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1. When an exception is thrown in a try block, catch blocks are examined in order and the first one capable of handling the exception is executed. Remaining catch blocks are ignored. 2. Synchronization controls access to shared resources for multithreaded programs to prevent errors from thread interference. Synchronized methods and statements acquire an object lock to ensure only one thread accesses the resource at a time. 3. Garbage collection identifies and reclaims unused objects to reuse their memory. It does not guarantee no out of memory errors. Objects may be unreachable or exempt from garbage collection.

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Java Notes 13

1. When an exception is thrown in a try block, catch blocks are examined in order and the first one capable of handling the exception is executed. Remaining catch blocks are ignored. 2. Synchronization controls access to shared resources for multithreaded programs to prevent errors from thread interference. Synchronized methods and statements acquire an object lock to ensure only one thread accesses the resource at a time. 3. Garbage collection identifies and reclaims unused objects to reuse their memory. It does not guarantee no out of memory errors. Objects may be unreachable or exempt from garbage collection.

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JAVA DESCRIPTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

1. How does a try statement determine which catch clause should


be used to handle an exception?

When an exception is thrown within the body of a try statement, the


catch clauses of the try statement are examined in the order in which they
appear. The first catch clause that is capable of handling the exception is
executed. The remaining catch clauses are ignored.
 
3. What is meant by garbage collection? How is it done in Java?

The purpose of garbage collection is to identify and discard objects


that are no longer needed by a program so that their resources may be
reclaimed and reused. Garbage collection does not guarantee that a program
will not run out of memory. It is possible for programs to use up memory
resources faster than they are garbage collected. It is also possible for
programs to create objects that are not subject to garbage collection.

An object's finalize() method may only be invoked once by the garbage


collector. The purpose of finalization is to give an unreachable object the
opportunity to perform any cleanup processing before the object is garbage
collected. An object is subject to garbage collection when it becomes
unreachable to the program in which it is used.

2. What is synchronization and why is it important?

With respect to multithreading, synchronization is the capability to


control the access of multiple threads to shared resources. Without
synchronization, it is possible for one thread to modify a shared object while
another thread is in the process of using or updating that object's value. This
often leads to significant errors.
Synchronized methods are methods that are used to control access to
an object. A thread only executes a synchronized method after it has
acquired the lock for the method's object or class. Synchronized statements
are similar to synchronized methods. A synchronized statement can only be
executed after a thread has acquired the lock for the object or class
referenced in the synchronized statement.
 
evaluates to false, the evaluation of the second operand is skipped.

6. What is the purpose of the wait(), notify(), and notifyAll()


methods?

The wait(),notify(), and notifyAll() methods are used to provide an


efficient way for threads to wait for a shared resource. When a thread
executes an object's wait() method, it enters the waiting state. It only enters
the ready state after another thread invokes the object's notify() or
notifyAll() methods..

7. What is a Java package and how is it used?

A Java package is a naming context for classes and interfaces. A


package is used to create a separate name space for groups of classes and
interfaces. Packages are also used to organize related classes and interfaces
into a single API unit and to control accessibility to these classes and
interfaces.

The package statement is used to define a package. If package is


ommitted, the classes end up in the default package, which has no name.
The package statement must appear as the first line in a source code file
(excluding blank lines and comments).

8. What is meant by final class, methods and variables ?

A final variable is essentially a constant. Variables declared as final do


not occupy memory on a per-instance basis.

Final methods are used to prevent method overriding.

Final class is used to prevent inheritance.

9. What is method overriding?

In a class hierarchy, when a method in a subclass has the same name


and type signature as a method in its superclass, then the method in the
subclass is said to override the method in its superclass. When an overridden
method is called from within a subclass, it will always refer to the version of
that method defined by the subclass. The version of the method defined by
the superclass will be hidden.

10. What is the Java Virtual Machine?

The JVM is the software that executes Java bytecode. A Java program,
written in a file with a .java extension, is c ompiled into class files that have
a .class extension. The class files are written in bytecode. To execute these
files, the computer uses the JVM to interpret the bytecode. A browser that is
capable of executing Java applets has the JVM built into it. To run a Java
application, the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) must be installed. The
bytecode is the same for all platforms, but the JVM will be different on
different platforms because it needs to execute programs using the native
code of the machine it is running on.

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