Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/eugenp/tutorials

algorithms/README.md

@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
 - [Bubble Sort in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-bubble-sort)
 - [Introduction to JGraphT](http://www.baeldung.com/jgrapht)
 - [Introduction to Minimax Algorithm](http://www.baeldung.com/java-minimax-algorithm)
+- [How to Calculate Levenshtein Distance in Java?](http://www.baeldung.com/java-levenshtein-distance)

apache-spark/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Relevant articles
+
+- [Introduction to Apache Spark](http://www.baeldung.com/apache-spark)

cas/cas-secured-app/pom.xml

@@ -65,6 +65,24 @@
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<forkCount>3</forkCount>
+					<reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+					<excludes>
+						<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
+						<exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
+						<exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
+						<exclude>**/JdbcTest.java</exclude>
+						<exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
+					</excludes>
+
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
@@ -107,4 +125,5 @@
 	</pluginRepositories>
 
 
+
 </project>

cas/cas-secured-app/src/test/java/com/baeldung/cassecuredapp/CasSecuredAppApplicationIntegrationTest.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
 
 @RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
 @SpringBootTest
-public class CasSecuredAppApplicationTests {
+public class CasSecuredAppApplicationIntegrationTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void contextLoads() {

cas/cas-server/src/main/resources/application.properties

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].sql=SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = ?
 cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].url=jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/test?useUnicode=true&useJDBCCompliantTimezoneShift=true&useLegacyDatetimeCode=false&serverTimezone=UTC
 cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
 cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].user=root
-cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].password=
+cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].password=root
 cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].ddlAuto=none
 #cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].driverClass=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
 cas.authn.jdbc.query[0].driverClass=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver

cas/cas-server/src/main/resources/create_test_db_and_users_tbl.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+-- Dumping database structure for test
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `test` /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 */;
+USE `test`;
+
+-- Dumping structure for table test.users
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users` (
+  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `email` varchar(50) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `password` text DEFAULT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=3 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `users` DISABLE KEYS */;
+INSERT INTO `users` (`id`, `email`, `password`) VALUES
+	(1, '[email protected]', 'Mellon');
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `users` ENABLE KEYS */;

core-java-8/README.md

@@ -30,3 +30,5 @@
 - [The Difference Between map() and flatMap()](http://www.baeldung.com/java-difference-map-and-flatmap)
 - [Merging Streams in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-merge-streams)
 - [“Stream has already been operated upon or closed” Exception in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-stream-operated-upon-or-closed-exception)
+- [Display All Time Zones With GMT And UTC in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-time-zones)
+- [Copy a File with Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-copy-file)

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/ClassWithAnnotation.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+@Deprecated
+class ClassWithAnnotation {
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/ClassWithDeprecatedMethod.java

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+class ClassWithDeprecatedMethod {
+
+    @Deprecated
+    static void deprecatedMethod() {
+
+    }
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/ClassWithSafeVarargs.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+class ClassWithSafeVarargs<T> {
+
+    @SafeVarargs
+    final void iterateOverVarargs(T... args) {
+        for (T x : args) {
+            // do stuff with x
+        }
+    }
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/ClassWithSuppressWarnings.java

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+class ClassWithSuppressWarnings {
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+    void useDeprecatedMethod() {
+        ClassWithDeprecatedMethod.deprecatedMethod(); // no warning is generated here
+    }
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/IntConsumer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+@FunctionalInterface
+interface IntConsumer {
+
+    void accept(Integer number);
+
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/Interval.java

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Repeatable;
+
+@Repeatable(Intervals.class)
+@interface Interval {
+    int hour() default 1;
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/IntervalUsage.java

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+public class IntervalUsage {
+
+    @Interval(hour = 17)
+    @Interval(hour = 13)
+    void doPeriodicCleanup() {
+    }
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/Intervals.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+@interface Intervals {
+    Interval[] value();
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/MyAnnotation.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+@Inherited
+@Documented
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ElementType.LOCAL_VARIABLE, ElementType.FIELD})
+@interface MyAnnotation {
+
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/MyAnnotationTarget.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+class MyAnnotationTarget {
+
+    // this is OK
+    @MyAnnotation
+    String someField;
+
+    // @MyAnnotation <- this is invalid usage!
+    void doSomething() {
+
+        // this also works
+        @MyAnnotation
+        String localVariable;
+    }
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/MyOperation.java

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+interface MyOperation {
+
+    void perform();
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotations/MyOperationImpl.java

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.baeldung.annotations;
+
+class MyOperationImpl implements MyOperation {
+
+    @Override
+    public void perform() {
+
+    }
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/datetime/DateToLocalDateConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.datetime;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Class which shows different ways of converting java.util.Date into java.time.LocalDate.
+ * 
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class DateToLocalDateConverter {
+
+    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDateViaInstant(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return dateToConvert.toInstant()
+            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+            .toLocalDate();
+    }
+
+    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDateViaSqlDate(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return new java.sql.Date(dateToConvert.getTime()).toLocalDate();
+    }
+
+    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDateViaMilisecond(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return Instant.ofEpochMilli(dateToConvert.getTime())
+            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+            .toLocalDate();
+    }
+
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/datetime/DateToLocalDateTimeConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.datetime;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Class which shows different ways of converting java.util.Date into java.time.LocalDateTime. 
+ * 
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class DateToLocalDateTimeConverter {
+
+    public static LocalDateTime convertToLocalDateTimeViaInstant(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return dateToConvert.toInstant()
+            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+            .toLocalDateTime();
+    }
+
+    public static LocalDateTime convertToLocalDateTimeViaSqlTimestamp(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return new java.sql.Timestamp(dateToConvert.getTime()).toLocalDateTime();
+    }
+
+    public static LocalDateTime convertToLocalDateTimeViaMilisecond(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return Instant.ofEpochMilli(dateToConvert.getTime())
+            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+            .toLocalDateTime();
+    }
+
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/datetime/LocalDateTimeToDateConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.datetime;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Class which shows different ways of converting java.time.LocalDateTime into java.util.Date. 
+ *  
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class LocalDateTimeToDateConverter {
+
+    public static Date convertToDateViaSqlTimestamp(LocalDateTime dateToConvert) {
+        return java.sql.Timestamp.valueOf(dateToConvert);
+    }
+
+    public static Date convertToDateViaInstant(LocalDateTime dateToConvert) {
+        return java.util.Date.from(dateToConvert.atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+            .toInstant());
+    }
+
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/datetime/LocalDateToDateConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.datetime;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Class which shows different ways of converting java.time.LocalDate into java.util.Date. 
+ *  
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class LocalDateToDateConverter {
+
+    public static Date convertToDateViaSqlDate(LocalDate dateToConvert) {
+        return java.sql.Date.valueOf(dateToConvert);
+    }
+
+    public static Date convertToDateViaInstant(LocalDate dateToConvert) {
+        return java.util.Date.from(dateToConvert.atStartOfDay()
+            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+            .toInstant());
+    }
+
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/timezonedisplay/TimezoneDisplay.java

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package com.baeldung.timezonedisplay;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class TimezoneDisplay {
+
+    public enum OffsetBase {
+        GMT, UTC
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getTimeZoneList(OffsetBase base) {
+        Set<String> availableZoneIds = ZoneId.getAvailableZoneIds();
+
+        LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now();
+        return availableZoneIds
+          .stream()
+          .map(ZoneId::of)
+          .sorted(new ZoneComparator())
+          .map(id -> String.format("(%s%s) %s", base, getOffset(now, id), id.getId()))
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+    private String getOffset(LocalDateTime dateTime, ZoneId id) {
+        return dateTime
+          .atZone(id)
+          .getOffset()
+          .getId()
+          .replace("Z", "+00:00");
+    }
+
+    private class ZoneComparator implements Comparator<ZoneId> {
+
+        @Override
+        public int compare(ZoneId zoneId1, ZoneId zoneId2) {
+            LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now();
+
+            ZoneOffset offset1 = now
+              .atZone(zoneId1)
+              .getOffset();
+
+            ZoneOffset offset2 = now
+              .atZone(zoneId2)
+              .getOffset();
+
+            return offset1.compareTo(offset2);
+        }
+    }
+
+}

core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/timezonedisplay/TimezoneDisplayApp.java

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.baeldung.timezonedisplay;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class TimezoneDisplayApp {
+
+    public static void main(String... args) {
+        TimezoneDisplay display = new TimezoneDisplay();
+
+        System.out.println("Time zones in UTC:");
+        List<String> utc = display.getTimeZoneList(TimezoneDisplay.OffsetBase.UTC);
+        utc.forEach(System.out::println);
+
+        System.out.println("Time zones in GMT:");
+        List<String> gmt = display.getTimeZoneList(TimezoneDisplay.OffsetBase.GMT);
+        gmt.forEach(System.out::println);
+    }
+}

core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/datetime/DateToLocalDateConverterTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.datetime;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * JUnits for {@link DateToLocalDateConverter} class.
+ * 
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class DateToLocalDateConverterTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010WhenConvertViaInstant() {
+        // given
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.set(2010, 10, 10);
+        Date dateToConvert = calendar.getTime();
+
+        // when
+        LocalDate localDate = DateToLocalDateConverter.convertToLocalDateViaInstant(dateToConvert);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, localDate.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(11, localDate.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, localDate.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010WhenConvertViaMiliseconds() {
+        // given
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.set(2010, 10, 10);
+        Date dateToConvert = calendar.getTime();
+
+        // when
+        LocalDate localDate = DateToLocalDateConverter.convertToLocalDateViaMilisecond(dateToConvert);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, localDate.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(11, localDate.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, localDate.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010WhenConvertViaSqlDate() {
+        // given
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.set(2010, 10, 10);
+        Date dateToConvert = calendar.getTime();
+
+        // when
+        LocalDate localDate = DateToLocalDateConverter.convertToLocalDateViaSqlDate(dateToConvert);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, localDate.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(11, localDate.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, localDate.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+    }
+
+}

core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/datetime/DateToLocalDateTimeConverterTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.datetime;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * JUnits for {@link DateToLocalDateTimeConverter} class.
+ * 
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class DateToLocalDateTimeConverterTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010time8hour20minWhenConvertViaInstant() {
+        // given
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.set(2010, 10, 10, 8, 20);
+        Date dateToConvert = calendar.getTime();
+
+        // when
+        LocalDateTime localDateTime = DateToLocalDateTimeConverter.convertToLocalDateTimeViaInstant(dateToConvert);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(11, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+        assertEquals(8, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.HOUR_OF_DAY));
+        assertEquals(20, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MINUTE_OF_HOUR));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010time8hour20minWhenConvertViaMiliseconds() {
+        // given
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.set(2010, 10, 10, 8, 20);
+        Date dateToConvert = calendar.getTime();
+
+        // when
+        LocalDateTime localDateTime = DateToLocalDateTimeConverter.convertToLocalDateTimeViaMilisecond(dateToConvert);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(11, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+        assertEquals(8, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.HOUR_OF_DAY));
+        assertEquals(20, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MINUTE_OF_HOUR));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010time8hour20minWhenConvertViaSqlTimestamp() {
+        // given
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.set(2010, 10, 10, 8, 20);
+        Date dateToConvert = calendar.getTime();
+
+        // when
+        LocalDateTime localDateTime = DateToLocalDateTimeConverter.convertToLocalDateTimeViaSqlTimestamp(dateToConvert);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(11, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+        assertEquals(8, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.HOUR_OF_DAY));
+        assertEquals(20, localDateTime.get(ChronoField.MINUTE_OF_HOUR));
+    }
+
+}

core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/datetime/LocalDateTimeToDateConverterTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.datetime;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * JUnits for {@link LocalDateTimeToDateConverter} class.
+ * 
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class LocalDateTimeToDateConverterTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010time8hour20minWhenConvertViaInstant() {
+        // given
+        LocalDateTime dateToConvert = LocalDateTime.of(2010, 11, 10, 8, 20);
+
+        // when
+        Date date = LocalDateTimeToDateConverter.convertToDateViaInstant(dateToConvert);
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.setTime(date);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+        assertEquals(8, calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR));
+        assertEquals(20, calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE));
+        assertEquals(0, calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010WhenConvertViaSqlTimestamp() {
+        // given
+        LocalDateTime dateToConvert = LocalDateTime.of(2010, 11, 10, 8, 20);
+
+        // when
+        Date date = LocalDateTimeToDateConverter.convertToDateViaSqlTimestamp(dateToConvert);
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.setTime(date);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+        assertEquals(8, calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR));
+        assertEquals(20, calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE));
+        assertEquals(0, calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND));
+    }
+
+}

core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/datetime/LocalDateToDateConverterTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.datetime;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * JUnits for {@link LocalDateToDateConverter} class.
+ * 
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class LocalDateToDateConverterTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010WhenConvertViaInstant() {
+        // given
+        LocalDate dateToConvert = LocalDate.of(2010, 11, 10);
+
+        // when
+        Date date = LocalDateToDateConverter.convertToDateViaInstant(dateToConvert);
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.setTime(date);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn10thNovember2010WhenConvertViaSqlDate() {
+        // given
+        LocalDate dateToConvert = LocalDate.of(2010, 11, 10);
+
+        // when
+        Date date = LocalDateToDateConverter.convertToDateViaSqlDate(dateToConvert);
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.setTime(date);
+
+        // then
+        assertEquals(2010, calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH));
+        assertEquals(10, calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
+    }
+
+}

core-java-9/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java9/datetime/DateToLocalDateConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.java9.datetime;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Class which shows a way to convert java.util.Date into java.time.LocalDate with new Java 1.9.
+ * 
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class DateToLocalDateConverter {
+
+    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDate(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return LocalDate.ofInstant(dateToConvert.toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault());
+    }
+
+}