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What is an object's lock and which objects have locks?
What is an object's lock and which objects have locks? An object's lock is a mechanism that is used by multiple threads to obtain synchronized access to the object. A thread may execute a synchronized method of an object only after it has acquired the object's lock. All objects and classes have lock...
2012-11-07, 2636👍, 0💬

What is the purpose of the finally clause of a try-catch-finally statement?
What is the purpose of the finally clause of a try-catch-finally statement? The finally clause is used to provide the capability to execute code no matter whether or not an exception is thrown or caught.
2012-07-09, 2636👍, 0💬

What modifiers may be used with an inner class that is a member of an outer class?
What modifiers may be used with an inner class that is a member of an outer class? A (non-local) inner class may be declared as public, protected, private, static, final, or abstract.
2012-06-20, 2636👍, 0💬

How can a subclass call a method or a constructor defined in a superclass?
How can a subclass call a method or a constructor defined in a superclass? Use the following syntax: super.myMethod(); To call a constructor of the superclass, just write super(); in the first line of the subclass's constructor.
2012-07-05, 2633👍, 0💬

Is the ternary operator written x : y ? z or x ? y : z ?
Is the ternary operator written x : y ? z or x ? y : z ? It is written x ? y : z.
2012-11-13, 2632👍, 0💬

How are the elements of a GridBagLayout organized?
How are the elements of a GridBagLayout organized? The elements of a GridBagLayout are organized according to a grid. However, the elements are of different sizes and may occupy more than one row or column of the grid. In addition, the rows and columns may have different sizes.
2012-07-24, 2632👍, 0💬

Can a Byte object be cast to a double value?
Can a Byte object be cast to a double value? No, an object cannot be cast to a primitive value.
2012-11-05, 2630👍, 0💬

How does Java handle integer overflows and underflows?
How does Java handle integer overflows and underflows? It uses those low order bytes of the result that can fit into the size of the type allowed by the operation.
2012-09-24, 2630👍, 0💬

What are the different types of inner classes?
What are the different types of inner classes? There are four different types of inner classes in Java. They are: a)Static member classes , a static member class has access to all static methods of the parent, or top-level, class b) Member classes, the member class is instance specific and has acces...
2012-09-07, 2625👍, 0💬

What is the difference between static and non-static variables?
What is the difference between static and non-static variables? A static variable is associated with the class as a whole rather than with specific instances of a class. Non-static variables take on unique values with each object instance.
2012-07-26, 2624👍, 0💬

Can an object's finalize() method be invoked while it is reachable?
Can an object's finalize() method be invoked while it is reachable? An object's finalize() method cannot be invoked by the garbage collector while the object is still reachable. However, an object's finalize() method may be invoked by other objects.
2012-10-03, 2622👍, 0💬

Does garbage collection guarantee that a program will not run out of memory?
Does garbage collection guarantee that a program will not run out of memory? No, it doesn't. 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.
2012-06-25, 2622👍, 0💬

Parsers? DOM vs SAX parser
Parsers? DOM vs SAX parser Parsers are fundamental xml components, a bridge between XML documents and applications that process that XML. The parser is responsible for handling xml syntax, checking the contents of the document against constraints established in a DTD or Schema. DOM 1. Tree of nodes ...
2012-08-23, 2619👍, 0💬

What is the relationship between the Canvas class and the Graphics class?
What is the relationship between the Canvas class and the Graphics class? A Canvas object provides access to a Graphics object via its paint() method.
2012-11-02, 2618👍, 0💬

What is the difference between the paint() and repaint() methods?
What is the difference between the paint() and repaint() methods? The paint() method supports painting via a Graphics object. The repaint() method is used to cause paint() to be invoked by the AWT painting thread.
2012-07-26, 2616👍, 0💬

What is the difference between shallow copy and deep copy?
What is the difference between shallow copy and deep copy? Shallow copy shares the same reference with the original object like cloning, whereas the deep copy get a duplicate instance of the original object. If the shallow copy has been changed, the original object will be reflected and vice versa.
2012-08-24, 2612👍, 0💬

What is the difference between a Window and a Frame?
What is the difference between a Window and a Frame? The Frame class extends Window to define a main application window that can have a menu bar.
2012-07-13, 2606👍, 0💬

Can a for statement loop indefinitely?
Can a for statement loop indefinitely? Yes, a for statement can loop indefinitely. For example, consider the following: for(;;) ;
2012-10-09, 2603👍, 0💬

Explain the usage of the keyword transient?
Explain the usage of the keyword transient? This keyword indicates that the value of this member variable does not have to be serialized with the object. When the class will be de-serialized, this variable will be initialized with a default value of its data type (i.e. zero for integers).
2012-07-31, 2601👍, 0💬

What happens when you invoke a thread's interrupt method while it is sleeping or waiting?
What happens when you invoke a thread's interrupt method while it is sleeping or waiting? When a task's interrupt() method is executed, the task enters the ready state. The next time the task enters the running state, an InterruptedException is thrown.
2012-12-20, 2600👍, 0💬

How can you minimize the need of garbage collection and make the memory use more effective?
How can you minimize the need of garbage collection and make the memory use more effective? Use object pooling and weak object references.
2013-04-19, 2598👍, 0💬

Two methods have key words static synchronized and synchronized separately. What is the difference between them?
Two methods have key words static synchronized and synchronized separately. What is the difference between them? Both are synchronized methods. One is instance method, the other is class method. Method with static modifier is a class method. That means the method belongs to class itself and can be a...
2012-08-30, 2597👍, 0💬

What's the difference between constructors and other methods?
What's the difference between constructors and other methods? Constructors must have the same name as the class and can not return a value. They are only called once while regular methods could be called many times.
2012-08-27, 2596👍, 0💬

What's the difference between an interface and an abstract class?
What's the difference between an interface and an abstract class? An abstract class may contain code in method bodies, which is not allowed in an interface. With abstract classes, you have to inherit your class from it and Java does not allow multiple inheritance. On the other hand, you can implemen...
2012-05-21, 2596👍, 0💬

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