Java Regular Expression Examples

Java 8 stream and regular expression examples. Note Learn the basic regular expression at Wikipedia 1. String.matches(regex) 1.1 This example, check if the string is a number. JavaRegEx1.java package com.mkyong.regex; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class JavaRegEx1 { public static void main(String[] args) { List<String> numbers = Arrays.asList("1", "20", "A1", "333", "A2A211"); for (String number …

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Java 8 Stream – Convert List<List<String>> to List<String>

As title, we can use flatMap to convert it. Java9Example1.java package com.mkyong.test; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; import java.util.Scanner; import java.util.stream.Collectors; public class Java9Example1 { public static void main(String[] args) { List<String> numbers = Arrays.asList("1", "2", "A", "B", "C1D2E3"); List<List<String>> collect = numbers.stream() .map(x -> new Scanner(x).findAll("\\D+") .map(m -> m.group()) .collect(Collectors.toList()) ) .collect(Collectors.toList()); collect.forEach(x -> System.out.println(x)); …

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How to loop an enum in Java

Call the .values() method of the enum class to return an array, and loop it with the for loop: for (EnumClass obj : EnumClass.values()) { System.out.println(obj); } For Java 8, convert an enum into a stream and loop it: Stream.of(EnumClass.values()).forEach(System.out::println); 1. For Loop Enum 1.1 An enum to contain a list of the popular JVM …

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Java 8 Parallel Streams Examples

Few Java 8 examples to execute streams in parallel. 1. BaseStream.parallel() A simple parallel example to print 1 to 10. ParallelExample1.java package com.mkyong.java8; import java.util.stream.IntStream; public class ParallelExample1 { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Normal…"); IntStream range = IntStream.rangeClosed(1, 10); range.forEach(System.out::println); System.out.println("Parallel…"); IntStream range2 = IntStream.rangeClosed(1, 10); range2.parallel().forEach(System.out::println); } } Output Normal… 1 2 …

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Java 8 – Convert ZonedDateTime to Timestamp

Java example to convert java.time.ZonedDateTime to java.sql.Timestamp and vice verse. 1. ZonedDateTime -> Timestamp TimeExample1.java package com.mkyong.jdbc; import java.sql.Timestamp; import java.time.ZonedDateTime; public class TimeExample1 { public static void main(String[] args) { ZonedDateTime now = ZonedDateTime.now(); // 1. ZonedDateTime to TimeStamp Timestamp timestamp = Timestamp.valueOf(now.toLocalDateTime()); // 2. ZonedDateTime to TimeStamp , no different Timestamp timestamp2 = …

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Java 8 Stream – The peek() is not working with count()?

Many examples are using the .count() as the terminal operation for .peek(), for example: Java 8 List<String> l = Arrays.asList("A", "B", "C", "D"); long count = l.stream().peek(System.out::println).count(); System.out.println(count); // 4 Output – It’s working fine. A B C D 4 However, for Java 9 and above, the peek() may print nothing: Java 9 and above …

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Java 8 – Convert LocalDateTime to Timestamp

In Java, we can use Timestamp.valueOf(LocalDateTime) to convert a LocalDateTime into a Timestamp. 1. LocalDateTime Timestamp Java example to convert java.time.LocalDateTime to java.sql.Timestamp and vice verse. TimeExample.java package com.mkyong; import java.sql.Timestamp; import java.time.LocalDateTime; public class TimeExample { public static void main(String[] args) { // LocalDateTime to Timestamp LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now(); Timestamp timestamp = Timestamp.valueOf(now); …

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Java – How to change date format in a String

If Java 8, DateTimeFormatter, else SimpleDateFormat to change the date format in a String. 1. DateTimeFormatter (Java 8) Convert the String to LocalDateTime and change the date format with DateTimeFormatter DateFormatExample1.java package com.mkyong; import java.time.LocalDateTime; import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter; public class DateFormatExample1 { // date format 1 private static final DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S"); // date …

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Java 8 – Should we close the Stream after use?

Only Streams whose source are an IO channel like Files.lines(Path, Charset) need to be closed. Read this Stream JavaDocs Streams have a BaseStream.close() method and implement AutoCloseable, but nearly all stream instances do not actually need to be closed after use. Generally, only streams whose source is an IO channel (such as those returned by …

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Java – Convert File to String

In Java, we have many ways to convert a File to a String. A text file for testing later. c:\\projects\\app.log A B C D E 1. Java 11 – Files.readString A new method Files.readString is added in java.nio.file.Files, it makes reading a string from File much easier. FileToString1.java package com.mkyong; import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.Files; import …

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Java – Convert Array to ArrayList

In Java, we can use new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(array)) to convert an Array into an ArrayList ArrayExample1.java package com.mkyong; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class ArrayExample1 { public static void main(String[] args) { String[] str = {"A", "B", "C"}; List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(str)); list.add("D"); list.forEach(x -> System.out.println(x)); } } Output A B C D …

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Java – How to check if a String is numeric

Few Java examples to show you how to check if a String is numeric. 1. Character.isDigit() Convert a String into a char array and check it with Character.isDigit() NumericExample.java package com.mkyong; public class NumericExample { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(isNumeric("")); // false System.out.println(isNumeric(" ")); // false System.out.println(isNumeric(null)); // false System.out.println(isNumeric("1,200")); // false System.out.println(isNumeric("1")); …

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Java – Convert ArrayList<String> to String[]

In the old days, we can use list.toArray(new String[0]) to convert a ArrayList<String> into a String[] StringArrayExample.java package com.mkyong; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; public class StringArrayExample { public static void main(String[] args) { List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(); list.add("A"); list.add("B"); list.add("C"); // default, returns Object[], not what we want, // Object[] objects = list.toArray(); // …

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java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError

Start a Java class and hits this java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError, what is class file version 52 56? Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: TestHello has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 56.0), this version of the Java …

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How to read a file in Java

This article focus on a few of the commonly used methods to read a file in Java. Files.lines, return a Stream (Java 8) Files.readString, returns a String (Java 11), max file size 2G. Files.readAllBytes, returns a byte[] (Java 7), max file size 2G. Files.readAllLines, returns a List<String> (Java 8) BufferedReader, a classic old friend (Java …

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Java create and write to a file

In Java, we can use Files.write to create and write to a file. String content = "…"; Path path = Paths.get("/home/mkyong/test.txt"); // string -> bytes Files.write(path, content.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)); The Files.write also accepts an Iterable interface; it means this API can write a List to a file. List<String> list = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c"); Files.write(path, list); Short History …

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Java 8 – Convert a Stream to Array

In Java 8, we can use .toArray() to convert a Stream into an Array. 1. Stream -> String[] StreamString.java package com.mkyong; import java.util.Arrays; public class StreamString { public static void main(String[] args) { String lines = "I Love Java 8 Stream!"; // split by space, uppercase, and convert to Array String[] result = Arrays.stream(lines.split("\\s+")) .map(String::toUpperCase) …

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Java 8 – How to convert IntStream to Integer[]

The key is boxed() the IntStream into a Stream<Integer>, then only convert to an Array. StreamExample.java package com.mkyong; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.stream.IntStream; import java.util.stream.Stream; public class StreamExample { public static void main(String[] args) { //int[] -> IntStream -> Stream<Integer> -> Integer[] int[] num = {3, 4, 5}; //1. int[] -> IntStream IntStream stream = Arrays.stream(num); …

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Java 8 – How to sort list with stream.sorted()

Few examples to show you how to sort a List with stream.sorted() 1. List 1.1 Sort a List with Comparator.naturalOrder() package com.mkyong.sorted; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; import java.util.stream.Collectors; public class StreamApplication { public static void main(String[] args) { List<String> list = Arrays.asList("9", "A", "Z", "1", "B", "Y", "4", "a", "c"); /* List<String> sortedList = list.stream() …

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Java Fibonacci examples

Fibonacci number – Every number after the first two is the sum of the two preceding. Few Java examples to find the Fibonacci numbers. 1. Java 8 stream 1.1 In Java 8, we can use Stream.iterate to generate Fibonacci numbers like this : Stream.iterate(new int[]{0, 1}, t -> new int[]{t[1], t[0] + t[1]}) .limit(10) .forEach(x …

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Java 8 Stream.iterate examples

In Java 8, we can use Stream.iterate to create stream values on demand, so called infinite stream. 1. Stream.iterate 1.1 Stream of 0 – 9 //Stream.iterate(initial value, next value) Stream.iterate(0, n -> n + 1) .limit(10) .forEach(x -> System.out.println(x)); Output 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1.2 Stream of odd numbers …

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Java – How to sum all the stream integers

The sum() method is available in the primitive int-value stream like IntStream, not Stream<Integer>. We can use mapToInt() to convert a stream integers into a IntStream. int sum = integers.stream().mapToInt(Integer::intValue).sum(); int sum = integers.stream().mapToInt(x -> x).sum(); Full example. Java8Stream.java package com.mkyong.concurrency; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; import java.util.stream.Stream; public class Java8Stream { public static void main(String[] …

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Java – How to join List String with commas

In Java, we can use String.join(“,”, list) to join a List String with commas. 1. Java 8 1.1 String.join JavaStringExample1.java package com.mkyong; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class JavaStringExample1 { public static void main(String[] args) { List<String> list = Arrays.asList("a","b","c"); String result = String.join(",", list); System.out.println(result); } } Output a,b,c 1.2 Stream Collectors.joining JavaStringExample2.java package …

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How to tell Maven to use Java 8

In pom.xml, defined this maven.compiler.source properties to tell Maven to use Java 8 to compile the project. 1. Maven Properties Java 8 pom.xml <properties> <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target> <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source> </properties> Java 7 pom.xml <properties> <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target> <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source> </properties> 2. Compiler Plugin Alternative, configure the plugin directly. pom.xml <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.6.1</version> <configuration> <source>1.8</source> <target>1.8</target> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> …

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Java – Convert comma-separated String to a List

Java examples to show you how to convert a comma-separated String into a List and vice versa. 1. Comma-separated String to List TestApp1.java package com.mkyong.utils; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class TestApp1 { public static void main(String[] args) { String alpha = "A, B, C, D"; //Remove whitespace and split by comma List<String> result = …

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Java 8 Tutorials

A series of Java 8 tips and examples, hope you like it. FAQs Some common asked questions. Java 8 forEach examples Java 8 Convert List to Map Java 8 Lambda : Comparator example Java 8 method references, double colon (::) operator Java 8 Streams filter examples Java 8 Streams map() examples 1. Functional Interface Java …

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Java 8 – ZonedDateTime examples

Few Java 8 java.time.ZonedDateTime examples to show you how to convert a time zone between different countries. Table of contents 1. Convert LocalDateTime to ZonedDateTime 2. Malaysia (UTC+08:00) -> Japan (UTC+09:00) 3. France, Paris (UTC+02:00, DST) -> (UTC-05:00) 4. References 1. Convert LocalDateTime to ZonedDateTime The LocalDateTime has no time zone; to convert the LocalDateTime …

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Java – Display all ZoneId and its UTC offset

A Java 8 example to display all the ZoneId and its OffSet hours and minutes. P.S Tested with Java 8 and 12 1. Display ZoneId and Offset DisplayZoneAndOffSet.java package com.mkyong; import java.time.LocalDateTime; import java.time.ZoneId; import java.time.ZoneOffset; import java.time.ZonedDateTime; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.LinkedHashMap; import java.util.Map; public class DisplayZoneAndOffSet { public static final boolean SORT_BY_REGION = false; …

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Java 8 – Convert a Stream to List

A Java 8 example to show you how to convert a Stream to a List via Collectors.toList Java8Example1.java package com.mkyong.java8; import java.util.List; import java.util.stream.Collectors; import java.util.stream.Stream; public class Java8Example1 { public static void main(String[] args) { Stream<String> language = Stream.of("java", "python", "node"); //Convert a Stream to List List<String> result = language.collect(Collectors.toList()); result.forEach(System.out::println); } } output …

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Java 8 flatMap example

This article explains the Java 8 Stream.flatMap and how to use it. Topic What is flatMap? Why flat a Stream? flatMap example – Find a set of books. flatMap example – Order and LineItems. flatMap example – Splits the line by spaces. flatMap and Primitive type 1. What is flatMap()? 1.1 Review the below structure. …

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Java 8 – Convert List to Map

Few Java 8 examples to show you how to convert a List of objects into a Map, and how to handle the duplicated keys. Hosting.java package com.mkyong.java8 public class Hosting { private int Id; private String name; private long websites; public Hosting(int id, String name, long websites) { Id = id; this.name = name; this.websites …

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How to get the environment variables in Java

In Java, the System.getenv() returns an unmodifiable string Map view of the current system environment. Map<String, String> env = System.getenv(); // get PATH environment variable String path = System.getenv("PATH"); Table of contents. 1. Get a specified environment variable 2. UnsupportedOperationException 3. Display all environment variables 4. Sort the environment variables 5. Download Source Code 6. …

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How to copy directory in Java

In Java, we can use the Java 1.7 FileVisitor or Apache Commons IO FileUtils.copyDirectory to copy a directory, which includes its sub-directories and files. This article shows a few of the common ways to copy a directory in Java. FileVisitor (Java 7+) FileUtils.copyDirectory (Apache commons-io) Custom Copy using Java 7 NIO and Java 8 Stream. …

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How to delete directory in Java

If we use the NIO Files.delete to delete a non-empty directory in Java, it throws DirectoryNotEmptyException; for legacy IO File.delete to delete a non-empty directory, it returns a false. The standard solution is to loop the directory recursively, and delete all its children’s contents first (sub-files or sub-directories), and delete the parent later. This example …

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How to create a file in Java

In Java, there are many ways to create and write to a file. Files.newBufferedWriter (Java 8) Files.write (Java 7) PrintWriter File.createNewFile Note I prefer the Java 7 nio Files.write to create and write to a file, because it has much cleaner code and auto close the opened resources. Files.write( Paths.get(fileName), data.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)); 1. Java 8 Files.newBufferedWriter …

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How to Get Current Timestamps in Java

This article shows how to get the current date time or timestamps in Java. import java.sql.Timestamp; import java.time.Instant; import java.util.Date; // 2025-03-07 21:34:46.504 // Get current java.sql.Timestamp Timestamp timestamp = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis()); // 2025-03-07 21:34:46.504 // Get current java.sql.Timestamp from a Date Date date = new Date(); Timestamp timestamp2 = new Timestamp(date.getTime()); // convert Instant …

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Java – How to get current date time

In this tutorial, we will show you how to get the current date time from the new Java 8 java.time.* like Localdate, LocalTime, LocalDateTime, ZonedDateTime, Instant and also the legacy date time APIs like Date and Calendar. Table of contents 1. Get current date time in Java 2. java.time.LocalDate 3. java.time.LocalTime 4. java.time.LocalDateTime 5. java.time.ZonedDateTime …

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