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QUESTIONWhatisbytecodeinthecontextofJava?

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ThetypeofcodegeneratedbyaJavacompiler
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QUESTIONWhatisgarbagecollectioninthecontextofJava?

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Theoperatingsystemperiodicallydeletesallofthejavafilesavailableonthesystem.
Anypackageimportedinaprogramandnotusedisautomaticallydeleted.
Whenallreferencestoanobjectaregone,thememoryusedbytheobjectisautomaticallyreclaimed.
TheJVMcheckstheoutputofanyJavaprogramanddeletesanythingthatdoesn'tmakesense.

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QUESTIONWhatisdifferentbetweenaJavaappletandaJavaapplication?
Anapplicationcaningeneralbetrustedwhereasanappletcan't.
Anappletmustbeexecutedinabrowserenvironment.
Anappletisnotabletoaccessthefilesofthecomputeritrunson
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QUESTIONYoureadthefollowingstatementinaJavaprogramthatcompilesandexecutes.

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submarine.dive(depth)

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Whatcanyousayforsure?

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depthmustbeanint
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Itcanextendexactlyoneclassandimplementexactlyoneinterface.
Itcanextendexactlyoneclassandcanimplementmultipleinterfaces.
Itcanimplementmultipleinterfacesregardlessofwhetheritalsoextendsaclass.

JavaTransactionAPIJTA

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QUESTIONUnderwhatcircumstancesmightyouusetheyieldmethodoftheThreadclass

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Tocallfromthecurrentlyrunningthreadtoallowanotherthreadofthesameorhigherprioritytorun
Tocallonawaitingthreadtoallowittorun
Toallowathreadofhigherprioritytorun
Tocallfromthecurrentlyrunningthreadwithaparameterdesignatingwhichthreadshouldbeallowedtorun

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QUESTIONWhichofthefollowingisthecorrectsyntaxforsuggestingthattheJVMperformsgarbage
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System.free()
System.setGarbageCollection()
)System.out.gc()
System.gc()
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knownasmethod________________
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2)toptobottom
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QUESTIONWhenseveralthreadsactonobjectsimultaneouslyandtheresultisreliablethenitisknownas
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QUESTIONAllcollectionclassesinjava.utilpackageareimplementationclassesofdifferentinterfaces
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java.util
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java.util.zip
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ExplainthedifferencebetweenJavaandJavaScript.
ExplainhowtoobtainaperformanceprofileofmyJavaProgram.
Explainthepurposeoftheexecutablefilesthathaveanextra_gattheendoftheirnames,e.g.java_g.
IfJavaisplatformindependent,whydoesn'titrunonallplatforms?
ExplainhowtoaccessnativeoperatingsystemcallsfrommyJavaprogram.
HowdowecreateandusesocketsinJava?
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ExplainthedifferencebetweenaURLinstanceandaURLConnectioninstance.
HowdoIreadalineofinputatatimeinJava?
Whyisthreadsynchronizationimportantformultithreadedprograms?
Explainhowtocreateathreadandstartitrunning.
Whenshouldweuseaneventadapterclass?
Explainthecomponentandcontainerclasses.
Whatisthedifferencebetweenaruntimeexceptionandaplainexception?
Canyouexplaininbrieflifecycleforstatelessandstatefulbeans?
WhatisPassivationandActivationinEJB?
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HowcanweusebeansinJSP?
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ExplainthedifferentscopesanobjectcanhaveinaJSPpage.
ExplaintheuseofExternalizationinterface.
ExplainwideningconversionandNarrowingconversion.
Howdoweimplementdeepcloning?

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Javafeatures
Simple,ObjectOriented,Robust,Distributed,Portable,Interpreted,Multithreaded,PlatformIndependent,Secure...........
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Javaprogramexecution
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Javaarchitecture
Javaprogramminglanguage,Javaclassfileformat,JavaApplicationProgrammingInterface,Javavirtualmachine.............
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ExplainthefeaturesofJavaclass.ExplainFields,Methods,andAccessLevels.
WhatareaccessorsandmutatormethodsinaJavaclass?Explainwithexampleforeach.
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Javaconstructors
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Javapackages
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Javagarbagecollector
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DescribeJavastringclass.ExplainmethodsofJavastringclass.ExplainthecharacteristicsofStringBufferclassStringClass:TheString

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Javamultithreading
WhatisMultithreading?Explainthelifecycleofathread.
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ExplaintheuseofStreams.
DifferencebetweenStreamclassesandReaderwriterclasses
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Whatissocket?Explainthefeaturesofsocket.
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JDBC
PurposesofJDBCAPI
Describe4typesofJDBCdriversandtheircharacteristicswithusages.
StatethefunctionalitiesofimportantclassesinJDBCpackages.

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ExplainhowtouseJDBCstatementtoexecuteSQLqueries.Showinanexample
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Here'ssomemorejavaquestions:
1)Juniorjavadeveloper
a)Basicocjp(formerscjp)questions:
Whatdoesstatic,finalmean,purposes
Howmanyaccesibilitymodifiersexist?Pleasedescribethem.
Whydoyouneedamainmethod?
Howmanyconstructorscanyouhave?
Defineoverwritingandoverloading
GivejavaAPIimplementationsforoverwritingandoverloading
DescribetheStringclassuniqueproperties
StringBuildervsStringBuffer
Collections:pleasedescribe,givesomeexamplesandcomparethemtoeachother
ArrayListvsVector
HashMapvsHashTable
Whatsatree
Whatsamap
Multithreading:describethemanagementinjava
Whatsasemaphone?
Howmanystatesarethereforthreads?
Describetheusageforsynchronizedword(2)
Serializationinjavaadescritionandusage
Garbagecollectioninjavadescriptionandusage
Canyouguaranteethegarbagecollectionprocess?
b)Simpledesignpatternquestions:
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ExplaintheimportanceofDriverManager.
ThebasicservicetomanagesetofJDBCdrivers.

WhatarethemethodsinObject?
clone,equals,wait,finalize,getClass,hashCode,notify,notifyAll,toString
Defineanestedclass.
Ifallthemethodsofainnerclassisstaticthenitisanestedclass.
Whatisgarbagecollection?

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Reclaimingtheunusedmemorybytheinvalidobjects.Garbagecollectorisresponsibleforthisprocess

DifferencebetweenLinkedListandArrayList.
LinkedListaremeantforsequentialaccessing.
ArrayListaremeantforrandomaccessing.

Defineapackage.
Packagesprovideswidenamespaceabilityandallowstogroupsetofclassesintoasingleunit.

Raj125201103:10AM
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ExplainthesignificanceofListIterator.
UsingListIteratoryoucaniteratebackandforth.

Canyouexplaininnerclass.
Ifthemethodsoftheinnerclasscanonlybeaccessedviatheinstanceoftheinnerclass,thenitiscalledinnerclass.
Canyouexplainthemeaningofaggregationandcomposition
AggregationItisaspecialtypeofcomposition.Ifyouexposeallthemethodsofacompositeclassandroutethemethodcalltothe
compositemethodthroughits
reference,thenitiscalledaggregation.
CompositionHoldingthereferenceoftheotherclasswithinsomeotherclassisknownascomposition.
IsitpossibletoinstantiatetheMathclass?
Youcantinstantiatethemathclass.

Pankaj125201103:10AM

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DefineLocale.
ALocaleobjectrepresentsaspecificgeographical,political,orculturalregion.
Howwillyouloadaspecificlocale?
ByusingResourceBundle.getBundle()
IsJVMacompileroraninterpreter?
Interpreter

CanyouexplaintheusagesofClass.forName()?
ItloadstheclassintotheClassLoader.ItreturnstheClass.Usingthatyoucangettheinstance(classinstance.newInstance()).
Inqaddsaquestion:Expainthereasonforeachkeywordof
publicstaticvoidmain(Stringargs[])

Akash125201103:10AM
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Definereflection.
Reflectionallowsprogrammaticaccesstoinformationaboutthefields,methodsandconstructorsofloadedclasses.

Canyoutellmerangeofbyte?

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HowtoinvokeexternalprocessinJava.
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(.)

Whatisthebestwaytofindoutthetime/memoryconsumingprocess?
Byusingprofiler

Rakesh125201103:09AM
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Whatisskeletonandstub?Explaintheirpurposes.
Stubisaclientsiderepresentationoftheserver,whichtakescareofcommunicatingwiththeremoteserver.

WhatkindofthreadistheGarbagecollectorthread?
Daemonthread

ExplainthepurposeofVoidclass.
TheVoidclassisanuninstantiableplaceholderclasstoholdareferencetotheClassobjectrepresentingtheprimitiveJavatypevoid.

Nitin125201103:09AM
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Explaintheimportanceoffinalizemethod.
Finalizemethodcleansupsomeresourcesbeforeitgetgarbagecollected.
Definemutableobjectandimmutableobject.
ThevalueofMutableobjectischangeable.
Ex.,StringBuffer
Thevalueofanimmutableobjectcan'tbechanged
Ex.,String,Integer,Float
WhatarethebaseclassforErrorandException?
Throwable

Dharam125201103:09AM
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Differencebetweenstringandstringbufferobject.
Stringisanimmutableobject.
StringBufferisamutableobject.

Definedaemonthread.
Daemonthreadarethethreadswhichcanrunwithoutuserintervention.
TheJVMcanexitwhentherearedaemonthreadbykillingthemabruptly.

DefineaDatabaseMetaData.
Itrepresentscomprehensiveinformationaboutthedatabaseasawhole.

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Explainpreemptiveschedulingandtimeslicing.
Inpreemptivescheduling,thehighestprioritytaskexecutesuntilitentersthewaitingordeadstatesorahigherprioritytaskcomesinto
existence.

Intimeslicing,ataskexecutesforapredefinedsliceoftimeandthenreentersthepoolofreadytasks.

ExplainthedifferentscopesforJavavariables.
3scopesofJavavariablesaredefinedbelow:

Instance
Initializedtodefaultvaluesatthetimeofcreationofobject,andremainaccessibleaslongastheobjectaccessible.
Local
DefinedwithinamethodandremainaccessbileonlyduringthecourseofmethodexcecutionandfalloutofscopeWhenthemethod
finishes
execution.
Static
Staticvariablesaretheclasslevelvariables.
StaticvariablesareinitializedwhentheclassisloadedinJVMforthefirsttimeandremainthereaslongastheclassremainsloaded.
Staticvariablesarenottiedtoanyparticularobjectinstance.
Akash1123201102:26AM
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Explainthepurposeoffinalization.
Itprovidesanunreachableobjecttheopportunitytoperformanycleanupprocessingbeforetheobjectisgarbagecollected.
Explaintheimportanceofdaemonthread.
Daemonthreadisalowprioritythread.
Itrunsintermittentlyinthebackgrounddoingthegarbagecollectionoperationforthejavaruntimesystem.
AdaemonthreadiscreatedusingsetDaemonmethod.

Synchronizedmethodsandsynchronizedstatements.
Synchronizedmethods
Methodsthatareusedtocontrolaccesstoanobject.
Athreadonlyexecutesasynchronizedmethodafterithasacquiredthelockforthemethod'sobjectorclass.
Synchronizedstatements
Theyaresimilartosynchronizedmethods.
Asynchronizedstatementcanonlybeexecutedafterathreadhasacquiredthelockfortheobjectorclassreferencedinthesynchronized
statement.

Nitin1123201101:31AM
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Whatarethewayofusingthread?
Canbeimplementedbyusingrunnableinterface
ByinheritingfromtheThreadclass.
Differencebetweenaconstructorandamethod.
Constructor
Aconstructorisamemberfunctionofaclassthatisusedtocreateobjectsofthatclass.
Ithasthesamenameastheclassitself.
Ithasnoreturntype,andisinvokedusingthenewoperator.
Method

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Amethodisanordinarymemberfunctionofaclass.
Ithasitsownname,areturntype,andisinvokedusingthedotoperator.

Explainhowtoserializeanobjecttoafile.
TheclasswhoseinstancesaretobeserializedshouldimplementaninterfaceSerializable,passtheinstancetotheObjectOutputStream
whichisconnectedtoafileoutputstream.Thiswillsavetheobjecttoafile.

Naveen1123201101:25AM
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AccessSpecifiersinJava.
Publicpublicclasses,methods,andfieldscanbeaccessedfromeverywhere.
Protected
Protectedmethodsandfieldscanonlybeaccessedwithinthesameclass,withinitssubclasses,andwithinclassesofthesame
package.
Default(nospecifier)
Suchaclass,method,orfieldwillbeaccessiblefrominsidethesamepackagetowhichtheclass,method,orfieldbelongs,butnotfrom
outsidethispackage.
Private
Privatemethodsandfieldscanonlybeaccessedwithinthesameclass.
Privatemethodsandfieldsarenotvisiblewithinsubclasses
Theyarenotinheritedbysubclasses.

Explainstaticmethods.
Staticmethodsaredeclaredwiththekeywordstaticasmodifier.
TheyarecalledStaticbecausetheyaffectaclassasawhole,notaparticularinstanceoftheclass.
Theyarealwaysinvokedwithoutreferencetoaparticularinstanceofaclass.
Restrictionsofusingstaticmethods:
Itcanonlycallotherstaticmethods.
Itmustonlyaccessstaticdata.
Itcannotreferencetothecurrentobjectusingkeywordssuperorthis.

Priya1123201112:55AM

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CanyoutellmethemainImplementationsoftheSetinterface?
HashSet
TreeSet
LinkedHashSet
EnumSet

ExplaintheimportanceofHashSet.
Itisanunsorted,unorderedSet.
Itusesthehashcodeoftheobjectbeinginserted.
Youcanuseitwhenyouwantacollectionwithnoduplicatesandyoudontcareaboutorderwhenyouiteratethroughit.
ExplaintheimportanceofTreeSet.
Itisasetimplementationkeepingtheelementsinsortedorder.
Theelementsaresortedaccordingtothenaturalorderofelementsorbythecomparatorprovidedatcreationtime.

Tina1123201112:46AM
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Definenativemethod.
AnativemethodisimplementedinalanguageotherthanJava.
Explainexplicitcasting.

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InExplicitcasting,thecomplierarespecificallyinformedabouttransformingtheobject.
Example
longa=890.20
intb=(int)a//Explicitcasting

Explainimplicitcasting.
Assigningoneentitytoanotherwithoutanytransformationguidancetothecompilerisimplicitcasting.
Thistypeofcastingisnotpermittedinallkindsoftransformationsandmaynotworkforallscenarios.
Example
inta=6000
longb=a//Implicitcasting

ExplainreflectionAPI
Reflectionistheprocessofintrospectingthefeaturesandstateofaclassatruntimeanddynamicallymanipulateatruntime.
ThisissupportedusingReflectionAPIwithbuiltinclasseslikeClass,Method,Fields,Constructorsetc.
Example:UsingJavaReflectionAPIwecangettheclassname,byusingthegetNamemethod.
Rajeev1122201104:07AM
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ExplaintheimportanceofJavaVirtualMachine(JVM).
Itconverts.javafileinto.classfilebyusingCompilerandInterpreterreadsbytecodes.
ExplainthedifferenttypesofaccessmodifiersinJava.
Theydeterminethetypeofaccesstothememberofaclass.
Types:
Public:accessibletoallclasses
Protected:accessibletotheclasseswithinthesamepackageandanysubclasses.
Private:accessibleonlytotheclasstowhichtheybelong
Default:accessibletotheclasstowhichtheybelongandtosubclasseswithinthesamepackage

WhytherearenoglobalvariablesinJava?
Globalvariablesaregloballyaccessibleandhencecancreatecollisionsinnamespace.

WhatistheJavaAPI?
Italargecollectionofsoftwarecomponentsthatprovidecapabilities,suchasgraphicaluserinterface(GUI)widgets.
Rajeev1122201103:48AM
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ExplainStringTokenizer.
Itisutilityclassthatareusedtobreakupstring.
Example:
StringTokenizerstr=newStringTokenizer(Welcome)
while(str.hasMoreTokens()){
System.out.println(st.nextToken())
}
Nadeem1122201103:42AM

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Differencebetweentheboolean&operatorandthe&&operator.
Whenboolean&operatorisevaluated,bothoperandsareevaluated
&&operatorisashortcutoperator.

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When&&operatorisevaluated,thefirstoperandisevaluated.
Whenfirstoperandreturnsavalueoftruethenthesecondoperandisevaluated.
Whenfirstoperandevaluatestofalse,theevaluationofthesecondoperandisskipped.
Nadeem1122201103:40AM
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DoesJavasupportpointers?
Javadoesn'tsupporttheusageofpointers.Improperhandlingofpointersleadstomemoryleakswhichiswhypointerconcepthasn't
foundplaceinJava.
SwingandAwt
AWTareheavyweightcomponenets.
SwingsarelightweightcomponentsandthisisreasonwhyswingworksfasterthanAWT.

Passbyreferenceandpassbyvalue
PassByReferenceisthepassingtheaddressitselfratherthanpassingthevalue.
PassbyValueispassingacopyofthevaluetobepassed.
RakeshS114201101:26AM
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Abstractclass
Itmustbeextendedorsubclassed.
Itactsasatemplate.
Itmaycontainstaticdata.
Aclassmaybedeclaredabstractevenifithasnoabstractmethodsandthispreventsitfrombeinginstantiated.
Annie114201101:21AM

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Whatisanabstractmethod?
Anabstractmethodisamethodwhichdoesnthaveabody,justdeclaredwithmodifierabstract.

Explaintheuseofthefinallyblock.
Finallyblockisablockwhichalwaysexecutes.Theblockexecutesevenwhenanexceptionisoccurred.Theblockwon'texecuteonlywhen
theusercallsSystem.exit()

Whatistheinitialstateofathread?
Itisinareadystate.

Whatistimeslicing?
Intimeslicing,thetaskcontinuesitsexecutionforapredefinedperiodoftimeandreentersthepoolofreadytasks.

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WhatareWrapperClasses?
WrapperClassesallowtoaccessprimitivesasobjects.

WhatisListinterface?
Listisanorderedcollectionofobjects.

Canyouexplaintransientvariablesinjava?
Theyarethevariablesthatcannotbeserialized.

Whatissynchronization?
Synchronizationensuresonlyonethreadtoaccessasharedresource,thuscontrolstheaccessofmultiplethreadstosharedresources.

Whatisserialization?
Serializationhelpstoconvertthestateofanobjectintoabytestream.

WhatisHashMapandMap?
MapisInterfaceandHashmapisclassthatimplementsthat.

JavainterviewquestionsandanswersApril20,2011
WhatisStringBufferclass?
StringBufferclassissameasStringclasswiththeexceptionthatitismutable.Itallowschangeanddoesntcreateanewinstanceon
changeofvalue.

Howcanyouforcegarbagecollection?
ItisnotpossibletoforceGC.WecanjustrequestitbycallingSystem.gc().

Isitpossibleanexceptiontoberethrown?
Yes,anexceptioncanberethrown.

Whatisthereturntypeofaprogramsmain()method?
Aprogramsmain()methodhasavoidreturntype.

Whichpackageisalwaysimportedbydefault?
Thejava.langpackageisalwaysimportedbydefault.

WhatisaClass?
Aclassimplementsthebehaviorofmemberobjectsbydescribingalltheattributesofobjectsandthemethods.

WhatisanObject?
Anobjectisthemembersofaclass.Itisthebasicunitofasystem.Ithasattributes,behaviorandidentity.

Explaintheuseof"instanceOf"keyword.
"instanceOf"keywordisusedtocheckthetypeofobject.

Howdoyourefertoacurrentinstanceofobject?
Youcanreferthecurrentinstanceofobjectusing"this"keyword.

WhatistheuseofJAVAPtool?
JAVAPisusedtodisassemblecompiledJavafiles.Thisoptionisusefulwhenoriginalsourcecodeisnotavailable.

Inwhichpackageistheappletclasslocated?
Appletclassesarelocatedin"java.applet"package.

Javaarrayvs.ArrayListclass.
ArrayListisadynamicarraythatcangrowdependingondemandwhereasJavaarraysarefixedlength.

ExplainEnumerationInterface.
Itdefinesthemethodsusingwhichwecanenumeratetheelementsinacollectionofobjects.

Whatareaccessmodifiers?
Accessmodifiersdetermineifamethodoradatavariablecanbeaccessedbyanothermethodinanotherclass.

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Explaintheimpactofprivateconstructor.
Privateconstructorpreventsaclassfrombeingexplicitlyinstantiatedbycallers.

Whatisanexception?
Anexceptionisanabnormalconditionthatarisesinacodesequenceatruntime

JavainterviewquestionsandanswersApril21,2011
Whatarewaystocreatethreads?
Therearetwowaystocreateathread:
extendthejava.lang.Threadclass
implementthejava.lang.Runnableinterface

Howcanwestopathreadprogrammatically?
thread.stop

Whataredaemonthreads?
Daemonthreadsaredesignedtoruninbackground.Anexampleofsuchthreadisgarbagecollectorthread.

WhatarethedifferenttypesoflocksinJDBC?
TherearefourtypesofmajorlocksinJDBC:
Exclusivelocks
Sharedlocks
Readlocks
Updatelocks

WhatareServlets?
Servletsareprogramthatrununderwebserverenvironments.

Whatarethedifferentwaystomaintainstatebetweenrequests?
Therearefourdifferentways:
URLrewriting
Cookies
Hiddenfields
Sessions

Whatarewrapperclasses?
InJavawehaveclassesforeachprimitivedatatypes.Theseclassesarecalledaswrapperclass.Forexample,Integer,Character,Double
etc.

Whatarecheckedexceptions?
ThereareexceptionsthatareforcedtocatchbyJavacompiler,e.gIOException.Thoseexceptionsarecalledcheckedexceptions.

WhatistheLocaleclass?
Localeclassisaclassthatconvertstheprogramoutputtoaparticulargeographic,political,orculturalregion

IsmainakeywordinJava?
No,mainisnotakeywordinJava.

WhatisthemostimportantfeatureofJava?
PlatformindependencymakesJavaapremiumlanguage.

WhatisaJVM?
JVMisJavaVirtualMachinewhichisaruntimeenvironmentforthecompiledjavaclassfiles.

DoesJavasupportmultipleinheritances?
No,Javadoesn'tsupportmultipleinheritances.

Whatisthebaseclassofallclasses?
java.lang.Object

Canaclassbedeclaredasprotected?
Aclasscan'tbedeclaredasprotected.Onlymethodscanbedeclaredasprotected.

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Cananabstractclassbedeclaredfinal?
No,sinceitisobviousthatanabstractclasswithoutbeinginheritedisofnouse.

JavainterviewquestionsandanswersApril22,2011
Canwedeclareavariableasabstract?
Variablescan'tbedeclaredasabstract.Onlyclassesandmethodscanbedeclaredasabstract.

DefineMarkerInterface.
AnInterfacewhichdoesn'thaveanydeclarationinsidebutstillenforcesamechanism.

Whatisanabstractmethod?
Anabstractmethodisamethodwhoseimplementationisdeferredtoasubclass.

Whencananobjectreferencebecasttoaninterfacereference?
Anobjectreferenceiscasttoaninterfacereferencewhentheobjectimplementsthereferencedinterface.

Whichclassisextendedbyallotherclasses?
TheObjectclassisextendedbyallotherclasses.

Whatisthereturntypeofaprogram'smain()method?
void.

WhataretheeightprimitiveJavatypes?
Theeightprimitivetypesarebyte,char,short,int,long,float,double,andboolean.

Differencebetweenapublicandanonpublicclass.
Apublicclassmaybeaccessedoutsideofitspackage.Anonpublicclassmaynotbeaccessedoutsideofitspackage.

WhichJavaoperatorisrightassociative?
The=operatorisrightassociative.

Whatisatransientvariable?
Transientvariableisavariablethatmaynotbeserialized.
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