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TwoStringobjectswithsamevaluesnottobeequalunderthe==operator.ExplainHow.

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The==operatorcomparesreferencesandnotcontents.Itcomparestwoobjectsandiftheyarethesameobject
inmemoryandpresentinthesamememorylocation,theexpressionreturnstrueelseitreturnsfalse.............
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Explainstaticinjava.
Astaticvariableisattachedwiththeclassasawholeandnotwithspecificinstancesofaclass..............
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Javaobject,class,method
Javaoperator
Javavariables
Javaoverloadingoverriding
Javaabstractclasses

ExplainGarbagecollectionmechanisminJava.
GarbagecollectionisalsocalledautomaticmemorymanagementasJVMautomaticallyremovestheunused
variables/objects(valueisnull)fromthememory..............
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Javadatatypes
Javaarrays
Javaexception
Javaevents

CanAbstractClasshaveconstructors?
Abstractclasscanhaveaconstructor.Butaswecan'tinstantiateabstractclass,wecan'taccessitthroughthe
object..............
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ExplainhowJavaaddressestheissueofportabilityandsecurity.
AddressingPortability:Manycomputersofdifferenttypeswithseveraloperatingsystemsareconnectedto
network/internet.............
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WhydoesJavahavedifferentdatatypesforintegersandfloatingpointvalues?
Theintegerandfloatingpointtypesaredifferentintermsoftheconsumptionofthebitswhichrepresentthem.
Therearecertaindatatypeswhicharerightlyaptforspeed..............
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FeaturesofJava
Javaomitsrarelyused,poorlyunderstoodfeaturesthoseareavailableinC++.Thesefeaturesincludeoperator
overloading,multipleinheritance,destructors,allocationandfreeingofmemory........
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Javavirtualmachine
Javainputandoutput
JavaURLconnections
Javasockets
JNDI
Javaapplets
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JavadrawingAWTcomponents
Corejava
JDBC
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ExplainwhyJavaiscalledasPlatformindependentlanguage.ExplainhowJavaexecutableexecutesonany
platformwhereJVMisavailable.

Javathreading

JavabytecodecanrunonanyOSwithjavainstalled.JVMtakescareofexecutingofnativebytecode........

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ExplainJavaarchitecture,i.e.typicalJavaenvironment.
Javaprogramminglanguage,Javaclassfileformat,JavaApplicationProgrammingInterface,Javavirtual
machine......
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ExplainthefeaturesofJavaclass.ExplainFields,Methods,andAccessLevels.

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AJavaclasshasattributes,staticblocks,nonstaticblocks,constructors,methodsandinnerclasses.Fields:
Fieldsarereferredtodatamemberswhomaretobeaccessedbythemethods,constructorsofthesameclass
andmethodsofotherclasses........

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Javatransactionservices,JTS

Whatisaconstructor?Explainthedifferencesbetweenmethodsandconstructor.

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Aconstructorisablockofcodewiththesamenameofitsdefiningclasswithoutreturntype
Ex:Employee(){}//TheclassnameisEmployee............

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Whatisinstancemembers?Explainwithanexample
Instancemembersaretheattributesandmethodsofaclass.Theyshareonecopyeachperobject.Sincean
objectisaninstanceofaclass,memoryhasbeensetasideforeachobjecttocontainitsowncopiesofinstance
members..........
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WhatareJavapackages?ExplaintheimportanceofJavapackages.

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Apackageisagroupof.classfiles.
The.classfilesareorganizedintonamespaces.ThejavapackagesarecompressedintofilesknownasJava
Archivefiles........

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ExplainJavaGarbagecollector.Whygarbagecollection?BriefexplanationofGarbagecollectionalgorithms.

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Garbagecollectionistheprocessofreclaimingheapmemoryspacebyremovingorphanobjects
Theobjectsthatarenolongerneededbytheapplicationaregarbagecollected
Garbagecollectionisdoneautomatically..............
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AspectOrientedProgramming
Javadesignpatterns
Javalocalization

Explaintheimportanceof'super'keywordinJava.Writecodetodepicttheusesof'super'keyword.
Thekeywordsuperisusedforreferringparentclassinstance
Samedatamembersofsuperclasshidesthevariablesbythesubclass
Ex:super.number//numberofsuperclassisaccessed.............
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DefineMethodoverloading.Explainitsuses.ProvideacodesampletoexplaintheusesofMethod
overloading
Javasupportstodefinetwoormoremethodswithsamenameswithinaclass.
Allthemethodsshoulddifferineitherbythenumberortypeofparameters.
ThemethodSystem.out.println()receivesmultipleparameters...............
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DescribeJavastringclass.ExplainmethodsofJavastringclass.ExplainthecharacteristicsofStringBuffer
class
StringClass:
TheStringclassisimmutable.
ThecontentsoftheStringobjectcannotbechanged.
Stringclassisfinalclass.Thatimpliesitcannothavesubclasses.
Stringobjectscanbeconcatenatedbyusing+and+=operators...............
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WhatisJavainnerclass?Explainthetypesofinnerclasses,i.e.Staticmemberclasses,Memberclasses,
Localclasses,Anonymousclasses
InnerClass:AclassdefinedinsideanotherclassiscalledanInnerClass.
Typesofinnerclasses:..........
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ExplainaboutJavareflectionclass.
Classes,interfaces,methods,instancevariablescanbeinspectedatruntimebyusingreflectionclass
Toinspecthenamesoftheclasses,methods,fieldsetc.neednotbeknown
ReflectioninJavaispowerfulanduseful,whenobjectsareneededtobemappedintotablesinadatabaseat
runtime..........
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WritesomeimportantfeaturesofSwing.
Platformindependent:Swingisplatformindependentinbothexpressionandimplementation
Extensible:Allowspluggingofcustomimplementationsofspecifiedframeworkinterfaces.Userscanprovide
customcomponentimplementationsbyoverridingthedefaultimplementations..................

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ExplaindifferentlayoutmanagerinJava.
Alayoutmanagerorganizestheobjectsinacontainer
Differentlayoutsareusedtoorganizeortoarrangeobjects................
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WhatisuserdefinedException?Explainwithanexample.
AuserdefinedexceptionisextendedbyExceptionclass.
Unconventionalactionsaredealtwithuserdefinedexceptions
ApplicationdemandedexceptionsotherthanAPIsaredefinedasuserdefinedexceptions.Ex:Whenthebalance
ofanaccountisbelowzeroafterwithdrawl,anexceptioncanberaisedlikeNegativeBalanceException...........
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ExplainhowtousethreadclassforMultithreadinginJava.Explainwithanexample.
Threadsareusedinjavaby
a.extendingtheThreadclass
b.implementingtheRunnableinterface..............
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DifferencebetweenStreamclassesandReaderwriterclasses
StreamClasses:Theyarebyteoriented,TheyneversupportUnicodecharacters,Supports8bitstreams...........
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WhatisobjectSerialization?ExplaintheuseofPersistingobject.
PersistingthestateofanobjectinastoragemediaisknownasObjectSerialization
Savingandretrievingdataisoneofthecriticaltasksfordevelopers
Bypersistingobjects,applicationscanefficientlyhandlethem,asonlyoneobjectcanbeusedatagivenpointof
time.............
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ExplainthecharacteristicsofJavasocketclass.
Thefollowingarecertaincharacteristicsthatsocketshare:
1.Thesocketisavailableaslongasthenetworkprocessmaintainsanopenlinktothesocket
2.Asocketcanbenamedinordertocommunicatewithothersocketsinanetwork
3.Communicationisperformedbythesocketsinnetworkwhentheserverreceivestheconnectionsand
requestsfromthem...............
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StatethefunctionalitiesofimportantclassesinJDBCpackages.
TheimportantinterfacesinJDBCare:
java.sql.DriverManager:UsedtomanageJDBCdrivers,thusestablishesaconnectiontothedatabaseserver
java.sql.ConnectionUsedforestablishingconnectiontoadatabase.AllSQLstatementsexecuteswithinthe
connectioncontext...................
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Whatisendianness?Describethewaysanintegerisstoredinmemory.
Endiannessistheprocessoforderingtheaddressablesubunitssuchaswords,bytesorbitsinalongerword
thatistostoreinanexternalmemory...............
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ExplainwhyJavausesUnicode
Toenableacomputersystemforstoringtextandnumberswhichisunderstandablebyhumans,thereshouldbe
acodethattransformscharactersintonumbers...................
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Whatarethedifferentloopsavailableinjava?Howdowechoosetherightloopforaspecificjob?
Aloopisasetofstatementsthatissupposedtorepeatoneormoretimes.Javasupports3loops................
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Explainwhywedontneedtousenewforvariablesoftheprimitivetypes,suchasintorfloat
Thekeywordnewisusedforcreationofobjects.Primitivetypesaretouseconstantsbutnotobjects.............
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Whatisfinalize()?Isfinalize()similartoadestructor?

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Thefinalize()methodofjavaisinvokedbyJVMtoreclaimtheinaccessiblememorylocation,Whentheorphan
object(withoutreference)istobereleased,JVMinvokesthefinalize()method,whenthenext..................
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WhydoesStringdefinetheequals()method?CantIjustuse==?
Theequals()methodisdefinedinStringclassinordertotestwhethertwostringsvaluesaresamesequenceof
characters.Themethodisforexclusivelytestingstringobjects,butnotanyotherobjects..................
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Stringobjectsareimmutableinjava.Explainhowtocreateastringthatcanbechanged.
AstringobjectthatiscreatedusingStringclassisimmutable.Thecharactersoftheobjectcannotbechanged/
modified.Therearesomemethods,suchassplit(),substring(),beginsWith()etc...................
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Canwepassaprimitivetypebyreferenceinjava?How
Primitivetypescanbepassedbyreference.1.Bystoringtheprimitivetypevalueinanarrayofsingleelementand
passingit.................
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Whatdoyoumeanbythetermsignatureinjava?
Asignatureinjavaisacombinationofelementsinalistsuchasconstructorandmethodstherebydistinguishing
themfromotherconstructorsandmethods..................
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Staticnestedclassvs.anonstaticone.
Astaticnestedclasscannotdirectlyaccessnonstaticmethodsorfieldsofaninstanceofitsenclosingclass.
Theycanbeaccessedbycreatingtheobjectofthenestedinnerclass.Whereasnonstaticnested....................
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Explainwhenweshouldmakeaninstancevariableprivate.
Aninstancevariablecanbedeclaredasprivatetopromoteinformationhiding.............
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OverriddenmethodsinJava
Overriddenmethodsofsuperclassinsubclassallowaclasstoinheritandbehavecloseenough.Toavoid
namingconflictandsignatureandtypeandnumberofparameters..............
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IsC++accessspecifiercalledprotectedissimilartoJavas?
Thejavaaccessspecifierprotectedisplacedproceedingthememberoftheclassandtheaccesscontrolis
applicableonlyforthatparticulardefinition...............
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Whyshouldwecatchsuperclassexceptions?
EveryexceptionisrepresentedbytheinstanceofThrowableoritssubclasses.Anobjectcancarrythe
informationfortheexceptionraisingpointtotheexceptionhandlerwhichcatchesit...............
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Whywouldwemanuallythrowanexception?
Whenanexceptionistobehandledwhicharenotjavaclasslibrary,auserdefinedexceptioncanbethrown.An
exceptioncanbethrownexplicitly,whenaconditionismet.Inotherwords,inasituation.............
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Whatischainedexceptionsinjava?
Onceanapplicationfindsanexception,respondsanexceptionbythrowinganotherexception.Itcausesanother
exception.Knowinganexceptionthatcausesanotherexceptionisveryuseful.....................
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Whenshouldwecreateourowncustomexceptionclasses?
Thetermexceptionletstheprogrammertoknowthatthereissomethingexceptionalhasoccurredinthe
program.ApartfromJavaexceptionclasslibrary,acustom.................
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Whatareprimitivetypewrappersclasses?Explainthepurposeofprimitivetypewrapperclasses.

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Primitivetypewrapperclassesorsimplywrapperclassesareavailableinjava.langpackageforprovidingobject
methodsforalltheeightprimitivetypes.Allthewrapperclassobjectsareimmutable.................
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Whydoyourecommendthatthemainthreadbethelasttofinish?
Inanapplication,aprogramcontinuestorununtilallofthethreadshaveended.Hence,themainthreadtofinish
atlastisnotarequirement.Itisagoodprogrammingpracticetomakeittorunlasttofinish................
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WhydoesJavahavetwowaystocreatechildthreads?Whichwayisbetter?
Javathreadscanbecreatedgraciouslyintwoways:implementingtheRunnableinterfaceandextendingThread
class.............
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TipsoneffectivelyusingMultithreadingtoimprovetheefficiencyofmyprograms.
Inmultipleprocessorsystems,alargealgorithmwillsplittheprocessintothreads.Sothatdifferentprocessors
canhandledifferentthreads...................
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Enumerationsvsfinalvariablesinjava.
Enumerationistypesafe.Whereasfinalvariablesarenot.Enumerationsupportstohaveablendofvarious
values............
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Isitpossibleforamethodotherthanpaint()orupdate()tooutputtoanappletswindow?Explainhow.
YesIispossibleforamethodotherthanpaint()orupdate()tooutputanappletswindow.Itismandatoryto
obtainagraphicscontextbyinvokinggetGraphics()method............
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WhatisbytecodeandwhyisitimportanttoJavasuseforInternetprogramming?
ThecompiledJavasourcecodeisknownasbytecode.Javacompilergeneratesthebytecode.Thebytecode
canrunonanyplatform/machineregardlessofthesystemsarchitecture..........
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WhydoesJavastrictlyspecifytherangeandbehaviorofitsprimitivetypes?
Javastrictlyspecifiestherangesforprimitivevalues.Theselectionofvaluesinintegerorfloatingpointtypes
differsbasedontherequirementofanapplication..................
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WhatisJavascharactertype,andhowdoesitdifferfromthecharactertypeusedbymanyother
programminglanguages?
ThechardatatypeinJavaisasingle16bitUnicodecharacter.Itrepresentsacharacterthatcouldbeanyoneof
theworldlanguages..................
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Explainthedifferencebetweentheprefixandpostfixformsoftheincrementoperator.
Theprefixoperator++addsonetoitsoperand/variableandreturnsthevaluebeforeitisassignedtothe
variable.Inotherwords,theincrementtakesplacefirstandtheassignmentnext.............
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WhatisthedifferencebetweentheStringmethodsindexOf()andlastIndexOf()?
ThemethodindexOf()returnsthefirstoccurrence(index)ofagivencharacteroracombinationasparameterina
givenstring.................
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Explainthedifferencebetweenprotectedanddefaultaccess.
Thedefaultaccessspecifierisonewhichisnotspecifiedwithakeyword.Ifnoaccessspecifier(anyoneof
private,protected,public)ismentioneditisknownasthedefaultaccessspecifier.............
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