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Kompakter kanonischer Konstruktor

Alt public record Person(String name, List<String> pets) { // Full canonical constructor public Person(String name, List<String> pets) { Objects.requireNonNull(name); this.name = name; this.pets = List.copyOf(pets); } }

Modern public record Person(String name, List<String> pets) { // Compact constructor public Person { Objects.requireNonNull(name); pets = List.copyOf(pets); } }

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Kompakte Quelldateien

Alt public class HelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println( "Hello, World!"); } }

Modern void main() { IO.println("Hello, World!"); }

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Default-Methoden in Interfaces

Alt // Need abstract class to share behavior public abstract class AbstractLogger { public void log(String msg) { System.out.println( timestamp() + ": " + msg); } abstract String timestamp(); } // Single inheritance only public class FileLogger extends AbstractLogger { ... }

Modern public interface Logger { default void log(String msg) { IO.println( timestamp() + ": " + msg); } String timestamp(); } // Multiple interfaces allowed public class FileLogger implements Logger, Closeable { ... }

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Diamant-Operator mit anonymen Klassen

Alt Map<String, List<String>> map = new HashMap<String, List<String>>(); // anonymous class: no diamond Predicate<String> p = new Predicate<String>() { public boolean test(String s) {..} };

Modern Map<String, List<String>> map = new HashMap<>(); // Java 9: diamond with anonymous classes Predicate<String> p = new Predicate<>() { public boolean test(String s) {..} };

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Erschöpfender Switch ohne default

Alt // Must add default even though // all cases are covered double area(Shape s) { if (s instanceof Circle c) return Math.PI * c.r() * c.r(); else if (s instanceof Rect r) return r.w() * r.h(); else throw new IAE(); }

Modern // sealed Shape permits Circle, Rect double area(Shape s) { return switch (s) { case Circle c -> Math.PI * c.r() * c.r(); case Rect r -> r.w() * r.h(); }; // no default needed! }

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Flexible Konstruktorrümpfe

Alt class Square extends Shape { Square(double side) { super(side, side); // can't validate BEFORE super! if (side <= 0) throw new IAE("bad"); } }

Modern class Square extends Shape { Square(double side) { if (side <= 0) throw new IAE("bad"); super(side, side); } }

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Bewachte Muster mit when

Alt if (shape instanceof Circle c) { if (c.radius() > 10) { return "large circle"; } else { return "small circle"; } } else { return "not a circle"; }

Modern return switch (shape) { case Circle c when c.radius() > 10 -> "large circle"; case Circle c -> "small circle"; default -> "not a circle"; };

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Markdown in Javadoc-Kommentaren

Alt /** * Returns the {@code User} with * the given ID. * * <p>Example: * <pre>{@code * var user = findUser(123); * }</pre> * * @param id the user ID * @return the user */ public User findUser(int id) { ... }

Modern /// Returns the `User` with /// the given ID. /// /// Example: /// ```java /// var user = findUser(123); /// ``` /// /// @param id the user ID /// @return the user public User findUser(int id) { ... }

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Modul-Import-Deklarationen

Alt import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import java.util.stream.Collectors; import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path;

Modern import module java.base; // All of java.util, java.io, java.nio // etc. available in one line

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Pattern Matching für instanceof

Alt if (obj instanceof String) { String s = (String) obj; System.out.println(s.length()); }

Modern if (obj instanceof String s) { IO.println(s.length()); }

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Pattern Matching im switch

Alt String format(Object obj) { if (obj instanceof Integer i) return "int: " + i; else if (obj instanceof Double d) return "double: " + d; else if (obj instanceof String s) return "str: " + s; return "unknown"; }

Modern String format(Object obj) { return switch (obj) { case Integer i -> "int: " + i; case Double d -> "double: " + d; case String s -> "str: " + s; default -> "unknown"; }; }

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Primitive Typen in Mustern

Alt String classify(int code) { if (code >= 200 && code < 300) return "success"; else if (code >= 400 && code < 500) return "client error"; else return "other"; }

Modern String classify(int code) { return switch (code) { case int c when c >= 200 && c < 300 -> "success"; case int c when c >= 400 && c < 500 -> "client error"; default -> "other"; }; }

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Private Interface-Methoden

Alt interface Logger { default void logInfo(String msg) { System.out.println( "[INFO] " + timestamp() + msg); } default void logWarn(String msg) { System.out.println( "[WARN] " + timestamp() + msg); } }

Modern interface Logger { private String format(String lvl, String msg) { return "[" + lvl + "] " + timestamp() + msg; } default void logInfo(String msg) { IO.println(format("INFO", msg)); } default void logWarn(String msg) { IO.println(format("WARN", msg)); } }

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Record-Muster (Destrukturierung)

Alt if (obj instanceof Point) { Point p = (Point) obj; int x = p.getX(); int y = p.getY(); System.out.println(x + y); }

Modern if (obj instanceof Point(int x, int y)) { IO.println(x + y); }

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Records für Datenklassen

Alt public class Point { private final int x, y; public Point(int x, int y) { ... } public int getX() { return x; } public int getY() { return y; } // equals, hashCode, toString }

Modern public record Point(int x, int y) {}

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Versiegelte Klassen für Typhierarchien

Alt // Anyone can extend Shape public abstract class Shape { } public class Circle extends Shape { } public class Rect extends Shape { } // unknown subclasses possible

Modern public sealed interface Shape permits Circle, Rect {} public record Circle(double r) implements Shape {} public record Rect(double w, double h) implements Shape {}

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Statische Mitglieder in inneren Klassen

Alt class Library { // Must be static nested class static class Book { static int globalBookCount; Book() { globalBookCount++; } } } // Usage var book = new Library.Book();

Modern class Library { // Can be inner class with statics class Book { static int globalBookCount; Book() { Book.globalBookCount++; } } } // Usage var lib = new Library(); var book = lib.new Book();

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Statische Methoden in Interfaces

Alt // Separate utility class needed public class ValidatorUtils { public static boolean isBlank( String s) { return s == null || s.trim().isEmpty(); } } // Usage if (ValidatorUtils.isBlank(input)) { ... }

Modern public interface Validator { boolean validate(String s); static boolean isBlank(String s) { return s == null || s.trim().isEmpty(); } } // Usage if (Validator.isBlank(input)) { ... }

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Switch-Ausdrücke

Alt String msg; switch (day) { case MONDAY: msg = "Start"; break; case FRIDAY: msg = "End"; break; default: msg = "Mid"; }

Modern String msg = switch (day) { case MONDAY -> "Start"; case FRIDAY -> "End"; default -> "Mid"; };

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Textblöcke für mehrzeilige Strings

Alt String json = "{\n" + " \"name\": \"Duke\",\n" + " \"age\": 30\n" + "}";

Modern String json = """ { "name": "Duke", "age": 30 }""";

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Typinferenz mit var

Alt Map<String, List<Integer>> map = new HashMap<String, List<Integer>>(); for (Map.Entry<String, List<Integer>> e : map.entrySet()) { // verbose type noise }

Modern var map = new HashMap<String, List<Integer>>(); for (var entry : map.entrySet()) { // clean and readable }

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Unbenannte Variablen mit _

Alt try { parse(input); } catch (Exception ignored) { log("parse failed"); } map.forEach((key, value) -> { process(value); // key unused });

Modern try { parse(input); } catch (Exception _) { log("parse failed"); } map.forEach((_, value) -> { process(value); });

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Collections

Collectors.teeing()

Alt long count = items.stream().count(); double sum = items.stream() .mapToDouble(Item::price) .sum(); var result = new Stats(count, sum);

Modern var result = items.stream().collect( Collectors.teeing( Collectors.counting(), Collectors.summingDouble(Item::price), Stats::new ) );

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Kollektionen unveränderlich kopieren

Alt List<String> copy = Collections.unmodifiableList( new ArrayList<>(original) );

Modern List<String> copy = List.copyOf(original);

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Unveränderliche Listen erstellen

Alt List<String> list = Collections.unmodifiableList( new ArrayList<>( Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c") ) );

Modern List<String> list = List.of("a", "b", "c");

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Unveränderliche Maps erstellen

Alt Map<String, Integer> map = new HashMap<>(); map.put("a", 1); map.put("b", 2); map.put("c", 3); map = Collections.unmodifiableMap(map);

Modern Map<String, Integer> map = Map.of("a", 1, "b", 2, "c", 3);

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Unveränderliche Sets erstellen

Alt Set<String> set = Collections.unmodifiableSet( new HashSet<>( Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c") ) );

Modern Set<String> set = Set.of("a", "b", "c");

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Map.entry()-Factory

Alt Map.Entry<String, Integer> e = new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<>( "key", 42 );

Modern var e = Map.entry("key", 42);

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Umgekehrte Listen-Iteration

Alt for (ListIterator<String> it = list.listIterator(list.size()); it.hasPrevious(); ) { String element = it.previous(); System.out.println(element); }

Modern for (String element : list.reversed()) { IO.println(element); }

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Sequenzierte Kollektionen

Alt // Get last element var last = list.get(list.size() - 1); // Get first var first = list.get(0); // Reverse iteration: manual

Modern var last = list.getLast(); var first = list.getFirst(); var reversed = list.reversed();

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Typisiertes Stream-toArray

Alt List<String> list = getNames(); String[] arr = new String[list.size()]; for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) { arr[i] = list.get(i); }

Modern String[] arr = getNames().stream() .filter(n -> n.length() > 3) .toArray(String[]::new);

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Nicht-modifizierbare Collectors

Alt List<String> list = stream.collect( Collectors.collectingAndThen( Collectors.toList(), Collections::unmodifiableList ) );

Modern List<String> list = stream.toList();

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Strings

String-Zeichen als Stream

Alt for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) { char c = str.charAt(i); if (Character.isDigit(c)) { process(c); } }

Modern str.chars() .filter(Character::isDigit) .forEach(c -> process((char) c));

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String.formatted()

Alt String msg = String.format( "Hello %s, you are %d", name, age );

Modern String msg = "Hello %s, you are %d" .formatted(name, age);

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String.indent() und transform()

Alt String[] lines = text.split("\n"); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); for (String line : lines) { sb.append(" ").append(line) .append("\n"); } String indented = sb.toString();

Modern String indented = text.indent(4); String result = text .transform(String::strip) .transform(s -> s.replace(" ", "-"));

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String.isBlank()

Alt boolean blank = str.trim().isEmpty(); // or: str.trim().length() == 0

Modern boolean blank = str.isBlank(); // handles Unicode whitespace too

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Strings

String.lines() zum Aufteilen von Zeilen

Alt String text = "one\ntwo\nthree"; String[] lines = text.split("\n"); for (String line : lines) { System.out.println(line); }

Modern String text = "one\ntwo\nthree"; text.lines().forEach(IO::println);

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String.repeat()

Alt StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) { sb.append("abc"); } String result = sb.toString();

Modern String result = "abc".repeat(3); // "abcabcabc"

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String.strip() vs trim()

Alt // trim() only removes ASCII whitespace // (chars <= U+0020) String clean = str.trim();

Modern // strip() removes all Unicode whitespace String clean = str.strip(); String left = str.stripLeading(); String right = str.stripTrailing();

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Streams

Collectors.flatMapping()

Alt // Flatten within a grouping collector // Required complex custom collector Map<String, Set<String>> tagsByDept = // no clean way in Java 8

Modern var tagsByDept = employees.stream() .collect(groupingBy( Emp::dept, flatMapping( e -> e.tags().stream(), toSet() ) ));

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Optional.ifPresentOrElse()

Alt Optional<User> user = findUser(id); if (user.isPresent()) { greet(user.get()); } else { handleMissing(); }

Modern findUser(id).ifPresentOrElse( this::greet, this::handleMissing );

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Optional.or() als Fallback

Alt Optional<Config> cfg = primary(); if (!cfg.isPresent()) { cfg = secondary(); } if (!cfg.isPresent()) { cfg = defaults(); }

Modern Optional<Config> cfg = primary() .or(this::secondary) .or(this::defaults);

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Predicate.not() zur Negation

Alt List<String> nonEmpty = list.stream() .filter(s -> !s.isBlank()) .collect(Collectors.toList());

Modern List<String> nonEmpty = list.stream() .filter(Predicate.not(String::isBlank)) .toList();

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Stream-Gatherers

Alt // Sliding window: manual implementation List<List<T>> windows = new ArrayList<>(); for (int i = 0; i <= list.size()-3; i++) { windows.add( list.subList(i, i + 3)); }

Modern var windows = stream .gather( Gatherers.windowSliding(3) ) .toList();

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Stream.iterate() mit Prädikat

Alt Stream.iterate(1, n -> n * 2) .limit(10) .forEach(System.out::println); // can't stop at a condition

Modern Stream.iterate( 1, n -> n < 1000, n -> n * 2 ).forEach(IO::println); // stops when n >= 1000

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Stream.mapMulti()

Alt stream.flatMap(order -> order.items().stream() .map(item -> new OrderItem( order.id(), item) ) );

Modern stream.<OrderItem>mapMulti( (order, downstream) -> { for (var item : order.items()) downstream.accept( new OrderItem(order.id(), item)); } );

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Stream.ofNullable()

Alt Stream<String> s = val != null ? Stream.of(val) : Stream.empty();

Modern Stream<String> s = Stream.ofNullable(val);

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Stream takeWhile / dropWhile

Alt List<Integer> result = new ArrayList<>(); for (int n : sorted) { if (n >= 100) break; result.add(n); } // no stream equivalent in Java 8

Modern var result = sorted.stream() .takeWhile(n -> n < 100) .toList(); // or: .dropWhile(n -> n < 10)

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Stream.toList()

Alt List<String> result = stream .filter(s -> s.length() > 3) .collect(Collectors.toList());

Modern List<String> result = stream .filter(s -> s.length() > 3) .toList();

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Virtual-Thread-Executor

Alt ExecutorService exec = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10); try { futures = tasks.stream() .map(t -> exec.submit(t)) .toList(); } finally { exec.shutdown(); }

Modern try (var exec = Executors .newVirtualThreadPerTaskExecutor()) { var futures = tasks.stream() .map(exec::submit) .toList(); }

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Concurrency

CompletableFuture-Verkettung

Alt Future<String> future = executor.submit(this::fetchData); String data = future.get(); // blocks String result = transform(data);

Modern CompletableFuture.supplyAsync( this::fetchData ) .thenApply(this::transform) .thenAccept(IO::println);

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Parallele HTTP-Anfragen mit Virtual Threads

Alt ExecutorService pool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10); List<Future<String>> futures = urls.stream() .map(u -> pool.submit( () -> fetchUrl(u))) .toList(); // manual shutdown, blocking get()

Modern try (var exec = Executors .newVirtualThreadPerTaskExecutor()) { var results = urls.stream() .map(u -> exec.submit( () -> client.send(req(u), ofString()).body())) .toList().stream() .map(Future::join).toList(); }

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ExecutorService automatisch schließen

Alt ExecutorService exec = Executors.newCachedThreadPool(); try { exec.submit(task); } finally { exec.shutdown(); exec.awaitTermination( 1, TimeUnit.MINUTES); }

Modern try (var exec = Executors.newCachedThreadPool()) { exec.submit(task); } // auto shutdown + await on close

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Sperrenfreie Lazy-Initialisierung

Alt class Config { private static volatile Config inst; static Config get() { if (inst == null) { synchronized (Config.class) { if (inst == null) inst = load(); } } return inst; } }

Modern class Config { private static final StableValue<Config> INST = StableValue.of(Config::load); static Config get() { return INST.get(); } }

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Moderne Prozess-API

Alt Process p = Runtime.getRuntime() .exec("ls -la"); int code = p.waitFor(); // no way to get PID // no easy process info

Modern ProcessHandle ph = ProcessHandle.current(); long pid = ph.pid(); ph.info().command() .ifPresent(IO::println); ph.children().forEach( c -> IO.println(c.pid()));

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Scoped Values

Alt static final ThreadLocal<User> CURRENT = new ThreadLocal<>(); void handle(Request req) { CURRENT.set(authenticate(req)); try { process(); } finally { CURRENT.remove(); } }

Modern static final ScopedValue<User> CURRENT = ScopedValue.newInstance(); void handle(Request req) { ScopedValue.where(CURRENT, authenticate(req) ).run(this::process); }

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Stable Values

Alt private volatile Logger logger; Logger getLogger() { if (logger == null) { synchronized (this) { if (logger == null) logger = createLogger(); } } return logger; }

Modern private final StableValue<Logger> logger = StableValue.of(this::createLogger); Logger getLogger() { return logger.get(); }

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Strukturierte Nebenläufigkeit

Alt ExecutorService exec = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(2); Future<User> u = exec.submit(this::fetchUser); Future<Order> o = exec.submit(this::fetchOrder); try { return combine(u.get(), o.get()); } finally { exec.shutdown(); }

Modern try (var scope = new StructuredTaskScope .ShutdownOnFailure()) { var u = scope.fork(this::fetchUser); var o = scope.fork(this::fetchOrder); scope.join().throwIfFailed(); return combine(u.get(), o.get()); }

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Thread.sleep mit Duration

Alt // What unit is 5000? ms? us? Thread.sleep(5000); // 2.5 seconds: math required Thread.sleep(2500);

Modern Thread.sleep( Duration.ofSeconds(5) ); Thread.sleep( Duration.ofMillis(2500) );

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Virtual Threads

Alt Thread thread = new Thread(() -> { System.out.println("hello"); }); thread.start(); thread.join();

Modern Thread.startVirtualThread(() -> { IO.println("hello"); }).join();

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I/O

Deserialisierungsfilter

Alt // Dangerous: accepts any class ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(input); Object obj = ois.readObject(); // deserialization attacks possible!

Modern ObjectInputFilter filter = ObjectInputFilter.Config .createFilter( "com.myapp.*;!*" ); ois.setObjectInputFilter(filter); Object obj = ois.readObject();

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I/O

Datei-Memory-Mapping

Alt try (FileChannel channel = FileChannel.open(path, StandardOpenOption.READ, StandardOpenOption.WRITE)) { MappedByteBuffer buffer = channel.map( FileChannel.MapMode.READ_WRITE, 0, (int) channel.size()); // Limited to 2GB // Freed by GC, no control }

Modern FileChannel channel = FileChannel.open(path, StandardOpenOption.READ, StandardOpenOption.WRITE); try (Arena arena = Arena.ofShared()) { MemorySegment segment = channel.map( FileChannel.MapMode.READ_WRITE, 0, channel.size(), arena); // No size limit // ... } // Deterministic cleanup

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Files.mismatch()

Alt // Compare two files byte by byte byte[] f1 = Files.readAllBytes(path1); byte[] f2 = Files.readAllBytes(path2); boolean equal = Arrays.equals(f1, f2); // loads both files entirely into memory

Modern long pos = Files.mismatch(path1, path2); // -1 if identical // otherwise: position of first difference

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I/O

Moderner HTTP-Client

Alt URL url = new URL("https://api.com/data"); HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(); con.setRequestMethod("GET"); BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream())); // read lines, close streams...

Modern var client = HttpClient.newHttpClient(); var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder() .uri(URI.create("https://api.com/data")) .build(); var response = client.send( request, BodyHandlers.ofString()); String body = response.body();

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InputStream.transferTo()

Alt byte[] buf = new byte[8192]; int n; while ((n = input.read(buf)) != -1) { output.write(buf, 0, n); }

Modern input.transferTo(output);

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IO-Klasse für Konsolen-E/A

Alt import java.util.Scanner; Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.print("Name: "); String name = sc.nextLine(); System.out.println("Hello, " + name); sc.close();

Modern String name = IO.readln("Name: "); IO.println("Hello, " + name);

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Path.of()-Factory

Alt Path path = Paths.get("src", "main", "java", "App.java");

Modern var path = Path.of("src", "main", "java", "App.java");

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Dateien lesen

Alt StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader( new FileReader("data.txt"))) { String line; while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) sb.append(line).append("\n"); } String content = sb.toString();

Modern String content = Files.readString(Path.of("data.txt"));

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Verbessertes Try-with-Resources

Alt Connection conn = getConnection(); // Must re-declare in try try (Connection c = conn) { use(c); }

Modern Connection conn = getConnection(); // Use existing variable directly try (conn) { use(conn); }

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Dateien schreiben

Alt try (FileWriter fw = new FileWriter("out.txt"); BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(fw)) { bw.write(content); }

Modern Files.writeString( Path.of("out.txt"), content );

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Errors

Hilfreiche NullPointerExceptions

Alt // Old NPE message: // "NullPointerException" // at MyApp.main(MyApp.java:42) // Which variable was null?!

Modern // Modern NPE message: // Cannot invoke "String.length()" // because "user.address().city()" // is null // Exact variable identified!

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Errors

Multi-Catch-Ausnahmebehandlung

Alt try { process(); } catch (IOException e) { log(e); } catch (SQLException e) { log(e); } catch (ParseException e) { log(e); }

Modern try { process(); } catch (IOException | SQLException | ParseException e) { log(e); }

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Errors

null-Fall im switch

Alt // Must check before switch if (status == null) { return "unknown"; } return switch (status) { case ACTIVE -> "active"; case PAUSED -> "paused"; default -> "other"; };

Modern return switch (status) { case null -> "unknown"; case ACTIVE -> "active"; case PAUSED -> "paused"; default -> "other"; };

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Optional-Verkettung

Alt String city = null; if (user != null) { Address addr = user.getAddress(); if (addr != null) { city = addr.getCity(); } } if (city == null) city = "Unknown";

Modern String city = Optional.ofNullable(user) .map(User::address) .map(Address::city) .orElse("Unknown");

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Errors

Optional.orElseThrow() ohne Supplier

Alt // Risky: get() throws if empty, no clear intent String value = optional.get(); // Verbose: supplier just for NoSuchElementException String value = optional .orElseThrow(NoSuchElementException::new);

Modern // Clear intent: throws NoSuchElementException if empty String value = optional.orElseThrow();

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Errors

Record-basierte Fehlerantworten

Alt // Verbose error class public class ErrorResponse { private final int code; private final String message; // constructor, getters, equals, // hashCode, toString... }

Modern public record ApiError( int code, String message, Instant timestamp ) { public ApiError(int code, String msg) { this(code, msg, Instant.now()); } }

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Objects.requireNonNullElse()

Alt String name = input != null ? input : "default"; // easy to get the order wrong

Modern String name = Objects .requireNonNullElse( input, "default" );

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Date/Time

Datumsformatierung

Alt // Not thread-safe! SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); String formatted = sdf.format(date); // Must synchronize for concurrent use

Modern DateTimeFormatter fmt = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern( "uuuu-MM-dd"); String formatted = LocalDate.now().format(fmt); // Thread-safe, immutable

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Date/Time

Duration und Period

Alt // How many days between two dates? long diff = date2.getTime() - date1.getTime(); long days = diff / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24); // ignores DST, leap seconds

Modern long days = ChronoUnit.DAYS .between(date1, date2); Period period = Period.between( date1, date2); Duration elapsed = Duration.between( time1, time2);

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Date/Time

HexFormat

Alt // Pad to 2 digits, uppercase String hex = String.format( "%02X", byteValue); // Parse hex string int val = Integer.parseInt( "FF", 16);

Modern var hex = HexFormat.of() .withUpperCase(); String s = hex.toHexDigits( byteValue); byte[] bytes = hex.parseHex("48656C6C6F");

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Date/Time

Instant mit Nanosekunden-Präzision

Alt // Millisecond precision only long millis = System.currentTimeMillis(); // 1708012345678

Modern // Microsecond/nanosecond precision Instant now = Instant.now(); // 2025-02-15T20:12:25.678901234Z long nanos = now.getNano();

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Date/Time

Grundlagen der java.time-API

Alt // Mutable, confusing, zero-indexed months Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); cal.set(2025, 0, 15); // January = 0! Date date = cal.getTime(); // not thread-safe

Modern LocalDate date = LocalDate.of( 2025, Month.JANUARY, 15); LocalTime time = LocalTime.of(14, 30); Instant now = Instant.now(); // immutable, thread-safe

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Date/Time

Math.clamp()

Alt // Clamp value between min and max int clamped = Math.min(Math.max(value, 0), 100); // or: min and max order confusion

Modern int clamped = Math.clamp(value, 0, 100); // value constrained to [0, 100]

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Security

Schlüsselableitungsfunktionen

Alt SecretKeyFactory factory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance( "PBKDF2WithHmacSHA256"); KeySpec spec = new PBEKeySpec( password, salt, 10000, 256); SecretKey key = factory.generateSecret(spec);

Modern var kdf = KDF.getInstance("HKDF-SHA256"); SecretKey key = kdf.deriveKey( "AES", KDF.HKDFParameterSpec .ofExtract() .addIKM(inputKey) .addSalt(salt) .thenExpand(info, 32) .build() );

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PEM-Kodierung/Dekodierung

Alt String pem = "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n" + Base64.getMimeEncoder() .encodeToString( cert.getEncoded()) + "\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----";

Modern // Encode to PEM String pem = PEMEncoder.of() .encodeToString(cert); // Decode from PEM var cert = PEMDecoder.of() .decode(pemString);

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Security

RandomGenerator-Interface

Alt // Hard-coded to one algorithm Random rng = new Random(); int value = rng.nextInt(100); // Or thread-local, but still locked in int value = ThreadLocalRandom.current() .nextInt(100);

Modern // Algorithm-agnostic via factory var rng = RandomGenerator.of("L64X128MixRandom"); int value = rng.nextInt(100); // Or get a splittable generator var rng = RandomGeneratorFactory .of("L64X128MixRandom").create();

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Starke Zufallszahlengenerierung

Alt // Default algorithm — may not be // the strongest available SecureRandom random = new SecureRandom(); byte[] bytes = new byte[32]; random.nextBytes(bytes);

Modern // Platform's strongest algorithm SecureRandom random = SecureRandom.getInstanceStrong(); byte[] bytes = new byte[32]; random.nextBytes(bytes);

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TLS 1.3 als Standard

Alt SSLContext ctx = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1.2"); ctx.init(null, trustManagers, null); SSLSocketFactory factory = ctx.getSocketFactory(); // Must specify protocol version

Modern // TLS 1.3 is the default! var client = HttpClient.newBuilder() .sslContext(SSLContext.getDefault()) .build(); // Already using TLS 1.3

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Tooling

AOT-Klassen-Vorabladen

Alt // Every startup: // - Load 10,000+ classes // - Verify bytecode // - JIT compile hot paths // Startup: 2-5 seconds

Modern // Training run: $ java -XX:AOTCacheOutput=app.aot \ -cp app.jar com.App // Production: $ java -XX:AOTCache=app.aot \ -cp app.jar com.App

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Eingebauter HTTP-Server

Alt // Install and configure a web server // (Apache, Nginx, or embedded Jetty) // Or write boilerplate with com.sun.net.httpserver HttpServer server = HttpServer.create( new InetSocketAddress(8080), 0); server.createContext("/", exchange -> { ... }); server.start();

Modern // Terminal: serve current directory $ jwebserver // Or use the API (JDK 18+) var server = SimpleFileServer.createFileServer( new InetSocketAddress(8080), Path.of("."), OutputLevel.VERBOSE); server.start();

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Kompakte Objekt-Header

Alt // Default: 128-bit object header // = 16 bytes overhead per object // A boolean field object = 32 bytes! // Mark word (64) + Klass pointer (64)

Modern // -XX:+UseCompactObjectHeaders // 64-bit object header // = 8 bytes overhead per object // 50% less header memory // More objects fit in cache

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JFR für Profiling

Alt // Install VisualVM / YourKit / JProfiler // Attach to running process // Configure sampling // Export and analyze // External tool required

Modern // Start with profiling enabled $ java -XX:StartFlightRecording= filename=rec.jfr MyApp // Or attach to running app: $ jcmd <pid> JFR.start

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JShell für Prototyping

Alt // 1. Create Test.java // 2. javac Test.java // 3. java Test // Just to test one expression!

Modern $ jshell jshell> "hello".chars().count() $1 ==> 5 jshell> List.of(1,2,3).reversed() $2 ==> [3, 2, 1]

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JUnit 6 mit JSpecify-Nullsicherheit

Alt import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test; import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*; class UserServiceTest { // JUnit 5: no null contracts on the API // Can assertEquals() accept null? Check source... // Does fail(String) allow null message? Unknown. @Test void findUser_found() { // Is result nullable? API doesn't say User result = service.findById("u1"); assertNotNull(result); assertEquals("Alice", result.name()); } @Test void findUser_notFound() { // Hope this returns null, not throws... assertNull(service.findById("missing")); } }

Modern import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test; import org.jspecify.annotations.NullMarked; import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable; import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*; @NullMarked // all refs non-null unless @Nullable class UserServiceTest { // JUnit 6 API is @NullMarked: // assertNull(@Nullable Object actual) // assertEquals(@Nullable Object, @Nullable Object) // fail(@Nullable String message) @Test void findUser_found() { // IDE warns: findById returns @Nullable User @Nullable User result = service.findById("u1"); assertNotNull(result); // narrows type to non-null assertEquals("Alice", result.name()); // safe } @Test void findUser_notFound() { @Nullable User result = service.findById("missing"); assertNull(result); // IDE confirms null expectation } }

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Multi-Datei-Quellcode-Launcher

Alt $ javac *.java $ java Main // Must compile all files first // Need a build tool for dependencies

Modern $ java Main.java // Automatically finds and compiles // other source files referenced // by Main.java

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Einzeldatei-Ausführung

Alt $ javac HelloWorld.java $ java HelloWorld // Two steps every time

Modern $ java HelloWorld.java // Compiles and runs in one step // Also works with shebangs: #!/usr/bin/java --source 25

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Enterprise

EJB Timer vs. Jakarta Scheduler

Alt @Stateless public class ReportGenerator { @Resource TimerService timerService; @PostConstruct public void init() { timerService.createCalendarTimer( new ScheduleExpression() .hour("2").minute("0")); } @Timeout public void generateReport(Timer timer) { // runs every day at 02:00 buildDailyReport(); } }

Modern @ApplicationScoped public class ReportGenerator { @Resource ManagedScheduledExecutorService scheduler; @PostConstruct public void init() { scheduler.scheduleAtFixedRate( this::generateReport, 0, 24, TimeUnit.HOURS); } public void generateReport() { buildDailyReport(); } }

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EJB versus CDI

Alt @Stateless public class OrderEJB { @EJB private InventoryEJB inventory; public void placeOrder(Order order) { // container-managed transaction inventory.reserve(order.getItem()); } }

Modern @ApplicationScoped public class OrderService { @Inject private InventoryService inventory; @Transactional public void placeOrder(Order order) { inventory.reserve(order.getItem()); } }

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JDBC-ResultSet-Mapping vs. JPA-Criteria-API

Alt String sql = "SELECT * FROM users" + " WHERE status = ? AND age > ?"; try (Connection con = ds.getConnection(); PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(sql)) { ps.setString(1, status); ps.setInt(2, minAge); ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery(); List<User> users = new ArrayList<>(); while (rs.next()) { User u = new User(); u.setId(rs.getLong("id")); u.setName(rs.getString("name")); u.setAge(rs.getInt("age")); users.add(u); } }

Modern @PersistenceContext EntityManager em; public List<User> findActiveAboveAge( String status, int minAge) { var cb = em.getCriteriaBuilder(); var cq = cb.createQuery(User.class); var root = cq.from(User.class); cq.select(root).where( cb.equal(root.get("status"), status), cb.greaterThan(root.get("age"), minAge)); return em.createQuery(cq).getResultList(); }

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JDBC versus jOOQ

Alt String sql = "SELECT id, name, email FROM users " + "WHERE department = ? AND salary > ?"; try (Connection con = ds.getConnection(); PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(sql)) { ps.setString(1, department); ps.setBigDecimal(2, minSalary); ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery(); List<User> result = new ArrayList<>(); while (rs.next()) { result.add(new User( rs.getLong("id"), rs.getString("name"), rs.getString("email"))); } return result; }

Modern DSLContext dsl = DSL.using(ds, SQLDialect.POSTGRES); return dsl .select(USERS.ID, USERS.NAME, USERS.EMAIL) .from(USERS) .where(USERS.DEPARTMENT.eq(department) .and(USERS.SALARY.gt(minSalary))) .fetchInto(User.class);

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JDBC versus JPA

Alt String sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?"; try (Connection con = dataSource.getConnection(); PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(sql)) { ps.setLong(1, id); ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery(); if (rs.next()) { User u = new User(); u.setId(rs.getLong("id")); u.setName(rs.getString("name")); } }

Modern @PersistenceContext EntityManager em; public User findUser(Long id) { return em.find(User.class, id); } public List<User> findByName(String name) { return em.createQuery( "SELECT u FROM User u WHERE u.name = :name", User.class) .setParameter("name", name) .getResultList(); }

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JNDI-Lookup vs. CDI-Injektion

Alt public class OrderService { private DataSource ds; public void init() throws NamingException { InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(); ds = (DataSource) ctx.lookup( "java:comp/env/jdbc/OrderDB"); } public List<Order> findAll() throws SQLException { try (Connection con = ds.getConnection()) { // query orders } } }

Modern @ApplicationScoped public class OrderService { @Inject @Resource(name = "jdbc/OrderDB") DataSource ds; public List<Order> findAll() throws SQLException { try (Connection con = ds.getConnection()) { // query orders } } }

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JPA versus Jakarta Data

Alt @PersistenceContext EntityManager em; public User findById(Long id) { return em.find(User.class, id); } public List<User> findByName(String name) { return em.createQuery( "SELECT u FROM User u WHERE u.name = :name", User.class) .setParameter("name", name) .getResultList(); } public void save(User user) { em.persist(user); }

Modern @Repository public interface Users extends CrudRepository<User, Long> { List<User> findByName(String name); }

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JSF Managed Bean vs. CDI Named Bean

Alt @ManagedBean @SessionScoped public class UserBean implements Serializable { @ManagedProperty("#{userService}") private UserService userService; private String name; public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } public void setUserService(UserService svc) { this.userService = svc; } }

Modern @Named @SessionScoped public class UserBean implements Serializable { @Inject private UserService userService; private String name; public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } }

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Manuelle JPA-Transaktion vs. deklaratives @Transactional

Alt @PersistenceContext EntityManager em; public void transferFunds(Long from, Long to, BigDecimal amount) { EntityTransaction tx = em.getTransaction(); tx.begin(); try { Account src = em.find(Account.class, from); Account dst = em.find(Account.class, to); src.debit(amount); dst.credit(amount); tx.commit(); } catch (Exception e) { tx.rollback(); throw e; } }

Modern @ApplicationScoped public class AccountService { @PersistenceContext EntityManager em; @Transactional public void transferFunds(Long from, Long to, BigDecimal amount) { var src = em.find(Account.class, from); var dst = em.find(Account.class, to); src.debit(amount); dst.credit(amount); } }

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Message-Driven Bean vs. Reactive Messaging

Alt @MessageDriven(activationConfig = { @ActivationConfigProperty( propertyName = "destinationType", propertyValue = "jakarta.jms.Queue"), @ActivationConfigProperty( propertyName = "destination", propertyValue = "java:/jms/OrderQueue") }) public class OrderMDB implements MessageListener { @Override public void onMessage(Message message) { TextMessage txt = (TextMessage) message; processOrder(txt.getText()); } }

Modern @ApplicationScoped public class OrderProcessor { @Incoming("orders") public void process(Order order) { // automatically deserialized from // the "orders" channel fulfillOrder(order); } }

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Servlet versus JAX-RS

Alt @WebServlet("/users") public class UserServlet extends HttpServlet { @Override protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws ServletException, IOException { String id = req.getParameter("id"); res.setContentType("application/json"); res.getWriter().write("{\"id\":\"" + id + "\"}"); } }

Modern @Path("/users") public class UserResource { @GET @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON) public Response getUser( @QueryParam("id") String id) { return Response.ok(new User(id)).build(); } }

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Singleton EJB vs. CDI @ApplicationScoped

Alt @Singleton @Startup @ConcurrencyManagement( ConcurrencyManagementType.CONTAINER) public class ConfigCache { private Map<String, String> cache; @PostConstruct public void load() { cache = loadFromDatabase(); } @Lock(LockType.READ) public String get(String key) { return cache.get(key); } @Lock(LockType.WRITE) public void refresh() { cache = loadFromDatabase(); } }

Modern @ApplicationScoped public class ConfigCache { private volatile Map<String, String> cache; @PostConstruct public void load() { cache = loadFromDatabase(); } public String get(String key) { return cache.get(key); } public void refresh() { cache = loadFromDatabase(); } }

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SOAP-Webservices vs. Jakarta REST

Alt @WebService public class UserWebService { @WebMethod public UserResponse getUser( @WebParam(name = "id") String id) { User user = findUser(id); UserResponse res = new UserResponse(); res.setId(user.getId()); res.setName(user.getName()); return res; } }

Modern @Path("/users") @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON) public class UserResource { @Inject UserService userService; @GET @Path("/{id}") public User getUser(@PathParam("id") String id) { return userService.findById(id); } }

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API-Versionierung in Spring Framework 7

Alt // Version 1 controller @RestController @RequestMapping("/api/v1/products") public class ProductControllerV1 { @GetMapping("/{id}") public ProductDtoV1 getProduct( @PathVariable Long id) { return service.getV1(id); } } // Version 2 — duplicated structure @RestController @RequestMapping("/api/v2/products") public class ProductControllerV2 { @GetMapping("/{id}") public ProductDtoV2 getProduct( @PathVariable Long id) { return service.getV2(id); } }

Modern // Configure versioning once @Configuration public class WebConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer { @Override public void configureApiVersioning( ApiVersionConfigurer config) { config.useRequestHeader("X-API-Version"); } } // Single controller, version per method @RestController @RequestMapping("/api/products") public class ProductController { @GetMapping(value = "/{id}", version = "1") public ProductDtoV1 getV1(@PathVariable Long id) { return service.getV1(id); } @GetMapping(value = "/{id}", version = "2") public ProductDtoV2 getV2(@PathVariable Long id) { return service.getV2(id); } }

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Spring Null-Sicherheit mit JSpecify

Alt import org.springframework.lang.NonNull; import org.springframework.lang.Nullable; public class UserService { @Nullable public User findById(@NonNull String id) { return repository.findById(id).orElse(null); } @NonNull public List<User> findAll() { return repository.findAll(); } @NonNull public User save(@NonNull User user) { return repository.save(user); } }

Modern import org.jspecify.annotations.NullMarked; import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable; @NullMarked public class UserService { public @Nullable User findById(String id) { return repository.findById(id).orElse(null); } public List<User> findAll() { return repository.findAll(); } public User save(User user) { return repository.save(user); } }

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Spring XML-Bean-Konfiguration vs. annotationsbasiert

Alt <!-- applicationContext.xml --> <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd"> <bean id="userRepository" class="com.example.UserRepository"> <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/> </bean> <bean id="userService" class="com.example.UserService"> <property name="repository" ref="userRepository"/> </bean> </beans>

Modern @SpringBootApplication public class Application { public static void main(String[] args) { SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args); } } @Repository public class UserRepository { private final JdbcTemplate jdbc; public UserRepository(JdbcTemplate jdbc) { this.jdbc = jdbc; } } @Service public class UserService { private final UserRepository repository; public UserService(UserRepository repository) { this.repository = repository; } }

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