LDAP Basics

LDAP Entry
dn: cn=Tridib Samanta,dc=sample,dc=com
cn: Tridib Samanta
givenName: Tridib
sn: Samanta
telephoneNumber: +1 111 222 3333
telephoneNumber: +1 444 555 6666
mail: tridib@example.com
manager: cn=Swarnali Kumar,dc=sample,dc=com
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: person
objectClass: top

dn - Distinguished Name
dc - Domain Component
cn - Common Name
sn - Surname

ThreadLocal Best Practices

• Be careful to initialize the ThreadLocal object whenever the thread starts working, or you might end up connecting a logged-off user's data to another user's thread. When you're using ThreadLocals in a situation in which a filter initializes the object with user data, make sure there are no other entries to your servlet application—except through the filter.
• Always remember that the ThreadLocal data is connected to the thread, not the user or anything else. A good idea is to delete the ThreadLocal data when it's no longer used.
• Use InheritableThreadLocal to pass parent ThreadLocal data to child threads.

References

• Managing Data with the ThreadLocal Class
• Java Thread Local – How to Use and Code Sample
• Threading lightly, Part 3: Sometimes it's best not to share

Performance : Parameterized Constructor in Grails for Domain Objects

Don't use parametereized constructor in Grails for domain objects. This is slower than empty constructor.

This performance issue become significant when creating large number of domain objects in loop.

Overriding equals in Groovy

I was overriding equals method in for a Groovy class and got into StackOverflow error.

class ObjKey {
    long id
    String value

    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (!(obj instanceof ObjKey)) {
            return false;
        }
        if (this == obj) {
            return true;
        }
        ObjKey rhs = (ObjKey) obj;
        return new EqualsBuilder()
            .append(id, rhs?.id)
            .append(value, rhs?.value)
            .isEquals();
    }

    public int hashCode() {
        return new HashCodeBuilder()
        .append(id)
        .append(value)
        .toHashCode();
    }
}

I was getting stackoverflow at line: if (this == obj). Groovy's equals calls the equals method instead of comparing the reference.

I fixed it using bellow syntax: if (this.is(obj)). The corrected code looks like:

class ObjKey {
    long id
    String value

    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (!(obj instanceof ObjKey)) {
            return false;
        }
        if (this.is(obj)) {
            return true;
        }
        ObjKey rhs = (ObjKey) obj;
        return new EqualsBuilder()
            .append(id, rhs?.id)
            .append(value, rhs?.value)
            .isEquals();
    }

    public int hashCode() {
        return new HashCodeBuilder()
        .append(id)
        .append(value)
        .toHashCode();
    }
}