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Sep 12, 2021 spring framework functional programming

Annotation-free Spring

Some, if not most, of our judgments regarding technology stacks come either from third-party opinions or previous experiences. Yet, we seem to be adamant about them. For a long time (and sometimes even now), I’ve seen posts that detailed how Spring is bad because it uses XML for its configuration. Unfortunately, they blissfully ignore the fact that annotation-based configuration has been available for ages. Probably because of the same reason I recently read that Spring is bad…

Apr 30, 2017 spring framework inversion of control service loader spring.factories

Java Service Loader vs Spring Factories Loader

Inversion of Control is not only possible at the class level, but at the module level. OSGi has been doing it for a long time. However, there are IoC approaches directly available in Java, as well as in Spring. Out-of-the-box, the Java API offers a specific form of Inversion of Control. It’s implemented by the Service Loader class.

Jan 15, 2017 kotlin spring framework final

Open your classes and methods in Kotlin

Though Kotlin and Spring Boot play well together, there are some friction areas between the two. IMHO, chief among them is the fact that Kotlin classes and methods are final by default. The Kotlin docs cite the following reason: The open annotation on a class is the opposite of Java’s final: it allows others to inherit from this class.

Nov 10, 2016 spring boot spring framework spring cloud sleuth post-processor convention over configuration

Another post-processor for Spring Boot

Most Spring developers know about the BeanPostProcessor and the BeanFactoryPostProcessor classes. The former enables changes to new bean instances before they can be used, while the latter lets you modify bean definitions - the metadata to create the bean. Commons use-cases include: Bootstrapping processing of @Configuration classes, via ConfigurationClassPostProcessorResolving ${…} placeholders, through PropertyPlaceholderConfigurerAutowiring of annotated fields, setter methods and

Oct 23, 2016 microservice spring framework spring cloud kotlin http monitoring sleuth

HTTP headers forwarding in microservices

Microservices are not a trend anymore. Like it or not, they are here to stay. Yet, there’s a huge gap before embracing the microservice architecture and implementing them right. As a reminder, one might first want to check the many fallacies of distributed computed. Among all requirements necessary to overcome them is the ability to follow one HTTP request along microservices involved in a specific business scenario - for monitoring and debugging purpose. One possible implementation of it