Java Questions

The wait(), notify(), and notifyAll() methods are used to provide an efficient way for threads to wait for a shared resource. When a thread executes an object's wait() method, it enters the waiting state. It only enters the ready state after another thread invokes the object's notify() or notifyAll() methods..

Various elements of OOP are:

• Object

• Class

• Method

• Encapsulation

• Information Hiding

• Inheritance

• Polymorphism

JDBC technology is an API (included in both J2SE and J2EE releases) that provides cross-DBMS connectivity to a wide range of SQL databases and access to other tabular data sources, such as spreadsheets or flat files. With a JDBC technology-enabled driver, you can connect all corporate data even in a heterogeneous environment.

abstract method is a method declared with abstract modifier but  with out body.

If we print any object by using println() or print() methods.

The println() or print() methods internally calls tostring() method and prints the return value of toString() method.

We can use the following method call:

boolean createNewFile();

This method creates a new file on the HD. 

If a file is already existing with the name given in the constructor then this method does not creates file on HD.

If file is successfully created then this method returns true.

If file is already existing on the HD then this method returns false.

This method may throw IOException whenever IO error is generated while creating file on HD.

File[] listFiles();

this method returns list of files stored in a directory.

A thread is a lightweight subprocess, a smallest unit of processing. It is a separate path of execution. It shares the memory area of process.

As shown in the above figure, thread is executed inside the process. There is context-switching between the threads. There can be multiple processes inside the OS and one process can have multiple threads.