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QUESTIONWhatisbytecodeinthecontextofJava?
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ThetypeofcodegeneratedbyaJavacompiler
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QUESTIONWhatisgarbagecollectioninthecontextofJava?
Javaevents
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Theoperatingsystemperiodicallydeletesallofthejavafilesavailableonthesystem.
Anypackageimportedinaprogramandnotusedisautomaticallydeleted.
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QUESTIONWhatisdifferentbetweenaJavaappletandaJavaapplication?
Anapplicationcaningeneralbetrustedwhereasanappletcan't.
Anappletmustbeexecutedinabrowserenvironment.
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QUESTIONYoureadthefollowingstatementinaJavaprogramthatcompilesandexecutes.
J2ME
submarine.dive(depth)
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Javawebservices
depthmustbeanint
divemustbeamethod.
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Itcanextendexactlyoneclassandimplementexactlyoneinterface.
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Itcanimplementmultipleinterfacesregardlessofwhetheritalsoextendsaclass.
JavaTransactionAPIJTA
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Toallowathreadofhigherprioritytorun
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QUESTIONWhichofthefollowingisthecorrectsyntaxforsuggestingthattheJVMperformsgarbage
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System.free()
System.setGarbageCollection()
)System.out.gc()
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ExplainthedifferencebetweenJavaandJavaScript.
ExplainhowtoobtainaperformanceprofileofmyJavaProgram.
Explainthepurposeoftheexecutablefilesthathaveanextra_gattheendoftheirnames,e.g.java_g.
IfJavaisplatformindependent,whydoesn'titrunonallplatforms?
ExplainhowtoaccessnativeoperatingsystemcallsfrommyJavaprogram.
HowdowecreateandusesocketsinJava?
ExplainhowtosenddatafrommyJavaprogramtoaCGIprogram.
ExplainthedifferencebetweenaURLinstanceandaURLConnectioninstance.
HowdoIreadalineofinputatatimeinJava?
Whyisthreadsynchronizationimportantformultithreadedprograms?
Explainhowtocreateathreadandstartitrunning.
Whenshouldweuseaneventadapterclass?
Explainthecomponentandcontainerclasses.
Whatisthedifferencebetweenaruntimeexceptionandaplainexception?
Canyouexplaininbrieflifecycleforstatelessandstatefulbeans?
WhatisPassivationandActivationinEJB?
HowdoweimplementcachinginJSP?
ExplainthedifferentAuthenticationoptionsavailableinServlets.
HowcanweusebeansinJSP?
ExplainthedifferencebetweenJavaBeansandtaglibdirectives.
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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
WhatisJVM?Explainitsrolesandfunctions.
ExplainwhyJavaiscalledasPlatformindependentlanguage.ExplainhowJavaexecutableexecutesonanyplatformwhereJVMis
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Javaarchitecture
Javaprogramminglanguage,Javaclassfileformat,JavaApplicationProgrammingInterface,Javavirtualmachine.............
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ExplainthefeaturesofJavaclass.ExplainFields,Methods,andAccessLevels.
WhatareaccessorsandmutatormethodsinaJavaclass?Explainwithexampleforeach.
Explaintheimportanceof'this'reference.Writeacodetodepictstheuseof'this'reference
ExplainstaticvariablesandstaticmethodsinJava.Provideanexampletoexplainthem..................
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Javaconstructors
Whatisaconstructor?Explainthedifferencesbetweenmethodsandconstructor.
Differencesbetweenconstructorsandmethods.
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Javaclassmember
Whatisinstancemembers?Explainwithanexample
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Whatisstaticvariable?Explainwithanexample......................
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Javapackages
WhatareJavapackages?ExplaintheimportanceofJavapackages.
StepsforcreatingapackageinJava
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Javagarbagecollector
ExplainJavaGarbagecollector.Whygarbagecollection?BriefexplanationofGarbagecollectionalgorithms.
ExplaintheimportanceoffinalizersinJava.WritecodetodepicttheusesoffinalizersinJava...............
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Javasuperkeyword
Explaintheimportanceof'super'keywordinJava.Writecodetodepicttheusesof'super'keywordThekeywordsuperisusedforreferring
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DefineMethodoverloading.Explainitsuses.ProvideacodesampletoexplaintheusesofMethodoverloading
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DescribeJavastringclass.ExplainmethodsofJavastringclass.ExplainthecharacteristicsofStringBufferclassStringClass:TheString
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classisimmutable,ThecontentsoftheStringobjectcannotbechanged,Stringclassisfinalclass.Thatimpliesitcannothavesub
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WhatisSwing?ExplaintheneedofSwing.
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ExplaindifferentlayoutmanagerinJava.Alayoutmanagerorganizestheobjectsinacontainer,Differentlayoutsareusedtoorganizeorto
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ExplaintheneedofExceptionhandling.
ExplaintheExceptionscategories,i.e.checkedanduncheckedexceptions.
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WhatisMultithreading?Explainthelifecycleofathread.
ExplainhowtousethreadclassforMultithreadinginJava.Explainwithanexample.
WhatisRunnableinterface?ExplainhowtouseRunnableinterfaceforMultithreading.
Whatarethemethodsofthreadclassinjava?Explainthem
Canyourexplainthreadpriorities?..............
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ExplaintheuseofStreams.
DifferencebetweenStreamclassesandReaderwriterclasses
ExplainanddemonstratetheuseofFile,RandomAccessFileclasses.
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WhatisobjectSerialization?ExplaintheuseofPersistingobject.
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Whatissocket?Explainthefeaturesofsocket.
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PurposesofJDBCAPI
Describe4typesofJDBCdriversandtheircharacteristicswithusages.
StatethefunctionalitiesofimportantclassesinJDBCpackages.
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ExplainhowtouseJDBCstatementtoexecuteSQLqueries.Showinanexample
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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:
Singletonpleasedescribemainfeaturesandcoding
Factorypleasedescribemainfeaturesandcoding
Haveyouusedothers?pleasedescribethem
2)IntermediateandSeniorleveldependingonrateofgoodresponses,additionalquestionsto1):
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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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128to127
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.
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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
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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.
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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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