Interview Questions and Answers - Order By Newest Ans. Inline functions , just like C++ Macros is an optimized technique used by compiler to reduce the execution time. If the function is working on pre identified values ( which aren't resolved at runtime ), the function can execute the method and evaluate the outcome at compile time only instead of making a function call at runtime. Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve  inline functions  inline methods  C++ Asked in 1 Companies Q782. If you are asked to develop a financial system, how would you make sure that there are proper checks , balances and audits ? Solution
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Ans. str.equals("") this statement will throw NullPointerException if str is null where as "".equals(str) works fine even if str is null Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve  equals method Asked in 1 Companies Q785. How would you test a Twitter application ? Testing
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Ans. Yes an application can have configuration stored at multiple places. Factors that could facilitate such a design could be
1. Type of config information - We may have a case to store confidential information differently than other regular config value
2. Environment - We may like to have a base config ( defined in application package ) and then a different override mechanism in different environments.
3. Centralization - Sometime some configs need to be shared across application and hence centralized.
4. Testing - Testing against config may not be possible in some enviornments in certain cases and hence additional config store might be kept for testing purpose only. Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve  Design  Solution Q787. Do you think it's a good practice to keep passwords in config files ? Solution
Ans. We can keep them in config as encrypted values. Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve   Q788. Explain when you would decide to use open authentication ? Authentication
Ans. Google OAuth can be used when we want to grant the access of our google credentials to the service provider ( most likely a cloud-based mobile application) by using the option ' Login via Google' Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve  open authentication Asked in 1 Companies Q789. Explain CloneNotSupportedException ? Core Java
Ans. If we do not mention, Cloneable Interface to the Class which we want to Clone then we get this exception, only if we try to clone an object
Like:
public class TestClone{
@Override
protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
return super.clone();
}
}
In Main, You try to do:
TestClone clone = new TestClone();
TestClone clone2 = (TestClone) clone.clone();
You will get CloneNotSupportedException.
Just add -> public class TestClone implements Cloneable {
and things are fixed. Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve  exceptions handling  cloningAns. No HashMap isn't synchronized. ConcurrentHashMap and Hashtable are synchronized. Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve  hashmap  synchronization Q791. difference between ArrayList and array ? Core Java
Ans. ArrayList is a variable length collection class whereas arrays are fixed length primitive structure.
We can use generics with arraylist but not with arrays.
We can store primitive data types within arrays but can't with ArrayList. In ArrayList that needs to be converted to Wrapper objects.
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Ans. HashMap implements the Map interface while the Dictionary does not.
HashMap was introduced after HashTable and Dictionary.
Dictionary is currently obsolete in java. Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve  hashmap  dictionary class Q793. What is cluster ?
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Ans. Returning from inside a finally block will cause exceptions to be lost. A return statement inside a finally block will cause any exception that might be thrown in the try block to be discarded. Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve  exception handling  finally block Asked in 1 Companies Q796. What are the distributed caches ? Server
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Ans. These annotations are used to create Spring beans automatically in the application context. The main stereotype annotation is @Component . @Controller: Which is used to create Spring beans at the controller layer. The stereotype annotations in spring are @Component, @Service, @Repository and @Controller Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve  stereotype annotation   stereotype annotation spring Asked in 1 Companies Ans. @ComponentScan in a Spring Application.
With Spring, we use the @ComponentScan annotation along with the @Configuration annotation to specify the packages that we want to be scanned. @ComponentScan without arguments tells Spring to scan the current package and all of its sub-packages. Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve  ComponentScan  dispatcher  @ComponentScan annotation  @Configuration annotation Asked in 1 Companies Q800. Can you tell us a use case of reflection in java that you have applied ? Design
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Ans. Select * from table1 join Select * from table2 Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve  database Asked in 1 Companies Q802. Difference between Query param and path param ?
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Ans. we use serialization when we send response to client in JSON format.(the process of converting model object into json is nothing but serialization Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve  serialization Asked in 1 Companies This question was recently asked at 'Eurofins IT Solutions'.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 Q805. Difference between injection and auto wiring. Spring
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Ans. Yes, I have worked on single sign on project. Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve   Q807. Can we use combination of two authentication mechanism in an application ? Narrate with an example. Authentication
Ans. Yes We can use. Negotiate is a very good example with NTLM fallback mechanism over Kerberose. Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question : Like Discuss Correct / Improve   Q808. What are the mutable and immutable data types ?
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