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发表于 2020-02-15 更新于 2022-05-29
作者 zwt
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1. Which of the following annotations are retained for run time?

  • @SuppressWarnings

    It is defined with @Retention(SOURCE)

  • @Override

    It is defined with @Retention(SOURCE)

  • @SafeVarargs

    It is defined with @Retention(RUNTIME)

  • @FunctionalInterface

    It is defined with @Retention(RUNTIME)

  • @Deprecated

    It is defined with @Retention(RUNTIME)

2. Your application needs to load a set of key value pairs from a database table which never changes. Multiple threads need to access this information but none of them changes it.
Which class would be the most appropriate to store such data if the values need not be kept in a sorted fashion?

  • Hashtable
  • HaspMap
  • Set
  • TreeMap
  • List

Explanation
You should know that all Hashtable methods are synchronized and this compromises its performance for simultaneous reads.
Since not thread modifies the data, it is not efficient to use a Hashtable.
A HashMap is a perfect choice because its methods are not synchronized and so it allows efficient multiple reads. TreeMap is used to keep the keys sorted which makes it a little bit slower than HashMap.
Set and List can’t be used since we need to store Key-value pairs.

3. A programmer has written the following code to ensure that the phone number is not null and is of 10 characters:

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public void processPhoneNumber(String number) {
  assert number != null && number.length() == 10 : "Invalid phone number";
  ...
}

Which of the given statements regarding the above code are correct?

  • This is an appropriate use of assertions.
  • This code will not work in all situations.

    It will not work if assertions are disabled.

  • The given code is syntactically correct.
  • Constrains on input parameters should be enforced using assertions.

Explanation
As a rule, assertions should not be used to assert the validity of the input public method. Since assertions may be disabled at wish of the user of the program, input validation will not occur when assertions are disabled. A public method should ensure in all situations(whether assertions are enabled or disabled) that the input parameters are valid before proceeding with the rest of the code. For this reason, input validation should always be done using the standard exception mechanism:

if(number == null || number.length() != 10) throw new RuntimeException("Invalid phone number");

However, assertions may be used to validate the input parameters of a private method. This is because private methods are called only by the developer of the class. Therefore, if a private method is called with an invalid parameter, this problem should be rectified at the development stage itself. It cannot occur in the production stage, so there is no need to throw an explicit exception.

8. Which is/are the root interface(s) for all collection related interfaces?

  • BaseCollection
  • Collection
  • List
  • Set
  • Map

Explanation
All name-value maps such as java.util.HashMap and java.util.TreeMap implement java.util.Map and all collections such as java.util.ArrayList, and java.util.LinkedList implement java.util.Collection.

9. You have a collection (say, an ArrayList) which is read by multiple reader threads and which is modified by a single writer thread. The collection allows multiple concurrent reads but does not tolerate concurrent read and write. Which of the following strategies will you use to obtain best performance?

  • synchronize all access to the collection.

    While this is a valid approach, if you do this then even the reader threads will not be able to read concurrently. This will drastically reduce performance.

  • make the collection variable final.
  • make the collection variable final and volatile.

    Making it final and volatile will only ensure that all threads access the same collection object but it will not prevent simultaneous access by reader and writer threads.

  • Wrap the collection into its synchronized version using Collections.synchronizedCollection().

    This is same as option 1 and has the same issue.

  • Encapsulate the collection into another class and use ReadWriteLock to manage read and write access.

Explanation
Since the collection allows multiple simultaneous reads, it is ok for multiple threads to access the collection simultaneously if they are not modifying the collection. On the other hand, a writer thread must get sole custody of the collection before modifying. This can be easily achieved by using a ReadWriteLock. For example:

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public class MultipleReadersSingleWriter {
    private final ArrayList<String> theList = new ArrayList<String>();
    //Note that ReadWriteLock is an interface.
    private final ReadWriteLock rwl = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
    private final Lock r = rwl.readLock();
    private final Lock w = rwl.writeLock();
    public String read(){
        r.lock();
        try{
            System.out.println("reading");
            if(theList.isEmpty()) return null;
            else return theList.get(0);
        }finally{
            r.unlock();
        }
    }
    public void write(String data){
        w.lock();
        try{
            System.out.println("Written "+data);
            theList.add(data);
        }finally{
            w.unlock();
        }
    }
}

11. Which variables of the encapsulating class can an inner class access, if the inner class is defined in a instance method of the encapsulating class?

  • All static variables.
  • All final instance variables.
  • All instance variables.
  • All automatic variables.
  • All final and effectively final automatic variables.

Explanation
Consider the following code:

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public class TestClass
{
  static int si = 10; int ii = 20;
  public void inner() {
    int ai = 30; // automatic variable
    ai = 31; // ai is not effectively final anymore
    final int fai = 40; // automatic final variable
    class Inner {
      public Inner() { System.out.println(si" "+ii+" "+fai); }
    }
    new Inner();
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) { ne TestClass().inner(); }
}

As method inner() is an instance method(i.e. non-static method), si, ii, and fai are accessible in class Inner. Note that ai is not accessible because it is not effectively final. If the line ai = 31; did not exist, ai would have been accessible. If method inner() were a static method, ii would have been inaccessible. Prior to Java 8, only final local variables were accessible to the inner class but in Java 8, event effectively final local variables of the method are accessible to the inner defined in that method as well.

12. Which interface would you use to represent a collection having non-unique objects in the order of insertion?

List
java.util.List

Explanation
java.util.List interface is implemented by collections that maintain sequences of possibly non-unique elements. Elements retain their ordering in the sequence. Collection classes implementing SortedSet maintain their elements sorted in the set.

14. Identify the correct statement about i18n.

  • I18N class allows you to port your code from multiple regions and/or languages.

    There is no class named I18N.

  • You should use Locale and formatter objects such as NumberFormat and DateFormat to generate locale specific output.
  • The i18n method of NumberFormat and DateFormat allows you to generate locale specific output.
  • Using default locale for NumberFormat and DateFormat automatically ensures that the formatted text will be localized to the location - [ ] setting of the machine on which the code is run.(Assuming the default locale hasn’t been explicitly changed by any means.)

    When not passed to the getInstance() method, the default Locale is used, which is same as the one set by the operating system. If you want to change it,(for example, if you want to generate French format on a US machine), you must create a new Locale("fr", "FR") object and use the following methods to get an appropriate NumberFormat or DateFormat instance -
    NumberFormat: NumberFormat getInstance(Locale locale)
    DateFormat: DateFormat getDateInstance(int style, Locale locale)
    Note that DateFormat does not have getInstance(Locale locale) method.

  • i18n stands for Internationalization and it is handled automatically by Java.

15. Which of the following statements are correct regarding abstract classes and interfaces?

  • An abstract class can have private as well as static methods while an interface can not have static methods.

    Interfaces can have static methods(public as well as private). Interfaces cannot have protected methods. It cannot have non-public fields and instance fields.

  • An abstract class cannot implement multiple interfaces while an interface can extend multiple interfaces.

    An abstract class(or any class for that matter) can implement any number of interfaces.

  • Abstract classes can have abstract methods but interface cannot.

    Both abstract classes and interfaces can have abstract as well as non-abstract methods. The difference is that by default(i.e. when no modifier is specified), the methods of an abstract class have “default” access and are non-abstract(i.e. must have a body), while the methods of an interface are public and abstract.

  • Abstract classes can have instance fields but interfaces can’t

    Fields of an interface are always public, static, and final.

  • An abstract class can have final methods but an interface cannot.

16. Which of the following statements are correct?

  • Assertions can be enabled or disabled on a class basis.

    Yes, it can be enabled/disabled for class as well as package basis using -ea or -da flags.

  • Assertions are appropriate to check whether method parameters are valid.

    Since it does not say which kind of methods (public or private), you should assume all methods.

  • Conditional compilation is used to allow an application that uses assertions to run with maximum performance.

    Assertion can be disabled without recompiling the code.

  • When an assertion fails, a programmer may either throw an exception or simply return from the method.

    When an assertion fails, a programmer should always throw the exception.

Explanation
An assertion signifies a basic assumption made by the programmer that he/she believes to be true at all times. It is never a wise idea to try to recover when an assertion fails because that is the whole purpose of assertions: that the program should fail if that assumption fails.

17. Complete the code so that the user can enter a password on the command line.

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import java.io.Console;
public class TestClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Console c = System.console();
    char[] cha = c.readPassword("Please enter password:");
    String pwd = new String(cha);
    System.out.println("pwd = "+pwd);
  }
}

Explanation
1. Console class is in java.io package.
2. Correct way to retrieve the Console object is System.console(); There is only one Console object so new Console(); doesn’t make sense. And therefore, Console’s constructor is not public.
3. You can read user’s input using either readLine() or readPassword(). Here, since you are reading password, readPassword() should be used. readPassword() ensures that the keys typed by the user aren’t echoed to the command prompt.

19. What will the following code print?

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ReentrantLock rlock = new ReentrantLock();
boolean f1 = rlock.lock();
System.out.println(f1);
boolean f2 = rlock.lock();
System.out.println(f2);

  • true
    true

  • true
    false

  • true

  • It will not compile.

    java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock interface’s lock() method returns void, while its tryLock() returns boolean.
    Had the code been:

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ReentrantLock rlock = new ReentrantLock();
boolean f1 = rlock.tryLock();
System.out.println(f1);
boolean f2 = rlock.tryLock();
System.out.println(f2);

It would have printed:

true
true

Note that java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock class implements java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock interface.

21. Anonymous inner classes always extend directly from the Object class.

  • True
  • False

Explanation
When you create an anonymous class for an interface, it extends from Object. For example,
button.addActionListener( new ActionListener() {  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) { } }  );
But if you make an anonymous class from another class then it extends from that class. For example, consider the following class:

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class MyListener implements ActionListener {
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
    System.out.println("MyListener class");
  }
}

button.addActionListener(new MyListener() {
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ea) {
    System.out.println("Anonymous Listener class");
  }
});

Here the anonymous class actually extends from MyListener class and successfully overrides the actionPerformed() method.

22. Consider the following code:

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Locale myLoc = new Locale("fr", "FR");
ResourceBundle rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle("appmessages", myLoc);
//INSERT CODE HERE

Which of the following lines of code will assign a ResourceBundle for a different Locale to rb than the one currently assigned?
(Assume appropriate import statements)

  • rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle(“appmessages”, new Locale(“ch”, “CH”));
  • rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle(“appmessages”, CHINA);

    In this question, the import statements are not specified. If appropriate imports are present (i.e. import static java.util.Locale.*; ), this will work fine. In the exam, you may see a couple of question that have such ambiguous options. In our opinion, it is best not to assume anything special or out of ordinary. Therefore, this option should not be selected.

  • myLoc.setLocale(Locale.CHINA);

    There is no setLocale() method in Locale.

  • myLoc.setLocale(new Locale(“ch”, “CH”));
  • rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle(“appmessages”, Locale.CHINA);
  • rb.setLocale(Locale.CHINA);

    There is no setLocale() method in Locale.

Explanation
Note that once a ResourceBundle is retrieved, changing the Locale will not affect the ResourceBundle. You have to retrieve a new ResourceBundle by passing in the new Locale and then assign it to the variable.

23. Which of these methods are defined in the Map interface?

  • contains(Object o)
  • addAll(Collection c)
  • remove(Object o)
  • values()
  • toArray()

Explanation
The Map interface defines the methods remove(Object) and values(). It does not define methods contains(), addAll() and toArray()
Methods with these names are defined in the Collection interface, but Map does not extend from Collection.

24. Insert appropriate methods so that the following code will produce expected output.

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import java.util.*;
public class TestClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    NavigableSet<String> myset = new TreeSet<String>();
    myset.add("a"); myset.add("b"); myset.add("c");
    myset.add("aa"); myset.add("bb"); myset.add("c");
    System.out.println(myset.floor("a"));
    System.out.println(myset.ceiling("aaa"));
    System.out.println(myset.lower("a"));
    System.out.println(myset.higher("bb"));
  }
}

Expected output.

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null
c

25. Complete the following code so that it will print each line in the given file.

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import java.io.*;
class Liner {
  public void dumper(File f) throws IOException {
    FileReader x1 = new FileReader(f);
    BufferedReader x2 = new BufferedReader(x1);
    String x3 = x2.readLine();
    while (x3 != null) {
      System.out.println(x3);
      x3 = x2.readLine();
    }
  }
}

26. Which of the following statements are correct?

  • Assertions are usually enabled in the production environment.
  • Assertions are usually disabled in the development and testing environment.

    Just the reverse is true.

  • Assertions can be enabled selectively on per class basis but not on per package basis.
  • Assertions can be enabled selectively on per class basis as well as on per package basis.

    Yes, it can be enabled/disabled on class as well as package basis -ea or -da flags.

  • It is not a good practice to write code that recovers from an assertion failure.

Explanation
An assertion signifies a basic assumption made by the programmer that he/she believes to be true at all times. It is never a wise idea to try to recover when an assertion fails is the whole prupose of assertions: that the program should fail if that assumption fails.

27. Which clause(s) are used by a module definition that implements a service?

  • exports

    A service provider module is not read directly by a service user module. So, exports clause is not required.

  • provides

    The provider module must specify the service interface and the implementing class that implements the service interface. For example,
    provides org.printservice.api.Print with com.myprinter.PrintImpl

  • uses

    A uses clause is used by the module that uses a service. For example,
    uses org.printservice.api.Print;

  • implements

    This is not a valid clause in module-info.

  • requires

    The implementing module must require the module that defines the service interface.

Explanation
For example, if an abc.print module implements an org.printing.Print service interface defined in PrintServiceAPI module using com.abc.PrintImpl class, then this is how its module-info should look:

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module abc.print {
    requires PrintServiceAPI; //required because this module defines the service interface org.printing.Print
    uses org.printing.Print; //specifies that this module uses this service
    //observe that abc.print module is not required.
}

31. Which of the following statements regarding the assertion mechanism of Java is NOT correct?

  • Assertions require changes at the JVM level.

    No change is required in the JVM for supporting assertions.

  • Assertions require changes at the API level.

    Besides the ‘assert’ keyword, new methods are added in java.lang.Class and java.lang.ClassLoader classes.

  • Assertions can be enabled or disabled through the command line at the time of execution of (i.e. starting) the program.

    By using the switches, -ea and -da or -enableassertions or -disableassertions

  • Code that uses Assertions cannot be run on version below 1.4

    Because of the ‘assert’ keyword.

  • Code written for JDK version 1.3 cannot be compiled under JDK version 1.4

    It can be compiled by using -source flag: javac -source 1.3 classname.java

32. Identify correct statements about annotations.

  • @SuppressWarnings can be used only on a class, constructor, or a method.

    Actually, it can be used on several things. Its target can be a TYPE, FIELD, METHOD, PARAMETER, CONSTRUCTOR, LOCAL_VARIABLE, and MODULE.

  • @Override can only be used on instance methods.
  • @SafeVarargs can only be used on methods.

    It can be used on constructors and methods.

  • @Deprecated can be used only on a class, constructor, or a method.

    Actually, it can be used on serval things, Its target can be a CONSTRUCTOR, FIELD, LOCAL_VARIABLE, METHOD, PACKAGE, MODULE,PARAMETER,TYPE.

  • @SuppressWarnings(“all”) can be used suppress all warnings from a method or a class.

    Although you can pass any string value to the SuppressWarnings annotation (unrecognized values are ignored), the Java specification mandates only three values - unchecked, deprecation, and removal. Different compilers and IDEs may support other values in addition to these three. There is no rule that says the value “all” has to suppress all warnings (although a compiler or an IDE may do that upon seeing this value.)

33. Which of the following is thrown when an assertion fails?

  • AssertionError
  • AssertionException
  • RuntimeException
  • AssertionFailedException
  • Exception

Explanation
A java.lang.AssertionError is thrown.

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public class java.lang.AssertionError extends java.lang.Error {
  public java.lang.AssertionError();
  public java.lang.AssertionError(java.lang.Object);
  public java.lang.AssertionError(boolean);
  public java.lang.AssertionError(char);
  public java.lang.AssertionError(int);
  public java.lang.AssertionError(long);
  public java.lang.AssertionError(float);
  public java.lang.AssertionError(double);
}

38. Which of the following are required to construct a Locale?

  • language
  • region
  • country

    country is the second parameter that may be passed while creating a Locale. It is not required though.

  • time zone
  • state
  • culture

Explanation
Locale needs at least a language to be constructed. It has three constructor -
Locale(String language)
Construct a locale from a language code.
Locale(String language, String country)
Construct a locale from language, country
Locale(String language, String country, String variant)
Construct a locale from language, country, variant

For example:
new Locale("fr", "FR"); // language is French, Country is France.
new Locale("fr", "CA"); // language is French, Country is Canada, so this means, you are trying to use Canadian dialect of French.
new Locale("en", "IN"); // language is English, COuntry is India, so this means, you are trying to use Indian dialect of English.

40. Which of the following are standard Java annotations?

  • @NonNull

    This is not a standard Java annotation.
    Although this annotation is officially not in scope for the OCP Java 11 exam, we have seen questions on the exam that require knowledge about this annotation. It exists in Spring framework as well as in Checker Framework, which is referred in an Oracle blog
    It can be applied to a field, method parameter, or method return type.
    org.springframework.lang
    Annotation Type NonNull
    @Target(value={METHOD,PARAMETER,FIELD})
    @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
    @Documented @Nonnull
    @TypeQualifierNickname
    public @interface NonNull
    A common Spring annotation to declare that annotated elements cannot be null.
    It can be used like this:
    1. @NonNull String getString(@NonNull String input){ return “adsf”; };
    2. @NonNull String name; //instance or class fields
    3. Function<Integer, Integer> fin =  (@NonNull var x) -> 2*x;//lambda expression
    You may see the details of the NonNull annotation of the checker framework here

  • @Interned

    @Interned is not a standard Java annotation.
    Although this annotation is officially not in scope for the OCP Java 11 exam, we have seen questions on the exam that require knowledge about this annotation. It exists in Spring framework as well as in Checker Framework, which is referred in an Oracle blog

  • @Repeatable
  • @Retention

41. A programmer wants to rename all the files in a directory (just the files and not directories) to <existing filename>.checked.
Complete the given code so that it works as required.

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import java.io.File;
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public class ChangeFileNames {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    File dir = new File(args[0]);
    if(!dir.isDirectory()) {
      System.out.println(args[0]+" is not a directory.");
      return;
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    File[] files = dir.listFiles();
    for (File oldfile : files) {
      // process only if oldfile is a normal file and not a directory
      if(!oldfile.isDirectory()) {
        String oldfilename = oldfile.getName();
        File newfile = new File(args[0]+File.separator+oldfilename+".checked");
        boolean b = oldfile.renameTo(newfile);
        if(b)
            System.out.println("Changed: "+oldfilename+" To "+newfile.getName());
        else
            System.out.println("Not Changed: "+oldfilename);
      }
    }
  }
}

Explanation
This programs illustrates the usage of many important File class methods.
1. The isDirectory() method returns true if the file object represents a directory.
2 and 3. File class has two methods for returning the contents of a directory (although it has more but for the exam, you need to know only these two):
String[] list()
Returns an array of strings naming the files and directories in the directory denoted by this abstract pathname.
File[] listFiles()
Returns an array of abstract pathnames denoting the files in the directory denoted by this abstract pathname.
The for loop is expecting ‘files’ to be an array or a Collection of File objects. Thus, 2nd and 3rd blanks should be File[] and listFiles respectively.
4. isFile() method returns true if the file object represents a normal file.
5. renameTo(File newfile) renames the file to newfile.

46. What classes can a non-static nested class extend?
(Provided that the class to be extended is visible and is not final.)

  • Only the encapsulating class.
  • Any top level class.
  • Any class.
  • It depends on whether the inner class is defined in a method or not.
  • None of the above.

Explanation
In general, there is no restriction on what a nested class may or may not extend.
FYI, a nested class is any class whose declaration occurs within the body of another class or interface. A top level class is a class that is not a nested class. An inner class is a nested class that is not explicitly or implicitly declared static.

47. A JDBC driver implementation must provide implementation classes for which of the following interfaces?

  • java.sql.Driver
  • java.sql.Connection
  • java.sql.Statement
  • java.sql.SQLException

    This is a class and not an interface. It is provided by the JDBC API.

  • java.sql.Date

    This is a class and not an interface. It is provided by the JDBC API.

Explanation
java.sql.ResultSet is another important interface that a driver must provide.
Besides these, there are several interfaces and methods that a driver must provide but they are not relevant for the exam. If you want to learn more, please refer JDBC Specification.

49. Identify the correct statement regarding a JDBC Connection：

  • When a JDBC Connection is created, it is in auto-commit mode.
  • When a JDBC Connection is created, its commit mode depends on the parameters used while creating the connection.
  • When a JDBC Connection is created, its auto-commit feature is disabled.
  • When a JDBC Connection is created, it is in commit mode undetermined.

Explanation
When a connection is created, it is in auto-commit mode. i.e. auto-commit is enabled. This means that each individual SQL statement is treated as a transaction and is automatically committed right after it is completed. (A statement is completed when all of its result sets and update counts have been retrieved. In almost all cases, however, a statement is completed, and therefore committed, right after it is executed.)
The way to allow two or more statements to be grouped into a transaction is to disable the auto-commit mode. Since it is enabled by default, you have to explicitly disable it after creating a connection by calling con.setAutoCommit(false);

51. Which of these statements are true?

  • Non-static inner class cannot have static members.

    They can have final fields but the static fields have to be final constants.

  • Objects of static nested classes can be created without creating instances of their Outer classes.
  • Member variables in any nested class cannot be declared final.

    Nested classes can have final members (i.e. methods and fields)

  • Anonymous classes cannot define constructors explicitly in Java code.
  • Anonymous classes cannot be static.

Explanation
Non-static inner classes can contain final static fields (but not methods).
Anonymous classes cannot have explicitly defined constructors, since they have no names.
Remember: A nested class is any class whose declaration occurs within the body of another class or interface. A top level class is a class that is not a nested class. An inner class is a nested class that is not explicitly or implicitly declared static. A class defined inside an interface is implicitly static.
Consider the following nested class B which is static:

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public class A  //This is a standard Top Level class.  
{  
  class X
  {
    final int j = 10; //compiles fine!
  }  
  public static class B //This is a static nested class
  {
  }
}

You can create objects of B without having objects of A. For example: A.B b = new A.B(); Members in outer instances are directly accessible using simple names. There is no restriction that member variables in inner classes must be final. Nested classes define distinct types from the enclosing class, and the instanceof operator does not take of the outer instance into consideration.

52. Which of these statements concerning nested classes and interfaces are true?

  • An instance of a static nested class has an inherent outer instance.

    Because static nested class is a static class.

  • A static nested class can contain non-static member variables.

    It is like any other normal class.

  • A static nested interface can contain static member variables.

    Static nested interface is similar to top level interface.

  • A static nested interface has an inherent outer instance associated with it.

    A static nested interface is a static interface and so does not have an associated outer instance.

  • For each instance of the outer class, there can exist many instances of a non-static inner class.

Explanation
Note the difference between an Inner class and a static nested class. Inner class means a NON STATIC class defined inside a class. Remember: A nested class is any class whose declaration occurs within the body of another class or interface. A top level class is a class that is not a nested class. An inner class is a nested class that is not explicitly or implicitly declared static. A class defined inside an interface is implicitly static. For example,

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public class A  // outer class
{
   static public class B //Static Nested class . It can be used in other places: A.B b = new A.B(); There is no outer instance.
   {
   }
   class C //Inner class. It can only be used like this: A.C c = new A().new C(); Outer instance is needed.
   {
   }
}

One can define a class as a static member of any top-level class. Now consider the following contents of a file named I1.java …

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public interface I1
{
    public void mA();
    public interface InnerI1
    {
        int k = 10;
        public void innerA();
    }
}

Here, interface InnerI1 is implicitly STATIC and so is called as static nested interface. ‘k’ is a static (& final) member of this interface. If you do 'javap' on I1 it prints: Compiled from I1.java

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public interface I1
    /* ACC_SUPER bit NOT set */
{
    public abstract void mA();
    public static interface I1. InnerI1
    /* ACC_SUPER bit NOT set */
    {
        public static final int k;
        public abstract void innerA();
    }
}

This interface can be referred to in other places like:

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class MyClass implements I1.InnerI1
{
...
}

This is similar to referring a Top Level class.

55. Which of the following command line switches is required for the assert statements to be executed while running a Java class?

  • ea
  • ua
  • a
  • No switch is needed, they are on by default.

    No, assertions are turned off by default.

  • source

Explanation
Although not explicitly mentioned in the exam objectives, OCP Java 11 Part 2 Exam requires you to know about the switches used to enable and disable assertions. Here are a few important points that you should know:
Assertions can be enabled or disabled for specific classes and/or packages. To specify a class, use the class name. To specify a package, use the package name followed by “…“(three dots also known as ellipses):
java -ea:<class> myPackage.myProgram
java -da:<package>... myPackage.myProgram
You can have multiple -ea/-da flags on the command line. For example, multiple flags allow you to enable assertions in general, but disable them in a particular package.
java -ea -da:com.xyz... myPackage.myProgram
The above command enables assertions for all classes in all packages, but then the subsequent -da switch disables them for the com.xyz package and its subpackages.
To enable assertion for one package and disable for other you can use:
java -ea:<package1>... -da:<package2>... myPackage.myProgram
You can enable or disable assertions in the unnamed root package (i.e. the default package) using the following commands:
java -ea:... myPackage.myProgram
java -da:... myPackage.myProgram
Note that when you use a package name in the ea or da flag, the flag applies to that package as well as its subpackages. For example,
java -ea:com... -da:com.enthuware... com.enthuware.Main
The above command first enables assertions for all the classes in com as well as for the classes in the subpackages of com. It then disables assertions for classes in package com.enthuware and its subpackages.
Another thing is that -ea/-da do not apply to system classes. For system classes (i.e. the classes that com bundled with the JDK/JRE), you need to use -enablesystemassertions/-esa or -disablesystemassertions/-dsa
Note that * and ** are not valid wildcards for including subpackages.

56. Which variables declared in the encapsulating class or in the method, can an inner class access if the inner class is defined in a static method of encapsulating class?

  • All static variables
  • All final instance variables
  • All instance variables
  • All automatic variables
  • All final or effectively final static or automatic variables

    An effectively final variable means even though it is not declared final, it is never assigned a value again throughout the code after being assigned a value at the time of declaration.

Explanation
Consider the following code:

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public class TestClass
{
    static int si = 10; int ii = 20;
    public static void inner()
    {
        int ai = 30; // automatic variable
        ai = 31; // ai is not effectively final anymore.
        final int fai = 40; // automatic final variable
        class Inner
        {
            public Inner() { System.out.println(si+"    "+fai);  }
        }
        new Inner();
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) { TestClass.inner(); }
}

Since method inner() is a static method, only si and fai are accessible in class Inner. Note that ai and ii are not accessible. If method inner() were a non-static, ii would have been accessible. If the line ai = 31; did not exist, ai would have been accessible.

58. How will you initialize a SimpleDateFormat object to that the following code will print the full name of the month of the given date?

  • SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM", Locale.FRANCE);

    Upper case M is for Month. For example, for February and December, the following will be printed:
    M => 2, 12
    MM => 02, 12
    MMM => févr., déc.
    MMMM => février, décembre

  • SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("M*", Locale.FRANCE);

    M* will print the month number (i.e. 2 for Feb and 12 for Dec), followed by *. For example, 2* or 12*

  • SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("mmmm", Locale.FRANCE);

    Lower case m is for minutes. So mmmm will print the current minute, where the first two digits will always be zero. For example, 0032 or 0002.

  • SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("mmm", Locale.FRANCE);
  • SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM", Locale.FRANCE);

Explanation
For the purpose of the exam, you need to know the basic codes for printing out a date. The important ones are m, M, d, D, e, y, s, S, h, H, and z.
You should check the complete details of these patterns here
The important point to understand is how the length of the pattern determines the output of text and numbers.
Text: The text style is determined based on the number of pattern letters used. Less than 4 pattern letters will use the short form. Exactly 4 pattern letters will use the full form. Exactly 5 pattern letters will use the narrow form. Pattern letters ‘L’, ‘c’, and ‘q’ specify the stand-alone from of the text styles.
Number: If the count of letters is one, then the value is output using the minimum number of digits and without padding. Otherwise, the count of digits is used as the width of the output field, with the value zero-padded as necessary. The following pattern letters have constrains on the count of letters. Only one letter of ‘c’ and ‘F’ can be specified. Up to two letters of ‘d’, ‘H’, ‘h’, ‘K’, ‘k’, ‘m’, and ‘s’ can be specified. Up to three letters of ‘D’ can be specified.
Number/Text: If the count of pattern letters is 3 or greater, use the Text rules above. Otherwise use the Number rules above.

59. Which of the following statements are true?

  • Package member classes can be declared static.
  • Classes declared as members of top-level classes can be declared static.
  • Local classes can be declared static.
  • Anonymous classes cannot be declared static.
  • No type of class can be declared static.

Explanation
The modifier static pertains only to member classes, not to top level or local or anonymous classes. That is, only classes declared as member of top-level classes can be declared static. Package member classes, local classes (i.e. classes declared in methods) and anonymous classes cannot be declared static.

60. Which of the following options can be a part of a correct inner class declaration or a combined declaration and instance initialization? (Assume that SimpleInterface and ComplexInterface are interfaces.)

  • java private class C { }
  • java new SimpleInterface() { // valid code }
  • java new ComplexInterface(x) { // valid code }

    You cannot pass parameters when you implement an interface by anonymous class.

  • java private final abstract class C { }

    A final class can never be abstract.

  • java new ComplexClass() implements SimpleInterface { }

    ‘implements’ part comes only in class definition not in instantiation.

61. Which of the following statements are true?

  • A nested class may be declared static.

    FYI, JLS defines the following terminology in Chapter 8:
    A top level class is a class that is not a nested class.
    A nested class is any class whose declaration occurs within the body of another class or interface.
    An inner class is a class that is not explicitly or implicitly declared static.

  • Anonymous inner class may be declared public.
  • Anonymous inner class may be declared private.
  • Anonymous inner class may be declared protected.
  • Anonymous inner class may extend an abstract class.

Explanation

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abstract class SomeClass { public abstract void ml(); }
public class TestClass
{
    public static class StaticInnetClass { } //option1
    public SomeClass getSomeClass()
    {
        return new SomeClass()
        {
            public void ml() {}
        };
    }
}
//Here, the anonymous class created inside the method extends the abstract class SomeClass.

64. Complete the code so that a Portfolio object can be serialized and deserialized properly.

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import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;

public class Bond {
    String ticker = "bac";
    double coupon = 8.3;
}
class Portfolio implements Serializable {
    String accountName;
    transient Bond bond = new Bond();
    private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream os) throws Exception {
        os.defaultWriteObject();
        os.writeObject(bond.ticker);
        os.writeDouble(bond.coupon);
    }
    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream os) throws Exception {
        os.defaultReadObject();
        this.bond = new Bond();
        bond.ticker = (String) os.readObject();
        bond.coupon = os.readDouble();
    }
}

Explanation
1. Bond class does not implement Serializable. Therefore, for Portfolio to be serialized, ‘bond’ must be transient.
2. writeObject method takes ObjectOutputStream as the only parameter, while readObject method takes ObjectInputStream.
3. To serialize the object using the default behavior, you must call objectOutputStream.defaultWriteObject(); or objectOutputStream.writeFields();. This will ensure that instance field of Portfolio object are serialized.
4. To deserialize the object using the default behavior, you must call objectInputStream.defaultReadObject(); or objectInputStream.readFields();. This will ensure that instance fields of Portfolio object are deserialized.
5. The order of values to be read explicitly in readObject must be exactly the same as the order they were written in writeObject. Here, ticker was written before coupon and so ticker must be read before coupon.

65. Which of the following collection implementations are thread-safe?

  • ArrayList
  • HashSet
  • HashMap
  • TreeSet
  • None of the above

Explanation
Of all the collection classes of the java.util package, only Vector and Hashtable are Thread-safe. java.util.Collection class contains a synchronizedCollection method that creates thread-safe instances based on collections which are not.
For example:
Set s = Collections.synchronizedSet(new HashSet());
From Java 1.5 onwards, you can also use a new Concurrent library available in java.util.concurrent package, which contains interfaces/classes such as ConcurrentMap/ConcurrentHashMap. Classes in this package offer better performance than objects returned from Collections.synchronizedXXX methods.

66. Using a Callable would be more appropriate than using a Runnable in which of the following situations?

  • When you want to execute a task directly in a separate thread.

    A Callable cannot be passed to Thread for Thread creation but a Runnable can be. i.e. new Thread(aRunnable); is valid. But new Thread(aCallable); is not. Therefore, if you want to execute a task directly in a Thread, a Callable is not suitable. You will need to use a Runnable. You can achieve the same by using an ExecutorService.submit(aCallable) , but in this case, you are not controlling the Thread directly.

  • When your task might throw a checked exception and you want to execute it in a separate Thread.

    Callable.call() allows you to declare checked exceptions while Runnable.run() does not. So if your task throws a checked exception, it would be more appropriate to use a Callable.

  • When your task does not return any result but you want to execute the task asynchronously.

    Both Callable and Runnable can be used to execute a task asynchronously. If the task does not return any result, neither is more appropriate than the other. However, if the task returns a result, which you want to collect asynchronously later, Callable is more appropriate.

  • When you want to use ExecutorService to submit multiple instance of a task.

    Both can be used with an ExecutorService because has overloaded submit methods:
    <T> Future<T> submit(Callable<T> task)
    and
    Future<?> submit(Runnable task) Observe that even though a Runnable’s run() method cannot return a value, the ExecutorService.submit(Runnable) returns a Future. The Future’s get method will return null upon successful completion.

Explanation
public interface Callable<V>
A task that returns a result and may throw an exception. Implementers define a single method with no arguments called call -
V call() throws Exception
The Callable interface is similar to Runnable, in that both are designed for classes whose instances are potentially executed by another thread. A Runnable, however, does not return a result and cannot throw a checked exception.

67. Identify correct statements about the Java module system.

  • If a request is made to load a type whose package is not defined in any known module system will attempt to load it from the class path.
  • The unnamed module can only access types present in the unnamed module.

    The unnamed module reads every other module. In other words, a class in an unnamed module can access all exported types of all modules.

  • Code from a named module can access classes that are on the classpath.

    A named module cannot access any random class from the classpath. If your named module requires access to a non-modular class, you must put the non-modular class/jar on module-path and load it as an automatic module. Further, you must also put an appropriate “requires” clause in your module-info.

  • If a package is defined in both a named module and the unnamed module then the package in the unnamed module is ignored.
  • An automatic module cannot access classes from the unnamed module.

    Remember that named modules cannot access classes from the unnamed module because it is not possible for named module to declare dependency on the unnamed module.
    But what if a named module needs to access a class from a non-modular jar? Well, you can put the non-modular jar on the module-path, thereby making it an automatic module. A named module can declare dependency on an automatic module using the requires clause.
    Now, what if that jar in turn requires access to some other class from another third party non-modular jar? Here, the original modular jar doesn’t directly access the non-modular jar, so it may not be wise to create an automatic module out of all such third party jars. This is where the -classpath options is helpful.
    In addition to reading every other named module, an automatic module is also made to read the unnamed module. Thus, while running a modular application, the classpath option can be used to enable automatic modules to access third party non-modular jars.

Explanation
Bottom Up Approach for modularizing an application
While modularizing an app using the bottom-up approach, you basically need to convert lower level libraries into modular jars before you can convert the higher level libraries. For example, if a class in A.jar directly uses a class from B.jar, and a class in B.jar directly uses a class from C.jar, you need to first modularize C.jar and then B.jar before you can modularize A.jar.

Thus, bottom up approach is possible only when the dependent libraries are modularized already.
Top Down Approach for modularzing an application

While modularizing an app in a top-down approach, you need to remember the following points -

  1. Any jar file can be converted into an automatic module by simply putting that jar on the module-path instead of the classpath. Java automatically derives the name of this module from the jar file.
  2. Any jar that is put on classpath(instead of module-path) is loaded as part of the “unnamed” module.
  3. An explicitly named module (which means, a module that has an explicitly defined name in its module-info.java file) can specify dependency on an automatic module just like it does for any other module i.e. by adding a requires <module-name>; clause in its module info but it cannot do so for the unnamed module because there is no way to write a requires clause without a name. In other words, named module can access classes present in an automatic module but not in the unnamed module.
  4. Automatic modules are given access to classes in the unnamed module (even though there is no explicitly defined module-info and requires clause in an automatic module). In other words, a class from an automatic module will be able to read a class in the unnamed module without doing anything special.
  5. An automatic module exports all its packages and is allowed to read all packages exported by other modules. Thus, an automatic module can access: all packages of all other automatic modules + all packages exported by all explicitly named modules + all packages of the unnamed module (i.e. classes loaded from the classpath).

Thus, if your application jar A directly uses a class from another jar B, then you would have to convert B into a module (either named or automatic). If B uses another jar C, then you can leave C on the class path if B hasn’t yet been migrated into a named module. Otherwise, you would have to convert C into an automatic module as well.

Note:
There are two possible ways for an automatic module to get its name:

  1. When an Automatic-Module-Name entry is available in the manifest, its value is the name of the automatic module.
  2. Otherwise, a name is derived from the JAR filename (see the ModuleFinder JavaDoc for the derivation algorithm) - Basically, hyphens are converted into dots and the version number part is ignored. So, for example, if you put mysql-connector-java-8.0.11.jar on module path, its module name would be mysql.connector.java

70. Which of the following switches is/are used for controlling the execution of assertions at run time?

  • -ua
  • -da

    It is a short form for ‘disable assertions’.

  • -enableassertions
  • -assert
  • -keepassertions

Explanation
Although not explicitly mentioned in the exam objectives, OCP Java 11 Part 2 Exam requires you to know about the switches used to enable and disable assertions. Here are a few important points that you should know:

Assertions can be enabled or disabled for specific classes and/or packages. To specify a class, use the class name. To specify a package, use the package name followed by “…“(three dots also known as ellipses):

java -ea:<class> myPackage.myProgram
java -da:<package>... myPackage.myProgram

You can have multiple -ea/-da flags on the command line. For example, multiple flags allow you to enable assertions in general, but disable them in a particular package.
java -ea -da:com.xyz... myPackage.myProgram
The above command enables assertions for all classes in all packages, but then the subsequent -da switch disables them for the com.xyz package and its subpackages.

To enable assertion for one package and disable for other you can use:
java -ea:<package1>... -da:<package2>... myPackage.myProgram

You can enable or disable assertions in the unnamed root package (i.e. the default package) using the following commands:
java -ea:... myPackage.myProgram
java -da:... myPackage.myProgram

Note that when you use a package name in the ea or da flag, the flag applies to that package as well as its subpackages. For example,
java -ea:com... -da:com.enthuware... com.enthuware.Main
The above command first enables assertions for all the classes in com as well as for the classes in the subpackages of com. It then disables assertions for classes in package com.enthuware and its subpackages.

Another thing is that -ea/-da do not apply to system classes. For system classes (i.e. the classes that com bundled with the JDK/JRE), you need to use -enablesystemassertions/-esa or -disablesystemassertions/-dsa

Note that * and ** are not valid wildcards for including subpackages.

72. Complete the following code so that it will print dick, harry, and tom in that order.

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public class TestClass {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Set<String> holder = new TreeSet<>();
        holder.add("tom");
        holder.add("dick");
        holder.add("harry");
        holder.add("tom");
        printIt(holder);
    }
    public static void printIt(Collection<String> list) {
        for(String s : list) System.out.println(s);
    }
}

Explanation
The output is expected to contain unique items. This implies that you need to use a Set. The output is also expected to be sorted. Thus, TreeSet is the only option.
The printIt() method expects a Collection of Strings. Therefore, the reference type of holder can be Collection<String> or any subclass of Collection<String> such as Set<String>. It cannot be List or ArrayList because the object on the right hand side is TreeSet.

75. Which of the following standard functional interfaces is most suitable to process a large collection of int primitives and return processed data for each of them?

  • Function<Integer>
  • IntFunction
  • Consumer<Integer>
  • IntConsumer
  • Predicate<Integer>

Explanation
Using the regular functional interfaces by parameterizing them to Integer is inefficient as compared to using specially designed interfaces for primitives because they avoid the cost of boxing and unboxing the primitives.
Now, since the problem statement requires something to be returned after processing each int, you need to use a Function instead of a Consumer or a Predicate.

Therefore, IntFunction is most appropriate in this case.

77. Which statements concerning the relation between a non-static inner class and its outer class instances are true?

  • Member variables of the outer instance are always accessible to inner instances, regardless of their accessibility modifiers.
  • Member variables of the outer instance can always be referred to using only the variable name within the inner instance.

    This is possible only if that variable is not shadowed by another variable in inner class.

  • More than one inner instance can be associated with the same outer instance.
  • An inner class can extend its outer classes.
  • A final outer class cannot have any inner classes.

    There is no such rule.

80. Simple rule to determine sorting order: spaces < numbers < uppercase < lowercase

82. Which of the following statements are correct?

  • A List stores elements in a Sorted Order.

    List just keeps elements in the order in which they are added. For sorting, you’ll need some other interface such as a SortedSet.

  • A Set keeps the elements sorted and a List keeps the elements in the order they were added.

    A Set keeps unique objects without any order or sorting.
    A List keeps the elements in the order they were added. A List may have non-unique elements.

  • A SortedSet keeps the elements in the order they were added.

    A SortedSet keeps unique elements in their natural order.

  • An OrderedSet keeps the elements sorted.

    There is no interface like OrderedSet

  • An OrderedList keeps the elements ordered.

    There is no such interface. The List interface itself is meant for keeping the elements in the order they were added.

  • A NavigableSet keeps the elements sorted.

    A NavigableSet is a Sorted extended with navigation methods reporting closest matches for given search targets. Methods lower, floor, ceiling, and higher return elements respectively less than, or equal, greater than or equal, and greater than a given element, returning null if there is no such element.
    Since NavigableSet is a SortedSet, it keeps the elements sorted.

84. You want to execute your tasks after a given delay. Which ExecutorService would you use?

  • FixedDelayExecutorService
  • TimedExecutorService
  • DelayedExecutorService
  • ScheduledExecutorService

The following are the details of the interface ScheduledExecutorService:
All Superinterfaces:
Executor, ExecutorService
All Known Implementing Classes:
ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor

An ExecutorService that can schedule commands to run after a given delay, or to execute periodically.
The schedule methods create tasks with various delays and return a task object that can be used to cancel or check execution. The scheduleAtFixedRate and scheduleWithFixedDelay methods create and execute tasks that run periodically until cancelled.

Commands submitted using the Executor.execute(java.lang.Runnable) and ExecutorService.submit methods are scheduled with a requested delay of zero. Zero and negative delays (but not periods) are also allowed in schedule methods, and are treated as requests for immediate execution.

All schedule methods accept relative delays and periods as arguments, not absolute times or dates. It is a simple matter to transform an absolute time represented as a Date to the required form. For example, to schedule at a certain future date, you can use: schedule(task, date.getTime() - System.currentTimeMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS). Beware however that expiration of a relative delay need not coincide with the current Date at which the task is enabled due to network time synchronization protocols, clock drift, or other factors. The Executors class provides convenient factory methods for the ScheduledExecutorService implementations provided in this package.

Explanation
Following is a usage example that sets up a ScheduledExecutorService to beep every ten seconds for an hour:

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import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;

public class BeeperControl {
    private final ScheduledExecutorService scheduler =
            Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1);
    public void beepForAnHour() {
        final ScheduledFuture<?> beeperHandle =
                scheduler.scheduleAtFixedRate(() ->
                        System.out.println("beep"), 0, 3, SECONDS);
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new BeeperControl().beepForAnHour();
    }
}
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