Why threads block or enters to waiting state on I/O?
Threads enters to waiting state or block on I/O because other threads can execute while the I/O operations are performed
What are transient variables in java?
Transient variables are variable that cannot be serialized.
How Observer and Observable are used?
Subclass of Observable class maintain a list of observers. Whenever an Observable object is updated, it invokes the update() method of each of its observers to notify the observers that it has a changed state. An observer is any object that implements the interface Observer
What is synchronization?
Synchronization is the ability to control the access multiple threads to shared resources. Synchronization stops multithreading. With synchronization , at a time one thread will be able to access a shared resource.
What is List interface ?
List is an ordered collection of objects.
What is a Vector?
Vector is a grow able array of objects.
What is the difference between yield() and sleep()?
When a object invokes yield() it returns to ready state. But when an object invokes sleep() method enters to not ready state
Can we call finalize() method ?
Yes. Nobody will stop us to call any method , if it is accessible in our class. But a garbage collector cannot call an object's finalize method if that object is reachable.
Can we declare an anonymous class as both extending a class and implementing an interface?
No. An anonymous class can extend a class or implement an interface, but it cannot be declared to do both