Cleared SCJP 5.0 atlast

Cleared SCJP5 today with 91%.

Split Up:
Declarations, Initialization and Scoping - 100
Flow control : 81
API : 100
Concurrency : 87
OO concepts: 90
Collections / Generics : 90
Fundamentals : 90

finalize method

if in finalized method, there is a call to super(), then handle the throwable in the finalize method of the class, as the finalize of Object class throws Throwable.

synchronized code

synchronization possible on objects only and not on primitives

int x;

synchronized(x) will be compiler error. No autoboxing here...

Assign String to String Buffer

StringBuffer sb = "hello";

this won't compile. StringBuffer have to be explicity created by new operator.

Ambiguous Match

When class implements two or more interface(or extends classes) containing same member varaible type(say, int i). Referencing this variable in the new class will cause ambiguous match for compiler as long as that variable is not redefined in the new class. Redefining the variable in new class will resolve the issue.

Method of private inner class : Accessibility

Not possible to access methods of private inner class as the following code will give compile error.

class MyOuter{
private class MyInner{
public float f(){return 1.2f;}
}
public MyInner getMyInner(){
return new MyInner();
}}

public class Test13{
public static void main(String... args){
MyOuter o = new MyOuter();
float f = new MyOuter().getMyInner().f();
}
}



Format string conversion

For %b(boolean) : All data types can be passed

For %c(char) : byte, char, short, int

For %d(int) : byte, short, int, long (No char)

For %f(float) : only float and double

For %s(string) : everything

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public class Test12{
public static void main(String... args){
boolean b = false;
byte by = 2;
char c = 'A';
short s = 7;
int i = 35565;
long l = 2345676436323746l;
float f = 234.567f;
double d = 234.678;
//System.out.printf("%d\t", b);
System.out.printf("%d\t", by);
//System.out.printf("%d\t", c);
System.out.printf("%d\t", s);
System.out.printf("%d\t", i);
System.out.printf("%d\t", l);
//System.out.printf("%d\t", f);
//System.out.printf("%d\t", d);
System.out.println();
System.out.printf("%b\t", b);
System.out.printf("%b\t", by);
System.out.printf("%b\t", c);
System.out.printf("%b\t", s);
System.out.printf("%b\t", i);
System.out.printf("%b\t", l);
System.out.printf("%b\t", f);
System.out.printf("%b\t", d);
System.out.println();
System.out.printf("%s\t", b);
System.out.printf("%s\t", by);
System.out.printf("%s\t", c);
System.out.printf("%s\t", s);
System.out.printf("%s\t", i);
System.out.printf("%s\t", l);
System.out.printf("%s\t", f);
System.out.printf("%s\t", d);
System.out.println();
//System.out.printf("%f\t", b);
//System.out.printf("%f\t", by);
//System.out.printf("%f\t", c);
//System.out.printf("%f\t", s);
//System.out.printf("%f\t", i);
//System.out.printf("%f\t", l);
System.out.printf("%f\t", f);
System.out.printf("%f\t", d);
System.out.println();
//System.out.printf("%c\t", b);
System.out.printf("%c\t", by);
System.out.printf("%c\t", c);
System.out.printf("%c\t", s);
System.out.printf("%c\t", i);
//System.out.printf("%c\t", l);
//System.out.printf("%c\t", f);
//System.out.printf("%c\t", d);
}
}

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Output:

2 7 35565 2345676436323746
false true true true true true true true
false 2 A 7 35565 2345676436323746 234.567 234.678
234.567001 234.678000
 A  ?

OO Encapsulation

Advantages of encapsulation:

1. Reusability of code


2. Code Clarity

Some more SCJP5 tips

1. enum declaration outside class cannot contain static, final or any access modifiers, although enum type is implicity static and final. However enum declaration inside class can be declared as static(although implicitly static) but explicit declaration as final will be compiler error. Explicit declaration of static or final for enums outside class is also compiler error.


2. Two special cases where primitive == doesn't match the object equals method. NaN and +0.0f with -0.0f. For first case, primitive == is false(so equals will return true) and for second case primitive == is true(so equals will return false).


3. final instance variables need to get initialized before the constructor ends.(else compiler error).


4. Protected member inherited to subclass can be accessed in the subclass by a member of declared type as subclass but not by a member of declared type as superclass. Inherited protected member will not be accessible by other classes in the same package of subclass(unless they also extend the subclass).


5. ArrayStoreException : Storing a object in a array of another object type. E.g., Object[] a = new String[5]; a[0] = new Integer(1); here storing a integer in a array object(whose runtime type is String array causes Heap Pollution).


6. Compile type determines which overloaded method to be invoked. Run time type determine which overridden method to be invoked.


7. Constructor is never inherited and hence no overriding. static methods are inherited but can not be overridden.


8. result of expression is integer. so, byte b = 7+3; will be compile error. Needs explicit cast. However for compound assignment, explicit cast is not required. Thus, byte b = 127; b += 3; will run fine and will give output as -126.


9. local variable initialization before use. Even null check on a local variable cannot be done before the local variable is initially set as null. Thus, Date d; if(d == null) will cause variable not initialized error. Initialization within if condition or for loop which the compiler is not certain will be executed and then accessing the variable later down the line will also cause variable not initialized error.


10. When initializing multi-dimension array, the second size can be omitted. However, before assigning the elements into the second dimension array, it has to be initialized with the size of the second dimension. i.e., each of the first dimension array should be assigned a new array object with size specified in the new constructor.


11. auto-unboxing may result in NPE. e.g., passing wrapper objects to method which expects a primitive and that the wrapper object passed is a instance member variable not initialized.


12. overloading between methods is fine between one which takes a primitive and other which takes the wrapper of primitive.


13. In switch statement, case labels should be compile time constants(final variable should be initialized in same line when declared). Duplicate case label will be a compile time error. case label constants should be within the range of the switch argument otherwise compile error.