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When will be an object eligible for garbage collection?

Narasimha Murthi
Narasimha Murthi
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 2K+ Views

Java Garbage collector tracks the live object and objects which are no more need are marked for garbage collection. It relieves developers to think of memory allocation/deallocation issues.When an object created in Java program is no longer reachable or used it is eligible for garbage collection.Following are some scenarios where a Java object could be unreachable/unused.Object inside a method − In Java a method is stored in the stack memory. When you call a method, JVM fetches it into the stack and executes it. After the execution it is popped out of the stack then, all its variables will be ...

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Convert a Vector to an array in Java

Vikyath Ram
Vikyath Ram
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 1K+ Views

A Vector can be converted into an Array using the java.util.Vector.toArray() method. This method requires no parameters and it returns an Array that contains all the elements of the Vector in the correct order.A program that demonstrates this is given as follows −Exampleimport java.util.Vector; public class Demo {    public static void main(String args[]) {       Vector vec = new Vector();       vec.add(7);       vec.add(3);       vec.add(5);       vec.add(2);       vec.add(8);       Object[] arr = vec.toArray();       System.out.println("The Array elements are: ");     ...

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How to import all classes in Java?

Vikyath Ram
Vikyath Ram
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 13K+ Views

All the classes in a package can be imported using the import statement along with the character *. For example - All the classes in the package java.util can be imported using import java.util.*;A program that demonstrates this in Java is given as follows:Exampleimport java.util.*; public class Demo {    public static void main(String args[]) {       Stack stack = new Stack();       stack.push("Apple");       stack.push("Mango");       stack.push("Guava");       stack.push("Pear");       stack.push("Orange");       System.out.println("The stack elements are: " + stack);    } }OutputThe stack elements are: ...

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LongStream asDoubleStream() method in Java

Chandu yadav
Chandu yadav
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 139 Views

The asDoubleStream() method of the LongStream class in Java returns a DoubleStream consisting of the elements of this stream, converted to double.The syntax is as follows.DoubleStream asDoubleStream()Here, DoubleStream is a sequence of primitive double-valued elements. To use the LongStream class in Java, import the following package.import java.util.stream.LongStream;Create LongStream and add elements.LongStream longStream = LongStream.of(2000L, 35000L, 45000L);Now, convert it to double and return using asDoubleStream() method.DoubleStream s = longStream.asDoubleStream();The following is an example to implement LongStream asDoubleStream() method.Exampleimport java.util.stream.LongStream; import java.util.stream.DoubleStream; public class Demo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       LongStream longStream = LongStream.of(2000L, 35000L, 45000L); ...

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Can we declare an abstract method final or static in java?

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 12K+ Views

A method which does not have body is known as abstract method. It contains only method signature with a semi colon and, an abstract keyword before it.public abstract myMethod();To use an abstract method, you need to inherit it by extending its class and provide implementation to it.Declaring abstract method staticIf you declare a method in a class abstract to use it, you must override this method in the subclass. But, overriding is not possible with static methods. Therefore, an abstract method cannot be static.If you still, try to declare an abstract method static a compile time error is generated saying ...

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Java Program to create an array with randomly shuffled numbers in a given range

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 198 Views

For randomly shuffled numbers, let us create an integer list and add some numbers −List < Integer > list = new ArrayList < Integer > (); list.add(10); list.add(50); list.add(100); list.add(150); list.add(200);Now, shuffle the elements for random values −Collections.shuffle(list);Create an int array with the same number of elements in the above list −intlen = list.size(); int[] res = newint[len];Set the shuffled values in the new array −for (inti = 0; i < len; i++) {    res[i] = list.get(i); }Exampleimport java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.List; public class Demo {    public static void main(String args[]) {       ...

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Can a constructor throw an exception in Java?

raja
raja
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 6K+ Views

Yes, constructors are allowed to throw an exception in Java.A Constructor is a special type of a method that is used to initialize the object and it is used to create an object of a class using the new keyword, where an object is also known as an Instance of a class. Each object of a class will have its own state (Instance variables) and access to methods of its class.Throw an Exception from a ConstructorA checked exception can be used to indicate a legitimate problem when trying to create an instance, while an unchecked exception typically indicates a bug either in the ...

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How to randomize and shuffle array of numbers in Java?

Samual Sam
Samual Sam
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 802 Views

At first, create an integer array −int[] arr = { 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 180, 200};Now, create a Random class object −Random rand = new Random();Loop until the length of the array and shuffle the elements −for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; ++i) {    int index = rand.nextInt(arr.length - i);    int tmp = arr[arr.length - 1 - i];    arr[arr.length - 1 - i] = arr[index];    arr[index] = tmp; }Exampleimport java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Random; public class Demo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       int[] arr = { ...

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LongStream limit() method in Java

George John
George John
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 142 Views

The limit() method of the LongStream class in Java returns a stream consisting of the elements of this stream, truncated to be no longer than max in length. Here, max is the parameter of the method.The syntax is as follows.LongStream limit(long max)Here, max is the number of elements the stream should be limited to.To use the LongStream class in Java, import the following package.import java.util.stream.LongStream;Create a LongStream and add elements.LongStream longStream = LongStream.of(2000L, 35000L, 45000L, 50500L, 65000L, 72000L);Now, let’s say you only want to return 4 elements. For that, use the limit as 4.longStream.limit(4).The following is an example to implement ...

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How to shuffle an array in Java?

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 3K+ Views

Declare a string array and add elements in the form of letters −String[] letters = { "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T", "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z" };Convert the above array to list −Listlist = Arrays.asList(letters);Now, create a shuffled array using the Random class object and generate the random letters with nextInt() −int len = list.size(); System.out.println("Shuffled array..."); for (int i = 0; i < letters.length; i++) {    int index = new Random().nextInt(len);    String shuffle = list.get(index);    System.out.println(shuffle); }Exampleimport java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; import java.util.Random; public class Demo {    public static void main(String[] args) {     ...

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