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Since Java 1.5 a new feature was added to the Java language called Generic. It is similar to C++ Templates. Why the name Generic was given to this feature? Anybody who knows??

Generics come from other languages, see article on w:Generic programming for more information.

What is Corba? What are the components of Corba and also discuss the working of corba? What is the difference between RMI and CORBA?

CORBA is language independent "Remote Method Invocation" like RMI. RMI only works with Java, CORBA can be used with any languages. For more information see: w:Common Object Request Broker Architecture.

RMI is much simpler to use than CORBA, so in an only Java environment RMI should be used.

If you need to call methods between different language environments, use CORBA. With CORBA a Java client can call C++ server and/or a C++ client can call a Java server. With RMI that can not be done.

Can Vector support nonhomogenious data?

The Vector class can receive any object (so it can not receive primitive types), even different types of data in the same Vector.

The Vector and Hashtable classes are legacy classes that come from the 1.0 version of Java and have enforced synchronized methods resulting in performance issues on systems that does not require this characteristic. Additional classes were added at 1.2, those are ArrayList and HashMap, without synchronization. Both syncronized and not syncronized versions are implementing the List and Map interfaces, respectivelly.

Since Java 1.5, there is Generics, which allows you to specify that you want a container, like an ArrayList, to contain only certain types of things. This allows you to guarantee that what you are getting out of the container is a certain type at compile time, without explicitly casting it. This is safer (you avoid cast errors at run time) and makes your code more readable and understandable. You should use generics whenever possible.

How can I run Java programs on a PC?

Java applications can be run in the same way as any other program if they are found in .JAR or .JNLP packages. If you are trying to run a .class file, simply open a command line prompt and type java MyClass, where MyClass is the name of the class file you are trying to launch.

What are the equivalent String functions in Java to the functions LEFT(), MID(), RIGHT() in BASIC?

The Java String class provides substring() methods that should provide what you need. For example, mid(str, a, b) in Visual Basic would be something like str.substring(a, a+b).

What is a class and how does it accomplish data hiding?

A class is a template to create objects. Methods and variables declared private can not be access outside of the class. Those can be only accessed internally, it means that they are hidden from the outside. It makes programming esier because it is garantide that those internal information won't be messed up by outside code.

Can a keyword used for variable name?

No. Keywords are resirved by the compiler and can not be used for variables.

What are the jump statements available in Java?

Java does not have jump statements. The goto is reserved, but not used. The break statement is close to a jump statetement, but the destination of the jump is well defined. It breaks/jumps out from a loop, or a switch statement.

What is automatic type conversion?

Can a constructor be private?

Yes. Singleton constructors are private. When the constructor is private no object of that class can be created outside of that class. How and when an object can be created of that class is defined by that class.

What is the differance between composition and aggregation?

Why a char uses 2 bytes of memory in java while it occupies only one byte in C++?

Java uses unicode, while C++ uses ASCII. Unicode consists of a repertoire of about 100,000 characters, which is much more than what the ASCII character-set can represent. See also Java Programming/Syntax/Unicode Source

how we get the values in java programming?

You can display the value of any variable by using the System.out.print() and System.out.println() functions.

whAT Is thE introduction of java language?

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how objects are created from a class?

out is an object of class PrintStream then why Java define out in System class? for printing message we use System.out.print() method, if out is defined in PrintStream we can also use that method like PrintStream.out.print()?

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invocation method details

How do we get details of all the methods which are declared and invoke by object references in java class?

public class A{ public void a(){ System.out.println("Hello1"); } }

public class T{ public static void main(String... args){ A a = new A(); a.a(); } }

I would like to get the details of method main() and a() by using T class reference.

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