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 Q161. What is the difference between uninitialized values for primitive types and Wrapper classes ? Core Java
Ans. When we create reference for primitive type, it's memory is allocated. So even if we don't assign any value to it, the default value is initialized.

int x; // default value 0 initialized

But for object references, it's different as references hold nothing till an object is assigned.

Object obj; // contains null

So all primitive types when declared , contains their respective default values on the basis of their type whereas all wrapper class References contains null irrespective of their types.

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 Q162. What is the use of Object class ?Core Java
Ans. 1. Default definition for some of the methods , like equals, hashcode etc that gets carried to all objects even if you don't define anything. But that default definition is kind of like assigning 0 to integer, it just provide a safe state , nothing much for comparison.

2. Places where you have no idea about what object you may receive and just want to perform out of 8 basic methods of object class, something like printing their string representation ( defined by their toString method ), or equality ( using their equals method )

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 Q163. How Java 9 would help resolve NoClassDefFoundError through it's modularity ?Core Java
Ans. Java 9 would provide an error at compile time if there are different modules with the same package mapped to the same class loader and hence would provide a compile time check for this issue.

NoClassDefFoundError exists because of ambiguity at realtime because of multiple versions of same package / class exist. As Java 9 would provide a compile time check for it through clearly defined dependencies and exports and a check on duplicate packages being loaded by single class loader, it will fix the problem.

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 Q164. Differences between class not found exception and noclassdef found error ?Core Java
Ans. ClassNotFoundException is an exception that occurs when we try to load a class at run time using Class.forName() or loadClass() methods and mentioned classes are not found in the classpath.

NoClassDefFoundError is an error that occurs when a particular class is present at compile time, but was missing at run time.

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 Q165. serialization and deserialization of singleton classCore Java
Ans. The problem with serialized singleton class is that whenever we deserialize it, it will create a new instance of the class. To overcome this scenario all we need to do is to provide the implementation of readResolve() method.

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 Q166. Can I import same package/class twice? Will the JVM load the package twice at runtime?Core Java
Ans. One can import the same package or same class multiple times. Neither compiler nor JVM complains wil complain about it. And the JVM will internally load the class only once no matter how many times you import the same class.

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 Q167. Which access specifier can be used with Class ?Core Java
Ans. For top level class we can only use "public" and "default". We can use private with inner class.

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 Q168. Different ways of implementing Threads in Java ?Core Java
Ans. Threads in Java can be implement either by Extending Thread class or implementing runnable interface.

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 Q169. What is a Final Method ?Core Java
Ans. A Method that cannot be overriden in the sub class.

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  Q170. What is an Immutable Object ?Core Java
Ans. Object that can't be changed after instantiation.

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 Q171. Does Declaring an object "final" makes it immutable ?Core Java
Ans. Only declaring variables as final makes them immutable. Making objects final means that the object handler cannot be used to target some other object but the object is still mutable.

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 Q172. Can we override static methods ? Why ?Core Java
Ans. No.

Static methods belong to the class and not the objects. They belong to the class and hence doesn't fit properly for the polymorphic behavior.

A static method is not associated with any instance of a class so the concept of overriding for runtime polymorphism using static methods is not applicable.

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 Q173. Can we reduce the visibility of the inherited or overridden method ?Core Java
Ans. No.

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 Q174. Name few Java Exceptions ?Core Java
Ans. IndexOutofBoundException ,
NoClassDefFoundException ,
OutOfMemoryException ,
IllegalArgumentException,
NullPointerException,
IllegalStateException

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 Q175. Difference between boolean and Boolean ?Core Java
Ans. boolean is a primitive type whereas Boolean is a class.

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 Q176. Difference between Serialization and Deserialization ?Core Java
Ans. Serialization is the process of writing the state of an object to a byte stream. Deserialization is the process of restoring these objects.

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 Q177. What is an Enum type ?Core Java
Ans. An enum type is a special data type that enables for a variable to be a set of predefined constants

  Sample Code for enum

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 Q178. What are Wrapper Classes ? What are Primitive Wrapper Classes ?
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Ans. A wrapper class is any class which "wraps" or "encapsulates" the functionality of another class or component. A Wrapper Class that wraps or encapsulates the primitive data type is called Primitive Wrapper Class.

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 Q179. What is "Import" used for ?Core Java
Ans. Enables the programmer to abbreviate the names of classes defined in a package.

  Sample Code for import

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 Q180. Different types of memory used by JVM ?Core Java
Ans. Class , Heap , Stack , Register , Native Method Stack.

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 Q181. What is a class loader ? What are the different class loaders used by JVM ?Core Java
Ans. Part of JVM which is used to load classes and interfaces.

Bootstrap , Extension and System are the class loaders used by JVM.

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 Q182. What is a Static import ?Core Java
Ans. By static import , we can access the static members of a class directly without prefixing it with the class name.

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 Q183. Difference between Map and HashMap ?Core Java
Ans. Map is an interface where HashMap is the concrete class.

  Sample Code for map

  Sample Code for hashmap

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 Q184. What is a Property class ?Core Java
Ans. The properties class is a subclass of Hashtable that can be read from or written to a stream.

  Sample Code for Load Properties using Property Class

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 Q185. Why do member variables have default values whereas local variables don't have any default value ?
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Ans. member variable are loaded into heap, so they are initialized with default values when an instance of a class is created. In case of local variables, they are stored in stack until they are being used.

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 Q186. Is it necessary that each try block to be followed by catch block ? Core Java
Ans. It should be followed by either catch or finally block.

  Sample Code for Retry in case of exception

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 Q187. What is exception propogation ?Core Java
Ans. Passing the exception object to the calling method.

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 Q188. Can we instantiate the object of derived class if parent constructor is protected ?Core Java
Ans. Yes, as protected constructor is accessible in sub class.

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 Q189. What are the design considerations while making a choice between using interface and abstract class ?Core Java
Ans. Keep it as a Abstract Class if its a "Is a" Relationsship and should do subset/all of the functionality. Keep it as Interface if its a "Should Do" relationship.

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  Q190. what is the difference between collections class vs collections interface ?Core Java
Ans. Collections class is a utility class having static methods for doing operations on objects of classes which implement the Collection interface. For example, Collections has methods for finding the max element in a Collection.

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