Core Java
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Design Pattern: Immutable Embedded Builder
Last week I wrote about what makes a pattern anti-pattern. This week I present a design pattern… or wait… perhaps…
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Java 8: Sorting values in collections
Having realised that Java 8 is due for its GA release within the next few weeks I thought it was…
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Getting started with Mocking in Java using Mockito
We all write unit tests but the challenge we face at times is that the unit under test might be…
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Java 8 Friday Goodies: Local Transaction Scope
At Data Geekery, we love Java. And as we’re really into jOOQ’s fluent API and query DSL, we’re absolutely thrilled…
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Java 8: Group by with collections
In my continued reading of Venkat Subramaniam’s ‘Functional Programming in Java‘ I’ve reached the part of the book where the…
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Design Patterns: Pattern or Anti-Pattern, that is the question
I have recently encountered the wiki page Anti-pattern that has an exhaustive list of anti patterns. Some of them were…
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Use Java annotation deprecated the right way
There is hardly anything more infuriating that seeing a method @Deprecated without a proper documentation. I feel lost. Should I…
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Mockito Templates for Eclipse
Sometimes I miss the forest for the trees – and that for a disturbingly long time. I just became aware…
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Playing with Java 8 Lambdas in the JDT
I’ve been playing with the language a bit while tinkering with the Java 8 support under development by the Eclipse…
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