getFirstName() {
+        return firstName;
+    }
+
+    public String getLastName() {
+        return lastName;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getAge() {
+        return age;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return new StringJoiner(", ", Person.class.getSimpleName() + "[", "]").add("firstName='" + firstName + "'")
+            .add("lastName='" + lastName + "'")
+            .add("age=" + age)
+            .toString();
+    }
+}

easy-random/src/main/java/org/baeldung/easy/random/model/YearQuarter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package org.baeldung.easy.random.model;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.StringJoiner;
+
+public class YearQuarter {
+
+    private LocalDate startDate;
+    private LocalDate endDate;
+
+    public YearQuarter(LocalDate startDate) {
+        this.startDate = startDate;
+        autoAdjustEndDate();
+    }
+
+    private void autoAdjustEndDate() {
+        endDate = startDate.plusMonths(3L);
+    }
+
+    public LocalDate getStartDate() {
+        return startDate;
+    }
+
+    public LocalDate getEndDate() {
+        return endDate;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o)
+            return true;
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass())
+            return false;
+        YearQuarter quarter = (YearQuarter) o;
+        return Objects.equals(startDate, quarter.startDate) && Objects.equals(endDate, quarter.endDate);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(startDate, endDate);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return new StringJoiner(", ", YearQuarter.class.getSimpleName() + "[", "]").add("startDate=" + startDate)
+            .add("endDate=" + endDate)
+            .toString();
+    }
+}

easy-random/src/main/java/org/baeldung/easy/random/randomizer/YearQuarterRandomizer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package org.baeldung.easy.random.randomizer;
+
+import org.baeldung.easy.random.model.YearQuarter;
+import org.jeasy.random.api.Randomizer;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.Month;
+
+public class YearQuarterRandomizer implements Randomizer<YearQuarter> {
+
+    private LocalDate date = LocalDate.of(1990, Month.SEPTEMBER, 25);
+
+    @Override
+    public YearQuarter getRandomValue() {
+        date = date.plusMonths(3);
+        return new YearQuarter(date);
+    }
+}

easy-random/src/test/java/org/baeldung/easy/random/EasyRandomUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package org.baeldung.easy.random;
+
+import org.baeldung.easy.random.model.Employee;
+import org.baeldung.easy.random.model.Person;
+import org.baeldung.easy.random.model.YearQuarter;
+import org.baeldung.easy.random.randomizer.YearQuarterRandomizer;
+import org.jeasy.random.EasyRandom;
+import org.jeasy.random.EasyRandomParameters;
+import org.jeasy.random.FieldPredicates;
+import org.jeasy.random.TypePredicates;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class EasyRandomUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void givenDefaultConfiguration_thenGenerateSingleObject() {
+        EasyRandom generator = new EasyRandom();
+        Person person = generator.nextObject(Person.class);
+
+        assertNotNull(person.getAge());
+        assertNotNull(person.getFirstName());
+        assertNotNull(person.getLastName());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenDefaultConfiguration_thenGenerateObjectsList() {
+        EasyRandom generator = new EasyRandom();
+        List<Person> persons = generator.objects(Person.class, 5)
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        assertEquals(5, persons.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenCustomConfiguration_thenGenerateSingleEmployee() {
+        EasyRandomParameters parameters = new EasyRandomParameters();
+        parameters.stringLengthRange(3, 3);
+        parameters.collectionSizeRange(5, 5);
+        parameters.excludeField(FieldPredicates.named("lastName").and(FieldPredicates.inClass(Employee.class)));
+        parameters.excludeType(TypePredicates.inPackage("not.existing.pkg"));
+        parameters.randomize(YearQuarter.class, new YearQuarterRandomizer());
+
+        EasyRandom generator = new EasyRandom(parameters);
+        Employee employee = generator.nextObject(Employee.class);
+
+        assertEquals(3, employee.getFirstName().length());
+        assertEquals(5, employee.getCoworkers().size());
+        assertEquals(5, employee.getQuarterGrades().size());
+        assertNotNull(employee.getDepartment());
+
+        assertNull(employee.getLastName());
+
+        for (YearQuarter key : employee.getQuarterGrades().keySet()) {
+            assertEquals(key.getStartDate(), key.getEndDate().minusMonths(3L));
+        }
+    }
+
+}

java-collections-conversions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/convert/iteratortolist/ConvertIteratorToListServiceUnitTest.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.baeldung.convertiteratortolist;
+package com.baeldung.convert.iteratortolist;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.collection.IsCollectionWithSize.hasSize;

java-dates-2/pom.xml

@@ -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>

java-dates-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidator.java

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+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+public interface DateValidator {
+   boolean isValid(String dateStr);
+}

java-dates-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingApacheValidator.java

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+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); 
+    }
+}

java-dates-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingDateFormat.java

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+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;
+    }
+}

java-dates-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingDateTimeFormatter.java

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+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;
+    }
+}

java-dates-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingLocalDate.java

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+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;
+    }
+}

java-dates-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingApacheValidatorUnitTest.java

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+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));
+    }
+}

java-dates-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingDateFormatUnitTest.java

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+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"));
+    }
+}

java-dates-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingDateTimeFormatterUnitTest.java

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+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"));
+    }
+
+}

java-dates-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/date/validation/DateValidatorUsingLocalDateUnitTest.java

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+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"));
+    }
+}

java-numbers/src/main/java/com/baeldung/random/SecureRandomDemo.java

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+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);
+    }
+
+}