This library contains a number of helper functions that we have found useful throughout our Java applications.

This library contains the following packages:

• com.buabook.common

  • Formatters: Currency and date converters
  • Objects: String to object conversion and object fields to map conversions
  • Patterns: E-mail pattern matcher
  • Printers: List and array conversions to string (for logging)
  • Resources: Resource loading from class path
  • StringSplitter: Improved String splitting
  • Systems: Provides application root folder and environment / system property access
  • Uuids: Null UUID access and null check

• com.buabook.common.concurrent

  • NamedThreadFactory: A thread factory that names each thread with a custom prefix and counter (useful for thread pools)

• com.buabook.common.connection

  • Process: Simple container to store connection details to a target process (hostname and port)

• com.buabook.common.net

  • DataSocket: Socket wrapper provides input and output streams as DataInputStream and DataOutputStream
  • SocketAcceptorThread: Bind to port and notify of new inbound connections to the port (via INewClientSocketListener interface)

• com.buabook.common.random

  • RandomCodeGenerator: Generates random alphanumeric strings

• com.buabook.common.shutdown

  • ShutdownThread: Thread that is executed as the JVM shuts down, to allow cleanup prior to exit (using ShutdownFunctions)