language fundamentals
Which is the valid declarations within an interface definition?
Option A is correct. A public access modifier is acceptable. The method prototypes in an interface are all abstract by virtue of their declaration, and should not be declared abstract.
Option B is wrong. The final modifier means that this method cannot be constructed in a subclass. A final method cannot be abstract.
Option C is wrong. static is concerned with the class and not an instance.
Option D is wrong. protected is not permitted when declaring a method of an interface. See information below.
Member declarations in an interface disallow the use of some declaration modifiers; you cannot use transient, volatile, or synchronized in a member declaration in an interface. Also, you may not use the private and protected specifiers when declaring members of an interface.
Which one is a valid declaration of a boolean?
Which three are valid declarations of a float?
- float f1 = -343;
- float f2 = 3.14;
- float f3 = 0x12345;
- float f4 = 42e7;
- float f5 = 2001.0D;
- float f6 = 2.81F;
(1) and (3) are integer literals (32 bits), and integers can be legally assigned to floats (also 32 bits). (6) is correct because (F) is appended to the literal, declaring it as a float rather than a double (the default for floating point literals).
(2), (4),and (5) are all doubles.
Which is a valid declarations of a String?
Option A sets the String reference to null.
Option B is wrong because null cannot be in single quotes.
Option C is wrong because there are multiple characters between the single quotes ('abc').
Option D is wrong because you can't cast a char (primitive) to a String (object).
What is the numerical range of a char?
What will be the output of the program?
class PassA
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
PassA p = new PassA();
p.start();
}
void start()
{
long [] a1 = {3,4,5};
long [] a2 = fix(a1);
System.out.print(a1[0] + a1[1] + a1[2] + " ");
System.out.println(a2[0] + a2[1] + a2[2]);
}
long [] fix(long [] a3)
{
a3[1] = 7;
return a3;
}
}
Output: 15 15
The reference variables a1 and a3 refer to the same long array object. When the [1] element is updated in the fix() method, it is updating the array referred to by a1. The reference variable a2 refers to the same array object.
So Output: 3+7+5+" "3+7+5
Output: 15 15 Because Numeric values will be added
What will be the output of the program?
class Test
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
Test p = new Test();
p.start();
}
void start()
{
boolean b1 = false;
boolean b2 = fix(b1);
System.out.println(b1 + " " + b2);
}
boolean fix(boolean b1)
{
b1 = true;
return b1;
}
}
The boolean b1 in the fix() method is a different boolean than the b1 in the start() method. The b1 in the start() method is not updated by the fix() method.
What will be the output of the program?
class PassS
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
PassS p = new PassS();
p.start();
}
void start()
{
String s1 = "slip";
String s2 = fix(s1);
System.out.println(s1 + " " + s2);
}
String fix(String s1)
{
s1 = s1 + "stream";
System.out.print(s1 + " ");
return "stream";
}
}
When the fix() method is first entered, start()'s s1 and fix()'s s1 reference variables both refer to the same String object (with a value of "slip"). Fix()'s s1 is reassigned to a new object that is created when the concatenation occurs (this second String object has a value of "slipstream"). When the program returns to start(), another String object is created, referred to by s2 and with a value of "stream".
What will be the output of the program?
class BitShift
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
int x = 0x80000000;
System.out.print(x + " and ");
x = x >>> 31;
System.out.println(x);
}
}
Option A is correct. The >>> operator moves all bits to the right, zero filling the left bits. The bit transformation looks like this:
Before: 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
After: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001
Option C is incorrect because the >>> operator zero fills the left bits, which in this case changes the sign of x, as shown.
Option B is incorrect because the output method print() always displays integers in base 10.
Option D is incorrect because this is the reverse order of the two output numbers.
What will be the output of the program?
class Equals
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
int x = 100;
double y = 100.1;
boolean b = (x = y); /* Line 7 */
System.out.println(b);
}
}
The code will not compile because in line 7, the line will work only if we use (x==y) in the line. The == operator compares values to produce a boolean, whereas the = operator assigns a value to variables.
Option A, B, and D are incorrect because the code does not get as far as compiling. If we corrected this code, the output would be false.