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Java Interview Questions and Answers
Can a top level class be private or
protected?
No. A top level class can not be private or protected. It can have
either "public" or no modifier. If it does not have a modifier it is
supposed to have a default access.If a top level class is declared as
private the compiler will complain that the "modifier private is not
allowed here". This means that a top level class can not be private.
Same is the case with protected.
What type of parameter passing does Java support?
In Java the arguments are always passed by value .
Primitive data types are passed by reference or pass by value?
Primitive data types are passed by value.
Objects are passed by value or by reference?
Java only supports pass by value. With objects, the object reference
itself is passed by value and so both the original reference and
parameter copy both refer to the same object .
What is serialization?
Serialization is a mechanism by which you can save the state of an
object by converting it to a byte stream.
How do I serialize an object to a file?
The class whose instances are to be serialized should implement an
interface Serializable. Then you pass the instance to the
ObjectOutputStream which is connected to a fileoutputstream. This will
save the object to a file. Which methods of Serializable interface should I implement?
The serializable interface is an empty interface, it does not contain
any methods. So we do not implement any methods.
How can I customize the serialization process? i.e. how can one have a
control over the serialization process?
Yes it is possible to have control over serialization process. The class
should implement Externalizable interface. This interface contains two
methods namely readExternal and writeExternal. You should implement
these methods and write the logic for customizing the serialization
process.
What is the common usage of serialization?
Whenever an object is to be sent over the network, objects need to be
serialized. Moreover if the state of an object is to be saved, objects
need to be serilized.
What is Externalizable interface?
Externalizable is an interface which contains two methods readExternal
and writeExternal. These methods give you a control over the
serialization mechanism. Thus if your class implements this interface,
you can customize the serialization process by implementing these
methods.
When you serialize an object, what happens to the object references
included in the object?
The serialization mechanism generates an object graph for serialization.
Thus it determines whether the included object references are
serializable or not. This is a recursive process. Thus when an object is
serialized, all the included objects are also serialized alongwith the
original obect.
What one should take care of while serializing the object?
One should make sure that all the included objects are also serializable.
If any of the objects is not serializable then it throws a
NotSerializableException.
What happens to the static fields of a class during serialization?
There are three exceptions in which serialization doesnot necessarily
read and write to the stream. These are
1. Serialization ignores static fields, because they are not part of ay
particular state state.
2. Base class fields are only hendled if the base class itself is
serializable.
3. Transient fields.
Does Java provide any construct to find out the size of an object?
No there is not sizeof operator in Java. So there is not direct way to
determine the size of an object directly in Java.
What are wrapper classes?
Java provides specialized classes corresponding to each of the primitive
data types. These are called wrapper classes. They are e.g. Integer,
Character, Double etc.
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