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JavaInterviewQuestions
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Dearreaders,theseJavaInterviewQuestionshavebeendesignedespeciallytogetyouacquaintedwiththe
natureofquestionsyoumayencounterduringyourinterviewforthesubjectofJavaProgrammingLanguage.
Aspermyexperience,goodinterviewershardlyplannedtoaskanyparticularquestionduringyourinterview,
normallyquestionsstartwithsomebasicconceptofthesubjectandlatertheycontinuebasedonfurther
discussionandwhatyouanswer
WhatdoyouknowaboutJava?
JavaisahighlevelprogramminglanguageoriginallydevelopedbySunMicrosystemsandreleasedin1995.
Javarunsonavarietyofplatforms,suchasWindows,MacOS,andthevariousversionsofUNIX.
WhatarethesupportedplatformsbyJavaProgrammingLanguage?
Javarunsonavarietyofplatforms,suchasWindows,MacOS,andthevariousversionsofUNIX/Linuxlike
HPUnix,SunSolaris,RedhatLinux,Ubuntu,CentOS,etc.
ListanyfivefeaturesofJava?
SomefeaturesincludeObjectOriented,PlatformIndependent,Robust,Interpreted,Multithreaded
WhyisJavaArchitecturalNeutral?
Itscompilergeneratesanarchitectureneutralobjectfileformat,whichmakesthecompiledcodetobe
executableonmanyprocessors,withthepresenceofJavaruntimesystem.
HowJavaenabledHighPerformance?
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bytecode,whichisaprogramthatcontainsinstructionsthatmustbeinterpretedintoinstructionsthatcanbesent
directlytotheprocessor.
WhyJavaisconsidereddynamic?
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informationthatcanbeusedtoverifyandresolveaccessestoobjectsonruntime.
WhatisJavaVirtualMachineandhowitisconsideredincontextofJavasplatformindependentfeature?
WhenJavaiscompiled,itisnotcompiledintoplatformspecificmachine,ratherintoplatformindependentbyte
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platformitisbeingrun.
ListtwoJavaIDEs?
Netbeans,Eclipse,etc.
ListsomeJavakeywords(unlikeC,C++keywords)?
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SomeJavakeywordsareimport,super,finally,etc.
WhatdoyoumeanbyObject?
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onanobject'sinternalstateandserveastheprimarymechanismforobjecttoobjectcommunication.
Defineclass?
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describethebehaviorofanobject.
Whatkindofvariablesaclasscanconsistof?
AclassconsistofLocalvariable,instancevariablesandclassvariables.
WhatisaLocalVariable?
Variablesdefinedinsidemethods,[Link]
andinitializedwithinthemethodanditwillbedestroyedwhenthemethodhascompleted.
WhatisaInstanceVariable?
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classisloaded.
WhatisaClassVariable?
Thesearevariablesdeclaredwithinaclass,outsideanymethod,withthestatickeyword.
WhatisSingletonclass?
Singletonclasscontrolobjectcreation,limitingthenumbertoonebutallowingtheflexibilitytocreatemore
objectsifthesituationchanges.
WhatdoyoumeanbyConstructor?
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writeaconstructorforaclassthejavacompilerbuildsadefaultconstructorforthatclass.
ListthethreestepsforcreatinganObjectforaclass?
AnObjectisfirstdeclared,theninstantiatedandthenitisinitialized.
WhatisthedefaultvalueofbytedatatypeinJava?
Defaultvalueofbytedatatypeis0.
WhatisthedefaultvalueoffloatanddoubledatatypeinJava?
DefaultvalueoffloatanddoubledatatypeindifferentascomparedtoC/C++.Forfloatits0.0fandfordouble
its0.0d
Whenabytedatatypeisused?
Thisdatatypeisusedtosavespaceinlargearrays,mainlyinplaceofintegers,sinceabyteisfourtimessmaller
thananint.
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Whatisastaticvariable?
Classvariablesalsoknownasstaticvariablesaredeclaredwiththestatickeywordinaclass,butoutsidea
method,constructororablock.
WhatdoyoumeanbyAccessModifier?
Javaprovidesaccessmodifierstosetaccesslevelsforclasses,variables,[Link]
haspackageordefaultaccessibilitywhennoaccessibilitymodifierisspecified.
Whatisprotectedaccessmodifier?
Variables,methodsandconstructorswhicharedeclaredprotectedinasuperclasscanbeaccessedonlybythe
subclassesinotherpackageoranyclasswithinthepackageoftheprotectedmembers'class.
WhatdoyoumeanbysynchronizedNonAccessModifier?
JavaprovidesthesemodifiersforprovidingfunctionalitiesotherthanAccessModifiers,synchronizedusedto
indicatethatamethodcanbeaccessedbyonlyonethreadatatime.
AccordingtoJavaOperatorprecedence,whichoperatorisconsideredtobewithhighestprecedence?
Postfixoperatorsi.e()[].isatthehighestprecedence.
Variablesusedinaswitchstatementcanbeusedwithwhichdatatypes?
Variablesusedinaswitchstatementcanonlybeastring,enum,byte,short,int,orchar.
WhenparseInt()methodcanbeused?
ThismethodisusedtogettheprimitivedatatypeofacertainString.
WhyisStringclassconsideredimmutable?
TheStringclassisimmutable,[Link]
immutableitcansafelybesharedbetweenmanythreads,whichisconsideredveryimportantformultithreaded
programming.
WhyisStringBuffercalledmutable?
TheStringclassisconsideredasimmutable,[Link]
isanecessitytomakealotofmodificationstoStringsofcharactersthenStringBuffershouldbeused.
WhatisthedifferencebetweenStringBufferandStringBuilderclass?
[Link],ifthreadsafetyisnecessary
thenuseStringBufferobjects.
Whichpackageisusedforpatternmatchingwithregularexpressions?
[Link].
[Link]?
[Link],MatcherclassandPatternSyntaxExceptionclass.
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Whatisfinalize()method?
Itispossibletodefineamethodthatwillbecalledjustbeforeanobject'sfinaldestructionbythegarbage
[Link](),anditcanbeusedtoensurethatanobjectterminatescleanly.
WhatisanException?
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positionedalongthethread'smethodinvocationstack.
WhatdoyoumeanbyCheckedExceptions?
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example,ifafileistobeopened,butthefilecannotbefound,[Link]
simplybeignoredatthetimeofcompilation.
ExplainRuntimeExceptions?
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exceptions,runtimeexceptionsareignoredatthetimeofcompliation.
WhicharethetwosubclassesunderExceptionclass?
TheExceptionclasshastwomainsubclasses:IOExceptionclassandRuntimeExceptionClass.
Whenthrowskeywordisused?
Ifamethoddoesnothandleacheckedexception,[Link]
throwskeywordappearsattheendofamethod'ssignature.
Whenthrowkeywordisused?
Anexceptioncanbethrown,eitheranewlyinstantiatedoneoranexceptionthatyoujustcaught,byusingthrow
keyword.
HowfinallyusedunderExceptionHandling?
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executes,whetherornotanexceptionhasoccurred.
WhatthingsshouldbekeptinmindwhilecreatingyourownexceptionsinJava?
Whilecreatingyourownexception
AllexceptionsmustbeachildofThrowable.
IfyouwanttowriteacheckedexceptionthatisautomaticallyenforcedbytheHandleorDeclareRule,
youneedtoextendtheExceptionclass.
Youwanttowritearuntimeexception,youneedtoextendtheRuntimeExceptionclass.
DefineInheritance?
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ismademanageableinahierarchicalorder.
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Whensuperkeywordisused?
Ifthemethodoverridesoneofitssuperclass'smethods,overriddenmethodcanbeinvokedthroughtheuseof
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WhatisPolymorphism?
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OOPoccurswhenaparentclassreferenceisusedtorefertoachildclassobject.
WhatisAbstraction?
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maintainabilityofthesystem.
WhatisAbstractclass?
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containsoneormoreabstractmethodswhicharesimplymethoddeclarationswithoutabody.
WhenAbstractmethodsareused?
Ifyouwantaclasstocontainaparticularmethodbutyouwanttheactualimplementationofthatmethodtobe
determinedbychildclasses,youcandeclarethemethodintheparentclassasabstract.
WhatisEncapsulation?
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afieldisdeclaredprivate,itcannotbeaccessedbyanyoneoutsidetheclass,therebyhidingthefieldswithinthe
[Link].
WhatistheprimarybenefitofEncapsulation?
Themainbenefitofencapsulationistheabilitytomodifyourimplementedcodewithoutbreakingthecodeof
[Link],flexibilityandextensibilitytoourcode.
WhatisanInterface?
[Link],therebyinheritingtheabstract
methodsoftheinterface.
GivesomefeaturesofInterface?
Itincludes
Interfacecannotbeinstantiated
Aninterfacedoesnotcontainanyconstructors.
Allofthemethodsinaninterfaceareabstract.
DefinePackagesinJava?
APackagecanbedefinedasagroupingofrelatedtypes(classes,interfaces,enumerationsandannotations)
providingaccessprotectionandnamespacemanagement.
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WhyPackagesareused?
PackagesareusedinJavainordertopreventnamingconflicts,tocontrolaccess,tomakesearching/locatingand
usageofclasses,interfaces,enumerationsandannotations,etc.,easier.
WhatdoyoumeanbyMultithreadedprogram?
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calledathread,andeachthreaddefinesaseparatepathofexecution.
WhatarethetwowaysinwhichThreadcanbecreated?
Threadcanbecreatedby:implementingRunnableinterface,extendingtheThreadclass.
Whatisanapplet?
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becauseithastheentireJavaAPIatitsdisposal.
Anappletextendwhichclass?
[Link].
ExplaingarbagecollectioninJava?
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program.
Defineimmutableobject?
Animmutableobjectcantbechangedonceitiscreated.
Explaintheusageofthis()withconstructors?
Itisusedwithvariablesormethodsandusedtocallconstructerofsameclass.
ExplainSetInterface?
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inheritedfromCollectionandaddstherestrictionthatduplicateelementsareprohibited.
ExplainTreeSet?
ItisaSetimplementedwhenwewantelementsinasortedorder.
WhatisComparableInterface?
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classimplementingtheComparableinterfacecanbeordered.
Differencebetweenthrowandthrows?
Itincludes:
Throwisusedtotriggeranexceptionwhereasthrowsisusedindeclarationofexception.
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Withoutthrows,Checkedexceptioncannotbehandledwhereascheckedexceptioncanbepropagated
withthrows.
ExplainthefollowinglineusedunderJavaProgram
publicstaticvoidmain(Stringargs[])
Thefollowingshowstheexplanationindividually
publicitistheaccessspecifier.
staticitallowsmain()tobecalledwithoutinstantiatingaparticularinstanceofaclass.
voiditaffirnsthecompilerthatnovalueisreturnedbymain().
main()thismethodiscalledatthebeginningofaJavaprogram.
Stringargs[]argsparameterisaninstancearrayofclassString
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providestheminimumrequirementsforexecutingaJavaapplication
WhatisJARfile?
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[Link].
WhatisaWARfile?
ThisisWebArchiveFileandusedtostoreXML,javaclasses,[Link]
acollectionofJavaServerPages,JavaServlets,Javaclasses,XMLfiles,staticWebpagesetc.
DefineJITcompiler?
Itimprovestheruntimeperformanceofcomputerprogramsbasedonbytecode.
Whatisthedifferencebetweenobjectorientedprogramminglanguageandobjectbasedprogramminglanguage?
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exampleofobjectbasedprogramminglanguages.
Whatisthepurposeofdefaultconstructor?
Thejavacompilercreatesadefaultconstructoronlyifthereisnoconstructorintheclass.
Canaconstructorbemadefinal?
No,thisisnotpossible.
Whatisstaticblock?
Itisusedtoinitializethestaticdatamember,Itisexcutedbeforemainmethodatthetimeofclassloading.
Definecomposition?
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Holdingthereferenceoftheotherclasswithinsomeotherclassisknownascomposition.
Whatisfunctionoverloading?
Ifaclasshasmultiplefunctionsbysamenamebutdifferentparameters,itisknownasMethodOverloading.
Whatisfunctionoverriding?
Ifasubclassprovidesaspecificimplementationofamethodthatisalreadyprovidedbyitsparentclass,itis
knownasMethodOverriding.
DifferencebetweenOverloadingandOverriding?
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implementationofthemethodthatisalreadyprovidedbyitssuperclassparametermustbedifferentincaseof
overloading,parametermustbesameincaseofoverriding.
Whatisfinalclass?
[Link].
WhatisNullPointerException?
ANullPointerExceptionisthrownwhencallingtheinstancemethodofanullobject,accessingormodifyingthe
fieldofanullobjectetc.
Whatarethewaysinwhichathreadcanenterthewaitingstate?
Athreadcanenterthewaitingstatebyinvokingitssleep()method,byblockingonIO,byunsuccessfully
attemptingtoacquireanobject'slock,orbyinvokinganobject'swait()[Link]
statebyinvokingits(deprecated)suspend()method.
HowdoesmultithreadingtakeplaceonacomputerwithasingleCPU?
Theoperatingsystem'[Link]
executingtasks,itcreatestheimpressionthattasksexecutesequentially.
Whatinvokesathread'srun()method?
Afterathreadisstarted,viaitsstart()methodoftheThreadclass,theJVMinvokesthethread'srun()method
whenthethreadisinitiallyexecuted.
DoesitmatterinwhatordercatchstatementsforFileNotFoundExceptionandIOExceptionarewritten?
Yes,[Link]'ssubclasseshavetobe
caughtfirst.
Whatisthedifferencebetweenyieldingandsleeping?
Whenataskinvokesitsyield()method,[Link]()method,it
returnstothewaitingstate.
WhyVectorclassisused?
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usefulifyoudon'tknowthesizeofthearrayinadvance,oryoujustneedonethatcanchangesizesoverthe
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lifetimeofaprogram.
HowmanybitsareusedtorepresentUnicode,ASCII,UTF16,andUTF8characters?
Unicoderequires16bitsandASCIIrequire7bits.AlthoughtheASCIIcharactersetusesonly7bits,itis
usuallyrepresentedas8bits.UTF8representscharactersusing8,16,and18bitpatterns.UTF16uses16bit
andlargerbitpatterns.
WhatareWrapperclasses?
[Link]:Integer,Character,Double,
Booleanetc.
WhatisthedifferencebetweenaWindowandaFrame?
TheFrameclassextendsWindowtodefineamainapplicationwindowthatcanhaveamenubar.
Whichpackagehaslightweightcomponents?
[Link],exceptJApplet,JDialog,JFrameandJWindowarelightweight
components.
Whatisthedifferencebetweenthepaint()andrepaint()methods?
Thepaint()[Link]()methodisusedtocausepaint()tobe
invokedbytheAWTpaintingthread.
WhatisthepurposeofFileclass?
Itisusedtocreateobjectsthatprovideaccesstothefilesanddirectoriesofalocalfilesystem.
WhatisthedifferencebetweentheReader/WriterclasshierarchyandtheInputStream/OutputStreamclass
hierarchy?
TheReader/Writerclasshierarchyischaracteroriented,andtheInputStream/OutputStreamclasshierarchyis
byteoriented.
Whichclassshouldyouusetoobtaindesigninformationaboutanobject?
TheClassclassisusedtoobtaininformationaboutanobject'[Link]
representclasses,interfacesinarunningJavaapplication.
Whatisthedifferencebetweenstaticandnonstaticvariables?
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variablestakeonuniquevalueswitheachobjectinstance.
WhatisSerializationanddeserialization?
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restoringtheseobjects.
Whatareusecases?
Itispartoftheanalysisofaprogramanddescribesasituationthataprogrammightencounterandwhat
behaviortheprogramshouldexhibitinthatcircumstance.
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ExplaintheuseofsublassinaJavaprogram?
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modifiermethodsandtheirimplementation.
Howtoaddmenushortcuttomenuitem?
Ifthereisabuttoninstancecalledb1,[Link]('F'),sotheuser
maybeabletouseAlt+Ftoclickthebutton.
CanyouwriteaJavaclassthatcouldbeusedbothasanappletaswellasanapplication?
Yes,justaddamain()methodtotheapplet.
WhatisthedifferencebetweenSwingandAWTcomponents?
AWTcomponentsareheavyweight,[Link]
[Link],[Link],whenitis
runningontheJavaplatformforUnixplatform,itmapstoarealMotifbutton.
What'sthedifferencebetweenconstructorsandothermethods?
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regularmethodscouldbecalledmanytimes.
IsthereanylimitationofusingInheritance?
Yes,sinceinheritanceinheritseverythingfromthesuperclassandinterface,itmaymakethesubclasstoo
clusteringandsometimeserrorpronewhendynamicoverridingordynamicoverloadinginsomesituation.
WhenistheArrayStoreExceptionthrown?
Whencopyingelementsbetweendifferentarrays,ifthesourceordestinationargumentsarenotarraysortheir
typesarenotcompatible,anArrayStoreExceptionwillbethrown.
Canyoucalloneconstructorfromanotherifaclasshasmultipleconstructors?
Yes,usethis()syntax.
What'sthedifferencebetweenthemethodssleep()andwait()?
Thecodesleep(2000)[Link](2000),causesawaitofupto
[Link]()ornotifyAll()[Link]()is
definedintheclassObjectandthemethodsleep()isdefinedintheclassThread.
WhenArithmeticExceptionisthrown?
TheArithmeticExceptionisthrownwhenintegerisdividedbyzeroortakingtheremainderofanumberbyzero.
Itisneverthrowninfloatingpointoperations.
Whatisatransientvariable?
AtransientvariableisavariablethatmaynotbeserializedduringSerializationandwhichisinitializedbyits
defaultvalueduringdeserialization,
Whatissynchronization?
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keywordinjavaprovideslockingwhichensuresmutualexclusiveaccessofsharedresourceandpreventdata
race.
WhatistheCollectionsAPI?
TheCollectionsAPIisasetofclassesandinterfacesthatsupportoperationsoncollectionsofobjects.
Doesgarbagecollectionguaranteethataprogramwillnotrunoutofmemory?
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[Link]
thatarenotsubjecttogarbagecollection.
TheimmediatesuperclassoftheAppletclass?
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component,includingotherpanels.
WhichJavaoperatorisrightassociative?
The=operatorisrightassociative.
Whatisthedifferencebetweenabreakstatementandacontinuestatement?
Abreakstatementresultsintheterminationofthestatementtowhichitapplies(switch,for,do,orwhile).A
continuestatementisusedtoendthecurrentloopiterationandreturncontroltotheloopstatement.
Ifavariableisdeclaredasprivate,wheremaythevariablebeaccessed?
Aprivatevariablemayonlybeaccessedwithintheclassinwhichitisdeclared.
WhatisthepurposeoftheSystemclass?
ThepurposeoftheSystemclassistoprovideaccesstosystemresources.
ListprimitiveJavatypes?
Theeightprimitivetypesarebyte,char,short,int,long,float,double,andboolean.
WhatistherelationshipbetweenclippingandrepaintingunderAWT?
WhenawindowisrepaintedbytheAWTpaintingthread,itsetstheclippingregionstotheareaofthewindow
thatrequiresrepainting.
WhichclassistheimmediatesuperclassoftheContainerclass?
Componentclassistheimmediatesuperclass.
WhatclassofexceptionsaregeneratedbytheJavaruntimesystem?
TheJavaruntimesystemgeneratesRuntimeExceptionandErrorexceptions.
Underwhatconditionsisanobject'sfinalize()methodinvokedbythegarbagecollector?
Thegarbagecollectorinvokesanobject'sfinalize()methodwhenitdetectsthattheobjecthasbecome
unreachable.
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Howcanadeadthreadberestarted?
Adeadthreadcannotberestarted.
WhicharithmeticoperationscanresultinthethrowingofanArithmeticException?
Integer/and%canresultinthethrowingofanArithmeticException.
Variableofthebooleantypeisautomaticallyinitializedas?
Thedefaultvalueofthebooleantypeisfalse.
Cantrystatementsbenested?
Yes
WhatareClassLoaders?
[Link].
WhatisthedifferencebetweenanInterfaceandanAbstractclass?
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constantsandinstancemethods,butcannotimplementdefaultbehaviorandallmethodsareimplicitlyabstract.
Aninterfacehasallpublicmembersandnoimplementation.
Whatwillhappenifstaticmodifierisremovedfromthesignatureofthemainmethod?
Programthrows"NoSuchMethodError"erroratruntime.
Whatisthedefaultvalueofanobjectreferencedeclaredasaninstancevariable?
Null,unlessitisdefinedexplicitly.
Canatoplevelclassbeprivateorprotected?
No,[Link]"public"ornomodifier.
Whydoweneedwrapperclasses?
[Link]
methods.
Whatisthedifferencebetweenerrorandanexception?
[Link]
[Link]
doesnotexist.
Isitnecessarythateachtryblockmustbefollowedbyacatchblock?
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blockorafinallyblock.
Whenathreadiscreatedandstarted,whatisitsinitialstate?
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Athreadisinthereadystateasinitialstateafterithasbeencreatedandstarted.
WhatistheLocaleclass?
TheLocaleclassisusedtotailorprogramoutputtotheconventionsofaparticulargeographic,political,or
culturalregion.
Whataresynchronizedmethodsandsynchronizedstatements?
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onlybeexecutedafterathreadhasacquiredthelockfortheobjectorclassreferencedinthesynchronized
statement.
Whatisruntimepolymorphismordynamicmethoddispatch?
Runtimepolymorphismordynamicmethoddispatchisaprocessinwhichacalltoanoverriddenmethodis
[Link],anoverriddenmethodiscalledthroughthe
referencevariableofasuperclass.
WhatisDynamicBinding(latebinding)?
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bindingmeansthatthecodeassociatedwithagivenprocedurecallisnotknownuntilthetimeofthecallatrun
time.
Canconstructorbeinherited?
No,constructorcannotbeinherited.
WhataretheadvantagesofArrayListoverarrays?
ArrayListcangrowdynamicallyandprovidesmorepowerfulinsertionandsearchmechanismsthanarrays.
WhydeletioninLinkedListisfastthanArrayList?
Deletioninlinkedlistisfastbecauseitinvolvesonlyupdatingthenextpointerinthenodebeforethedeleted
nodeandupdatingthepreviouspointerinthenodeafterthedeletednode.
HowdoyoudecidewhentouseArrayListandLinkedList?
Ifyouneedtofrequentlyaddandremoveelementsfromthemiddleofthelistandonlyaccessthelistelements
sequentially,[Link],withoutinsertingor
removingelementsfromanyplaceotherthantheend,thenArrayListshouldbeused.
WhatisaValuesCollectionView?
Itisacollectionreturnedbythevalues()methodoftheMapInterface,Itcontainsalltheobjectspresentas
valuesinthemap.
Whatisdotoperator?
Thedotoperator(.)[Link]
classesandsubpackagesfromapackage.
Whereandhowcanyouuseaprivateconstructor?
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Privateconstructorisusedifyoudonotwantotherclassestoinstantiatetheobjectandtopreventsubclassing.T
Whatistypecasting?
Typecastingmeanstreatingavariableofonetypeasthoughitisanothertype.
Describelifecycleofthread?
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Newbornstate
Runnablestate
Runningstate
Blockedstate
Deadstate
Whatisthedifferencebetweenthe>>and>>>operators?
The>>[Link]>>>zerofillsbitsthathavebeenshiftedout.
WhichmethodoftheComponentclassisusedtosetthepositionandsizeofacomponent?
setBounds()methodisusedforthispurpose.
Whatistherangeoftheshorttype?
Therangeoftheshorttypeis(2^15)to2^151.
WhatistheimmediatesuperclassofMenu?
MenuItemclass
DoesJavaallowDefaultArguments?
No,JavadoesnotallowDefaultArguments.
Whichnumberisdenotedbyleadingzeroinjava?
OctalNumbersaredenotedbyleadingzeroinjava,example:06
Whichnumberisdenotedbyleading0xor0Xinjava?
HexadecimalNumbersaredenotedbyleading0xor0Xinjava,example0XF
BreakstatementcanbeusedaslabelsinJava?
Yes,anexamplecanbebreakone
WhereimportstatementisusedinaJavaprogram?
Importstatementisallowedatthebeginningoftheprogramfileafterpackagestatement.
Explainsuspend()methodunderThreadclass>
Itisusedtopauseortemporarilystoptheexecutionofthethread.
ExplainisAlive()methodunderThreadclass?
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Itisusedtofindoutwhetherathreadisstillrunningornot.
WhatiscurrentThread()?
Itisapublicstaticmethodusedtoobtainareferencetothecurrentthread.
ExplainmainthreadunderThreadclassexecution?
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fromwhichallotherchildthreadsoriginate.
Lifecycleofanappletincludeswhichsteps?
Lifecycleinvolvesthefollowingsteps
Initialization
Starting
Stopping
Destroying
Painting
Whyistheroleofinit()methodunderapplets?
Itinitializestheappletandisthefirstmethodtobecalled.
WhichmethodiscalledbyAppletclasstoloadanimage?
getImage(URLobject,filename)isusedforthispurpose.
DefinecodeasanattributeofApplet?
Itisusedtospecifythenameoftheappletclass.
Definecanvas?
Itisasimpledrawingsurfacewhichareusedforpaintingimagesortoperformothergraphicaloperations.
DefineNetworkProgramming?
Itreferstowritingprogramsthatexecuteacrossmultipledevices(computers),inwhichthedevicesareall
connectedtoeachotherusinganetwork.
WhatisaSocket?
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socketonitsendofthecommunicationandattemptstoconnectthatsockettoaserver.
AdvantagesofJavaSockets?
[Link]
[Link].
DisadvantagesofJavaSockets?
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andserversidehavetoprovidemechanismstomakethedatausefulinanyway.
Whichclassisusedbyserverapplicationstoobtainaportandlistenforclientrequests?
[Link]
Whichclassrepresentsthesocketthatboththeclientandserverusetocommunicatewitheachother?
[Link].
WhyGenericsareusedinJava?
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Genericmethodsandgenericclassesenableprogrammerstospecify,withasinglemethoddeclaration,asetof
relatedmethodsor,withasingleclassdeclaration,asetofrelatedtypes.
WhatenvironmentvariablesdoIneedtosetonmymachineinordertobeabletorunJavaprograms?
CLASSPATHandPATHarethetwovariables.
[Link]?
No,[Link].
WhatisNestedtoplevelclass?
Ifaclassisdeclaredwithinaclassandspecifythestaticmodifier,thecompilertreatstheclassjustlikeanyother
[Link].
WhatisExternalizableinterface?
[Link]
youacontrolovertheserializationmechanism.
[Link](0)iswrittenattheendofthetryblock,willthefinallyblockstillexecute?
[Link](0)thecontrolimmediately
goesoutoftheprogram,andthusfinallyneverexecutes.
Whatisdaemonthread?
Daemonthreadisalowprioritythread,whichrunsintermittentlyinthebackgrounddoingthegarbage
collectionoperationforthejavaruntimesystem.
Whichmethodisusedtocreatethedaemonthread?
setDaemonmethodisusedtocreateadaemonthread.
Whichmethodmustbeimplementedbyallthreads?
Alltasksmustimplementtherun()method
WhatistheGregorianCalendarclass?
TheGregorianCalendarprovidessupportfortraditionalWesterncalendars
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WhatistheSimpleTimeZoneclass?
TheSimpleTimeZoneclassprovidessupportforaGregoriancalendar.
WhatisthedifferencebetweenthesizeandcapacityofaVector?
Thesizeisthenumberofelementsactuallystoredinthevector,whilecapacityisthemaximumnumberof
elementsitcanstoreatagiveninstanceoftime.
Canavectorcontainheterogenousobjects?
[Link].
Whatisanenumeration?
Anenumerationisaninterfacecontainingmethodsforaccessingtheunderlyingdatastructurefromwhichthe
[Link].
WhatisdifferencebetweenPathandClasspath?
[Link]
theexecutables(.exe)[Link].
Canaclassdeclaredasprivatebeaccessedoutsideit'spackage?
No,it'snotpossibletoaccessedoutsideit'spackage.
Whataretherestrictionimposedonastaticmethodorastaticblockofcode?
Astaticmethodshouldnotrefertoinstancevariableswithoutcreatinganinstanceandcannotuse"this"operator
torefertheinstance.
CananInterfaceextendanotherInterface?
YesanInterfacecaninheritanotherInterface,forthatmatteranInterfacecanextendmorethanoneInterface.
WhichobjectorientedConceptisachievedbyusingoverloadingandoverriding?
Polymorphism
Whatisanobject'slockandwhichobject'shavelocks?
Anobject'slockisamechanismthatisusedbymultiplethreadstoobtainsynchronizedaccesstotheobject.A
threadmayexecuteasynchronizedmethodofanobjectonlyafterithasacquiredtheobject'slock.
WhatisDowncasting?
Itisthecastingfromageneraltoamorespecifictype,[Link].
Whatareorderofprecedenceandassociativityandhowaretheyused?
[Link]
determineswhetheranexpressionisevaluatedlefttorightorrighttoleft.
Ifamethodisdeclaredasprotected,wheremaythemethodbeaccessed?
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Aprotectedmethodmayonlybeaccessedbyclassesorinterfacesofthesamepackageorbysubclassesofthe
classinwhichitisdeclared.
Whatisthedifferencebetweeninnerclassandnestedclass?
Whenaclassisdefinedwithinascopeofanotherclass,[Link]
innerclassisstatic,thenitbecomesnestedclass.
Whatrestrictionsareplacedonmethodoverriding?
Overriddenmethodsmusthavethesamename,argumentlist,[Link]
limittheaccessofthemethoditoverrides.
WhatisconstructorchainingandhowisitachievedinJava?
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noargsconstructorasthefirststatement.
Canadoublevaluebecasttoabyte?
Yes,adoublevaluecanbecasttoabyte.
Howdoesatrystatementdeterminewhichcatchclauseshouldbeusedtohandleanexception?
Whenanexceptionisthrownwithinthebodyofatrystatement,thecatchclausesofthetrystatementare
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Whatwillbethedefaultvaluesofalltheelementsofanarraydefinedasaninstancevariable?
Ifthearrayisanarrayofprimitivetypes,thenalltheelementsofthearraywillbeinitializedtothedefaultvalue
correspondingtothatprimitivetype.
WhatisNext?
Further,youcangothroughyourpastassignmentsyouhavedonewiththesubjectandmakesureyouareableto
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questions,ratheryouhavetomakeyourbasicsconceptsverystrong.
Seconditreallydoesn'tmattermuchifyoucouldnotanswerfewquestionsbutitmattersthatwhateveryou
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tutorialspointwishyoubestlucktohaveagoodinterviewerandalltheverybestforyourfutureendeavor.
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