Tuning any database for maximum performance is crucial to most any application. We have a look at some of the bets practices for tuning one important aspect of MySQL: memory usage.
Dropwizard has taken the Java world by storm with it's ease of use and great functionality. The metrics library is particularly powerful for anyone wanting to measure statistics in their Java applications.
In this post, you will learn about autowiring—its limitations, advantages, and disadvantages in detail. You also get to know about different modes of autowiring used in Java web development.
Persistence is a part of almost every Java enterprise application. Unfortunately, persisting domain objects is a non-trivial task. On the contrary, it generates a lot of problems, especially when we're using a relational database. Let's see different approaches to the problem.
To diagnose any memory problems, the Garbage Collection log file is the best place to start. Take a look at the anatomy of a GC log file in this helpful article.
One of the major new language features in Java 8 is the lambda function. In fact, it is one of the biggest changes since the Java 1 release. Take a look at this introduction to Java 8's lambda function.
The Oracle functions CASE, DECODE, and COALESCE all perform similar functionality. They can transform a value into another value. Which one should you use? I'll explain the pros and cons of each in this article.
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