Basic Java interview questions

1. What is a Marker Interface? - An interface with no methods. Example: Serializable,

Remote , Cloneable
2. What interface do you implement to do the sorting? - Comparable
3. What is the eligibility for a object to get cloned? - It must implement the Cloneable
interface
4. What is the purpose of abstract class? - It is not an instantiable class. It proides the
concrete implementation for some!all the methods. So that the" can reuse the concrete
functionalit" b" inheritin# the abstract class.
5. What is the difference between interface and abstract class? - Abstract class defined
with methods. Interface will declare onl" the methods. Abstract classes are er" much
useful when there is a some functionalit" across arious classes. Interfaces are well
suited for the classes which aries in functionalit" but with the same method si#natures.
6. What do you mean by RMI and how it is useful? - R$I is a remote method inocation.
%sin# R$I, "ou can wor& with remote ob'ect. (he function calls are as thou#h "ou are
ino&in# a local ariable. So it #ies "ou a impression that "ou are wor&in# reall" with a
ob'ect that resides within "our own )*$ thou#h it is somewhere.
7. What is the protocol used by RMI? - R$I-II+,
8. What is a hashCode? - hash code alue for this ob'ect which is uni-ue for eer" ob'ect.
9. What is a thread? - (hread is a bloc& of code which can execute concurrentl" with other
threads in the )*$.
10. What is the algorithm used in Thread scheduling? - .ixed priorit" schedulin#.
11. What is hash-collision in ashtable and how it is handled in !a"a? - (wo different
&e"s with the same hash alue. (wo different entries will be &ept in a sin#le hash buc&et
to aoid the collision.
12. What are the different dri"er types a"ailable in !#$C? - /. A )01C-+01C brid#e 2. A
natie-A,I partl" )aa technolo#"-enabled drier 3. A net-protocol full" )aa technolo#"-
enabled drier 4. A natie-protocol full" )aa technolo#"-enabled drier .or more
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13. Is !#$C-%#$C bridge multi-threaded? - 5o
14. #oes the !#$C-%#$C $ridge support multiple concurrent open statements per
connection? - 5o
15. What is the use of seriali&able? - (o persist the state of an ob'ect into an" perminant
stora#e deice.
16. What is the use of transient? - It is an indicator to the )*$ that those ariables should
not be persisted. It is the users responsibilit" to initialize the alue when read bac& from
the stora#e.
17. What are the different le"el lockings using the synchroni&ation keyword? - Class
leel loc& +b'ect leel loc& $ethod leel loc& 1loc& leel loc&
18. What is the use of preparedstatement? - ,reparedstatements are precompiled
statements. It is mainl" used to speed up the process of insertin#!updatin#!deletin#
especiall" when there is a bul& processin#.
19. What is callable statement? Tell me the way to get the callable statement? -
Callablestatements are used to ino&e the stored procedures. 6ou can obtain the
callablestatement from Connection usin# the followin# methods prepareCall7Strin# s-l8
prepareCall7Strin# s-l, int resultSet("pe, int resultSetConcurrenc"8
20. In a statement' I am e(ecuting a batch) What is the result of the e(ecution? - It
returns the int arra". (he arra" contains the affected row count in the correspondin# index
of the S9:.
21. Can a abstract method ha"e the static *ualifier? - 5o
22. What are the different types of *ualifier and what is the default *ualifier? - public,
protected, priate, pac&a#e 7default8
23. What is the super class of ashtable? - 0ictionar"
24. What is a lightweight component? - :i#htwei#ht components are the one which doesn;t
#o with the natie call to obtain the #raphical units. (he" share their parent component
#raphical units to render them. Example, Swin# components
25. What is a hea"yweight component? - .or eer" paint call, there will be a natie call to
#et the #raphical units. Example, A<(.
26. What is an applet? - Applet is a pro#ram which can #et downloaded into a client
enironment and start executin# there.
27. What do you mean by a Classloader? - Classloader is the one which loads the classes
into the )*$.
28. What are the implicit packages that need not get imported into a class file? -
'[Link]#
29. What is the difference between lightweight and hea"yweight component? -
:i#htwei#ht components reuses its parents #raphical units. =ea"wei#ht components
#oes with the natie #raphical unit for eer" component. :i#htwei#ht components are
faster than the hea"wei#ht components.
30. What are the ways in which you can instantiate a thread? - %sin# (hread class 1"
implementin# the Runnable interface and #iin# that handle to the (hread class.
31. What are the states of a thread? - /. 5ew 2. Runnable 3. 5ot Runnable 4. 0ead
32. What is a socket? - A soc&et is an endpoint for communication between two machines.
33. ow will you establish the connection between the ser"let and an applet? - %sin#
the %R:, I will create the connection %R:. (hen b" openConnection method of the %R:, I
will establish the connection, throu#h which I can be able to exchan#e data.
34. What are the threads will start' when you start the ja"a program? - .inalizer, $ain,
Reference =andler, Si#nal 0ispatcher