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1)Whypointersareeliminatedfromjava? POPULARPOSTS

Ans)
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2.Pointersmaycrashaprogrameasily,forexample,whenweaddtwopointers,theprogram
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3.Pointersbreaksecurity.Usingpointers,harmfulprogramslikeVirusandotherhackingprograms
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canbedeveloped.Becauseoftheabovereasons,pointershavebeeneliminatedfromjava.

2)Whatisthedifferencebetweenafunctionandamethod?
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Ans).Amethodisafunctionthatiswritteninaclass.Wedonothavefunctionsinjavainstead
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we have methods. This means whenever a function is written in java, it should be written inside
theclassonly.ButifwetakeC++,wecanwritethefunctionsinsideaswellasoutsidetheclass.
SoinC++,theyarecalledmemberfunctionsandnotmethods.
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3)WhichpartofJVMwillallocatethememoryforajavaprogram?
Ans). Class loader subsystem of JVM will allocate the necessary memory needed by the java
program.
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7)WhatisanAPIdocument?
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Ans).AnAPIdocumentisa.htmlfilethatcontainsdescriptionofallthefeaturesofasoftwar,a
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product, or a technology. API document is helpful for the user to understand how to use the
softwareortechnology.

8)Whatisthedifferencebetween#includeandimportstatement? What is lazy loading in Hibernate?

Ans).#include directive makes the compiler go to the C/C++ standard library and copy the code
from the header files into the program. As a result, the program size increases, thus wasting
memoryandprocessorstime.

import statement makes the JVM go to the Java standard library, execute the code there , and
substitutetheresultintotheprogram.Here,nocodeiscopiedandhencenowasteofmemoryor
processorstime.soimportisanefficientmechanismthan#include.

9)Whatisthedifferencebetweenprint()andprintln()method?

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12)WhatisaUnicodesystem?

Ans).Unicodesystemisanencodingstandardthatprovidesauniquenumberforeverycharacter,
nomatterwhattheplatform,program,orlanguageis.Unicodeuses2bytestorepresentasingle
character.

13)Howarepositiveandnegativenumbersrepresentedinternally?

Ans). Positive numbers are represented in binary using 1s complement notation and negative
numbersarerepresentedbyusing2scomplementnotation.

14)Whatisthedifferencebetween>>and>>>?

Ans).Bothbitwiserightshiftoperator(>>)andbitwisezerofillrightshiftoperator(>>>)are
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18)WhygotostatementsarenotavailableinJava? WSAD (2) XML (1)

Ans) . Goto statements lead to confusion for a programmer. Especially in a large program, if
several goto statements are used, the programmer would be perplexed while understanding the GOOGLE+FOLLOWERS

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19)WhatisthedifferencebetweenreturnandSystem.exit(0)?

Ans).Returnstatementisusedinsideamethodtocomeoutofit.System.exit(0)isusedinany
286havemeincircles Viewall
methodtocomeoftheprogram.

20)WhatisthedifferencebetweenSystem.out.exit(0)andSystem.exit(1)?

Ans). System.exit(0) terminates the program normally. Whereas System.exit(1) terminates the
programbecauseofsomeerrorencounteredintheprogram.

21)WhatisthedifferencebetweenSystem.out,System.errandSystem.in?

Ans).System.outandSystem.errbothrepresentthemonitorbydefaultandhencecanbeusedto
senddataorresultstothemonitor.ButSystem.outisusedtodisplaynormalmessagesandresults
whereas System.err is used to display error messages and System.in represents InputStream
object,whichbydefaultrepresentsstandardinputdevice,i.e.,keyboard.
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22)Onwhichmemory,arraysarecreatedinJava?

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Ans).ArraysarecreatedondynamicmemorybyJVM.Thereisnoquestionofstaticmemoryin
Javaeverything(variables,array,objectetc.)iscreatedondynamicmemoryonly.

23)Canyoucallthemain()methodofaclassfromanotherclass?

Ans).Yes,wecancallthemain()methodofaclassfromanotherclassusingClassname.main()
.Atthetimeofcallingthemain()method,weshouldpassastringtypearraytoit.
24)IsStringaclassordatatype?

Ans).String is a class in java.lang package. But in Java, all classes are also considered as data
types.SowecantakeStringasadatatypealso.

25)Canwecallaclassasadatatype?

Ans).Yes,aclassisalsocalleduserdefineddatatype.Thisisbecauseausecandreateaclass.

26)Whatisobjectreference?

Ans).Object reference is a unique hexadecimal number representing the memory address of the
object.Itisusefultoaccessthemembersoftheobject.

27) What is difference between == and equals( ) while comparing

strings.whichoneisreliable?

Ans).==operatorcomparesthereferencesofthestingobjects.Itdoesnotcomparethecontents
of the objects. equals ( ) method compares the contents. While comparing the strings, equals( )
methodshouldbeusedasityieldsthecorrectresult.

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Ans). Sring constant pool is a separate block of memory where the string objects are held by
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JVM.Ifastingobjectiscreateddirectly,usingassignmentoperatoras:Strings1=Hello,thenit
isstoredinstringconstantpool.

29)Explainthedifferencebetweenthefollowingtwostatements:
1.Strings=Hello
2.Strings=newString(Hello)

Ans).In the first statement, assignment operator is used to assign the string literal to the String
variables.Inthiscase,JVMfirstofallcheckswhetherthesameobjectisalreadyavailableinthe
stringconstantpol.Ifitisavailable,thenitcreatesanotherreferencetoit.Ifthesameobjectisnot
available, then it creates another object with the content Hello and stores it into the string
constantpool.
Inthesecondstatement,newoperatorisusedtocreatethestringobjectinthiscase,JVMalways
createsanewobjectwithoutlookinginthestringconstantpool.

30)WhatisthedifferencebetweenStringandStringBufferclasses?

Ans). String class objects are immutable and hence their contents cannot be modified.
StringBuffer class objects are mutable, so they can be modified. Moreover the methods that
directlymanipulatedataoftheobjectarenotavailableinStringclass.Suchmethodsareavailable
inStringBufferclass.

31)Arethereanyotherclasseswhoseobjectsareimmutalbe?

Ans).Yes,classeslikeCharacter,Byte,Integer,Float,Double,Long..calledwrapperclassesare
createdasimmutable.ClasseslikeClass,BigInteger,BigDecimalarealsoimmutable.

32)WhatisthedifferencebetweenStringBufferandStringBuilderclasses?

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used.StringBuilderispreferred,asitimprovesexecutiontime.
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33)Whatisobjectorientedapproach?

Ans).Objectorientedprogrammingapproachisaprogrammingmethodologytodesigncomputer
programsusingclassesandobjects.

34)Whatisthedifferencebetweenaclassandanobject?

Ans).Aclassisamodelforcreatingobjectsanddoesnotexistphysically.Anobjectisanything
thatexistsphysically.Boththeclassesandobjectscontainvariablesandmethods.

35)Whatisencapsulation?

Ans).Encapsulation is a mechanism where the data(varialbes) and the code(methods) that act on
thedatawillbindtogether.Forex,ifwetakeaclass,wewritethevariablesandmethodsinsidethe
class.Thus,classisbindingthemtogether.Soclassisanexampleforencapsultion.

36)Whatisabstraction?

Ans).Hidingtheunnecessarydatafromtheuserandexposeonlyneededdataisofinteresttothe
user.

A good example for abstraction is a car. Any car will have some parts like engine, radiator,
mechanical and electrical equipment etc. The user of the ca r (driver) should know how to drive
the car and does not require any knowledge of these parts. For example driver is never bothered
about how the engine is designed and the internal parts of the engine. This is why, the car
manufacturershidethesepartsfromthedriverinaseparatepanel,generallyatthefront.
Exampleinjava:

1 ClassBank{ ?
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3 PrivateStringname;
4 Privatefloatbalance;
5 Privatefloatprofit;
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5 Privatefloatprofit;
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8 System.out.println(Accno=+accno);
9 System.out.println(Name=+name);
10 System.out.println(Balance=+balance);
11 }
12 }

37)WhatisInheritance?

Ans). It creates new classes from existing classes, so that the new classes will acquire all the
features of the existing classes is called inheritance. (or) Acquiring the all properties from base
classtochildclass.

38)WhatisPolymorphism?

Ans). The word Polymorphism came from two Greek words poly meaning many and
morphsmeaningforms.Thus,polymorphismrepresentstheabilitytoassumeseveraldifferent
forms.Inprogramming,wecanuseasinglevariabletorefertoobjectsofdifferenttypesandthus,
using that variable we can call the methods of the different objects. Thus a method call can
performdifferenttasksdependingonthetypeoftheobject.

39)Whatisthedifferencebetweenobjectorientedprogramminglaunguages
andobjectbasedprogramminglanguages?

Ans). Object oriented programming languages follow all the features of Object Oriented
ProgrammingSystem(OOPS).Smalltalk,Simula67,C++,JavaareexamplesforOOPSlanguages.
ObjectbasedprogramminglanguagesfollowallthefeaturesofOOPSexcept
Inheritance. For example, JavaScript and VBScript will come under object
basedprogramminglanguages.

40)Whatishashcode?
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Ans).HashcodeisuniqueidentificationnumberallotedtotheobjectsbytheJVM.Thishashcode
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number is also called reference number which is created based on the location of the object in
memory,andisuniqueforallobjects,exceptforStringobjects.

41)Howcanyoufindthehashcodeofanobject?

Ans).The hashCode( ) method of Object class in java.lang.packageis useful to find the hash
codeofanobject.

42)Canyoudeclareaclassasprivate?

Ans).No, if we declare a class as private, then it is not available to java compiler and hence a
compiletimeerroroccurs,butinnerclassescanbedeclaredasprivate.

43)Whenisaconstructorcalled,beforeoraftercreatingtheobject?

Ans). A Constructor is called concurrently when the object creation is going on. JVM first
allocates memory for the object and then executes the constructor to initialize the instance
variables.Bythetime,objectcreationiscompletedtheconstructorexecutionisalsocompleted.

44) What is the difference between default constructor and parameterized

constructor?

Defaultconstructor Parameterconstructor

Defaultconstructorisusefultoinitializeall Parameterized constructor is useful to

objectswithsamedata. initializeeachobjectwithdifferentdata.
Default constructor does not have any Parameterized constructor will have 1 or
parameters. moreparameters
When data is not passed at the time of Whendataispassedat the time of creating
creating an object, default constructor is an object parameterized constructor is
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45)Whatisthedifferencebetweenaconstructorandamethod?
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Constructors Methods

Aconstructorisusedtoinitializetheinstance A method is used for any general purpose

variablesofaclass. processingorcalculations.
A constructors name and class name should Amethodsnameandclassnamecanbesame
besame. ordifferent.
Aconstructoriscalledatthetimeofcreating A method can be called after creating the
object. object.
Aconstructoriscalledonlyonceperobject. A method can be called several times on the
object.

46)Whatisconstructoroverloading?

Ans).Writingtwoormoreconstructorswiththesamenamebutwithdifferenceintheparameters
iscalledconstructoroverloading.Suchconstructorsareusefultoperformdifferenttasks.

47)Whatareinstancemethods?

Ans).Instancemethodsare the methods which act on the instance variables of the class. To call
theinstancemethods,weshouldusetheformobjectname.methodname().
Ex:

1 doublex=obj.sum(); ?

48)Whatarestaticmethods?

Ans). Static methods are the methods which do not act upon the instance variables of a class.
Staticmethodsaredeclaredasstatic.

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Ans).1.AnInstancevariableisavariablewhoseseparatecopyisavailabletoeachobject.Aclass
variableisavariablewhosesinglecopyinmemoryissharedbyallobjects.
2. Instance variables are created in the objects on heap memory. Class variables are stored on
methodarea.

50)WhyinstanceVariablesarenotavailabletostaticmethods?

Ans).After executing static methods, JVM creates the objects. So the instance variables of the
objectsarenotavailabletostaticmethods.

51)IsitpossibletocompileandrunaJavaprogramwithoutwritingmain()
method?

Ans).Yes,itispossiblebyusingastaticblockintheJavaprogram.

52)HowareobjectsarepassedtomethodsinJava?

Ans). Premitive data types, objects, even object references every thing is passed to methods
usingpassbyvalueorcallbyvalueconcept.Thismeanstheirbitbybitcopyispassestothe
methods.

53)Whatarefactorymethods?

Ans). A factory method is a method that creates and returns an object to the class to which it
belongs.Asinglefactorymethodreplacesseveralconstructorsintheclassbyacceptingdifferent
optionsfromtheuser,whilecreatingtheobject.

54)InhowmanywayscanyoucreateanobjectinJava?

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Here,wearecreatingEmployeeclassobjectobjusingnewoperator.
2.Usingfactorymethods:
NumberFormatobj=NumberFormat.getNumberInstance()
Here,wearecreatingNumberFormatobjectusingthefactorymethodgetNumberInstance(
)
3.UsingnewInstance()method.Hereweshouldfollowtowsteps,as:
(a) First, store the class name Employee as a string into an object. For this purpose,
factorymetodforName()oftheclassClasswillbeuseful:
Classc=Class.forName(Employee)
WeshouldnotethatthereisaclasswiththenameClassinjava.langpackage.
(b)Next,createanotherobjecttotheclasswhosenameisintheobjectc.Forthispurpose,
weneednewInstance()methodoftheclassClassas:
Employeeobj=(Employee)c.newInstance()
4.Bycloninganalreadyavailableobject,wecancreateanotherobject.Creatingexactcopyof
anexistingobjectiscalledcloning.
Employeeobj1=newEmployee()
Employeeobj2=(Employee)obj1.clone()
Earlier, we created obj2 by cloning the Employee object obj1.clone( ) method of Object
class is used to clone object.We should note that there is a class by the name Object in
java.langpackage.

55)Whatisobjectgraph?

Ans).Objectgraphisagraphshowingrelationshipbetweendifferentobjectsinmemory.

56)Whatisanonymousinnerclass?

Ans).Itisaninnerclasswhosenameisnotwrittenintheouterclassandforwhichonlyoneobject
iscreated.
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57)WhatisInheritance?

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Ans).Derivingnewclassesfromexistingclassessuchthatthenewclassesacquireallthefeatures
ofexistingclassesiscalledinheritance.

58)Whysuperclassmembersareavailabletosubclass?

Ans).Because,thesubclassobjectcontainsacopyofsuperclassobject.

59)Whatistheadvantageofinheritance?

Ans).In inheritance a programmer reuses the super class code without rewriting it, in creation of
subclassesSo,developingtheclassesbecomesveryeasy.Hence,theprogrammersproductivityis
increased.

60)WhymultipleinheritanceisnotavailableinJava?

Ans).MultipleinheritanceisnotavailableinJavaforthefollowingreasons:

1.ItleadstoconfusionforaJavaprogram.
2.Theprogrammercanachievemultipleinheritancebyusinginterfaces.
3.Theprogrammercanachievemultipleinheritancebyrepeatedlyusingsingleinheritance.

61)Howmanytypesofinheritancearethere?

Ans). There are two types of inheritances single and multiple. All other types are mere
combinationsofthesetwo.However,Javasupportsonlysingleinheritance.

62)Whatiscoercion?

Ans).Coercionistheautomaticconversionbetweendifferentdatatypesdonebythecompiler.
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Ans).Conversionisanexplicitchangeinthedatatypespecifiedbytheoperator.

64)Whatismethodsignature?

Ans).Methodsignaturerepresentsthemethodnamealongwithmethodparmeters.

65)Whatismethodoverloading?

Ans).Writing two or more methods in the same class in such a way that each mehtod has same
namebutwithdifferentmethodsignaturesiscalledmethodoverloading.

66)Whatismethodoverriding?

Ans). Writing two or more methods in super and sub classes such that the methods have same
nameandsamesignatureiscalledmethodoverriding.

67) What is the difference between method overloading and

methodoverriding?

MethodOverloading MethodOverriding
Writing two or more methods with the same Writing two or more methods with the same
name but with different signatures is called name and same signatures is called method
methodoverloading. overriding.
Methodoverloadingisdoneinthesameclass. Method overriding is done in super and sub
classes.
Inmethodoverloading,methodreturntypecan In method overriding method return type
besameordifferent. shouldalsobesame.
JVM decides which method is called JVM decides which method is called
depending on the difference in the method dependingonthedatatype(class)oftheobject
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programmer wants to extend the already programmer wants to provide a different

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availablefeatures. implementation(body)forthesamefeature.
Method overloading is code refinement. Same Method overriding is code replacement. The
methodisrefinedtoperformadifferenttask. subclassmethodoverrides(replaces)thesuper
classmethod.

68)Canyouoverrideprivatemethods?

Ans).No,privatemethodsarenotavailableinthesubclasses,sotheycannotbeoverriden.

69)Canwetakeprivatemethodsandfinalmethodsassame?

Ans).NO.Bothmethodsaredifferent.Afinalmethodisnotthesameasaprivatemethod.Theonly
similarity is that they cannot be overridden, But final methods are visible to subclasses, private
methodsarenot.

(takenfromcommentsbyBHS).
70)Whatisfinal?

Ans).finalkeywordisusedintwoways:
Itisusedtodeclareconstantsas:
FinaldoublePI=3.14159//PIisconstant
Itisusedtopreventinheritanceas:
FinalclassA//subclasstoAcannotbecreated.

71) What is the difference between dynamic polymorphism and static

polymorphism?

Ans).Dynamic polymorphism is the polymorphism existed at runtime. Here, Java compiler does
not understand which method is called at compilation time. Only JVM decides which method is
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Static polymorphism is the polymorphism exhibited at compile time. Here, Java compiler knows
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which method is called. Method overloading and method overriding using static methods method
overridingusingprivateorfinalmethodsareexamplesforstaticpolymorphism.

72)Whatisdifferencebetweenprimitivedatatypesandadvanceddatatypes?

Ans).Primitivedatatypesrepresentsinglevalues.Advanceddatatypesrepresentagroupofvalues.
Also methods are not available to handle the primitive data types. In case of advanced data types,
methodsareavailabletoperformvariousoperations.

73)Whatisimplicitcasting?

Ans).Automatic casting done by the Java compiler internally is called implicit casting . Implicit
castingisdonetoconvertyalowerdatatypeintoahigherdatatype.

74)Whatisexplicitcasting?

Ans).The cating done by the programmer is called explicit cating. Explicit casting is compulsory
whileconvertingfromahigherdatatypetoalowerdatatype.

75)Whatisgeneralizationandspecialization?

Ans).Generalization ia a phenomenon wher a sub class is prompted to a super class, and hence
becomesmoregeneral.Generalizationneedswideningorupcasting.Specializationisphenomenon
where a super class is narrowed down to a sub class. Specialization needs narrowing or down
casting.

76)Whatiswideningandnarrowing?

Ans).Convertinglowerdatatypeintoahigherdatatypeiscalledwideningandconvertingahigher
datatypeintoalowertypeiscallednarrowing.Wideningissafeandhenceeveniftheprogrammer Back to Top

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does not use cast operator, the Java compiler does not flag any error. Narrowing is unsafe and
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hencetheprogrammershouldexplicitlyusecastoperatorinnarrowing.

77)Whichmethodisusedincloning?

Ans).clone()methodofObjectclassisusedincloning.

78)Whatdoyoucalltheinterfacewithoutanymembers?

Ans).Aninterfacewithoutanymembersiscalledmarkinginterfaceortagginginterface.Itmarks
the class objects for a special purpose. For example, Clonable(java.lang) and Serializable(java.io)
aretwomarkinginterfaces.Clonableinterfaceindicatesthataparticularclassobjectsarecloneable
whileSerializableinterfaceindicatesthataparticularclassobjectsareserializable.

79)Whatisabstractmethod?

Ans).An abstract method is a method without method body. An abstract method is written when
thesamemethodhastoperformdifferencetasksdependingontheobjectcallingit.

80)Whatisabstractclass?

Ans).Anabstractclassisaclassthatcontains0ormoreabstractmethods.

81) How can you force your programmers to implement only the features of
yourclass?

Ans).Bywritinganabstractclassoraninterface.

82)Canyoudeclareaclassasabstractandfinalalso?

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83)Whatisaninterface?

Ans).Aninterfaceisaspecificationofmethodprototypes,Allthemethodsof
theinterfacearepublicandabstract.

84)Whythemethodsofinterfacearepublicandabstractbydefault?
Ans).Interfacemethodsarepublicsincetheyshouldbeavailabletothirdpartyvendorstoprovide
implementation.Theyareabstractbecausetheirimplementationisleftforthirdpartyvendors.

85)Canyouimplementoneinterfacefromanother?

Ans).No,wecantimplementinganinterfacemeanswritingbodyforthemethods.Thiscannotbe
doneagaininaninterface,sincenoneofthemethodsoftheinterfacecanhavebody.

86)Canyouwriteaclasswithinaninterfae?

Ans).Yes,itispossibletowriteaclasswithinaninterface.

87)Explainaboutinterfaces?

Ans).*Aninterfaceisaspecificationofmethodprototypes,beforeweproceedfurthur,written
intheinterfacewithoutmehtodbodies.
*Aninterfacewillhave0ormoreabstractmethodswhichareallpublicandabstractbydefault.
* An interface can have variables which are public static and final by default. This means all the
variablesoftheinterfaceareconstants.

88)Whatisthedifferencebetweenanabstractclassandaninterface?

Abstractclass Interface
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An abstract class is written when there are Aninterfaceiswrittenwhenallthefeaturesare
some common features shared by all the implementeddifferentlyindifferentobjects.

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objects. JavaSynchronizedblockandmethodindetail.. ClickHere

Whenanabstractclassiswritten,itistheduty An interface is written when the programmer
oftheprogrammertoprovidesubclassestoit. wants to leave the implementation to the third
partyvendors.
An abstract class contains some abstract Aninterfacecontainsonlyabstractmethods.
methodsandalsosomeconcretemethods.
An abstract class contain instance variables Aninterfacecannotcontaininstancevariables.
also. Itcontainsonlyconstants.
All the abstract methods of the abstract class All the (abstract) methods of the interface
shouldbeimplementedinitssubclasses. should be implemented in its implementation
classes.
Abstract class is declared by using the Interface is declared using the keyword
keywordabstract. interface.

89)Aprogrammeriswritingthefollowingstatementsinaprogram:
1.importjava.awt.*
2.importjava.awt.event.*
Shouldhewriteboththestatementsinhisprogramorthefirstonwisenough?

Ans). event is a sub package of java.awt package. But, when a package is imported, its sub
packages are not automatically imported into a program. So, for every package or sub package, a
separate import statement should be written. Hence if the programmer wants the classes and
interfaces of both the java.awt and java.awt.event packages, then he should both the preceding
statementsinhisprogram.

90)Howcanyoucallthegarbagecollector?

Ans).WecancallgarbagecollectorofJVMtodeleteanyunusedvariablesandunreferencedobjects
frommemoryusinggc()method.Thisgc()methodappearsinbothRuntimeandSystemclasses
ofjava.langpackage.Forexample,wecancallitas:
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91)Whatisthedifferencebetweenthefollowingtwostatements.

1.importpack.Addition
2.importpack.*

Ans).Instatement1,onlytheAdditionclassofthepackagepackisimportedintotheprogramand
instatement2,alltheclassesandinterfacesofthepackagepackareavailabletotheprogram.
If a programmer wants to import only one class of a package say BufferedReader of java.io
package,wecanwriteimportjava.io.BufferedReader

93)WhatisCLASSPATH?

Ans).TheCLASSPATHisanenvironmentvariablethattellstheJavacompilerwheretolookfor
class files to import. CLASSPATH is generally set to a directory or a JAR(Java Archive)file. Set
theClasspathafterinstallingjava.

94)WhatisaJARfile?

Ans) A Java Archive file (JAR) is a file that contains compressed version of several .class files,
audio files, image files or directories. JAR file is useful to bundle up several files related to a
projectandusethemeasily.

95)Whatisthescopeofdefaultacessspecifier?

Ans). Default members are available within the same package, but not outside of the package. So
theirscopeispackagescope.

96)Whathappensifmain()methodiswrittenwithoutStringargs[]?

Ans). The code compiles but JVM cannot run it, as it cannot see the main( ) method with String Back to Top
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97).Whatarecheckedexceptions?

Ans).TheexceptionsthatarecheckedatcompilationtimebytheJavacompilerarecalledchecked
exceptions.TheexceptionsthatarecheckedbytheJVMarecalleduncheckedexceptions.

98).WhatisThrowable?

Ans).ThrowableisaclassthatrepresentsallerrorsandexceptionswhichmayoccurinJava.

99).Whichisthesuperclassforallexceptions?

Ans).ExceptionisthesuperclassofallexceptionsinJava.

100).Whatisthedifferencebetweenanexceptionandanerror?

Ans). An exception is an error which can be handled. It means when an exception happens, the
programmercandosomethingtoavoidanyharm.Butanerrorisanerrorwhichcannotbehandled,
ithappensandtheprogrammercannotdoanything.

101).Whatisthedifferencebetweenthrowsandthrow?

Ans).throwsclauseisusedwhentheprogrammerdoesnotwanttohandletheexceptionandthrow
it out of a method. throw clause is used when the programmer wants to throw an exception
explicitlyandwantstohandleitusingcatchblock.Hence,throwsandthrowarecontracictory.

102).Isitpossibletorethrowexceptions?

Ans).Yes,wecanrethrowanexceptionfromcatchblocktoanotherclasswhereitcanbehandled.

103).Whydoweneedwrapperclasses? Back to Top

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1.Theyconvertprimitivedatatypesint JavaSynchronizedblockandmethodindetail.. ClickHere

oobjectsandthisisneededonInternettomommunicatebetweentwoapplications.
2.Theclassesinjava.utilpackagehandleonlyobjectsandhencewrapperclasseshelpinthiscase
also.

104).Whichofthewrapperclassescontainsonlyoneconstructor?(or)Which
ofthewrapperclassesdoesnotcontainaconstructorwithStringasparameter
?

Ans).Character.

105).Whatisunboxing?

Ans).Convertinganobjectintoitscorrespondingprimitivedatatypeiscalledunboxing.

106).WhathappensifastringlikeHelloispassedtoparseInt()method?

Ans).IdeallyastringwithanintegervalueshouldbepassedtoparseInt()method.So,onparsing
Hello,anexceptioncalledNumberFormatExceptionoccurssincetheparseInt()methodcannot
convertthegivenstringHellointoanintegervalue.

107).Whatisacollectionframework?

Ans).Acollectionframeworkisaclasslibrarytohandlegroupsofobjects.Collectionframework
isimplementedinjava.util.package.

108).Doesacollectionobjectstorecopiesofotherobjectsortheirreferences?

Ans).ACollectionobjectstoresreferencesofotherobjects.

109).Canyoustoreaprimitivedatatypeintoacollection? Back to Top

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Ans).No,Collectionsstoreonlyobjects. JavaSynchronizedblockandmethodindetail.. ClickHere

110).WhatisthedifferencebetweenIteratorandListIterator?

Ans).Bothareusefultoretreiveelementsfromacollection.Iteratorcanretrievetheelements
onlyinforwarddirection.ButListenercanretrievetheelementsinforwardandbackwarddirection
also.SoListIteratorispreferredtoIterator.

111).WhatisthedifferencebetweenIteratorandEnumeration?

Ans).Bothareusefultoretreiveelementsfromacollection.Iteratorhasmethodswhosenamesare
easy to follow and Enumeration methods are difficult to remember. Also Iterator has an option to
removeelementsfromthecollectionwhichisnotavailableinEnumeration.So,Iteratorispreferred
toEnumeration.

112).WhatisthedifferencebetweenaStackandLinkedList?

Ans). 1. A Stack is generally used for the purpose of evaluation of expression. A LinkedList is
usedtostoreandretrievedata.

2. Insertion and deletion of elements only from the top of the Stack is possible. Insertion and
deletionofelementsfromanywhereispossibleincaseofaLinkedList.

113).WhatisthedifferencebetweenArrayListandVector?

ArrayList Vector

ArrayListobjectisnotsynchronizedbydefault Vectorobjectissynchronizedbydefault.

Incase of a single thread, using ArrayList is In case of multiple threads, using Vector is
fasterthantheVector. advisable. With a single thread, Vector
becomesslow. Back to Top
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percent(half). doublingit.
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114).CanyousynchronizetheArrayListobject?

Ans). Yes, we can use synchronizedList( ) method to synchronize the ArrayList, as:
Collections.synchronizedList(newArrayList())

115).WhatistheloadfactorforaHashMaporHashtable?

Ans).0.75.

116).WhatisthedifferencebetweenHashMapandHashtable?

Ans).
HashMap Hashtable
HashMap object is not synchronized by Hashtableobjectissynchronizedbydefault.
default.
In case of a single thread, using HashMap is Incaseofmultiplethreads,usingHashtableis
fasterthantheHashtable. advisable, with a single thread, Hashtable
becomesslow.
HashMap allows null keys and null values to Hashtabledoesnotallownullkeysorvalues.
bestored.
Iterator in the HashMap is failfast. This EnumerationfortheHashtableis not failfast.
means Iterator will produce exeception if This means even if concurrent updations are
concurrentupdatesaremadetotheHashMap. done to Hashtable, there will not be any
incorrectresultsproducedbytheEnumeration.

117).CanyoumakeHashMapsynchronized?

Ans).Yes,wecanmakeHashMapobjectsynchronizedusingsynchronizedMap()methodasshown
here:Collections.synchronizedMap(newHashMap()) Back to Top

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118).WhatisthedifferencebetweenaSetandaList?
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Ans).
Set List
A Set represents a collection of elements. A List represents ordered collection of
OrderoftheelementsmaychangeintheSet. elements.List preserves the order of elements
inwhichtheyareentered.
Set will not allow duplicate values to be Listwillallowduplicatevalues.
stored.
Accessing elements by their index (position Accessing elements by index is possible in
number)isnotpossibleincaseofSets. lists.
Setswillnotallownullelements. Listsallownullelementstobestored.

119).WhatisthedifferencebetweenSystem.outandSystem.err?

Ans). Both are used to display messages on the monitor. System.out is used to display normal
messages
As:
System.out.println(Thisisnayanimuralidhar)
System.err.println(Thisisanerror)

120).Whatistheadvantageofstreamconcept..?

Ans).Streamsaremainlyusefultomovedatafromoneplacetoanotherplace.Thisconceptcanbe
usedtoreceivedatafromaninputdeviceandsenddatatoanoutputdevice.

121).Whatisthedefaultbuffersizeusedbyanybufferedclass?

Ans).512bytes.

122).Whatisserialization? Back to Top

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Ans).Serializationistheprocessofstoringobjectcontentsintoafile.Theclasswhoseobjectsare
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storedinthefileshouldimplementserializableinterfaceofjava.io.package.

123).Whattypeofvariablescannotbeserialized?

Ans).Staticandtransientvariablescannotbeserialized.

Oncetheobjectsarestoredintoafile,theycanbelaterretrievedandusedasandwhenneeded.This
iscalleddeserialization.

124).WhatisIPaddress?

Ans).AnIPaddressisauniqueidentificationnumberallocatedtoeverycomputeronanetworkor
Internet.IPaddresscontainssomebyteswhichidentifythenetworkandtheactualcomputerinside
thenetwork.

125).WhatisDNS?

Ans).DomainNamingServiceisaserviceonInternetthatmapstheIPaddresswithcorresponding
websitenames.

126).Whatisasocket?

Ans).Asocketisapointofconnecitonbetweenaserverandaclientonanetwork.

127).Whatisportnumber?

Ans).Portnumberiaa2bytenumberwhichisusedtoidentifyasocketuniquely.

128).WhichthreadalwaysrunsinaJavaprogrambydefault?
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Ans). main thread. A thread represents execution of statements. The way the statements are
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executedisoftwotypes:1).Singletasking2).Multitasking.

129).Whythreadsarecalledlightweight?

Ans).Threadsarelightweightbecausetheyutilizeminimumresourcesofthesystem.Thismeans
theytakelessmemoryandlessprocessortime.

130).Whatisthedifferencebetweensingletaskingandmultitasking?

Ans).Executingonlyonejobatatimeiscalledsingletasking.Executingseveraljobsatatimeis
called multi tasking. In single tasking, the processor time is wasted, but in multi tasking, we can
utilizetheprocessortimeinanoptimumway.

131).HowcanyoustopathreadinJava?

Ans).Firstofall,weshouldcreateabooleantypevariablewhichstoresfalse.Whentheuser
wants to stop the thread. We should store trueinto the variable. The status of the variable is
checkedintherun()methodandifitistrue,thethreadexecutesreturnstatementandthenstops.

132). What is the difference between extends Thread and implements

Runnable?Whichoneisadvatageous?

Ans). extends Thread and implements Runnable both are functionally same. But when we write
extendsThread,thereisnoscopetoextendanotherclass,asmultipleinheritanceisnotsupported
inJava.
ClassMyclassextendsThread,AnotherClass//invalid
IfwewriteimplementsRunnable,thenstillthereisscopetoextendanotherclass.
classMyclassextendsAnotherClassimplementsRunnable//valid
Thisisdefinitelyadvantageouswhentheprogrammerwantstousethreadsandalsowantstoaccess
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133).Whichmethodisexecutedbythethreadbydefault?
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Ans).publicvoidrun()method.

134).WhatisThreadsynchronization?

Ans).Whenathreadisalreadyactingonanobject,preventinganyotherthreadfromactingonthe
sameobjectiscalledThreadsynchronizationorThreadsafeTheobjectonwhichthethreadsare
synchronized is called synchronized object. Thread synchronization is recommended when
multiplethreadsareusedonthesameobject(inmultithreading).

135). What is the difference between synchronized block and synchronized

keyword?

Ans).Synchronizedblockisusefultosynchronizedablockofstatements.Synchronizedkeywordis
usefultosynchronizeanentiremethod.

138).WhatisThreaddeadlock?

Ans).Whenathreadhaslockedanobjectandwaitingforanotherobjecttobereleasedbyanother
thread.and the other thread is also waiting for the first thread to release the first object, both the
threadswillcontinuewaitingforever.ThisiscalledThreaddeadlock.

139).Whatisthedifferencebetweenthesleep()andwait()methods?

Ans).Boththesleep()andwait()methodsareusedtosuspendathreadexecutionforaspecified
time. When sleep( ) is executed inside a synchronized block, the object is still under lock. When
wait()methodisexecuted,itbreaksthesynchronizedblock,sothattheobjectlockisremovedand
itisavailable.
Generally, sleep( ) is used for making a thread to wait for some time. But wait( ) is used in
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140).Whatisthedefaultpriorityofathread?
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Ans).Whenathreadiscreated,bydefaultitsprioritywillbe5.
141).Whatisdemonthread?
Ans). A daemon thread is a thread is a thread that executes continuously. Daemon threads are
serviceprovidersforotherthreadsorobjects.Itgenerallyprovidesabackgroundprocssing.

142).Whatisthreadlifecycle?

Ans). A thread is created using new Thread( ) statement and is executed by start( ) method. The
threadentersrunnablestateandwhensleep()orwait()methodsareusedorwhenthethreadis
blockedonI/O,itthengoesintonotrunnablestate.Fromnotrunnablestate,thethreadcomes
back to the runnable state and continues running the statements. The thread dies when it comes
outofrun()mehtod.Thesestatethransitionsofathreadarecalledlifecycleofathread.

143).Whatisthedifferencebetweenawindowandaframe?

Ans). A window is a frame without any borders and title, whereas a frame contains borders and
title.

144).Whatiseventdelegationmodel?

Ans). Event delegation model represents that when an event is generated by the user on a
component,itisdelegatedtoalistenerinterfaceandthelistenercallsamehtodinresponsetothe
event.Finally,theeventishandledbythemethod.

145).WhichmodelisusedtoprovideactionstoAWTcomponents?
Ans).Eventdelegationmodel.

146).Whatisanadapterclass?
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Ans). An adapter class is an implementation class of a listener which contains all methods
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implemented with empty body. For example, WindowAdapter is an adapter class of
WindowListenerinterface.Adapter classes reduce overhead on programming while working with
listenerinterfaces.

147).Whatisanonymousinnerclass?

Ans). Anonymous inner class is an inner class whose name is not mentioned, and for which only
oneobjectiscreated.

148).Whatisthedefaultlayoutinaframe?

Ans).BorderLayout.

149).Whatisthedefaultlayoutinanapplet?

Ans).FlowLayout.

150).WhatareJavaFoundationclasses?

Ans).JavaFoundationclasses(JFC)representedaclasslibrarydevelopedinpureJavawhichisan
extensiontoAWT.

151).DiscussabouttheMVCarchitectureinJFC/swing?

Ans).ModelViewControllerisamodelusedinswingcomponents.Modelrepresentsthedata
of the component. View represents its appearance and controller is a mediater between the model
and the view.MVC represents the separation of model of an object from its view and how it is
controlled.

152).Whatarethevariouswindowpanesavailableinswing? Back to Top

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Ans).Thereare4windowpanes:Glasspane,Rootpane,Layeredpane,andContentpane.
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153).Wherearethebordersavailableinswing?

Ans).AllbordersareavailableinBorderFactoryclassinjavax.swing.borderpackage.

154).Whatisanapplet?

Ans).AnappletrepresentsJavabytecodeembeddedinawebpage.

155).Whatisappletlifecycle?

Ans).Anappletisbornwithinit()methodandstartsfunctioningwithstart()method.Tostopthe
applet, the stop( ) method is called and to terminate the applet completely from memory, the
destroy()methodiscalled.Oncetheappletisterminated,weshouldreloadtheHTMLpageagain
togettheappletstartonceagainfrominit()method.Thiscyclicwayofexecutingthemethodsis
calledappletlifecycle.

156).Wherearetheappletsexecuted?

Ans). Applets are executed by a program called applet engine which is similar to virtual machine
thatexistsinsidethewebbrowseratclientside.

157).WhatisHotJava?

Ans).HotJavaisthefirstappletenabledbrowserdevelopedinJavatosupportrunningofapplets.

158).WhichtagisusedtoembedanappletintoaHTMLpage?
Ans).<applet>tagisusedtoinsertanappletintoHTMLpage.
Thefollowingisthesyntaxfortheapplettag.Requiredattributesareinbold.
Optionalattributesareinregulartypeface.Valuesyouspecifyareinitalics: Back to Top

1 <applet ?

2 codebase=codebaseURL
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2 codebase=codebaseURL
3 archive=archiveList JavaSynchronizedblockandmethodindetail.. ClickHere
4 code=appletFile...or...object=serializedApplet
5 alt=alternateText
6 name=appletInstanceName
7 width=pixels
8 height=pixels
9 align=alignment
10 vspace=pixels
11 hspace=pixels
12 legacy_lifestyle=boolean>
13 <paramname=appletAttribute1value=value1>
14 <paramname=appletAttribute2value=value2>
15 alternateHTML
16 </applet>

159).Whatisagenerictype?

Ans).Agenerictyperepresentsaclassoraninterfacethatistypesafe.Itcanactonanydatatype.

160).Whaiiserasure?

Ans).CreatingnongenericversionofagenerictypebytheJavacompileriscallederasure.

161).Whatisautoboxing?

Ans). Auto boxing refers to creating objects and storing primitive data types automatically by the
compiler.

162).WhatisJDBC?

Ans). JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) is an API that is useful to write Java programs to
connecttoanydatabase,retreivethedatafromthedatabaseandutilizethedatainaJavaprogram.

163).Whatisadatabasedriver?
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Ans). A database driver is a set of classes and interfaces, written according to JDBC API to
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164).Howcanyouregisteradriver?

Ans).Toregisteradatabasedriver,wecanfollowoneofthe4options:
Bycreatinganobjecttodriverclass
BysendingdriverclassobjecttoDriverManager.registerDriver()method
BysendingthedriverclassnametoClass.forName()method
ByusingSystemclassgetProperty()method.

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Balaji3yearsago Back to Top

Hi

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JustgoogleditandIfoundfollowingresult
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TakeyournormalListobject

PassthatListliobjecttoSet[Linenumber22]=>SofinallywehaveSetobject
inourhand,justpassthiscurrentSetobjectasargumenttoArrayList,sowe
gotnewListobjectli2withoutduplicate

ButifyouwouldliketopreservetheorderofdatauseLinkedHashSetrather
HashSet

packagejava4s

importjava.util.ArrayList

importjava.util.HashSet

importjava.util.Iterator

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Mdhar GeekDude >Balaji 3yearsago

HIBalaji,yesyouareright.LinkedHashSetpreservestheorderof
insertionandwhileiteration.Thanksforyourpointsgivenhere..
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patil3yearsago
sirifacedfollowingquestionininterview
1)listacceptstheduplicatevaluesthenhowmakelistbehavelikeSet(i.elist
shouldnotbeacceptduplicate.)
2)SetnotacceptduplicatevaluesthenhowmakeSetbehavelikeList(i.Set
shouldbeaccepttheduplicate)
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Mdhar GeekDude >patil 3yearsago

HiPatil,sorryforthedelay.
1),TomakeListtonottoacceptduplicatesweshouldoverrideequals
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1),TomakeListtonottoacceptduplicatesweshouldoverrideequals
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andhashCodemethodsandyouhavetocompareeachelementbefore
youinsertintoListobject.
2).TomakeSettoallowduplicates,weshouldnotoverridetheequals
andhashCodemethodsanddon'tcomparethesetobjects.

ihopethiswillgiveyouclarity.
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BHS3yearsago
Q.67Methodoverloadingcanbedoneinsameclassaswellassubclass.
Also,sinceJava1.5thethereturntypeofoverriddenmethodcanbesameor
oftheSubclasstype.Perfectexampleforthisistheclonemethod.Theclone
methodcanreturnanobjectofthesametypeastheclass.

Q.69iswrong...Afinalmethodisnotthesameasaprivatemethod.Theonly
similarityisthattheycannotbeoverriden,Butfinalmethodsarevisibleto
subclasses,privatemethodsarenot.

Q.111IteratorsarefailfastwhereasEnumerationarefailsafe.
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Mdhar GeekDude >BHS 3yearsago

Thanksforyourvaluablepoints..TheAnswerisupdatedbyyourname.
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