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How does multithreading take place on a computer with a single CPU?
How does multithreading take place on a computer with a single CPU? The operating system's task scheduler allocates execution time to multiple tasks. By quickly switching between executing tasks, it creates the impression that tasks execute sequentially.
2012-12-14, 2455👍, 0💬

What does it mean that a method or field is "static"?
What does it mean that a method or field is "static"? Static variables and methods are instantiated only once per class. In other words they are class variables, not instance variables. If you change the value of a static variable in a particular object, the value of that variable changes for all in...
2013-02-11, 2454👍, 0💬

What happens when you add a double value to a String?
What happens when you add a double value to a String? The result is a String object.
2013-01-08, 2454👍, 0💬

What advantage do Java's layout managers provide over traditional windowing systems?
What advantage do Java's layout managers provide over traditional windowing systems? Java uses layout managers to lay out components in a consistent manner across all windowing platforms. Since Java's layout managers aren't tied to absolute sizing and positioning, they are able to accommodate platfo...
2012-12-10, 2454👍, 0💬

What is Service Locator pattern?
What is Service Locator pattern? The Service Locator pattern locates J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) services for clients and thus abstracts the complexity of network operation and J2EE service lookup as EJB (Enterprise JavaBean) Home and JMS (Java Message Service) component factories. Th...
2013-03-14, 2453👍, 0💬

What interface is extended by AWT event listeners?
What interface is extended by AWT event listeners? All AWT event listeners extend the java.util.EventListener interface.
2013-01-14, 2453👍, 0💬

What is the difference between preemptive scheduling and time slicing?
What is the difference between preemptive scheduling and time slicing? Under preemptive scheduling, the highest priority task executes until it enters the waiting or dead states or a higher priority task comes into existence. Under time slicing, a task executes for a predefined slice of time and the...
2013-06-07, 2452👍, 0💬

What is the difference between an if statement and a switch statement?
What is the difference between an if statement and a switch statement? The if statement is used to select among two alternatives. It uses a boolean expression to decide which alternative should be executed. The switch statement is used to select among multiple alternatives. It uses an int expression...
2013-02-01, 2450👍, 0💬

Does Java pass by Value or reference?
Does Java pass by Value or reference? Its uses Reference while manipulating objects but pass by value when sending method arguments. Those who feel why I added this simple question in this section while claiming to be maintaining only strong and interesting questions, go ahead and answer following q...
2013-03-20, 2448👍, 0💬

Is &&= a valid Java operator?
Is &&= a valid Java operator? No, it is not.
2012-11-29, 2448👍, 0💬

Describe the principles of OOPS
Describe the principles of OOPS There are three main principals of oops which are called Polymorphism, Inheritance and Encapsulation.
2013-02-28, 2447👍, 0💬

What state is a thread in when it is executing?
What state is a thread in when it is executing? An executing thread is in the running state.
2012-12-31, 2447👍, 0💬

What is AggressiveHeap?
What is AggressiveHeap? The -XX:+AggressiveHeap option inspects the machine resources (size of memory and number of processors) and attempts to set various parameters to be optimal for long-running, memory allocation-intensive jobs. It was originally intended for machines with large amounts of memor...
2013-03-26, 2446👍, 0💬

What is the result in program?
What is the result in program? public class test { public static void main(String [] args) { int x = 3; int y = 1; if (x = y) System.out.println("Not equal"); else System.out.println("Equal"); } } What is the result? A. The output is “Equal” B. The output in “Not Equal” C. An error at "...
2013-03-05, 2446👍, 0💬

How are the elements of a GridLayout organized?
How are the elements of a GridLayout organized? The elements of a GridBad layout are of equal size and are laid out using the squares of a grid.
2013-01-01, 2446👍, 0💬

What is Overriding?
What is Overriding? When a class defines a method using the same name, return type, and arguments as a method in its superclass, the method in the class overrides the method in the superclass. When the method is invoked for an object of the class, it is the new definition of the method that is calle...
2013-05-10, 2445👍, 0💬

How are this and super used?
How are this and super used? this is used to refer to the current object instance. super is used to refer to the variables and methods of the superclass of the current object instance.
2013-01-10, 2445👍, 0💬

When is the finally clause of a try-catch-finally statement executed?
When is the finally clause of a try-catch-finally statement executed? The finally clause of the try-catch-finally statement is always executed unless the thread of execution terminates or an exception occurs within the execution of the finally clause.
2012-12-17, 2443👍, 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.
2012-12-07, 2443👍, 0💬

Give a simplest way to find out the time a method takes for execution without using any profiling tool?
Give a simplest way to find out the time a method takes for execution without using any profiling tool? Read the system time just before the method is invoked and immediately after method returns. Take the time difference, which will give you the time taken by a method for execution. To put it in co...
2013-05-24, 2442👍, 0💬

When to Use the Incremental Low Pause Collector?
When to Use the Incremental Low Pause Collector? Use the incremental low pause collector when your application can afford to trade longer and more frequent young generation garbage collection pauses for shorter tenured generation pauses. A typical situation is one in which a larger tenured generatio...
2013-03-28, 2442👍, 0💬

What are Checked and UnChecked Exception?
What are Checked and UnChecked Exception? A checked exception is some subclass of Exception (or Exception itself), excluding class RuntimeException and its subclasses. Making an exception checked forces client programmers to deal with the possibility that the exception will be thrown. eg, IOExceptio...
2013-05-10, 2441👍, 0💬

Why are there no global variables in Java?
Why are there no global variables in Java? Global variables are considered bad form for a variety of reasons: · Adding state variables breaks referential transparency (you no longer can understand a statement or expression on its own: you need to understand it in the context of the settings of the ...
2013-02-18, 2441👍, 0💬

Can a private method of a superclass be declared within a subclass?
Can a private method of a superclass be declared within a subclass? Sure. A private field or method or inner class belongs to its declared class and hides from its subclasses. There is no way for private stuff to have a runtime overloading or overriding (polymorphism) features.
2012-08-31, 2441👍, 0💬

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