Real-world Java Applications
1. File Copy
Copy file using streams.
import java.io.*;
public class FileCopy{ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{ try(FileIn
putStream in=new FileInputStream("a.txt"); FileOutputStream out=new FileOutputStream("b.tx
t")){ byte[] buf=new byte[4096]; int r; while((r=in.read(buf))!=-1) out.write(buf,0,r); }
} }
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2. Properties File
Read properties configuration.
import java.util.*; import java.io.*;
public class PropsDemo{ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{ Propertie
s p=new Properties(); try(FileReader r=new FileReader("app.properties")){ p.load(r); } Sys
tem.out.println(p.getProperty("app.name")); } }
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3. Simple Socket Server
TCP server accepts connections.
import java.net.*; import java.io.*;
public class SimpleServer{ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{ Server
Socket ss=new ServerSocket(5000); Socket s=ss.accept(); BufferedReader br=new BufferedRead
er(new InputStreamReader(s.getInputStream())); System.out.println(br.readLine()); ss.close
(); } }
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4. Socket Client
Connect to server and send message.
import java.net.*; import java.io.*;
public class SimpleClient{ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{ Socket
s=new Socket("localhost",5000); PrintWriter pw=new PrintWriter(s.getOutputStream(), true)
; pw.println("Hello server"); s.close(); } }
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5. JDBC - Select
Basic JDBC select template.
import java.sql.*;
public class JDBCDemo{ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{ Class.forN
ame("org.h2.Driver"); try(Connection c=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:h2:mem:"); Statem
ent s=c.createStatement()){ s.execute("CREATE TABLE t(id INT); INSERT INTO t VALUES(1); Re
sultSet rs=s.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM t"); while(rs.next()) System.out.println(rs.getIn
t(1)); } } }
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6. Swing - Hello
Simple GUI window with a button.
import javax.swing.*;
public class SwingDemo{ public static void main(String[] args){ JFrame f=new JFrame("Win")
; JButton b=new JButton("Click"); b.addActionListener(e-> JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(f,
"Clicked")); f.add(b); f.setSize(200,200); f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOS
E); f.setVisible(true); } }
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7. JSON Handling
Parse JSON using org.json (example).
/* Example using org.json library: */
import org.json.*;
public class JsonDemo{ public static void main(String[] args){ JSONObject o=new JSONObject
(); o.put("a",1); System.out.println(o.toString()); } }
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8. HTTP Request - HttpURLConnection
Simple GET request.
import java.net.*; import java.io.*;
public class HttpGet{ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{ URL u=new U
RL("http://example.com"); HttpURLConnection c=(HttpURLConnection)u.openConnection(); try(B
ufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(c.getInputStream()))){ System.ou
t.println(br.readLine()); } } }
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9. Email - JavaMail Outline
Send email via JavaMail APIs (outline).
/* Requires JavaMail dependency. Outline:
Properties props = new Properties(); Session session = Session.getInstance(props);
Message msg = new MimeMessage(session); Transport.send(msg);
*/
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10. Mini Project - ToDo CLI
Simple command-line todo list using file storage.
import java.nio.file.*; import java.util.*;
public class TodoCLI{ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{ Path p=Path
s.get("todo.txt"); List<String> list=Files.exists(p)?Files.readAllLines(p):new ArrayList<>
(); if(args.length>0 && args[0].equals("add")) { list.add(String.join(" ", Arrays.copyOfRa
nge(args,1,args.length))); Files.write(p,list); } else for(String s:list) System.out.print
ln(s); } }
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11. Unit Test - JUnit Example
A simple JUnit 5 test case example.
/* Example test:
import org.junit.jupiter.api.*;
public class MathTest { @Test void testSum(){ Assertions.assertEquals(5, 2+3); } }
*/
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12. Build - Maven POM
A small pom.xml snippet for a Java project.
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0">...</project>
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