Java 8 streams

Notes on practical usage of Java 8 stream filtering. Stream Filtering A Stream<T> references a sequence of T values, and exposes a set of aggregate operations we can use to manipulate data in a pipeline. As an example, we can find the name of any people older than 20. In java, you can loop Read more…

Parsing XML with Java

Here are some notes on parsing XML file with java to extract information Simple Example Assume we have an XML file and we want to extract specific attributes. A sample file could be: With XMLStreamReder Here is the code to quickly scan the XML file and get the values for Read more…

Passwords and Hashing

This page presents a few examples of using Java for passwords and hashing. Generate Password A Java example to generate a random password containing only alphanumeric characters. Java Code to ComputeSHA-512 digest other.. linux get sha-512/

About Algorithms

Knowledge of algorithms and data structures is important for Software Engineers. To be good at solving problems you need practice. Here is some resource to make practice, and suggestions. Posts about Algorithms Below, you see the list of my posts about algorithms [catlist name=”algorithms”] Sites Sites to practice and learn Read more…

About me

Hey, I’m Patrik! I’m a Senior Java Software Engineer with experience working for big IT companies around Europe (IT, NL, CH, DE). I’m really into Java backend development, and I also work with Python, TypeScript, SQL, HTML, and Bash for automation and full-stack projects. I have a solid grasp of Read more…

Java Generics

Generics Generics were introduced in java 5 to add stability to the code. You can add type variables to classes, interfaces and methods. Generic Class Declaration Below you see an example of generic class declaration. by writing class Box<T>, you introduce the type parameter T, that can be used anywhere in the class. Read more…