Attribute Splatting and Arbitrary Parameters in Blazor

Components can capture and render additional attributes in addition to the component’s declared parameters. Additional attributes can be captured in a dictionary and then splatted onto an element when the component is rendered using the @attributes Razor directive attribute. This scenario is useful for defining a component that produces a markup element that supports a variety of customizations.

[Parameter(CaptureUnmatchedValues =true)]
public Dictionary<string, object> 
ArbitraryAttributeDictionary { get; set; }

Example

DummyText.razor

<div @attributes="TextAttributes">
    @Value
</div>

@code {

    [Parameter]
    public string Value { get; set; }

    [Parameter(CaptureUnmatchedValues = true)]
    public Dictionary<string, object> TextAttributes  { get; set; }

}

Index.razor

@page "/"

<DummyText Value="Hello World" Title="Hi"></DummyText>

References
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/components/?view=aspnetcore-6.0#attribute-splatting-and-arbitrary-parameters
http://www.binaryintellect.net/articles/f52ae3dc-53fd-4342-97d1-e9cdcf47cd11.aspx

ASP.NET Core Blazor State Management

We can use ASP.NET Core Protected Browser Storage:

Use the Local Storage

@page "/"
@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Server.ProtectedBrowserStorage
@inject ProtectedLocalStorage BrowserStorage

<h1>Local Storage!</h1>

<input class="form-control" @bind="currentInputValue" />
<button class="btn btn-secondary" @onclick="Save">Save</button>
<button class="btn btn-secondary" @onclick="Read">Read</button>
<button class="btn btn-secondary" @onclick="Delete">Delete</button>

@code {
  string currentInputValue;

  public async Task Save()
  {
    await BrowserStorage.SetAsync("name", currentInputValue);
  }

  public async Task Read()
  {
    var result = await BrowserStorage.GetAsync<string>("name");
    currentInputValue = result.Success ? result.Value : "";
  }

  public async Task Delete()
  {
    await BrowserStorage.DeleteAsync("name");
  }
}

Use the Session Storage

@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Server.ProtectedBrowserStorage
@inject ProtectedSessionStorage ProtectedSessionStore

References
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/state-management?view=aspnetcore-6.0&pivots=server
https://www.thomasclaudiushuber.com/2021/04/19/store-data-of-your-blazor-app-in-the-local-storage-and-in-the-session-storage/

svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup CPU Usage in High On Windows 11

Disable Automatic Updates for Apps

Go to Microsoft Store and disable automatic update

Stop Service using Registry Editor

navigate to this location

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UnistoreSvc

Find and double click Start entry from the right pane

You will see a new Windows and it must have 3 in its value data section. The 3 here means that the service is manual.

Then, you have to change this value to 4 to solve the issue as “4: means this service is turned off.

Remove Contents of UnistoreDB Folder

navigate here

C:\Users\profile_name\AppData\Local\Comms\UnistoreDB

and delete all files there.

References
https://www.alfintechcomputer.com/how-to-remove-svchost-exe-unistacksvcgroup-from-task-manager-of-your-computer/

Read and Write Excel File in Java using Apache POI

Gradle Dependencies

// https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.poi/poi
implementation 'org.apache.poi:poi:5.2.2'
// https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.poi/poi-ooxml
implementation 'org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml:5.2.2'

Writing an Excel File

package com.howtodoinjava.demo.poi;
//import statements
public class WriteExcelDemo 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        //Blank workbook
        XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(); 
         
        //Create a blank sheet
        XSSFSheet sheet = workbook.createSheet("Employee Data");
          
        //This data needs to be written (Object[])
        Map<String, Object[]> data = new TreeMap<String, Object[]>();
        data.put("1", new Object[] {"ID", "NAME", "LASTNAME"});
        data.put("2", new Object[] {1, "Amit", "Shukla"});
        data.put("3", new Object[] {2, "Lokesh", "Gupta"});
        data.put("4", new Object[] {3, "John", "Adwards"});
        data.put("5", new Object[] {4, "Brian", "Schultz"});
          
        //Iterate over data and write to sheet
        Set<String> keyset = data.keySet();
        int rownum = 0;
        for (String key : keyset)
        {
            Row row = sheet.createRow(rownum++);
            Object [] objArr = data.get(key);
            int cellnum = 0;
            for (Object obj : objArr)
            {
               Cell cell = row.createCell(cellnum++);
               if(obj instanceof String)
                    cell.setCellValue((String)obj);
                else if(obj instanceof Integer)
                    cell.setCellValue((Integer)obj);
            }
        }
        try
        {
            //Write the workbook in file system
            FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(new File("howtodoinjava_demo.xlsx"));
            workbook.write(out);
            out.close();
            System.out.println("howtodoinjava_demo.xlsx written successfully on disk.");
        } 
        catch (Exception e) 
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Reading an Excel File

package com.howtodoinjava.demo.poi;
//import statements
public class ReadExcelDemo 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        try
        {
            FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream(new File("howtodoinjava_demo.xlsx"));
 
            //Create Workbook instance holding reference to .xlsx file
            XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(file);
 
            //Get first/desired sheet from the workbook
            XSSFSheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
 
            //Iterate through each rows one by one
            Iterator<Row> rowIterator = sheet.iterator();
            while (rowIterator.hasNext()) 
            {
                Row row = rowIterator.next();
                //For each row, iterate through all the columns
                Iterator<Cell> cellIterator = row.cellIterator();
                 
                while (cellIterator.hasNext()) 
                {
                    Cell cell = cellIterator.next();
                    //Check the cell type and format accordingly
                    switch (cell.getCellType()) 
                    {
                        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:
                            System.out.print(cell.getNumericCellValue() + "t");
                            break;
                        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING:
                            System.out.print(cell.getStringCellValue() + "t");
                            break;
                    }
                }
                System.out.println("");
            }
            file.close();
        } 
        catch (Exception e) 
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

References
https://howtodoinjava.com/java/library/readingwriting-excel-files-in-java-poi-tutorial/
https://www.baeldung.com/java-microsoft-excel

Aggregation in Spring Data MongoDB

Aggregation in MongoDB was built to process data and return computed results. Data is processed in stages and the output of one stage is provided as input to the next stage.

Aggregation Using MongoTemplate

{
    "_id" : "01001",
    "city" : "AGAWAM",
    "loc" : [
        -72.622739,
        42.070206
    ],
    "pop" : 15338,
    "state" : "MA"
}

Get All the States With a Population Greater Than 10 Million Order by Population Descending

GroupOperation groupByStateAndSumPop = group("state")
  .sum("pop").as("statePop");
MatchOperation filterStates = match(new Criteria("statePop").gt(10000000));
SortOperation sortByPopDesc = sort(Sort.by(Direction.DESC, "statePop"));

Aggregation aggregation = newAggregation(
  groupByStateAndSumPop, filterStates, sortByPopDesc);
AggregationResults<StatePopulation> result = mongoTemplate.aggregate(
  aggregation, "zips", StatePopulation.class);

The expected output will have a field _id as state and a field statePop with the total state population:

public class StatePoulation {
 
    @Id
    private String state;
    private Integer statePop;
 
    // standard getters and setters
}

The @Id annotation will map the _id field from output to state in the model:

Get Smallest State by Average City Population

GroupOperation sumTotalCityPop = group("state", "city")
  .sum("pop").as("cityPop");
GroupOperation averageStatePop = group("_id.state")
  .avg("cityPop").as("avgCityPop");
SortOperation sortByAvgPopAsc = sort(Sort.by(Direction.ASC, "avgCityPop"));
LimitOperation limitToOnlyFirstDoc = limit(1);
ProjectionOperation projectToMatchModel = project()
  .andExpression("_id").as("state")
  .andExpression("avgCityPop").as("statePop");

Aggregation aggregation = newAggregation(
  sumTotalCityPop, averageStatePop, sortByAvgPopAsc,
  limitToOnlyFirstDoc, projectToMatchModel);

AggregationResults<StatePopulation> result = mongoTemplate
  .aggregate(aggregation, "zips", StatePopulation.class);
StatePopulation smallestState = result.getUniqueMappedResult();

Get the State With Maximum and Minimum Zip Codes

GroupOperation sumZips = group("state").count().as("zipCount");
SortOperation sortByCount = sort(Direction.ASC, "zipCount");
GroupOperation groupFirstAndLast = group().first("_id").as("minZipState")
  .first("zipCount").as("minZipCount").last("_id").as("maxZipState")
  .last("zipCount").as("maxZipCount");

Aggregation aggregation = newAggregation(sumZips, sortByCount, groupFirstAndLast);

AggregationResults<Document> result = mongoTemplate
  .aggregate(aggregation, "zips", Document.class);
Document document= result.getUniqueMappedResult();

Aggregation Using MongoRepository

@Document(collection = "property")
public class Property {

    @Id
    private String id;
    @Field("price")
    private int price;
    @Field("area")
    private int area;
    @Field("property_type")
    private String propertyType;
    @Field("transaction_type")
    private String transactionType;
    
    // Constructor, getters, setters, toString()
    
}
@Aggregation(pipeline = {
        "Operation/Stage 1...",
        "Operation/Stage 2...",
        "Operation/Stage 3...",
})
List<Property> someMethod();
@Aggregation(pipeline = {
    "{'$match':{'transaction_type':'For Sale', 'price' : {$gt : 100000}}",
})
List<Property> findExpensivePropertiesForSale();
@Aggregation(pipeline = {
        "{'$match':{'transaction_type': ?0, 'price' : {$gt : ?1}}",
})
List<Property> findPropertiesByTransactionTypeAndPriceGTPositional(String transactionType, int price);

@Aggregation(pipeline = {
        "{'$match':{'transaction_type': #{#transactionType}, 'price' : {$gt : #{#price}}}",
})
List<Property> findPropertiesByTransactionTypeAndPriceGTNamed(@Param("transactionType") String transactionType, @Param("price") int price);
@Aggregation(pipeline = {
        "{'$match':{'transaction_type':?0, 'price': {$gt: ?1} }}",
        "{'$sample':{size:?2}}",
        "{'$sort':{'area':-1}}"
})
List<Property> findPropertiesByTransactionTypeAndPriceGT(String transactionType, int price, int sampleSize);
@Aggregation(pipeline = {
        "{'$match':{'transaction_type':?0, 'price': {$gt: ?1} }}",
        "{'$sample':{size:?2}}",
        "{'$sort':{'area':-1}}"
})
Iterable<Property> findPropertiesByTransactionTypeAndPriceGTPageable(String transactionType, int price, int sampleSize, Pageable pageable);

References
https://www.baeldung.com/spring-data-mongodb-projections-aggregations
https://stackabuse.com/spring-data-mongodb-guide-to-the-aggregation-annotation/

Projection in Spring Data MongoDB

In MongoDB, Projections are a way to fetch only the required fields of a document from a database. This reduces the amount of data that has to be transferred from database server to client and hence increases performance.

@Document
public class User {
    @Id
    private String id;
    private String name;
    private Integer age;
    
    // standard getters and setters
}

Projections Using MongoTemplate

Query query = new Query();
query.fields().include("name").exclude("id");
List<User> john = mongoTemplate.find(query, User.class);

Projections Using MongoRepository

@Query(value="{}", fields="{name : 1, _id : 0}")
List<User> findNameAndExcludeId();

References
https://www.baeldung.com/spring-data-mongodb-projections-aggregations

Use @Query annotation in Spring Data MongoDB

With this annotation, we can specify a raw query as a Mongo JSON query string.

FindBy

@Query("{ 'name' : ?0 }")
List<User> findUsersByName(String name);
List<User> users = userRepository.findUsersByName("Eric");

$regex

@Query("{ 'name' : { $regex: ?0 } }")
List<User> findUsersByRegexpName(String regexp);
List<User> users = userRepository.findUsersByRegexpName("^A");
List<User> users = userRepository.findUsersByRegexpName("c$");

$lt and $gt

@Query("{ 'age' : { $gt: ?0, $lt: ?1 } }")
List<User> findUsersByAgeBetween(int ageGT, int ageLT);
List<User> users = userRepository.findUsersByAgeBetween(20, 50);

References
https://www.baeldung.com/queries-in-spring-data-mongodb