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Whenever, you extend a class a copy of superclass’s members is available to the subclass object and, when you can call the method of the superclass using the object of the subclass.ExampleIn the following example, we have a class named SuperClass with a method with name demo(). We are extending this class with another class (SubClass).Now, you create an object of the subclass and call the method demo(). Live Democlass SuperClass{ public void demo() { System.out.println("demo method"); } } public class SubClass extends SuperClass { public ... Read More

An interface in Java is a specification of method prototypes. Whenever you need to guide the programmer or, make a contract specifying how the methods and fields of a type should be you can define an interface.In Java 7As of Java7 you can have only public, abstract as modifiers for the methods of an interface.interface MyInterface{ public abstract void display(); public abstract void setName(String name); public abstract void setAge(int age); }Using any other modifier with the methods of an interface would lead to a compile time error.From Java8From Java8 onwards interfaces ... Read More

In this article, we will learn to make a JTextField accept only numbers in Java. By default, a JTextField can allow numbers, characters, and special characters. Validating user input that is typed into a JTextField can be difficult, especially if the input string must be converted to a numeric value such as an int. Different Approaches The following are the two different approaches for making a JTextField accept only numbers in Java: Using a KeyListener Using DocumentFilter Using a KeyListener The KeyListener interface handles keyboard events, making it straightforward to ... Read More

Overriding is a one of the mechanisms to achieve polymorphism. This is the case when we have two classes where, one inherits the properties of another using the extends keyword and, these two classes same method including parameters and return type (say, sample).Since it is inheritance. If we instantiate the subclass a copy of superclass’s members is created in the subclass object and, thus both methods are available to the subclass.When we invoke this method (sample) JVM calls the respective method based on the object used to call the method.Overriding final methodsNo, you cannot override final method in java. If ... Read More

Overloading is a one of the mechanisms to achieve polymorphism where, a class contains two methods with same name and different parameters.Whenever you call this method the method body will be bound with the method call based on the parameters.Overloading private methodsYes, we can overload private methods in Java but, you can access these from the same class.Example Live Demopublic class Calculator {    private int addition(int a , int b){       int result = a+b;       return result;    }    private int addition(int a , int b, int c){       int result = ... Read More

To swap the contents of two strings (say s1 and s2) without the third.First of all concatenate the given two strings using the concatenation operator “+” and store in s1 (first string).s1 = s1+s2;The substring method of the String class is used to this method has two variants and returns a new string that is a substring of this string. The substring begins with the character at the specified index and extends to the end of this string or up to endIndex – 1, if the second argument is given.Now using the substring() method of the String class store the ... Read More

This class is used Join a sequence of characters separating using the delimiter.Examplepublic class StringJoinerSample {    public static void main(String[] args){       StringJoiner sj = new StringJoiner(", ");       sj.add("Krishna");       sj.add("Raju");       sj.add("Satish");       sj.add("Pruthvi");       System.out.println(sj);    } }OutputKrishna, Raju, Satish, Pruthvi

The String class of the java.lang package represents character strings. All string literals in Java programs, such as "abc", are implemented as instances of this class. Strings are constant, their values cannot be changed after they are created.The StringBuffer and StringBuilder classes are used when there is a necessity to make a lot of modifications to Strings of characters.Unlike Strings, objects of type StringBuffer and String builder can be modified over and over again without leaving behind a lot of new unused objects.The StringBuilder class was introduced as of Java 5 and the main difference between the StringBuffer and StringBuilder ... Read More

Java provides three shift operators namely −Binary Left Shift Operator. The left operands value is moved left by the number of bits specified by the right operand.Binary Right Shift Operator. The left operands value is moved right by the number of bits specified by the right operand.Shift right zero fill operator. The left operands value is moved right by the number of bits specified by the right operand and shifted values are filled up with zeros.Example Live Demopublic class Test {    public static void main(String args[]) {       int a = 60;/* 60 = 0011 1100 */   ... Read More

The this is a keyword in Java which is used as a reference to the object of the current class, with in an instance method or a constructor. Using this you can refer the members of a class such as constructors, variables and methods.Using “this” you can −Differentiate the instance variables from local variables if they have same names, within a constructor or a method.class Student {    int age;    Student(int age) {       this.age = age;    } }Call one type of constructor (parametrized constructor or default) from other in a class. It is known as ... Read More