The Optional design pattern that was designed to reduce the number of null checks

in code. With Optional, you can write cleaner and more concise code that is easier
to maintain.

Optional.ofNullable()
The Optional.ofNullable() method returns a Non-empty Optional if a value present in
the given object. Otherwise returns empty Optional. Optional.empty() method is
useful to create an empty Optional object.
Optional<String> opt = Optional.ofNullable("Ramesh");
if (opt.isPresent()) { System.out.println(opt.get().getName());}

orElse
It is used to return the value wrapped in the Optional, if it is present. if the
Optional is empty, It takes a default value from an argument.
String name = Optional.ofNullable(nullName).orElse(new Student("no one", 0,
"Unknown"));
String name = Optional.ofNullable(nullName).orElseGet(() -> "Ramesh");
System.out.println(name);

orElseGet
String name = Optional.ofNullable(nullName).orElseGet(() -> "Ramesh");
System.out.println(name);

orElseThrow
This will throw exception
String name =
Optional.ofNullable(nullName).orElseThrow(IllegalArgumentException::new);
System.out.println(name);

Optional.of()
The Optional.ofNullable() method returns a Non-empty Optional if a value present in
the given object. Otherwise returns java.lang.NullPointerException
Optional<String> opt = Optional.of("Ramesh");

empty()
this method will simply generate an empty Optional (no value ).
Optional<T> empty = Optional.empty();

orElse() vs orElseGet()
orElse() will always call the given function whether you want it or not, regardless
of Optional.isPresent() value
orElseGet() will only call the given function when the Optional.isPresent() ==
false
In real code, you might want to consider the second approach when the required
resource is expensive to get.

// Always get heavy resource

// Get heavy resource when required. used Supplier

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JAVA 11 features :

Among other changes, JDK 11 introduces 6 new methods for java.lang.String class:
repeat(int) - Repeats the String as many times as provided by the int parameter
lines() - Uses a Spliterator to lazily provide lines from the source string
isBlank() - Indicates if the String is empty or contains only white space
characters
stripLeading() - Removes the white space from the beginning
stripTrailing() - Removes the white space from the end
strip() - Removes the white space from both, beginning and the end of string

Method Origin Basis White Space Handling

readString() & writeString()

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Static---
Memory efficiency: It is allocated memory only once during the execution of the
program, which can resuse.

A Static block code is executed only once when the class is loaded into memory.
Mostly it’s used to create static resources when the class is loaded. We can’t
access non-static variables in the static block.
A static method and attributes, we can access without creating an object of a class
A static method can access only static variables of class and invoke only static
methods of the class.

The static keyword means the value is the same for every instance of the class.

static block vs constructor

Final---
A final class cannot be subclassed.
A final method can't be overridden by subclasses
A final keyword once the variable is assigned a value it can never be changed.

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CitiKYC application is used to validate the customer details before account opening
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This application has different login users and each user has different roles like
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Once login, In the application inbox we can find customer kyc records. Each kyc
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we have developed the microservices for each section crud operations by using
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