Basic Java Interview Question and Answers
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What is Java? |
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- Java is an object programming language that was designed to be portable across multiple platforms and operating systems.
- Developed by Sun Microsystems, Java is modeled after the C++ programming language and includes special features that make it ideal for programs on the Internet.
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What is Hot Java? |
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- Hot Java was the first Web browser that could download and play (execute) Java applets.
- Hot Java, created by Sun, is simply a browser, much like the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft's Internet Exploere.
- Although Hot Java was the first browser to support Java applets, many browsers now support or will soon support applets.
- Starting with Netscape Navigator 2.0 for example, you can play Java applets for many platforms (Windows 95, the Mac and so on.).
- Another distinguishing feature of Hot Java is that unlike most browsers which are written in C/C++.
- Hot Java browser is written with the Java programming language.
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What is static in Java? |
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- Static means one per class, not one for each object no matter how many instance of a class might exist. This means that you can use them without creating an instance of a class.
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Static methods are implicitly final, because overriding is done based on the type of the object and static methods are attached to a class, not an object.
- A static method in a superclass can be shadowed by another static method in a sub class, as long as the original method was not declared final.
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However, you can't override a static method with a non static method. In other words, you can't change a static method into an instance method of a subclass.
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What is a Java Virtual Machine? |
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- A Java Virtual Machine is a runtime environment required for execution of a Java application.
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Each Java application runs inside a runtime instance of some concrete implementation of abstract specifications of JVM.
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It is JVM which is crux of platform independent nature of the language.
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