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1.WhatisthemostimportantfeatureofJava? Javaisaplatformindependentlanguage. 2.Whatdoyoumeanbyplatformindependence? Platformindependencemeansthatwecanwriteandcompilethejava codeinoneplatform(egWindows)andcanexecutetheclassinanyother supportedplatformeg(Linux,Solaris,etc). 3.WhatisaJVM? JVMisJavaVirtualMachinewhichisaruntimeenvironmentforthe compiledjavaclassfiles. 4.AreJVM'splatformindependent? JVM'sarenotplatformindependent.JVM'sareplatformspecificrun timeimplementationprovidedbythevendor. 5.WhatisthedifferencebetweenaJDKandaJVM? JDKisJavaDevelopmentKitwhichisfordevelopmentpurposeandit includesexecutionenvironmentalso.ButJVMispurelyaruntime environmentandhenceyouwillnotbeabletocompileyoursourcefiles usingaJVM. 6.WhatisapointeranddoesJavasupportpointers? Pointerisareferencehandletoamemorylocation.Improperhandlingof pointersleadstomemoryleaksandreliabilityissueshenceJavadoesn't supporttheusageofpointers. 7.Whatisthebaseclassofallclasses? java.lang.Object 8.DoesJavasupportmultipleinheritance? Javadoesn'tsupportmultipleinheritance. 9.IsJavaapureobjectorientedlanguage? Javausesprimitivedatatypesandhenceisnotapureobjectoriented language.

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10.Arearraysprimitivedatatypes? InJava,Arraysareobjects. 11.WhatisdifferencebetweenPathandClasspath? PathandClasspathareoperatingsystemlevelenvironmentvariales. Pathisuseddefinewherethesystemcanfindtheexecutables(.exe)files andclasspathisusedtospecifythelocation.classfiles. 12.Whatarelocalvariables? Localvaraiablesarethosewhicharedeclaredwithinablockofcodelike methods.Localvariablesshouldbeinitialisedbeforeaccessingthem. 13.Whatareinstancevariables? Instancevariablesarethosewhicharedefinedattheclasslevel.Instance variablesneednotbeinitializedbeforeusingthemastheyare automaticallyinitializedtotheirdefaultvalues. 14.HowtodefineaconstantvariableinJava? Thevariableshouldbedeclaredasstaticandfinal.Soonlyonecopyof thevariableexistsforallinstancesoftheclassandthevaluecan'tbe changedalso. staticfinalintPI=2.14;isanexampleforconstant. 15.Shouldamain()methodbecompulsorilydeclaredinalljavaclasses? Nonotrequired.main()methodshouldbedefinedonlyifthesourceclass isajavaapplication. 16.Whatisthereturntypeofthemain()method? Main()methoddoesn'treturnanythinghencedeclaredvoid. 17.Whyisthemain()methoddeclaredstatic? main()methodiscalledbytheJVMevenbeforetheinstantiationofthe classhenceitisdeclaredasstatic. 18.Whatisthearguementofmain()method? main()methodacceptsanarrayofStringobjectasarguement.

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19.Canamain()methodbeoverloaded? Yes.Youcanhaveanynumberofmain()methodswithdifferentmethod signatureandimplementationintheclass. 20.Canamain()methodbedeclaredfinal? Yes.Anyinheritingclasswillnotbeabletohaveit'sowndefaultmain() method. 21.Doestheorderofpublicandstaticdeclarationmatterinmain() method? No.Itdoesn'tmatterbutvoidshouldalwayscomebeforemain(). 22.Canasourcefilecontainmorethanoneclassdeclaration? YesasinglesourcefilecancontainanynumberofClassdeclarationsbut onlyoneoftheclasscanbedeclaredaspublic. 23.Whatisapackage? Packageisacollectionofrelatedclassesandinterfaces.package declarationshouldbefirststatementinajavaclass. 24.Whichpackageisimportedbydefault? java.langpackageisimportedbydefaultevenwithoutapackage declaration. 25.Canaclassdeclaredasprivatebeaccessedoutsideit'spackage? Notpossible. 26.Canaclassbedeclaredasprotected? Aclasscan'tbedeclaredasprotected.onlymethodscanbedeclaredas protected. 27.Whatistheaccessscopeofaprotectedmethod? Aprotectedmethodcanbeaccessedbytheclasseswithinthesame packageorbythesubclassesoftheclassinanypackage. 28.Whatisthepurposeofdeclaringavariableasfinal? Afinalvariable'svaluecan'tbechanged.finalvariablesshouldbe

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initializedbeforeusingthem. 29.Whatistheimpactofdeclaringamethodasfinal? Amethoddeclaredasfinalcan'tbeoverridden.Asubclasscan'thave thesamemethodsignaturewithadifferentimplementation. 30.Idon'twantmyclasstobeinheritedbyanyotherclass.Whatshould ido? Youshoulddeclaredyourclassasfinal.Butyoucan'tdefineyourclass asfinal,ifitisanabstractclass.Aclassdeclaredasfinalcan'tbe extendedbyanyotherclass. 31.CanyougivefewexamplesoffinalclassesdefinedinJavaAPI? java.lang.String,java.lang.Matharefinalclasses. 32.Howisfinaldifferentfromfinallyandfinalize()? finalisamodifierwhichcanbeappliedtoaclassoramethodora variable.finalclasscan'tbeinherited,finalmethodcan'tbeoverridden andfinalvariablecan'tbechanged. finallyisanexceptionhandlingcodesectionwhichgetsexecutedwhether anexceptionisraisedornotbythetryblockcodesegment. finalize()isamethodofObjectclasswhichwillbeexecutedbytheJVM justbeforegarbagecollectingobjecttogiveafinalchanceforresource releasingactivity. 33.Canaclassbedeclaredasstatic? Noaclasscannotbedefinedasstatic.Onlyamethod,avariableora blockofcodecanbedeclaredasstatic. 34.Whenwillyoudefineamethodasstatic? Whenamethodneedstobeaccessedevenbeforethecreationoftheobject oftheclassthenweshoulddeclarethemethodasstatic. 35.Whataretherestrictionimposedonastaticmethodorastaticblock ofcode?

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Astaticmethodshouldnotrefertoinstancevariableswithoutcreating aninstanceandcannotuse"this"operatortorefertheinstance. 36.Iwanttoprint"Hello"evenbeforemain()isexecuted.Howwillyou acheivethat? Printthestatementinsideastaticblockofcode.Staticblocksget executedwhentheclassgetsloadedintothememoryandevenbeforethe creationofanobject.Henceitwillbeexecutedbeforethemain()method. Anditwillbeexecutedonlyonce. 37.Whatistheimportanceofstaticvariable? staticvariablesareclasslevelvariableswhereallobjectsoftheclass refertothesamevariable.Ifoneobjectchangesthevaluethenthechange getsreflectedinalltheobjects. 38.Canwedeclareastaticvariableinsideamethod? Staticvaraiblesareclasslevelvariablesandtheycan'tbedeclared insideamethod.Ifdeclared,theclasswillnotcompile. 39.WhatisanAbstractClassandwhatisit'spurpose? AClasswhichdoesn'tprovidecompleteimplementationisdefinedasan abstractclass.Abstractclassesenforceabstraction. 40.Canaabstractclassbedeclaredfinal? Notpossible.Anabstractclasswithoutbeinginheritedisofnouseand hencewillresultincompiletimeerror. 41.Whatisuseofaabstractvariable? Variablescan'tbedeclaredasabstract.onlyclassesandmethodscanbe declaredasabstract. 42.Canyoucreateanobjectofanabstractclass? Notpossible.Abstractclassescan'tbeinstantiated. 43.Canaabstractclassbedefinedwithoutanyabstractmethods? Yesit'spossible.Thisisbasicallytoavoidinstancecreationoftheclass. 44.ClassCimplementsInterfaceIcontainingmethodm1andm2

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declarations.ClassChasprovidedimplementationformethodm2.Cani createanobjectofClassC? Nonotpossible.ClassCshouldprovideimplementationforallthe methodsintheInterfaceI.SinceClassCdidn'tprovideimplementation form1method,ithastobedeclaredasabstract.Abstractclassescan'tbe instantiated. 45.CanamethodinsideaInterfacebedeclaredasfinal? Nonotpossible.Doingsowillresultincompilationerror.publicand abstractaretheonlyapplicablemodifiersformethoddeclarationinan interface. 46.CananInterfaceimplementanotherInterface? Intefacesdoesn'tprovideimplementationhenceainterfacecannot implementanotherinterface. 47.CananInterfaceextendanotherInterface? YesanInterfacecaninheritanotherInterface,forthatmatteran InterfacecanextendmorethanoneInterface. 48.CanaClassextendmorethanoneClass? Notpossible.AClasscanextendonlyoneclassbutcanimplementany numberofInterfaces. 49.WhyisanInterfacebeabletoextendmorethanoneInterfacebuta Classcan'textendmorethanoneClass? BasicallyJavadoesn'tallowmultipleinheritance,soaClassis restrictedtoextendonlyoneClass.ButanInterfaceisapureabstraction modelanddoesn'thaveinheritancehierarchylikeclasses(doremember thatthebaseclassofallclassesisObject).SoanInterfaceisallowedto extendmorethanoneInterface. 50.CananInterfacebefinal? Notpossible.Doingsosowillresultincompilationerror. 51.CanaclassbedefinedinsideanInterface?

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Yesit'spossible. 52.CananInterfacebedefinedinsideaclass? Yesit'spossible. 53.WhatisaMarkerInterface? AnInterfacewhichdoesn'thaveanydeclarationinsidebutstillenforces amechanism. 54.WhichobjectorientedConceptisachievedbyusingoverloadingand overriding? Polymorphism. 55.WhydoesJavanotsupportoperatoroverloading? Operatoroverloadingmakesthecodeverydifficulttoreadandmaintain. Tomaintaincodesimplicity,Javadoesn'tsupportoperatoroverloading. 56.Canwedefineprivateandprotectedmodifiersforvariablesin interfaces? No. 57.WhatisExternalizable? ExternalizableisanInterfacethatextendsSerializableInterface.And sendsdataintoStreamsinCompressedFormat.Ithastwomethods, writeExternal(ObjectOuputout)andreadExternal(ObjectInputin) 58.WhatmodifiersareallowedformethodsinanInterface? Onlypublicandabstractmodifiersareallowedformethodsininterfaces. 59.Whatisalocal,memberandaclassvariable? Variablesdeclaredwithinamethodare"local"variables. Variablesdeclaredwithintheclassi.enotwithinanymethodsare "member"variables(globalvariables). Variablesdeclaredwithintheclassi.enotwithinanymethodsandare definedas"static"areclassvariables. 60.Whatisanabstractmethod?

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Anabstractmethodisamethodwhoseimplementationisdeferredtoa subclass. 61.Whatvaluedoesread()returnwhenithasreachedtheendofafile? Theread()methodreturns1whenithasreachedtheendofafile. 62.CanaByteobjectbecasttoadoublevalue? No,anobjectcannotbecasttoaprimitivevalue. 63.Whatisthedifferencebetweenastaticandanonstaticinnerclass? Anonstaticinnerclassmayhaveobjectinstancesthatareassociated withinstancesoftheclass'souterclass.Astaticinnerclassdoesnothave anyobjectinstances. 64.Whatisanobject'slockandwhichobject'shavelocks? Anobject'slockisamechanismthatisusedbymultiplethreadsto obtainsynchronizedaccesstotheobject.Athreadmayexecutea synchronizedmethodofanobjectonlyafterithasacquiredtheobject's lock.Allobjectsandclasseshavelocks.Aclass'slockisacquiredonthe class'sClassobject. 65.Whatisthe%operator? Itisreferredtoasthemoduloorremainderoperator.Itreturnsthe remainderofdividingthefirstoperandbythesecondoperand. 66.Whencananobjectreferencebecasttoaninterfacereference? Anobjectreferencebecasttoaninterfacereferencewhentheobject implementsthereferencedinterface. 67.Whichclassisextendedbyallotherclasses? TheObjectclassisextendedbyallotherclasses. 68.WhichnonUnicodelettercharactersmaybeusedasthefirst characterofanidentifier? ThenonUnicodelettercharacters$and_mayappearasthefirst characterofanidentifier 69.Whatrestrictionsareplacedonmethodoverloading?

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Twomethodsmaynothavethesamenameandargumentlistbut differentreturntypes. 70.Whatiscasting? Therearetwotypesofcasting,castingbetweenprimitivenumerictypes andcastingbetweenobjectreferences.Castingbetweennumerictypesis usedtoconvertlargervalues,suchasdoublevalues,tosmallervalues, suchasbytevalues.Castingbetweenobjectreferencesisusedtoreferto anobjectbyacompatibleclass,interface,orarraytypereference. 71.Whatisthereturntypeofaprogram'smain()method? void. 72.Ifavariableisdeclaredasprivate,wheremaythevariablebe accessed? Aprivatevariablemayonlybeaccessedwithintheclassinwhichitis declared. 73.Whatdoyouunderstandbyprivate,protectedandpublic? Theseareaccessibilitymodifiers.Privateisthemostrestrictive,while publicistheleastrestrictive.Thereisnorealdifferencebetween protectedandthedefaulttype(alsoknownaspackageprotected)within thecontextofthesamepackage,howevertheprotectedkeywordallows visibilitytoaderivedclassinadifferentpackage. 74.WhatisDowncasting? Downcastingisthecastingfromageneraltoamorespecifictype,i.e. castingdownthehierarchy 75.Whatmodifiersmaybeusedwithaninnerclassthatisamemberof anouterclass? A(nonlocal)innerclassmaybedeclaredaspublic,protected,private, static,final,orabstract. 76.HowmanybitsareusedtorepresentUnicode,ASCII,UTF16,and UTF8characters? Unicoderequires16bitsandASCIIrequire7bitsAlthoughtheASCII

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charactersetusesonly7bits,itisusuallyrepresentedas8bits. UTF8representscharactersusing8,16,and18bitpatterns. UTF16uses16bitandlargerbitpatterns. 77.Whatrestrictionsareplacedonthelocationofapackagestatement withinasourcecodefile? Apackagestatementmustappearasthefirstlineinasourcecodefile (excludingblanklinesandcomments). 78.Whatisanativemethod? Anativemethodisamethodthatisimplementedinalanguageother thanJava. 79.Whatareorderofprecedenceandassociativity,andhowarethey used? Orderofprecedencedeterminestheorderinwhichoperatorsare evaluatedinexpressions.Associatitydetermineswhetheranexpressionis evaluatedlefttorightorrighttoleft. 80.Canananonymousclassbedeclaredasimplementinganinterface andextendingaclass? Ananonymousclassmayimplementaninterfaceorextendasuperclass, butmaynotbedeclaredtodoboth. 81.Whatistherangeofthechartype? Therangeofthechartypeis0to2161(i.e.0to65535.) 82.Whatistherangeoftheshorttype? Therangeoftheshorttypeis(215)to2151.(i.e.32,768to32,767) 83.Whyisn'tthereoperatoroverloading? BecauseC++hasprovenbyexamplethatoperatoroverloadingmakes codealmostimpossibletomaintain. 84.Whatdoesitmeanthatamethodorfieldis"static"? Staticvariablesandmethodsareinstantiatedonlyonceperclass.In

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otherwordstheyareclassvariables,notinstancevariables.Ifyouchange thevalueofastaticvariableinaparticularobject,thevalueofthat variablechangesforallinstancesofthatclass.Staticmethodscanbe referencedwiththenameoftheclassratherthanthenameofa particularobjectoftheclass(thoughthatworkstoo).That'showlibrary methodslikeSystem.out.println()work.outisastaticfieldinthe java.lang.Systemclass. 85.Isnullakeyword? Thenullvalueisnotakeyword. 86.Whichcharactersmaybeusedasthesecondcharacterofan identifier,butnotasthefirstcharacterofanidentifier? Thedigits0through9maynotbeusedasthefirstcharacterofan identifierbuttheymaybeusedafterthefirstcharacterofanidentifier. 87.Istheternaryoperatorwrittenx:y?zorx?y:z? Itiswrittenx?y:z. 88.Howisroundingperformedunderintegerdivision? Thefractionalpartoftheresultistruncated.Thisisknownasrounding towardzero. 89.Ifaclassisdeclaredwithoutanyaccessmodifiers,wheremaythe classbeaccessed? Aclassthatisdeclaredwithoutanyaccessmodifiersissaidtohave packageaccess.Thismeansthattheclasscanonlybeaccessedbyother classesandinterfacesthataredefinedwithinthesamepackage. 90.Doesaclassinherittheconstructorsofitssuperclass? Aclassdoesnotinheritconstructorsfromanyofitssuperclasses. 91.NametheeightprimitiveJavatypes. Theeightprimitivetypesarebyte,char,short,int,long,float,double, andboolean. 92.Whatrestrictionsareplacedonthevaluesofeachcaseofaswitch

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statement? Duringcompilation,thevaluesofeachcaseofaswitchstatementmust evaluatetoavaluethatcanbepromotedtoanintvalue. 93.Whatisthedifferencebetweenawhilestatementandadowhile statement? Awhilestatementchecksatthebeginningofalooptoseewhetherthe nextloopiterationshouldoccur.Adowhilestatementchecksattheend ofalooptoseewhetherthenextiterationofaloopshouldoccur.Thedo whilestatementwillalwaysexecutethebodyofaloopatleastonce. 94.Whatmodifierscanbeusedwithalocalinnerclass? Alocalinnerclassmaybefinalorabstract. 95.Whendoesthecompilersupplyadefaultconstructorforaclass? Thecompilersuppliesadefaultconstructorforaclassifnoother constructorsareprovided. 96.Ifamethodisdeclaredasprotected,wheremaythemethodbe accessed? Aprotectedmethodmayonlybeaccessedbyclassesorinterfacesofthe samepackageorbysubclassesoftheclassinwhichitisdeclared. 97.Whatarethelegaloperandsoftheinstanceofoperator? Theleftoperandisanobjectreferenceornullvalueandtheright operandisaclass,interface,orarraytype. 98.Aretrueandfalsekeywords? Thevaluestrueandfalsearenotkeywords. 99.WhathappenswhenyouaddadoublevaluetoaString? TheresultisaStringobject. 100.Whatisthediffrencebetweeninnerclassandnestedclass? Whenaclassisdefinedwithinascopeodanotherclass,thenitbecomes innerclass.Iftheaccessmodifieroftheinnerclassisstatic,thenit becomesnestedclass.

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101.Cananabstractclassbefinal? Anabstractclassmaynotbedeclaredasfinal. 102.Whatisnumericpromotion? Numericpromotionistheconversionofasmallernumerictypetoa largernumerictype,sothatintegerandfloatingpointoperationsmay takeplace.Innumericalpromotion,byte,char,andshortvaluesare convertedtointvalues.Theintvaluesarealsoconvertedtolongvalues, ifnecessary.Thelongandfloatvaluesareconvertedtodoublevalues,as required. 103.Whatisthedifferencebetweenapublicandanonpublicclass? Apublicclassmaybeaccessedoutsideofitspackage.Anonpublicclass maynotbeaccessedoutsideofitspackage. 104.Towhatvalueisavariableofthebooleantypeautomatically initialized? Thedefaultvalueofthebooleantypeisfalse. 105.Whatisthedifferencebetweentheprefixandpostfixformsofthe++ operator? Theprefixformperformstheincrementoperationandreturnsthevalue oftheincrementoperation.Thepostfixformreturnsthecurrentvalueall oftheexpressionandthenperformstheincrementoperationonthat value. 106.Whatrestrictionsareplacedonmethodoverriding? Overriddenmethodsmusthavethesamename,argumentlist,and returntype.Theoverridingmethodmaynotlimittheaccessofthe methoditoverrides.Theoverridingmethodmaynotthrowany exceptionsthatmaynotbethrownbytheoverriddenmethod. 107.WhatisaJavapackageandhowisitused? AJavapackageisanamingcontextforclassesandinterfaces.Apackage isusedtocreateaseparatenamespaceforgroupsofclassesand interfaces.Packagesarealsousedtoorganizerelatedclassesand

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interfacesintoasingleAPIunitandtocontrolaccessibilitytothese classesandinterfaces. 108.Whatmodifiersmaybeusedwithatoplevelclass? Atoplevelclassmaybepublic,abstract,orfinal. 109.Whatisthedifferencebetweenanifstatementandaswitch statement? Theifstatementisusedtoselectamongtwoalternatives.Itusesa booleanexpressiontodecidewhichalternativeshouldbeexecuted.The switchstatementisusedtoselectamongmultiplealternatives.Itusesan intexpressiontodeterminewhichalternativeshouldbeexecuted. 110.Whatarethepracticalbenefits,ifany,ofimportingaspecificclass ratherthananentirepackage(e.g.importjava.net.*versusimport java.net.Socket)? Itmakesnodifferenceinthegeneratedclassfilessinceonlytheclasses thatareactuallyusedarereferencedbythegeneratedclassfile.Thereis anotherpracticalbenefittoimportingsingleclasses,andthisarises whentwo(ormore)packageshaveclasseswiththesamename.Take java.util.Timerandjavax.swing.Timer,forexample.IfIimport java.util.*andjavax.swing.*andthentrytouse"Timer",Igetanerror whilecompiling(theclassnameisambiguousbetweenbothpackages). Let'ssaywhatyoureallywantedwasthejavax.swing.Timerclass,and theonlyclassesyouplanonusinginjava.utilareCollectionand HashMap.Inthiscase,somepeoplewillprefertoimport java.util.Collectionandimportjava.util.HashMapinsteadofimporting java.util.*.ThiswillnowallowthemtouseTimer,Collection,HashMap, andotherjavax.swingclasseswithoutusingfullyqualifiedclassnames in. 111.Canamethodbeoverloadedbasedondifferentreturntypebutsame argumenttype? No,becausethemethodscanbecalledwithoutusingtheirreturntypein whichcasethereisambiquityforthecompiler.

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112.Whathappenstoastaticvariablethatisdefinedwithinamethodof aclass? Can'tdoit.You'llgetacompilationerror. 113.Howmanystaticinitializerscanyouhave? Asmanyasyouwant,butthestaticinitializersandclassvariable initializersareexecutedintextualorderandmaynotrefertoclass variablesdeclaredintheclasswhosedeclarationsappeartextuallyafter theuse,eventhoughtheseclassvariablesareinscope. 114.Whatisthedifferencebetweenmethodoverridingandoverloading? Overridingisamethodwiththesamenameandargumentsasina parent,whereasoverloadingisthesamemethodnamebutdifferent arguments 115.WhatisconstructorchainingandhowisitachievedinJava? Achildobjectconstructoralwaysfirstneedstoconstructitsparent (whichinturncallsitsparentconstructor.).InJavaitisdoneviaan implicitcalltothenoargsconstructorasthefirststatement. 116.WhatisthedifferencebetweentheBoolean&operatorandthe&& operator? IfanexpressioninvolvingtheBoolean&operatorisevaluated,both operandsareevaluated.Thenthe&operatorisappliedtotheoperand. Whenanexpressioninvolvingthe&&operatorisevaluated,thefirst operandisevaluated.Ifthefirstoperandreturnsavalueoftruethenthe secondoperandisevaluated.The&&operatoristhenappliedtothefirst andsecondoperands.Ifthefirstoperandevaluatestofalse,the evaluationofthesecondoperandisskipped. 117.WhichJavaoperatorisrightassociative? The=operatorisrightassociative. 118.Canadoublevaluebecasttoabyte? Yes,adoublevaluecanbecasttoabyte. 119.Whatisthedifferencebetweenabreakstatementandacontinue

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statement? Abreakstatementresultsintheterminationofthestatementtowhichit applies(switch,for,do,orwhile).Acontinuestatementisusedtoendthe currentloopiterationandreturncontroltotheloopstatement. 120.Canaforstatementloopindefinitely? Yes,aforstatementcanloopindefinitely.Forexample,considerthe following:for(;;); 121.TowhatvalueisavariableoftheStringtypeautomatically initialized? ThedefaultvalueofanStringtypeisnull. 122.Whatisthedifferencebetweenafieldvariableandalocalvariable? Afieldvariableisavariablethatisdeclaredasamemberofaclass.A localvariableisavariablethatisdeclaredlocaltoamethod. 123.Howarethis()andsuper()usedwithconstructors? this()isusedtoinvokeaconstructorofthesameclass.super()isusedto invokeasuperclassconstructor. 124.Whatdoesitmeanthataclassormemberisfinal? Afinalclasscannotbeinherited.Afinalmethodcannotbeoverriddenin asubclass.Afinalfieldcannotbechangedafterit'sinitialized,andit mustincludeaninitializerstatementwhereit'sdeclared. 125.Whatdoesitmeanthatamethodorclassisabstract? Anabstractclasscannotbeinstantiated.Abstractmethodsmayonlybe includedinabstractclasses.However,anabstractclassisnotrequiredto haveanyabstractmethods,thoughmostofthemdo.Eachsubclassofan abstractclassmustoverridetheabstractmethodsofitssuperclassesorit alsoshouldbedeclaredabstract. 126.Whatisatransientvariable? Transientvariableisavariablethatmaynotbeserialized. 127.HowdoesJavahandleintegeroverflowsandunderflows?

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Itusesthoseloworderbytesoftheresultthatcanfitintothesizeofthe typeallowedbytheoperation. 128.Whatisthedifferencebetweenthe>>and>>>operators? The>>operatorcarriesthesignbitwhenshiftingright.The>>>zero fillsbitsthathavebeenshiftedout. 129.Issizeofakeyword? Thesizeofoperatorisnotakeyword.