Java practice in Backend Java

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• Decode the Query

  A search box sends `hello+world` and `%20` for spaces. Decode an encoded value so the search actually finds what the user typed.

  query. Free with an account.

• Name the Status

  Browsers show reason phrases, not bare numbers. Map a status code to its category so the monitoring page can color 4xx red and 5xx black.

  response. Free with an account.

• Read the Verb

  The new gateway logs every request's method. Pull the verb off the front of a raw request line so the dashboard can count GETs and POSTs.

  request-line. Free with an account.

• Split the Media Type

  A Content-Type can carry parameters like `text/html; charset=utf-8`. Strip them off to get the bare media type the router branches on.

  headers. Free with an account.

• 405, Not 404

  A client sent DELETE to a read-only route. Return 405 when the path exists but the method does not, so the error tells them the verb is wrong, not the URL.

  method. Free with an account.

• Escape the String

  The serializer must turn a name containing a quote into safe JSON. Escape the quotes and backslashes so the output parses cleanly downstream.

  serialize. Free with an account.

• Match the Route

  The router needs to know whether `/users/:id` matches an incoming `/users/42`. Implement the segment match so requests reach the right handler.

  params. Free with an account.

• Pull the ID

  The route `/users/:id` matched, and the handler needs the number. Pull the id off the last path segment, returning -1 when it is not numeric, so a bad URL fails cleanly.

  dispatch. Free with an account.

• Count the Hits

  The team wants to know if the cache is worth its memory. Over a sequence of key lookups, count the cache hits (repeat accesses), so you can report the hit ratio.

  cache-aside. Free with an account.

• Fill the Bucket

  The API is getting hammered. Run a token-bucket limiter over a burst of requests and count how many are allowed, so you can prove the limiter holds the line.

  token-bucket. Free with an account.

• Is It Fresh?

  A cached page may be fresh, stale-but-servable, or fully expired. Classify an entry by its expiry and grace window so the CDN knows whether to revalidate.

  ttl. Free with an account.

• Shed the Load

  The server is at capacity. Shed low-priority requests once load passes 80 percent, but never drop a high-priority one, the controlled degradation that keeps the critical path alive.

  resource-guard. Free with an account.

• Collect Every Error

  The signup form returns only the first mistake, and users hate it. Validate a name and age and report ALL the failures at once, so they fix everything in one pass.

  validation. Free with an account.

• Detect the Tamper

  An attacker flipped role=user to role=admin but kept the old signature. Re-sign the payload and compare, so the forged token is rejected at the door.

  tokens. Free with an account.

• Guard the Write

  Reads are public but writes need a token. Return 401 when an unsafe method arrives without one, so the auth middleware protects the mutations.

  pipeline. Free with an account.

• Scrub the Input

  User text is about to render in a page. Escape the HTML-special characters so `<script>` shows up as text, not markup, the one-line defense against injection.

  sanitize. Free with an account.

• Dispatch the Request

  The router must turn a method and path into a handler verdict. Return the handler for a match, 405 for the wrong method, 404 for an unknown path, the heart of the framework.

  dispatch. Free with an account.

• Run the Pipeline

  Auth, then body validation, then handle, in that order. Return 401 if a write lacks a token, 400 if the POST body has no name, else 200. Get the order right.

  pipeline. Free with an account.

• Ship the Response

  The very end of the stack: turn a status and body into a raw HTTP response string with the right reason phrase and Content-Length. This is what goes on the wire.

  end-to-end. Free with an account.

• Stamp the ETag

  A conditional GET carries the client's cached fingerprint. Return 304 Not Modified when it matches the current ETag, else 200, the protocol-level cache that skips the body.

  http-cache. Free with an account.