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What is the difference between a while statement and a do statement?
What is the difference between a while statement and a do statement? A while statement checks at the beginning of a loop to see whether the next loop iteration should occur. A do statement checks at the end of a loop to see whether the next iteration of a loop should occur. The do statement will alw...
2013-06-12, 2401👍, 0💬

Which class is the immediate superclass of the MenuComponent class.
Which class is the immediate superclass of the MenuComponent class. Object
2012-10-17, 2401👍, 0💬

Can applets communicate with each other?
Can applets communicate with each other? At this point in time applets may communicate with other applets running in the same virtual machine. If the applets are of the same class, they can communicate via shared static variables. If the applets are of different classes, then each will need a refere...
2013-06-14, 2399👍, 0💬

What is the difference between error and an exception?
What is the difference between error and an exception? An error is an irrecoverable condition occurring at runtime. Such as OutOfMemory error. These JVM errors and you can not repair them at runtime. While exceptions are conditions that occur because of bad input etc. e.g. FileNotFoundException will...
2013-05-29, 2399👍, 0💬

What are wrapper classes?
What are wrapper classes? Java provides specialized classes corresponding to each of the primitive data types. These are called wrapper classes. They are e.g. Integer, Character, Double etc.
2013-05-27, 2399👍, 0💬

What is covariant return type?
What is covariant return type? A covariant return type lets you override a superclass method with a return type that subtypes the superclass method's return type. So we can use covariant return types to minimize upcasting and downcasting. class Parent { Parent foo () { System.out.println ("Parent fo...
2013-03-07, 2399👍, 0💬

What is an abstract class?
What is an abstract class? Abstract class must be extended/subclassed (to be useful). It serves as a template. A class that is abstract may not be instantiated (ie, you may not call its constructor), abstract class may contain static data. Any class with an abstract method is automatically abstract ...
2013-04-30, 2398👍, 0💬

What does it mean that a class or member is final?
What does it mean that a class or member is final? A final class can no longer be subclassed. Mostly this is done for security reasons with basic classes like String and Integer. It also allows the compiler to make some optimizations, and makes thread safety a little easier to achieve. Methods may b...
2013-02-18, 2398👍, 0💬

What modifiers may be used with an interface declaration?
What modifiers may be used with an interface declaration? An interface may be declared as public or abstract.
2012-12-04, 2397👍, 0💬

Is a class a subclass of itself?
Is a class a subclass of itself? A class is a subclass of itself.
2012-12-05, 2396👍, 0💬

What is your platform's default character encoding?
What is your platform's default character encoding? If you are running Java on English Windows platforms, it is probably Cp1252. If you are running Java on English Solaris platforms, it is most likely 8859_1..
2013-01-09, 2394👍, 0💬

What is the Collection interface?
What is the Collection interface? The Collection interface provides support for the implementation of a mathematical bag - an unordered collection of objects that may contain duplicates.
2012-12-10, 2394👍, 0💬

What is Externalizable?
What is Externalizable? Externalizable is an Interface that extends Serializable Interface. And sends data into Streams in Compressed Format. It has two methods, writeExternal(ObjectOuput out) and readExternal(ObjectInput in)
2013-06-18, 2392👍, 0💬

Explain the Polymorphism principle
Explain the Polymorphism principle The meaning of Polymorphism is something like one name many forms. Polymorphism enables one entity to be used as as general category for different types of actions. The specific action is determined by the exact nature of the situation. The concept of polymorphism ...
2013-03-01, 2392👍, 0💬

What modifiers are allowed for methods in an Interface?
What modifiers are allowed for methods in an Interface? Only public and abstract modifiers are allowed for methods in interfaces.
2013-06-19, 2390👍, 0💬

In which package are most of the AWT events that support the event-delegation model defined?
In which package are most of the AWT events that support the event-delegation model defined? Most of the AWT-related events of the event-delegation model are defined in the java.awt.event package. The AWTEvent class is defined in the java.awt package.
2012-10-16, 2390👍, 0💬

Difference between HashMap and HashTable?
Difference between HashMap and HashTable? The HashMap class is roughly equivalent to Hashtable, except that it is unsynchronized and permits nulls. (HashMap allows null values as key and value whereas Hashtable doesnt allow). HashMap does not guarantee that the order of the map will remain constant ...
2013-04-25, 2389👍, 0💬

How can the Checkbox class be used to create a radio button?
How can the Checkbox class be used to create a radio button? By associating Checkbox objects with a CheckboxGroup.
2012-12-18, 2388👍, 0💬

Can an object be garbage collected while it is still reachable?
Can an object be garbage collected while it is still reachable? A reachable object cannot be garbage collected. Only unreachable objects may be garbage collected..
2012-11-12, 2387👍, 0💬

What is the purpose of the Runtime class?
What is the purpose of the Runtime class? The purpose of the Runtime class is to provide access to the Java runtime system.
2012-10-22, 2387👍, 0💬

Do not use the String contatenation operator in lengthy loops or other places where performance could suffer. Is that true?
Do not use the String contatenation operator in lengthy loops or other places where performance could suffer. Is that true? Yes.
2013-04-08, 2385👍, 0💬

What is a platform?
What is a platform? A platform is the hardware or software environment in which a program runs. Most platforms can be described as a combination of the operating system and hardware, like Windows 2000 and XP, Linux, Solaris, and MacOS.
2013-03-29, 2383👍, 0💬

What is the ResourceBundle class?
What is the ResourceBundle class? The ResourceBundle class is used to store locale-specific resources that can be loaded by a program to tailor the program's appearance to the particular locale in which it is being run.
2013-01-18, 2383👍, 0💬

What is Externalizable?
What is Externalizable? Externalizable is an Interface that extends Serializable Interface. And sends data into Streams in Compressed Format. It has two methods, writeExternal(ObjectOuput out) and readExternal(ObjectInput in)
2013-02-05, 2382👍, 0💬

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