Frequently asked interview questions on Java programming

admin January 6, 2018 76 comments

It is very important to prepare for the interview questions that employer might ask you. Since java is the hot topic for all programmers, which is why, I thought of writing about commonly asked interview questions. These questions are easy yet tricky sometimes,because of which employer expect you to answer them without hesitation. So let’s start –

15 Interview questions on Java language.

1. Is java pure Object Oriented language or not?

Java is not pure Object-Oriented because everything in Java is not an object. For example- All primitive data types (char, boolean, byte, short, int, long, float, double) are not objects because we can not do any object-like operations on them. Hence, we can not call java a pure object oriented language.

2. Which class is the superclass of all classes in Java?

java.lang.Object is the super class for all the java classes and we do not need to extend it.

3. What is the importance of main method in Java?

main() method is the entry point of java program. And the syntax of main method is as given below:

public static void main(String args[]).

4. What is overloading and overriding in java?

When more than one method with the same name in a single class but the arguments are different, then it is called as method overloading.

On the other hand, when two methods are there with same signature, one in parent class and another in child class, this is called overriding in java.

5. Can we overload main method?

Yes, we can. We can create multiple methods with name “main” in a single class. However, if we run the class, java runtime environment will look for main method with syntax as public static void main(String args[]).

6. What are access modifiers?

Java provides access control through public, private and protected access modifier keywords. When none of these are used, it’s called default access modifier.

To read more: Access modifier

7. Is Empty .java file name a valid source file name?

Yes, It’s valid. You can save your java program by .java only, and this is how you can do it.

Compile: javac .java

Run: java your class name

Let’s take a simple example:

//save by .java only

class A{

public static void main(String args[]){

System.out.println(“Hello java”);

}

//compile by javac .java

//run by java A

8. What is constructor?

It is a special type of method that is used to initialize the object. Also Java constructor is invoked at the time of object creation.

9. What is marker interface?

An interface which has no data member and method is called as a marker interface for ex. Serializable, Cloneable etc.

10. What is finally block?

Finally block is a block which is executed every time no matter what. For more details on finally block click here – more details.

11. Difference between Swing and AWT?

AWT are heavy-weight components but Swings are lightweight components. Dueto which swing works faster than AWT.

12. What is the difference between Vector and ArrayList in Java?

ArrayList is not synchronized however the Vector is. Due to which, ArrayList is faster because it is non-synchronized.

13. What’s the difference between a queue and a stack?

Stacks works by last-in-first-out rule (LIFO), while queues use the FIFO rule.

14. What is servlet collaboration?

When there is communication between one servlet to another servlet, known as servlet collaboration. There are many ways of servlet collaboration such as:

RequestDispacher interface
sendRedirect() method etc.

more details…

15. Can you call a jsp from the servlet?

Also one of the way is RequestDispatcher interface for example:

RequestDispatcher rd=request.getRequestDispatcher(“/login.jsp”);
forward(request,response);