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What is the difference between a constructor and a method?
What is the difference between a constructor and a method? A constructor is a member function of a class that is used to create objects of that class. It has the same name as the class itself, has no return type, and is invoked using the new operator. A method is an ordinary member function of a cla...
2013-04-29, 2229👍, 0💬

What are the two basic ways in which classes that can be run as threads may be defined?
What are the two basic ways in which classes that can be run as threads may be defined? A thread class may be declared as a subclass of Thread, or it may implement the Runnable interface.
2013-01-31, 2226👍, 0💬

Why isn't there operator overloading?
Why isn't there operator overloading? Because C++ has proven by example that operator overloading makes code almost impossible to maintain. In fact there very nearly wasn't even method overloading in Java, but it was thought that this was too useful for some very basic methods like print(). Note tha...
2013-02-08, 2224👍, 0💬

What is a marker interface ?
What is a marker interface ? An interface that contains no methods. Eg: Serializable, Cloneable, SingleThreadModel etc. It is used to just mark java classes that support certain capability.
2013-03-11, 2222👍, 0💬

What are new language features in J2SE 5.0?
What are new language features in J2SE 5.0? Generally: 1. generics 2. static imports 3. annotations 4. typesafe enums 5. enhanced for loop 6. autoboxing/unboxing 7. varargs 8. covariant return types
2013-03-07, 2217👍, 0💬

What is a compilation unit?
What is a compilation unit? A compilation unit is a Java source code file.
2013-01-11, 2217👍, 0💬

If you're overriding the method equals() of an object, which other method you might also consider?
If you're overriding the method equals() of an object, which other method you might also consider? hashCode()
2013-04-15, 2210👍, 0💬

How does a try statement determine which catch clause should be used to handle an exception?
How does a try statement determine which catch clause should be used to handle an exception? When an exception is thrown within the body of a try statement, the catch clauses of the try statement are examined in the order in which they appear. The first catch clause that is capable of handling the e...
2013-01-28, 2210👍, 0💬

Name few Garbage collection algorithms?
Name few Garbage collection algorithms? Here they go: Mark and Sweep Reference counting Tracing collectors Copying collectors Heap compaction Mark-compact collectors
2013-03-20, 2203👍, 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.
2012-12-11, 2200👍, 0💬

Can an unreachable object become reachable again?
Can an unreachable object become reachable again? An unreachable object may become reachable again. This can happen when the object's finalize() method is invoked and the object performs an operation which causes it to become accessible to reachable objects.
2013-01-28, 2197👍, 0💬

For which statements does it make sense to use a label?
For which statements does it make sense to use a label? The only statements for which it makes sense to use a label are those statements that can enclose a break or continue statement.
2012-11-27, 2197👍, 0💬

Explain the new Features of JDBC 2.0 Core API?
Explain the new Features of JDBC 2.0 Core API? The JDBC 2.0 API includes the complete JDBC API, which includes both core and Optional Package API, and provides inductrial-strength database computing capabilities. New Features in JDBC 2.0 Core API: Scrollable result sets- using new methods in the Res...
2013-02-26, 2177👍, 0💬

How does a try statement determine which catch clause should be used to handle an exception?
How does a try statement determine which catch clause should be used to handle an exception? When an exception is thrown within the body of a try statement, the catch clauses of the try statement are examined in the order in which they appear. The first catch clause that is capable of handling the e...
2013-06-15, 2168👍, 0💬

How are this () and super () used with constructors?
How are this () and super () used with constructors? this() is used to invoke a constructor of the same class. super() is used to invoke a superclass constructor.
2012-12-26, 2157👍, 0💬

Can we force Garbage collection?
Can we force Garbage collection? java follows a philosophy of automatic garbage collection, you can suggest or encourage the JVM to perform garbage collection but you can not force it. Once a variable is no longer referenced by anything it is available for garbage collection. You can suggest garbage...
2013-03-22, 2109👍, 0💬

What are tag interfaces?
What are tag interfaces? Tag interface is an alternate name for marker interface.
2013-03-12, 2089👍, 0💬

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