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Can we override a private or static method in Java

Nancy Den
Nancy Den
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 9K+ Views

No, we cannot override private or static methods in Java.Private methods in Java are not visible to any other class which limits their scope to the class in which they are declared.ExampleLet us see what happens when we try to override a private method −class Parent {    private void display() {       System.out.println("Super class");        } } public class Example extends Parent {    void display() // trying to override display() {       System.out.println("Sub class");    }    public static void main(String[] args) {       Parent obj = new Example();   ...

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Java 8 Stream Terminal Operations

Nancy Den
Nancy Den
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 9K+ Views

Streams in Java have a few terminal operations. They are as follows −collect − The collect method returns the outcome of the intermediate operationsList id = Arrays.asList(“Classes", "Methods", "Members"); List output = id.stream().filter(s -> s.startsWith("M")).collect(Collectors.toList());reduce − The reduce method is reduces the elements of a stream into a single element having a certain value after computation. The BinaryOperator is an argument of the reduce method.List list1 = Arrays.asList(11, 33, 44, 21); int even = list1.stream().filter(x -> x % == 0).reduce(0, (ans, i) -> ans+i);forEach − This method iterates through every element in the streamList list1= Arrays.asList(1, 3, 5, 7); List ...

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Create a StringBuffer object using a reference stored in a variable of type String in Java

Nitya Raut
Nitya Raut
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 329 Views

To create a StringBuffer Object, we use the following syntax −StringBuffer s=new StringBuffer();When we create a reference to an object, we use the assignment operator. For example, String s1 = ”hi”; String s2 = s1; // s2 is a reference of s1A program to illustrate the creation of a StringBuffer object using a reference stored in a variable of type String is given below −Examplepublic class Example {    public static void main(String args[]) {       String input = "hey";       String s1 = input; // creating a reference of the String       StringBuffer ...

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Convert Unicode to UTF-8 in Java

Nancy Den
Nancy Den
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 13K+ Views

Before moving onto their conversions, let us learn about Unicode and UTF-8.Unicode is an international standard of character encoding which has the capability of representing a majority of written languages all over the globe. Unicode uses hexadecimal to represent a character. Unicode is a 16-bit character encoding system. The lowest value is \u0000 and the highest value is \uFFFF.UTF-8 is a variable width character encoding. UTF-8 has the ability to be as condensed as ASCII but can also contain any Unicode characters with some increase in the size of the file. UTF stands for Unicode Transformation Format. The '8' signifies ...

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Get ceiling value of a number using Math.ceil in Java

Nancy Den
Nancy Den
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 2K+ Views

In order to get the ceiling value of a number in Java, we use the java.lang.Math.ceil() method. The Math.ceil() method returns the smallest (closest to negative infinity) double value which is greater than or equal to the parameter and has a value which is equal to a mathematical integer on the number line. If the parameter is NaN or an infinity or positive zero or negative zero, then the result is the same as the argument. If the argument value is less than zero but greater than -1.0, then the value returned is negative zero.Declaration − The java.lang.Math.ceil() method is ...

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Get floor value of a number using Math.floor in Java

Ankith Reddy
Ankith Reddy
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 646 Views

To get the floor value of a number, we use the java.lang.Math.floor() method. The Math.floor() method returns the largest (closest to positive infinity) double value which is less than or equal to the parameter and has a value which is equal to a mathematical integer on the number line. If the parameter is NaN or an infinity or positive zero or negative zero, then the result is the same as the argument.Declaration - The java.lang.Math.floor() method is declared as follows −public static double floor(double a)Let us see a program to get the floor value of a number in Java.Exampleimport java.lang.Math; ...

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Generate Random Float type number in Java

Ankith Reddy
Ankith Reddy
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 5K+ Views

In order to generate Random float type numbers in Java, we use the nextFloat() method of the java.util.Random class. This returns the next random float value between 0.0 (inclusive) and 1.0 (exclusive) from the random generator sequence.Declaration −The java.util.Random.nextFloat() method is declared as follows −public float nextFloat()Let us see a program to generate random float type numbers in Java.Exampleimport java.util.Random; public class Example {    public static void main(String[] args) {       Random rd = new Random(); // creating Random object       System.out.println(rd.nextFloat()); // displaying a random float value between 0.0 and 1.0    } }Output0.7739767Note ...

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Schedule a task for execution in Java

Chandu yadav
Chandu yadav
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 6K+ Views

One of the methods in the Timer class is the void schedule(Timertask task, Date time) method. This method schedules the specified task for execution at the specified time. If the time is in the past, it schedules the task for immediate execution.Declaration −The java.util.Timer.schedule(Timertask task, Date time) is declared as follows −public void schedule(Timertask task, Date time)There are few exceptions thrown by the schedule(Timertask task, Date time) method. They are as follows −IllegalArgumentExceptionThis exception is thrown if time.getTime() is negativeIllegalStateExceptionThis exception is thrown if task was scheduled or cancelled beforehand, timer was cancelled, or timer thread terminated.NullPointerExceptionThis exception is thrown ...

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Schedule a task for execution in Java after a given delay

Chandu yadav
Chandu yadav
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 2K+ Views

One of the methods in the Timer class is the void schedule(Timertask task, long delay) method. This method schedules the specified task for execution after the specified delay.Declaration −The java.util.Timer.schedule(Timertask task, long delay) is declared as follows −public void schedule(Timertask task, long delay)There are few exceptions thrown by the schedule(Timertask task, long delay) method. They are as follows −IllegalArgumentExceptionThis exception is thrown if delay is negative, or delay + System.currentTimeMillis() is negative.IllegalStateExceptionThis exception is thrown if task was scheduled or cancelled beforehand, timer was cancelled, or timer thread terminated.NullPointerExceptionThis exception is thrown if the task is null.Let us see a ...

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How to schedule tasks in Java to run for repeated fixed-delay execution, beginning at the specified time

Arjun Thakur
Arjun Thakur
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 703 Views

One of the methods in the Timer class is the void schedule(TimerTask task, Date firstTime, long period) method. This method schedules tasks for repeated fixed-delay execution, beginning at the specified time.In fixed-delay execution, each execution is scheduled with respect to the original execution time of the preceding execution. If an execution is delayed for a particular reason (case in point, garbage collection), the subsequent executions will be delayed as well.Declaration −The java.util.Timer.schedule(TimerTask task, Date firstTime, long period) is declared as follows −public void schedule(TimerTask task, Date firstTime, long period)Here, task is the task to be scheduled, firstTime is the first ...

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