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mkyong

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20+ years hands-on, writing about Java, Spring, and AI. Every code example here is tested.

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A simple jQuery Ajax example to show you how to submit a multipart form, using Javascript FormData and $.ajax() 1. HTML A HTML form for multiple file uploads and an extra field. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <h1>jQuery Ajax submit Multipart form</h1> <form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="fileUploadForm"> <input type="text" name="extraField"/><br/><br/> <input type="file" name="files"/><br/><br/> <input type="file" name="files"/><br/><br/> <input […]

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Some cURL POST request examples for self reference. 1. Normal POST 1.1 To POST without data. $ curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/login/ 1.2 To POST with data. $ curl -d "username=mkyong&password=abc" http://localhost:8080/api/login/ 1.3 Spring REST to accept normal POST data. @PostMapping("/api/login") public ResponseEntity<?> login(@RequestParam("username") String username, @RequestParam("password") String password) { //… } @PostMapping("/api/login") public ResponseEntity<?> login(@ModelAttribute […]

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This article shows you how to use cURL command to POST JSON data to a Spring REST API. 1. Spring REST A Simple Spring REST API to validate a login. LoginController.java package com.mkyong.controller; import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders; import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus; import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity; import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller; import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*; @Controller public class LoginController { private final Logger […]

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This article shows you how to upload files in Spring Boot web application (REST structure), using Ajax requests. Tools used in this article : Spring Boot 1.4.3.RELEASE Spring 4.3.5.RELEASE Thymeleaf jQuery (webjars) Maven Embedded Tomcat 8.5.6 Google Chrome Browser (Network Inspect) 1. Project Structure A standard Maven project structure. 2. Project Dependency Declares an extra […]

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Since Spring 4.3.5 and 5.0 M4, it supports RedirectAttributes argument in the @ExceptionHandler method. @ExceptionHandler(MyCustomException.class) public String handleError1(MyCustomException e, RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes) { redirectAttributes.addFlashAttribute("message", "abcdefg"); return "redirect:/viewName"; } @ExceptionHandler(MultipartException.class) public String handleError2(MultipartException e, RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes) { redirectAttributes.addFlashAttribute("message", e.getCause().getMessage()); return "redirect:/viewName"; } P.S Read this SPR-14651 Noted If you are using Spring < 4.3.5, do not add […]

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In Spring Boot, you can’t configure the embedded Tomcat maxSwallowSize via the common application properties, there is no option like server.tomcat.*.maxSwallowSize Solution To fix it, you need to declare a TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory bean and configure the maxSwallowSize like this : //… import org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Protocol; import org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatConnectorCustomizer; import org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory; private int maxUploadSizeInMb = 10 * 1024 * 1024; […]

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For example, I want to know this SpringBootApplication class belongs to which JAR or dependency : import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication; import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication; @SpringBootApplication public class SpringBootWebApplication { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { SpringApplication.run(SpringBootWebApplication.class, args); } } Solution In Eclipse IDE, double clicks on the class name, press CTRL + SHIFT + T (win/*nix) or […]

Read more Eclipse – How to know this class belongs to which JAR

For example, how to find out this FileUploadBase class belongs to which JAR or dependency? //… import org.apache.tomcat.util.http.fileupload.FileUploadBase; @ExceptionHandler(FileUploadBase.FileSizeLimitExceededException.class) public String handleError3(Exception e, RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes) { redirectAttributes.addFlashAttribute("message", e.getCause().getMessage()); return "redirect:/uploadStatus"; } Solution In IntelliJ IDEA, double clicks on the class name and press CTRL + n (win/*nix) or CMD + n (mac) to prompt out […]

Read more IntelliJ IDEA – How to know this class belongs to which JAR

This article shows you how to upload a file in Spring Boot web application. Tools used : Spring Boot 1.4.3.RELEASE Spring 4.3.5.RELEASE Thymeleaf Maven Embedded Tomcat 8.5.6 1. Project Structure A standard project structure. 2. Project Dependency Spring boot dependencies, no need extra library for file upload. pom.xml <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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.mkyong</groupId> […]

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This article shows you how to run or debug a web application on Tomcat server, using IntelliJ IDEA. Note Unlike Eclipse IDE, there is always a ‘server view’ to configure the add server, IntelliJ do things differently, you need to add an “artifact (war file)” first, then only the “server view” will be displayed at […]

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In Spring, you can declare a @ControllerAdvice to catch the ugly max upload size exceeded exception like this : Solution Depends the types of multipartResolver : StandardServletMultipartResolver – catch MultipartException, refer to this example. CommonsMultipartResolver – catch MaxUploadSizeExceededException – refer to this example. GlobalExceptionHandler.java package com.mkyong.exception; import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ControllerAdvice; import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ExceptionHandler; import org.springframework.web.multipart.MaxUploadSizeExceededException; import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartException; import […]

Read more Spring MVC – How to handle max upload size exceeded exception

This article will shows you how to use CommonsMultipartResolver to handle file upload in Spring MVC web application. Tools used : Spring 4.3.5.RELEASE commons-fileupload 1.3.2 Maven 3 Tomcat 7 or 8 and Jetty 8, 9 Note For StandardServletMultipartResolver – file upload using Servlet 3.0 multipart request parsing, please refer to this Spring MVC file upload […]

Read more Spring MVC file upload example – Commons FileUpload

A Spring servlet initializer to configure the file upload limit, 5mb per file and 10mb per request. MyWebInitializer.java public class MyWebInitializer extends AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer { private int maxUploadSizeInMb = 5 * 1024 * 1024; // 5 MB //… @Override protected void customizeRegistration(ServletRegistration.Dynamic registration) { // upload temp file will put here File uploadDirectory = new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")); […]

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In this article, we will show you how to create a Spring Boot traditional WAR file and deploy to a Tomcat servlet container. In Spring Boot, to create a WAR for deployment, we need 3 steps: Extends SpringBootServletInitializer Marked the embedded servlet container as provided. Update packaging to war Tested with Spring Boot 2.1.2.RELEASE Tomcat […]

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Spring Boot @ConfigurationProperties lets developers map or bind the entire external configuration values in .properties or .yml files to Java objects. Table of contents: 1. Access a single value using @Value 2. @ConfigurationProperties 3. Add JSR303 Validation 3.1 Add JSR 303 dependencies 3.2 @ConfigurationProperties and @Validated 4. Testing @ConfigurationProperties 5. Download Source Code 6. References […]

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By default, there is no wget on Mac OS X. $ wget http://www-us.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.5.9/bin/apache-tomcat-8.5.9.tar.gz -bash: wget: command not found On Mac OS X, the equivalent of Linux’s wget is curl -O $ curl -O http://www-us.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.5.9/bin/apache-tomcat-8.5.9.tar.gz % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 49 9112k 49 […]

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In Eclipse, just include the Spring Boot Dev Tools dependency, then the hot swapping and static file reload will be enabled magically. For Intellij IDE, we need extra steps to enable it. 1. Spring Boot Dev Tools With Spring Boot Dev Tools enabled : Any changes to views or resources can be seen in the […]

Read more Intellij IDEA – Spring boot reload static file is not working

If Spring Boot project contains multiple main classes, Spring Boot will fail to start or packag for deployment. Terminal $ mvn package #or $ mvn spring-boot:run Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.4.2.RELEASE:run (default-cli) Execution default-cli of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.4.2.RELEASE:run failed: Unable to find a single main class from the following candidates [com.mkyong.Test, com.mkyong.SpringBootWebApplication] -> [Help 1] Maven […]

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By default, Spring Boot use Tomcat as the default embedded server, to change it to Jetty, just exclude Tomcat and include Jetty like this : 1. spring-boot-starter-web pom.xml <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId> <exclusions> <exclusion> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jetty</artifactId> </dependency> 2. spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf pom.xml <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId> <exclusions> <exclusion> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency> […]

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Default, Spring Boot web application starts embedded web server (Tomcat, Jetty, etc.) in port 8080. And we can configure or change the port using the server.port property. Table of contents 1. application.properties 2. application.yml 3. Command Line 4. Environment Variable 5. WebServerFactoryCustomizer 6. Download Source Code 7. References P.S Tested with Spring Boot 1, 2, […]

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In Spring Boot, to change the context path, update server.contextPath properties. The following examples update the context path from / to /mkyong or http://localhost:8080/mkyong Note By default, the context path is “/”. P.S Tested with Spring Boot 1.4.2.RELEASE 1. Properties & Yaml 1.1 Update via a properties file. /src/main/resources/application.properties server.port=8080 server.contextPath=/mkyong 1.2 Update via a […]

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In this article, we will show you how to develop a Spring Boot web application, using Thymeleaf view, embedded Tomcat and package it as an executable JAR file. Technologies used : Spring Boot 2.1.2.RELEASE Spring 5.1.4.RELEASE Thymeleaf 3.0.11.RELEASE Tomcat embed 9.0.14 JUnit 4.12 Maven 3 Java 8 1. Project Directory 2. Maven Put spring-boot-starter-web and […]

Read more Spring Boot Hello World Example – Thymeleaf

A Spring Boot web application example, using embedded Tomcat + JSP template, and package as an executable WAR file. Technologies used : Spring Boot 1.4.2.RELEASE Spring 4.3.4.RELEASE Tomcat Embed 8.5.6 Maven 3 Java 8 1. Project Directory Create the following folders manually : 2. Project Dependencies Maven example. Read comments for self-explanatory. pom.xml <?xml version="1.0" […]

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Spring boot web application with embeded Tomcat and JSP. Run and access the JSP page, but hits the following errors $ mvn spring-boot:run … java.lang.IllegalStateException: No Java compiler available at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.createCompiler(JspCompilationContext.java:235) ~[tomcat-embed-jasper-8.5.6.jar:8.5.6] at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:592) ~[tomcat-embed-jasper-8.5.6.jar:8.5.6] at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:368) ~[tomcat-embed-jasper-8.5.6.jar:8.5.6] at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:385) ~[tomcat-embed-jasper-8.5.6.jar:8.5.6] at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:329) ~[tomcat-embed-jasper-8.5.6.jar:8.5.6] at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.6.jar:8.5.6] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:230) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.6.jar:8.5.6] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:165) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.6.jar:8.5.6] at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) […]

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Java examples to check if an Array (String or Primitive type) contains a certain values, updated with Java 8 stream APIs. 1. String Arrays 1.1 Check if a String Array contains a certain value “A”. StringArrayExample1.java package com.mkyong.core; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class StringArrayExample1 { public static void main(String[] args) { String[] alphabet = […]

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In the ConfigServer Security & Firewall (CSF) configuration file, update the CT_LIMIT value to limit the number of connections per IP address. This is a simple trick to prevent some types of Denial of Service (DOS) attack. Note To stop the Denial of Service (DoS) attack immediately, read this null route example. 1. /etc/csf/csf.conf SSH […]

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A collection of Java date and time examples. 1. Java Date Time APIs In old days, we use the following classic Date and Calendar APIs to represent and manipulate date. java.util.Date – date and time, print with default time-zone. java.util.Calendar – date and time, more methods to manipulate date. java.text.SimpleDateFormat – formatting (date -> text), […]

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In Java 8, you can use the predefined java.time.temporal.TemporalAdjusters to adjust a date or Temporal 1. TemporalAdjusters Example to move a date to firstDayOfMonth, firstDayOfNextMonth, next Monday and etc. TestDate.java package com.mkyong.time; import java.time.DayOfWeek; import java.time.LocalDate; import java.time.temporal.TemporalAdjusters; public class TestDate { public static void main(String[] args) { LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now(); System.out.println("current date : […]

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This article shows you how to add days to the current date, using the classic java.util.Calendar and the new Java 8 date and time APIs. 1. Calendar.add Example to add 1 year, 1 month, 1 day, 1 hour, 1 minute and 1 second to the current date. DateExample.java package com.mkyong.time; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import […]

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Few examples to show you how to use Java 8 Duration, Period and ChronoUnit objects to find out the difference between dates. Duration – Measures time in seconds and nanoseconds. Period – Measures time in years, months and days. 1. Duration Example A java.time.Duration example to find out difference seconds between two LocalDateTime DurationExample.java package […]

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Few examples to show you how to format java.time.LocalDateTime in Java 8. 1. LocalDateTime + DateTimeFormatter To format a LocalDateTime object, uses DateTimeFormatter TestDate1.java package com.mkyong.time; import java.time.LocalDateTime; import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter; public class TestDate1 { public static void main(String[] args) { //Get current date time LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now(); System.out.println("Before : " + now); DateTimeFormatter formatter […]

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In Java, you can use the Jackson library to convert a Java object into a Map easily. 1. Get Jackson pom.xml <dependency> <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId> <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId> <version>2.6.3</version> </dependency> 2. Convert Object to Map 2.1 A Jackson 2 example to convert a Student object into a java.util.Map Student.java package com.mkyong.examples; import java.util.List; public class Student { private String […]

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Few build.gradle examples to show you how to create multiple start scripts or executable Java application. 1. Single Start Script 1.1 In Gradle, you can use the application plugin to create an executable Java application : build.gradle apply plugin: ‘application’ mainClassName = "com.mkyong.analyzer.run.threads.MainRunApp" applicationName = ‘mainApp’ applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ["-Xms512m", "-Xmx1024m"] 1.2 Create the executable Java […]

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In Java, there is no ready make API to compare two java.util.Set 1. Solution Here’s my implementation, combine check size + containsAll : SetUtils.java package com.mkyong.core.utils; import java.util.Set; public class SetUtils { public static boolean equals(Set<?> set1, Set<?> set2){ if(set1 == null || set2 ==null){ return false; } if(set1.size()!=set2.size()){ return false; } return set1.containsAll(set2); } […]

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While saving an object containing the new Java 8 java.time.LocalDateTime, the following error is thrown : org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException: No converter found capable of converting from type [java.time.LocalDateTime] to type [java.util.Date] Tested Spring 4.3.2.RELEASE Spring Data MongoDB 1.9.2.RELEASE Is Spring-data supporting the new Java 8 Date APIs (JSR-310)? 1. Spring Data + JSR-310 Yes, Spring-data supports the […]

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