This first set of exercises shows you the first basic elements you need to know on records:
- how you can create a record class,
- how you can add a custom constructor,
- how you can make a record comparable and sort records in a list,
- how you can add some validation rules on your records.
This second set makes you create a Range record, that implements the Iterable interface and some validation rules.
This third set makes you use defensive copy to ensure the immutability of the internal state of your record. A record may be built on mutable components, that should be copied when you create your record, and when you return the value of such a component.
It then makes you create your own equals() and hashCode() methods to define your own record identity.
This fourth set makes you analyze a CSV text file containing US cities, along with several information. You will map each line of this file in a City record and compute various things on the list of cities that you will get:
- sort them in the alphabetical order,
- find the city with the largest population,
- find the states references in this file,
- then build the histogram of the population per state,
- and lastly find the most populated state. This set makes you use records with the Stream API.
This last set of exercises invites you to rewrite the code of the previous set, using records everywhere you can use them. Creating a record is (almost) free and can greatly improve the readability of your core, especially when you are writing complex data processing algorithms.