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 Q231. 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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 Q232. 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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 Q233. 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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 Q234. Can we have multiple servlets in a web application and How can we do that ?Java EE
Ans. Yes by making entries in web.xml

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 Q235. Is JVM, a compiler or interpretor ?
Ans. Its an interpretor.

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 Q236. Difference between Proxy and Adapter ?Design
Ans. Adapter object has a different input than the real subject whereas Proxy object has the same input as the real subject. Proxy object is such that it should be placed as it is in place of the real subject.

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 Q237. Difference between Adapter and Facade ?Design
Ans. The Difference between these patterns in only the intent. Adapter is used because the objects in current form cannot communicate where as in Facade , though the objects can communicate , A Facade object is placed between the client and subject to simplify the interface.

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 Q238. Example of Chain of Responsibility Design Pattern ?
Ans. Exception Handling Throw mechanism.

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 Q239. Example of Observer Design Pattern ?
Ans. Listeners.

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 Q240. Which kind of memory is used for storing object member variables and function local variables ?
Ans. Local variables are stored in stack whereas object variables are stored in heap.

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 Q241. Why do member variables have default values whereas local variables don't have any default value ?
Core Java
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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 Q242. 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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 Q243. What is exception propogation ?Core Java
Ans. Passing the exception object to the calling method.

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 Q244. Difference between nested and inner classes ?
Ans. Inner class is a type of nested class.

Inner classes are non static nested classes i.e the one that are associated with the instance of outer class.

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 Q245. What is a nested interface ?
Ans. Any interface declared inside a class or an interface. It is static by default.

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 Q246. What is an Externalizable interface ?
Ans. Externalizable interface is used to write the state of an object into a byte stream in compressed format.

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 Q247. Difference between serializable and externalizable interface ?
Ans. Serializable is a marker interface whereas externalizable is not.

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 Q248. 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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 Q249. Can we declare an abstract method private ?
Ans. No Abstract methods can only be declared protected or public.

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 Q250. 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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  Q251. 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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 Q252. Difference between Java beans and Spring Beans ?Spring
Ans. Java Beans managed by Spring IoC are called Spring Beans.

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 Q253. How are classes loaded by JVM ?Core Java
Ans. Class loaders are hierarchical. The very first class is specially loaded with the help of static main() method declared in your class. All the subsequently loaded classes are loaded by the classes, which are already loaded and running.

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 Q254. Difference between static vs. dynamic class loading?Core Java
Ans. static loading - Classes are statically loaded with Java new operator.

dynamic class loading - Dynamic loading is a technique for programmatically invoking the functions of a class loader at run time.

Class.forName (Test className);

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 Q255. What are some Java related technologies used for distributed computing ?
Ans. sockets, RMI. EJB

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 Q256. What are the components of J2EE ?
Ans. applets
Client component like Client side Java codes.
Web component like JSP, Servlet WAR
Enterprise JavaBeans like Session beans, Entity beans, Message driven beans
Enterprise application like WAR, JAR, EAR

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 Q257. What is XSD ?Xml
Ans. XSD or Xml Schema Definition is an extension of DTD. XSD is more powerful and extensible than DTD

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 Q258. What is JAXP ?Xml
Ans. Stands for Java API for XML Processing. This provides a common interface for creating and using SAX, DOM, and XSLT APIs in Java regardless of which vendor’s implementation is actually being used.

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 Q259. What is JAXB ?Xml
Ans. Stands for Java API for XML Binding. This standard defines a mechanism for writing out Java objects as XML and for creating Java objects from XML structures.

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  Q260. What is the difference between comparable and comparator in java.util pkg?Core Java
Ans. Comparable interface is used for single sequence sorting i.e.sorting the objects based on single data member where as comparator interface is used to sort the object based on multiple data members.

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