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Q1381. What is the difference between Oracle , Cassandra and Redis ?

Database

Ans. Oracle is a relational database. Cassandra is a noSQL Database whereas Redis is an inmemory cache.

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Q1382. What is replication in Redis ? why do we need it ?

Redis

Ans. Asynchronous Replication of information from master to all slaves. Redis is an in memory storage and hence any crash may result in complete loss of information on a cluster.

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Q1383. What happens when you assign a pre initialized reference some other object ?

Core Java

Ans. Now the reference points to a new object in memory. If that was the only reference for the previous object , it will be marked for garbage collection.

Foe example -

Object obj = new Object();
obj = new Object();

object created in first line will be eligible for garbage collection after line 2 as it looses all it's handlers.

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Q1384. Is it necessary to specify "employeeId" with @PathParam("employeeId") in this case,

@Path("/{employeeId}")
public String employeeInfo(@PathParam("employeeId") Long employeeId){
}

Rest

Ans. No, it's optional as the name of path param required is same as method param name in this case.

Even the declaration as following should work -

@Path("/{employeeId}")
public String employeeInfo(@PathParam Long employeeId){
}

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Q1385. If given a choice , which one would you prefer to send params to the Get service , path params or query param ?

Web Service

Ans. If the number of params is quite large , I would prefer to either split it with majority of it in query params or all in query params.

If the params are all mandatory , I would keep it as path params. If it's optional , I would keep it as query param so as to keep consistent base url.

If we don't require the param name , then they can be kept as path params as query params necessitates the usage of param name.

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Q1386. Which of the following is valid greater than and equal to operator in Java ?

>=
=>

Core Java

Ans. >=

=> will result in error.

=> somewhat looks like lambda operator "->"

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Q1387. Java doesn't provide exclusive access to memory like C/C++ and other lower level languages ? What are the advantanges and disadvantages ?

Core Java

Ans. Yes, doesn't provide exclusive access as we cannot allocate and deallocate memory exclusively as Java internally manages it. The advantage of this is that it relieves the coder for such tasks and helps protect from many bugs that may get introduced with imperfect coding. Moreover as java garbage collector collects all unclaimed memory or objects, it helps the application from memory leaks.

On the flip side , as coder doesn't have extensive excess to memory , it is upto java to decide on the state for programming construct and data storage and hence may introduce some security risks. For example - Java keeps string literals in string pool and there is no exclusive way to remove it and hence may stay and sensitive data in string pool may introduce security issues. Moreover when we overwrite a value or object for a variable / reference, it is upto java to purge those values and hence it may stay in memory for a while till java decide that it is no longer referenced and hence should be removed and hence makes it vulnerable for inappropriate access.

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Q1388. What is event handling ? What is event propagation ?

JavaScript

Ans. LinkedIn

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Q1389. What is event bubbling ?

JavaScript

Ans. LinkedIn

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Q1390. Which of following is / are valid static final declaration ?

public static final String MAX_NUM = "10";
public static final Object NULL = null;
public static final MathContext MATH_CONTEXT = new MathContext(2,RoundingMode.CEILING);

Core Java

Ans. All are valid declarations.

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Q1391. Can you name few matchers that can be used with hamcrest assertThat method ?

Junit

Ans. is
not
equals
anyOf
hasSize

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Q1392. What are the different layers of cloud computing ?

Infrastructure

Ans. Paas - Platform as a service
Iaas - Infrastructure as a service
Saas - Software as a service

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Q1393. What is AWS or Amazon Web Services ?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Ans. These are the platforms or set of services provided by Amazon for cloud services , database storage , content delivery and other business applications and solutions.

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Q1394. Make the following class immutable

public class Employee {

   private long employeeId;

   private String employeeName;

   public long getEmployeeId() {
      return employeeId;
   }

public void setEmployeeId(long employeeId) {
      this.employeeId = employeeId;
   }

   public String getEmployeeName() {
      return employeeName;
   }

public void setEmployeeName(String employeeName) {
      this.employeeName = employeeName;
   }
}

Core Java

Ans. public class Employee {

   private long employeeId;

   private String employeeName;

   public Employee(long employeeId,String employeeName){
      this.employeeId = employeeId;
      this.employeeName = employeeName;
   }

   public long getEmployeeId() {
      return employeeId;
   }

   public long getEmployeeName() {
      return employeeName;
   }
}

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Q1395. What is the difference between reference and object ?

Core Java

Ans. Object is an entity in Java , i.e which has a state ( instance variables ) and methods attached to it ( static or non static , through class definition ). References are the identifiers that are used to point to objects.

For example -

Employee emp = new Employee();
emp = new Employee();

In this code, emp is the reference that gets assigned to the new object created by the new operator. In the second line , we have assigned the same reference to another object. So with these 2 lines of code, we have 2 objects in memory with reference emp now pointing to second object.

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Q1396. Can we call a constructor explicitly , just like a method ?

Core Java

Ans. No we cannot call a constructor like that.

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Q1397. Is this constructor overloading ?

What is the difference between the 2 methods in Java ?

Class BuggyBread {

BuggyBread(){
}
void BuggyBread(int x){
}
}

Core Java

Ans. No, first method is a constructor whereas the second method is just a normal method. There is no way a constructor can be called explicitly and hence all explicit calls to BuggyBread() would result in compilation error.

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Q1398. What is the difference between the 2 methods in Java ?

Class BuggyBread {

BuggyBread(){
}
void BuggyBread(){
}
}

Core Java

Ans. BuggyBread method without any return type is the constructor which get's called upon object creation whereas BuggyBread method with return type of void is just another method that needs to be called explicitly for it's invocation.

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Q1399. Does all methods need to have a return type ? Is it applicable to constructors too ?

Core Java

Ans. All methods are not expected to return something but Yes, all methods are expected to have a return type. If a method returns nothing, it can be declared with the return type void.

Constructors are not expected to have any return types , not even void.

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Q1400. What is void in Java ?

Core Java

Ans. void is a return type which indicates that the method returns nothing but returns the control to the line next to the method call. All methods need to have a return type and hence a method returning nothing needs to be declared void.

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Q1401. What is equals method in Java ?

Core Java

Ans. equals is the method of Object class that is overridden by the classes to specify object equality criteria.

As every class extends Object class, the default implementation of equals is carried to them. Default implementation specified in the Object class is that two objects are treated equal if they are same.

i.e

Object x = new Object();
Object y = new Object();
x.equals(y); // false
x=y;
x.equals(y); // true

i.e x.equals(y) if only x==y

Now every class has the option to specify their object equality by overriding equals method. For example - String class has implemented in a manner if the string value contained in them is exactly same.

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Q1402. What is the purpose of String Pool ? Don't you think it's a performance overhead to have unnecessary check for string in string pool ?

Core Java

Ans. String Pool makes Java more memory efficient by providing a reusable place for string literals. It might be a little performance inconvenience but results in good amount memory saving.

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Q1403. What is a blank final variable ? Can we initialize a blank final variable ?

Core Java

Ans. A final variable that is not initialized while declaration is a blank final variable.

Yes, we can initialize it within a constructor.

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Q1404. What is a platform ? Is Java a Software or Hardware platforms ?

Core Java

Ans. Platform is the environment in which a program runs. Java provides a software platform for running JVM based applications and programs.

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Q1405. What is the difference between following two segments of code

Code 1

int x = 4 * 3;
int y = x * 5;

Code 2

int y = 4 * 3 * 5;

Core Java

Ans. Both will produce the same output but 1st will consume more resources in terms of memory ( for maintaining intermediate value ) and computing power ( as single mathematical calculation with more operands is more effective than multiple calculations with broken down operands )

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Q1406. What is Eclipse vert.x ?

Ans. Eclipse Vert.x is a tool kit for building reactive applications on the JVM. Vert.x is event driven and non blocking. This means the application can handle lot of concurrency using a small number of kernel threads. Vert.x lets the application scale with minimal hardware.

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Q1407. Where does database stored procedures gets stored ?

Database

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Q1408. Would you consider creating a constant name for "null" ?

Core Java

Ans. Objective of constant variable is to provide a context to the value and provide a single point of change. In terms of context, i don't see much need for having constant name for null as null is already self explanatory. In terms of providing single point of change, it doesn't make much sense as it would necessitate that all such placeholders either hold null or a common value.

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Q1409. If we have to maintain a value "31" denoting "number of days in a month" as constant variable, Which of the following is the best constant name and Why ?

THIRTY_ONE
NUMBER_OF_DAYS_IN_MONTH
NUMBER_OF_DAYS_IN_MONTH_31

Core Java

Ans. NUMBER_OF_DAYS_IN_MONTH_31

Constant should be such that it uniquely identifies the value it holds and context of the value. THIRTY_ONE uniquely identifies the value but doesn't express the context. NUMBER_OF_DAYS_IN_MONTH expresses the context but doesn't specify the value clearly as different month can have different number of days.

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Q1410. If we have to maintain a value "7" denoting "number of days in a week" as constant variable, Which of the following is the best constant name and Why ?

SEVEN
NUMBER_OF_DAYS_IN_WEEK
NUMBER_OF_DAYS_IN_WEEK_7

Core Java

Ans. NUMBER_OF_DAYS_IN_WEEK

Constant should be such that it uniquely identifies the value it holds and context of the value. SEVEN uniquely identifies the value but doesn't express the context.

Though NUMBER_OF_DAYS_IN_WEEK and NUMBER_OF_DAYS_IN_WEEK_7 makes sense in terms of unique value identification and context but 7 at the end of constant name appears useless as all weeks have 7 days and hence it's the only value it can hold. If it would have been "number of days in a month", it would have made sense to include number of days at the end like

NUMBER_OF_DAYS_IN_MONTH_30
NUMBER_OF_DAYS_IN_MONTH_31
NUMBER_OF_DAYS_IN_MONTH_27
NUMBER_OF_DAYS_IN_MONTH_28

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