Interview Questions and Answers for 'IDE' | Search Interview Question - javasearch.buggybread.com
Javasearch.buggybread.com

Search Interview Questions


 More than 3000 questions in repository.
 There are more than 900 unanswered questions.
Click here and help us by providing the answer.
 Have a video suggestion.
Click Correct / Improve and please let us know.
Label / Company      Label / Company / Text

   



Interview Questions and Answers - Order By Newest

   
Very frequently asked. Usually followed by questions related to private constructor and synchronized access. Frequently asked in JPMorgan and TCS (Based on 2 feedback)
  Q31. Explain Singleton Design Pattern ?Design
Ans. http://www.buggybread.com/2014/03/java-design-pattern-singleton-interview.html

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     java   design pattern   singleton   at&t   ebay  fidelity india  united healthcare india     Asked in 46 Companies      intermediate        frequent


  Q32. Explain the challenging problems you faced recently and how you overcame it ?General
Ans. [Open Ended Answer]

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     elsevier   open ended questions   overstock.com   cerner     Asked in 15 Companies        frequent


 Q33. What is IdentityHashMap ?Core Java
Ans. IdentityHashMap is a class that implements AbstractMap and provides a data structure with Elements having Key Value pair, just like HashMap. It is similar to HashMap except that it uses reference equality when comparing elements.

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     IdentityHashMap  map  hashmap  collections


 Q34. Is it a valid identifier in Java ?

int 123Abc = 5;
Core Java
Ans. No, identifier in java cannot start with a numeral.

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     identifiers


 Q35. What is the difference between ServletConfig and ServletContext ?Java EE
Ans. http://www.java4s.com/java-servlet-tutorials/difference-between-servletconfig-and-servletcontext-in-java/

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     ServletConfig  ServletContext     Asked in 1 Companies


 Q36. What is a factory design pattern ?Design
Ans. Factory Design Patterns is the pattern that recommends creation of separate Factory Object for creation of other object.

So its like saying - If you want to create an object of ClassA, Talk to FactoryObject ( which is an object of FactoryClass ). FactoryObject in itself encapsulates the inputs and logic required to make the decision regarding the creation and construction of object.

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     design pattern  factory design pattern     Asked in 9 Companies


 Q37. What is Spring Security ?Spring
Ans. Spring Security is a powerful and highly customizable authentication and access control framework. It is the de facto standard for securing Spring-based applications.

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve          Asked in 3 Companies


 Q38. Is there any relationship between Web.xml and Spring.xml ?Spring
Ans. No, there is no relationship between web.xml and spring.xml but you have to configure spring.xml in web.xml in order initialize beans when application starts up

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     spring  web.xml  spring.xml  deployment descriptor     Asked in 1 Companies


 Q39. Where do you see yourself in next 5 years? General
Ans. Sample Answers -

Getting better with upcoming technologies and be a Lead developer.

In accordance with the company, working as a permenant employee.

Be an associate architect.


 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve          Asked in 2 Companies


 Q40. Which are the most commonly used Design Patterns ?Design
Ans. Builder ( While Writing Unit Tests )
Prototype ( Cloning )
Adapter ( asList , toString )
Chain Of Responsibility ( Logging )
Singleton
Factory ( Action Mapping )
Proxy
Observer ( Event Listener )
MVC ( Web frameworks )
Filter ( Criteria )

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     Design Patterns  widely used Design patterns      intermediate        frequent

Try 1 Question(s) Test


 Q41. Is it a good practice to override static methods ?Design
Ans. Though it's useful but it's not as useful as overriding member or object methods. We cannot achieve polymorphic behavior with static methods by overriding their definition in derived class.

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     override static methods


 Q42. Is synchronized a keyword , modifier, identifier? what is it ?Core Java
Ans. synchronized is a keyword and a modifier. The synchronized keyword is used to indicate that a method can be accessed exclusively by one thread at a time.

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     synchronization  synchronized  modifier  identifier     Asked in 2 Companies


 Q43. What is a difference between Identifier and keyword ?Core Java
Ans. Keyword is a reserved word that has a pre defined meaning for the compiler and hence cannot be used as an identifier, for example - final, private , for etc.

Identifier is the name given by the programmer to a programming construct, for example - class and method names etc.

java Keywords cannot be used as an identifier in java.

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     identifier  keyword


 Q44. Can we use java keywords as identifiers ?Core Java
Ans. No, keyword has pre defined meaning for compiler and hence cannot be used as identifiers.

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     keywords  identifier


 Q45. Can we use true and false as identifiers in java ? Are they keywords in Java ?Core Java
Ans. true and false are literals in java. No we cannot use them as identifiers.

  Sample Code for literal

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     identifiers  keywords  literals


 Q46. What is widening and narrowing conversion in Java ?Core Java
Ans. Conversion means that the expression / literal / value of one type getting converted to other type.

Widening conversion is the conversion from Type A to Type B where B requires a wider space than A. For example - int to long, float to double, char to String etc. As the value moves to a wider space, there is no loss of information.

Narrowing conversion is the conversion from Type A to Type B where B requires a narrower space space than A. For example - int to long, float to double, char to String etc.As the value moves to a narrower space, there is a loss of information.

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     data type  widening conversion  narrowing conversion


 Q47. Can you write the code for implementing the one to many (student -> courses) relationship in hibernate?Hibernate
Ans. @OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
@JoinColumn(name = "student_id")
private Set countries;

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve          Asked in 1 Companies


 Q48. Can you explain software design principles cohesion and coupling with an example?Design
 This question was recently asked at 'Fidelity Information Services (FIS)'.This question is still unanswered. Can you please provide an answer.


 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     cohesion  coupling     Asked in 1 Companies        frequent


 Q49. What is Method overloading ?Core Java
 This question was recently asked at 'jspiders'.This question is still unanswered. Can you please provide an answer.


 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve          Asked in 1 Companies      basic        frequent


 Q50. Implement a sparse matrix Java class with a constructor, set and get method.
 This question was recently asked at 'GuideWire'.This question is still unanswered. Can you please provide an answer.


 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve          Asked in 1 Companies


  Q51. Write code to sort an array.Algorithm
Ans. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/arrays-sort-in-java-with-examples/

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     array  sorting     Asked in 16 Companies      basic        frequent


 Q52. What sets you apart from other developers ?

or

What are the distinguished qualities you have ?
General
Ans. https://blog.timesunion.com/careers/the-10-most-important-personality-traits-for-career-success/633/

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve          Asked in 32 Companies


 Q53. What is the purpose of doing mvn eclipse:eclipse or man idea:ideaMaven
Ans. It is an instruction to maven to set up files ( class path , project ) within the IDE

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     IDE  eclipse  intelliJ  Maven


 Q54. How can we request maven to set up class path within the IDEMaven
Ans. We can do mvn eclipse:eclipse or mvn idea:idea depending on the type of IDE

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     IDE  Maven


 Q55. What are the different ways to create objects in Java ?Core Java
Ans. 1. Using new operator
3. Using Class.forName or Reflection
4. Using clone
5. Using Deserialization

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve          Asked in 1 Companies


 Q56. What is cluster ?
 This question was recently asked at 'idealake information technologies'.This question is still unanswered. Can you please provide an answer.


 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve          Asked in 1 Companies


 Q57. Give an example of a time when you recommended code changes in a code review that simplified the code ?Code Review
Ans. If there is a situation to remove duplicates values from an arrayList. Developer implemented using legacy for-loop where I suggested to use Linked hash set to remove duplicates from the list.

 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     Clean code     Asked in 3 Companies


 Q58. Interface vs AbstractionCore Java
 This question was recently asked at 'Oracle financial services'.This question is still unanswered. Can you please provide an answer.


 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :   

   Like         Discuss         Correct / Improve     interface vs abstraction  interfacing vs abstraction  relation between interface and abstraction  How interface provide abstraction     Asked in 1 Companies


previous 30   

Help us and Others Improve. Please let us know the questions asked in any of your previous interview.

Any input from you will be highly appreciated and It will unlock the application for 10 more requests.

Company Name:
Questions Asked: