Store emoji ( Unicode characters ) in MySQL DB using Spring boot
This blog post will show us how to persist and retrieve emoji ( or any Unicode ) characters to/from MySQL using a spring boot application. If we try to save an emoji ( May...
Category: Spring framework
Integration of messages from AWS SNS -> SQS -> Spring boot cloud messaging for high-traffic events
In the previous blog post, we integrated SNS directly from the Spring cloud application. We are able to receive messages from SNS now as HTTP callbacks. But this is not an ideal situation as...
Integrate AWS SNS with Spring Boot using spring-cloud messaging for HTTP callback hooks
AWS SNS ( Simple Notification Service ) is a managed messaging service that can be used in applications for publishing and subscribing to topics ( a channel ). Initially started as a means to...
Encrypt PII ( sensitive ) data in the database using Spring Boot AttributeConverter with direct search capabilities
Security and data privacy is paramount for any modern cloud application handling a customer’s PII ( Personally Identifiable Information ) data such as name, email, mobile, social security, etc. With the increased number of...
Log4J vulnerability: Risks, Mitigation and fixes on Java Spring Boot Applications
There was an advisory ( CVE-2021-44228 ) on a critical vulnerability found on log4j2 ( the most common logging library used in Java applications worldwide developed by Apache Software Foundation ). This vulnerability is...
Enterprise Spring boot testing: Part 4 ( Controller, Web layer testing, Integration Testing, MockMvc )
In this part, we will see about the web layer for our web application and how to write the tests for the controllers using MockMvc, and also integration testing without any mocks. If you...
