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 Q901. What is a Cursor ?Database
Ans. It's a facility that allows traversal over the records pulled from a table or combination of tables. Its like iterator in Java.

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Frequently asked to experienced developers. Recently asked in many US interviews.
  Q902. What is database deadlock ? How can we avoid them?Database
Ans. When multiple external resources are trying to access the DB locks and runs into cyclic wait, it may makes the DB unresponsive.

Deadlock can be avoided using variety of measures, Few listed below -

Can make a queue wherein we can verify and order the request to DB.

Less use of cursors as they lock the tables for long time.

Keeping the transaction smaller.

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 Q903. What are temp tables ?
Ans. These are the tables that are created temporarily and are deleted once the Stored Procedure is complete.

For example - we may like to pull some info from a table and then do some operations on that data and then store the output in final output table. We can store the intermediary values in a temp table and once we have final output with us, we can just delete it.

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 Q904. what will be the output ?

class Animal {
public void eat() throws Exception {
}
}

class Dog2 extends Animal {
public void eat(){}
public static void main(){
Animal an = new Dog2();
an.eat();
}
}		Core Java
Ans. Compile Time Error: Unhandled exception type Exception

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 Q905. Does SQL allow null values ? Can we use it within Where clause ?
Ans. Yes , we can have null values for columns in SQL. Null value represent that the columns value is unknown or haven't been filled. Yes, We can use it within where clause to get the rows with null values.

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 Q906. What is the use of HTTPSession in relation to http protocol ?Java EE
Ans. http protocol on its own is stateless. So it helps in identifying the relationship between multiple stateless request as they come from a single source.

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 Q907. Why using cookie to store session info is a better idea than just using session info in the request ?Java EE
Ans. Session info in the request can be intercepted and hence a vulnerability. Cookie can be read and write by respective domain only and make sure that right session information is being passed by the client.

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 Q908. What are different types of cookies ?Java EE
Ans. Session cookies , which are deleted once the session is over.

Permanent cookies , which stays at client PC even if the session is disconnected.

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 Q909. http protocol is by default ... ?Java EE
Ans. stateless

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 Q910. Can we have try and catch blocks within finally ?Core Java
Ans. Yes, if we have a cleanup code that might throw an exception in the finally block, then we can have a try-catch block

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 Q911. What is the problem with this code ?

class BuggyBread1 {

private BuggyBread2 buggybread2;

public static void main(String[] args){
try {
BuggyBread1 buggybread1 = new BuggyBread1();
ObjectOutputStream objectOutputStream = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(new File("newFile.txt")));
objectOutputStream.writeObject(buggybread1);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}		Core Java
Ans. Though we are trying to serialize BuggyBread1 object but we haven't declared the class to implement Serializable.

This will throw java.io.NotSerializableException upon execution.

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 Q912. Will this code run fine if BuggyBread2 doesn't implement Serializable interface ?

class BuggyBread1 implements Serializable{
private BuggyBread2 buggybread2 = new BuggyBread2();

public static void main(String[] args){
try {
BuggyBread1 buggybread1 = new BuggyBread1();
ObjectOutputStream objectOutputStream = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(new File("newFile.txt")));
objectOutputStream.writeObject(buggybread1);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}		Core Java
Ans. No, It will throw java.io.NotSerializableException.

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 Q913. Will this code work fine if BuggyBread2 doesn't implement Serializable ?

class BuggyBread1 extends BuggyBread2 implements Serializable{
private int x = 5;

public static void main(String[] args){
try {
BuggyBread1 buggybread1 = new BuggyBread1();
ObjectOutputStream objectOutputStream = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(new File("newFile.txt")));
objectOutputStream.writeObject(buggybread1);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}		Core Java
Ans. Yes.

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 Q914. Will this code Work ? If not , Why ?

java.util.Calendar c = new java.util.Calendar();		Core Java
Ans. No. It gives the error "Cannot Instantiate the type Calendar". Calendar is an abstract class and hence Calendar object should be instantiated using Calendar.getInstance().

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 Q915. Is java.util.Date an abstract Class ? Is java.util.Calendar an abstract Class ?Core Java
Ans. Date is not a abstract class whereas Calendar is.

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 Q916. What will the following code print ?

java.util.Calendar c = java.util.Calendar.getInstance();
c.add(Calendar.MONTH, 5);
System.out.println(c.getTime());		Core Java
Ans. Date and Time after 5 months from now.

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 Q917. Which of the following code is correct ?

a. DateFormat df = DateFormat.getInstance();
b. DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
c. DateFormat df = DateFormat.getInstance(DateFormat.FULL);
d. DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL);		Core Java
Ans. All except c are correct.

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 Q918. What is the use of parse method in DateFormat ?
Ans. It is used to parse String to get the Date Object with initialized date.

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 Q919. Which of the following is not a valid NumberFormat initialization ?

a. NumberFormat.getInstance()
b. NumberFormat.getDateInstance()
c. NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance()
d. NumberFormat.getNumberInstance()		Core Java
Ans. b i.e NumberFormat.getDateInstance()

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 Q920. Which of the following code is correct ?

a. Date date = DateFormat.newInstance(DateFormat.LONG, Locale.US).parse(str);

b. Date date = DateFormat.newInstance(DateFormat.LONG, Locale.US).format(str);

c. Date date = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG, Locale.US).parse(str);		Core Java
Ans. c

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 Q921. What's wrong with this code ?

public static void main(String[] args) {
String regex = "(\\w+)*";
String s = "Java is a programming language.";

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(s);
while (matcher.next()) {
System.out.println("The e-mail id is: " + matcher.group());
}
}		Core Java
Ans. matcher.find() should have been used instead of matcher.next() within while.

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 Q922. Which methods of the Pattern class have equivalent methods in the String class? Core Java
Ans. split() and macthes()

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 Q923. What is comparator interface used for ?Core Java
Ans. The purpose of comparator interface is to compare objects of the same class to identify the sorting order. Sorted Collection Classes ( TreeSet, TreeMap ) have been designed such to look for this method to identify the sorting order, that is why class need to implement Comparator interface to qualify its objects to be part of Sorted Collections.

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  Q924. What is rule regarding overriding equals and hashCode method ?Core Java
Ans. A Class must override the hashCode method if its overriding the equals method.

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  Q925. What do you mean by "Java is a statically typed language" ?Core Java
Ans. It means that the type of variables are checked at compile time in Java.The main advantage here is that all kinds of checking can be done by the compiler and hence will reduce bugs.

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 Q926. What is a ConcurrentHashMap ?Core Java
Ans. ConcurrentHashMap is a hashMap that allows concurrent modifications from multiple threads as there can be multiple locks on the same hashmap.

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 Q927. What is the difference between these two approaches of creating singleton Class ?

//Double Checked Locking Code
public static Singleton createInstance() {
   if(singleton == null){
      synchronized(Singleton.class) {
         if(singleton == null) {
            singleton = new Singleton();
         }
      }
   }
   return singleton;
}

//Single checked locking code
public static Singleton createInstance() {
   synchronized(Singleton.class) {
      if(singleton == null) {
         singleton = new Singleton();
      }
   }
   return singleton;
}		Design
Ans. In First Case , Lock for the synchronized block will be received only if singleton == null whereas in second case every thread will acquire the lock before executing the code.
The problem of synchronization with singleton will only happen when the object has not be instantiated. Once instantiated , the check singleton == null will always generate true and the same object will be returned and hence no problem. First condition will make sure that synchronized access ( acquiring locks ) will only take place if the object has not been created so far.

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  Q928. Can we overload main method in Java ?Core Java
Ans. Yes, but the overloaded main methods without single String[] argument doesn't get any special status by the JVM. They are just another methods that needs to be called explicitly.

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  Q929. Difference between first level and second level cache in hibernate ?Hibernate
Ans. 1. First level cache is enabled by default whereas Second level cache needs to be enabled explicitly.

2. First level Cache came with Hibernate 1.0 whereas Second level cache came with Hibernate 3.0.

3. First level Cache is Session specific whereas Second level cache is shared by sessions that is why First level cache is considered local and second level cache is considered global.

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 Q930. What are the the methods to clear cache in Hibernate ?Hibernate
Ans. Evict() and clear(). Evist is used to clear a particular object from the cache whereas clear clears the complete local cache.

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