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What is a method in Java that ends in a semicolon and has no method body?

Sharon Christine
Sharon Christine
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 857 Views

An abstract method is the one which has no definition and declared abstract. In short, an abstract method contains only method signature without body. To use this method, you need to inherit this method by extending the class and provide the method definition. Example public abstract class Employee{ private String name; private String address; private int number; public abstract double computePay(); }

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What is Callable interface in Java?

Sharon Christine
Sharon Christine
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 1K+ Views

The Callable interface is found in the package java.util.concurrent. The Callable object can return the computed result done by a thread in contrast to a runnable interface which can only run the thread. The Callable object returns a Future object which provides methods to monitor the progress of a task being executed by a thread. The future object can be used to check the status of a Callable and then retrieve the result from the Callable once the thread is done. It also provides timeout functionality.

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What is the difference between Component class and Container class in Java?

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 4K+ Views

The class Component is the abstract base class for the non-menu user-interface controls of AWT. A component represents an object with graphical representation. The class Container is the superclass for the containers of AWT. The container object can contain other AWT components.

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Can you use both this() and super() in a constructor in Java?

Samual Sam
Samual Sam
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 2K+ Views

No, you cannot have both this() and super() in a single constructor.

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What is the equivalent of C# namespace in Java?

usharani
usharani
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 398 Views

Packages are similar to namespaces in C#.

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Why can’t we override static methods in Java?

varma
varma
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 5K+ Views

Overloading is the mechanism of binding the method call with the method body dynamically based on the parameters passed to the method call.Static methods are bonded at compile time using static binding. Therefore, we cannot override static methods in Java.

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What are tokens in Java?

Johar Ali
Johar Ali
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 2K+ Views

Java tokens are smallest elements of a program which are identified by the compiler. Tokens in java include identifiers, keywords, literals, operators and, separators.

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Can a Java array be declared as a static field, local variable or a method parameter?

Rahul Sharma
Rahul Sharma
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 697 Views

We can declare an array as a local variable or method parameter but, an array cannot be static. Example public class Test{ public void sample(){ static int[] myArray = {20, 30}; System.out.println(); } public static void main(String args[]){ Test t = new Test(); t.sample(); } } Error C:\Sample>javac Test.java Test.java:3: error: illegal start of expression static int[] myArray = {20, 30}; ^ 1 error

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Can access modifiers be used for local variables in Java?

Arushi
Arushi
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 855 Views

Yes, a local variable can be public, private, protected or default.

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What is the difference between a String object and a String literal in Java?

Paul Richard
Paul Richard
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 1K+ Views

When the String literal used to create String, JVM initially checks weather String with the same value in the String constant pool, if available it creates another reference to it else it creates a new object and stores it in the String constant pool.In case of an object, each time you instantiate the class a new object is created given value irrespective of the contents of the String constant pool.

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