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 Q1181. Can we declare a main method as abstract ?
Ans. No. Static methods cannot be overridden and hence make no sense to be declared abstract.

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 Q1182. Can we send a request body with the Get Request ? If not, What is the alternate to pass message to the Get Request ?Web Service
Ans. Request Body in case of Get Request has no meaning and hence it's not parsed when the request is received. Alternatively Request Parameters are passed as either Path Params or Query Params.

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 Q1183. How do you manage source code in repository if you have multiple releases lined up and different teams are working on it? Tools
Ans. We creates separate branches for each project if development work is going on parallel and they are to be released at different times. Once the first release is done, we merge the branch changes into trunk. If they all have to go at one time, we usually would merge everything in the trunk itself.

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 Q1184. Is it advisable to just hold checking in your changes to trunk if there is another release planned in between ?
Ans. If it's just smaller change, and single person is working, then this approach is fine. Otherwise there are risk on loosing it on your machine. Moreover , If there are multiple people working , it makes it hard to share code. It's better to create a separate branch and then merge it later to trunk.

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 Q1185. What are the steps to create a branch in SVN ?
Ans. If the branch is to be created from Trunk and we are using Eclipse.

Go to the Trunk Copy of the Project

Right Click the project and then Click Branch/Tag

In the Create Branch / Tag Dialog, Add the Destination Branch Url

Check whether we want to make copy from the Head Revision or some specific revision Number

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 Q1186. If you are supposed to deprecate the method , Will you deprecate the method in the implementation class or will you deprecate the abstract declaration within interface or abstract class ?
Ans. Deprecating the interface / or declaration doesn't make much sense as the implementation is deprecated and not the interface.

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 Q1187. What is multilevel inheritance ?Core Java
Ans. Multi Level Inheritance is multi level hierarchy of classes. Here is the example - http://www.buggybread.com/2015/09/java-se-class-diagram-classes-that_603.html

Class RoleList extends ArrayList which in turn extends AbstractList which in turn extends AbstractCollection.

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 Q1188. When do we generally get the database error - Unique Constraint Violated ?
Ans. This error can result either on an insert, update or delete when any change in data results in duplicate record or subset of it having unique constraint on record or its subset. For example - If we have a unique constraint on a combination of columns and then trying to insert duplicate column values.

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 Q1189. What is the problem with following code ?

public static void main(String[] args) {
int x = 5;
return x*2;

int y = 10;
return y*2;

}
Ans. There are many problems with the code

1. The method returns void and hence we cannot return any integer value.

2. We cannot return more than one value from a method.

3. The code after 1st Return statement is unreachable.

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 Q1190. What is the difference between following two if blocks ?

if(x < 10)
do this;

else if(x > 10)
do that;

else
do this and that;




if(x < 10)
do this;

if(x > 10)
do that;

if(x == 10)
do this and that;
Ans. Though Logically both code segments are same, but first one is more efficient as the 3 checks are mutually exclusive. In second code segment, all conditions will be evaluated no matter what and will never result in short circuit. In first segment , max 2 conditions will be checked if x >= 10.

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Frequently asked for Lead and Architect positions. Recently asked in many US companies.
  Q1191. What are Anti Patterns ?Design
Ans. Anti-pattern is simply the creation of a pattern in your coding that negatively affects your code i.e the Negatives surpasses the positives.

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 Q1192. What are some alternates to keeping Audit Tables ?Database
Ans. Audit Tables generally stores Raw information to be reviewed in case of problems or determining impact. If Database space is an issue , and the audit information is rarely retrieved, one design could be to use compressed file system.

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 Q1193. What is the purpose of Commit and Rollback in Databases ?Database
Ans. When a DML is executed, the changes only stays in session and still not pushed to DB Tables, Commit is used to push those changes to the Tables.

In case we realize that we don't want to commit those changes and would like to ignore them, we can use rollback.

For example - You may like that for a banking transaction you would like to update the account balance only if the debit or credit record was correctly inserted, so you may like to encapsulate both DML's - insert for transaction and update for balance in a single transaction and would only commit if both succeeds else rollback.

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 Q1194. Can I run a java program without creating any class ?
Ans. No, It requires creation of atleast one Class. Creating an object of that class is not compulsory as we can write all our logic within main method which is static.

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 Q1195. What is the difference between print() and println() in Java ?
Ans. print method prints the argument passed to the method whereas println prints the argument and then prints the new line character. println is generally used if we want each output in a new line.

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 Q1196. What is a static variable in Java ?Core Java
Ans. It is a class level variable that is shared among the objects of that class.

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 Q1197. What is "Instance Initializer block" ?
Ans. Instance Initializer block is used to initialize the instance data member. It run each time when object of the class is created.

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 Q1198. What is the difference between constructor and instance initialization blocks ?Core Java
Ans. Constructor has the same name as class name whereas instance initialization block just have a body without any name or visibility type.

instance initialization blocks are useful if we want to have some code run regardless of which constructor is used or if we want to do some instance initialization for anonymous classes.

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 Q1199. Is this code legal in Java ?

public class BuggyBread {
{
System.out.println("HelloWorld.");
}
}
Ans. Yes, It's an instance initialization block.

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 Q1200. What is the difference between broken and unstable build ?Jenkins
Ans. Broken Build means as unsuccessful build whereas unstable build means build was created successfully but one of the Post Build report failed or could be a Test failure.

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 Q1201. What is the upstream and downstream project in Build Systems ?Jenkins
Ans. Upstream project is a project whose successful build is required for executing the existing project build whereas Downstream project is the one that is waiting for the upstream project to build as it has the upstream project as dependency.

For example - X project has an upstream project y and downstream project Z. So It means X has dependency Y and is a dependency for Z.

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 Q1202. What are Node / Slaves in Jenkins ?Jenkins
Ans. Slaves are computers that are set up to build projects for a master.

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 Q1203. Do all java classes need a main method?
Ans. No, Main method is the entry point into an application. An application usually contain multiple classes to perform a function.

Lets take an example of a House, House usually have only one external Door and you may have internal doors to move around within a house. Internal Doors are methods of classes whereas External Door is a special method called main method.

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 Q1204. Does default methods introduce multiple inheritance and the Diamond problem in Java 8 ?Core Java
Ans. Default methods results in multiple inheritance of behavior and not of state. In case we try to implement multiple interfaces with default method having same name and signature, and don't override it in implementation class, it will throw an error.

For example -

interface MyInterface {
public void default myMethod(){
}
}

interface MyInterface2 {
public void default myMethod(){
}
}

class MyClass implements MyInterface,MyInterface2 {
}

This code will compilation error "Duplicate Default Method"

if we specify the definition of myMethod() in myClass, compiler won't complain and there is no conflict and MyClass can use overridden definition. But if we don't override myMethod() in MyClass, Java would be in conflict as to what definition should be carried to MyClass and hence throws compilation error.

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 Q1205. What is a publisher in Jenkins ?Jenkins
Ans. A publisher is part of build process that reports whether the build is stable or not. For example - Junit Test report publisher.

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 Q1206. Why do we use a copy constructor ?
Ans. Copy Constructor is used for creating a duplicate of another object. Duplicate object will have the same state of the copied object but will have independent values in different memory locations. Copy Constructor can be useful to create duplicates of immutable objects as the Original cannot be tampered. Moreover It can be useful if base copies are required for individual requests in threading.

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Frequently asked question in companies using Rest Web services.
 Q1207. Different between POST and PUT in Rest Rest
Ans. PUT requests are only meant to place the object as it is on server. For example - You want a file to be uploaded and then placed in a particular folder or you want an Employee object to be persisted in the table.

POST requests are also meant to transfer information from client to server but that information once received at the server is evaluated , modified or refactored before persisting.

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 Q1208. Should a Database Update Request be a POST or PUT Request in RestRest
Ans. It should be a POST Request

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 Q1209. Should a DB Insert Request be a POST or PUT request in RestRest
Ans. It depends on whether the request object is persisted as it is

or

its first dismantled, modified or refactored and then inserted into DB.

In first case, it should be a PUT request whereas in second case it should be a POST Request.

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 Q1210. Is it Necessary to send a POST request with the Payload or a body ?Web Service
Ans. No, we can also send an empty body with the POST Request.

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