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 Q1001. Which environment variables do we need to set in order to run Java programs?Core Java
Ans. PATH, CLASSPATH and JAVA_HOME

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 Q1002. Can an application have multiple main methods within different classes ? If yes, How will the app decide which one to be executed ?Core Java
Ans. Yes we can have a main method with string[] argument in every class of an application. When we execute an app we specify the starting point i.e the class that will get the control first and hence main method of that class gets executed.

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 Q1003. Does importing a package imports all its sub packages too ?Core Java
Ans. No, but we can use wild card (*) to do so

For example -

import java.util.*

will import all packages with name starting with java.util

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 Q1004. What is the default value of a declared object reference ?Core Java
Ans. Null

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 Q1005. Is there a way to know size of an object in Java ?Core Java
Ans. No, Java doesn't have a sizeOf operator. In C / C++ , its required to determine how much memory allocation is required which is not the case with Java. Java handles memory allocation and deallocation intrinsically.

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 Q1006. What are the different ways to handle an exception ?Core Java
Ans. 1. Wrap the desired code in try block followed by a catch / finally to catch the exception

2. Declare the throws clause with exceptions that the code is expected to throw as an indication to the calling method to take care of it.

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 Q1007. How does Java handle integer overflows and underflows?Core Java
Ans. It uses those low order bytes of the result that can fit into the size of the type allowed by the operation.

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 Q1008. Is delete a keyword in Java ?Core Java
Ans. No, delete is not a keyword in Java. Destruction of objects is taken care by Java Garbage Collection mechanism.

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 Q1009. Is exit a keyword in Java ?Core Java
Ans. No exit is a method to exit execution of a program.

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 Q1010. Who invokes a thread's run method ?Core Java
Ans. After a thread is started using a call to start method, JVM invokes the thread’s run method when the thread is initially executed.

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 Q1011. What kind of thread is garbage collection thread ?Core Java
Ans. Daemon thread

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 Q1012. What is an IO Filter ?Core Java
Ans. It's an object that reads from one stream and writes to another.

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 Q1013. Difference between shallow copy and object cloning ?Core Java
Ans. Shallow copy is one of the way for object cloning, other being deep copy.

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 Q1014. how to access the methods of an inner class?Core Java
Ans. It depends on the type of inner class

To access non static inner class method

new OuterClass().new InnerClass().getMethod();

To access static method of static inner class

new OuterClass.InnerClass().getMethod();

  Sample Code for inner class

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 Q1015. Which memory segment holds String Pool in Java ?Core Java
Ans. String Pool resides in runtime constant Pool which is a part of Heap memory segment.

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 Q1016. Which Web and Application server is being used by your application ?Server
Ans. We are using Apache 2.3 and Tomcat 5.6

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 Q1017. How do you monitor your logs while investigating a high severity problem ?Support
Ans. We try to look for errors in the last n minutes when the issue occurred. If the issue is still occurring intermittently, We tail the logs for different application server instances to see the error snippets coming in the live logs.

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 Q1018. Have you done any sort of automation in your system monitoring tasks ?Support
Ans. Yes we have created System as well as Log monitoring scripts to keep track of exceptions. We are also using a tool that will inform the stake holders if an exceptional event occurs with the system.

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 Q1019. Do you use command aliases while doing your work ?General
Ans. Yes , I have created many aliases and saved them within my .profile file so that the system loads them, the each time i logs onto the server.

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 Q1020. How can be restrict creation of more than n objects in Java ?Core Java
Ans. We can follow the same design which we follow in singleton Classes. We can have a static counter that will keep the count of number of objects already created, We can keep the constructor private and being called through the static method. We can keep incrementing the counter before calling the constructor and put a check to call only if it's lesser than n.

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 Q1021. Do you feel that its useless to define hashCode method for a class ?Core Java
Ans. Yes its useless if we are not going to use its objects within Hash collection, For example - HashSet , HashMap. HashCode is used internally by these collections for Search.

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 Q1022. What is the difference between filter and filter-mappings xml tag within deployment descriptor ?Java EE
Ans. filter tag speficies the filter name and respective class for handling filter action whereas filter mapping maps the filter to the url patterns ( specifying the url that needs to be intercepted )

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 Q1023. What is a class and object ?

or

How would you explain a fresher the concept of class and object in simple terms ?
Core Java
Ans. Class is a template using which objects are created in memory. It's kind of a mold using which objects with body / state are made.


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 Q1024. How should we handle errors while writing or accessing Stored Procedures?Database
Ans. Store Procedure returns the error code. Moreover we can put the call withing try block and catch SQL Exception.

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 Q1025. Can we have only try block in java ?Core Java
Ans. No, It should be followed by either catch or finally.

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 Q1026. What is memory leak ? How Java helps countering memory leaks compared to C++ ?Core Java
Ans. Memory Leak is a situation wherein we have a reserved memory location but the program has lost its reference and hence has no way to access it.

Java doesn't have concept of Pointers, Moreover Java has concept of Garbage collection that frees up space in heap that has lost its references.

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 Q1027. Write an algorithm / java program for Heap Sort ?Algorithm
Ans. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/heap-sort/

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 Q1028. What are the similarities and differences between Scala and Java ?Scala
Ans. Similarities - Both and Object Oriented and Statically typed languages that runs on JVM.

Difference - Unlike Java, Scala is a Pure Object Oriented language as it doesn't use primitives and static variables.Unlike Java 8 which supports some functional programming concepts, Scala provides support for all functional programming concepts. Java 8 does not support Pattern Matching, Function Currying etc

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 Q1029. What is Scala ?Scala
Ans. Scala is a general purpose programming language that runs on JVM. Its completely inter operable with Java, purely object oriented and has full support for functional programming and a strong static type system.

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 Q1030. Does Scala code compile to be Java Byte Code ?Scala
Ans. Yes, that's the reason Scala code is inter operable with Java and they run smoothly with each other in JVM.

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