Author: Awais Farooq
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Object Cloning in Java
The object cloning is a way to create exact copy of an object. The clone() method of Object class is used to clone an object. The java.lang.Cloneable interface must be implemented by the class whose object clone we want to create. If we don’t implement Cloneable interface, clone() method generates CloneNotSupportedException. The clone() method is defined in the Object class. Syntax of…
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Object class in Java
The Object class is the parent class of all the classes in java by default. In other words, it is the topmost class of java. The Object class is beneficial if you want to refer any object whose type you don’t know. Notice that parent class reference variable can refer the child class object, know as upcasting.…
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Java Arrays
Normally, an array is a collection of similar type of elements which has contiguous memory location. Java array is an object which contains elements of a similar data type. Additionally, The elements of an array are stored in a contiguous memory location. It is a data structure where we store similar elements. We can store only…
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Encapsulation in Java
Encapsulation in Java is a process of wrapping code and data together into a single unit, for example, a capsule which is mixed of several medicines. We can create a fully encapsulated class in Java by making all the data members of the class private. Now we can use setter and getter methods to set and get…
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Access Modifiers in Java
There are two types of modifiers in Java: access modifiers and non-access modifiers. The access modifiers in Java specifies the accessibility or scope of a field, method, constructor, or class. We can change the access level of fields, constructors, methods, and class by applying the access modifier on it. There are four types of Java access modifiers: There…
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Java Package
A java package is a group of similar types of classes, interfaces and sub-packages. Package in java can be categorized in two form, built-in package and user-defined package. There are many built-in packages such as java, lang, awt, javax, swing, net, io, util, sql etc. Here, we will have the detailed learning of creating and using user-defined…
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Difference between abstract class and interface
Abstract class and interface both are used to achieve abstraction where we can declare the abstract methods. Abstract class and interface both can’t be instantiated. But there are many differences between abstract class and interface that are given below. Abstract class Interface 1) Abstract class can have abstract and non-abstract methods. Interface can have only abstract methods. Since Java…
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Interface in Java
An interface in Java is a blueprint of a class. It has static constants and abstract methods. The interface in Java is a mechanism to achieve abstraction. There can be only abstract methods in the Java interface, not method body. It is used to achieve abstraction and multiple inheritance in Java. In other words, you can say that interfaces can…
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Abstract class in Java
A class which is declared with the abstract keyword is known as an abstract class in Java. It can have abstract and non-abstract methods (method with the body). Before learning the Java abstract class, let’s understand the abstraction in Java first. Abstraction in Java Abstraction is a process of hiding the implementation details and showing only functionality…
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Java instanceof
The java instanceof operator is used to test whether the object is an instance of the specified type (class or subclass or interface). The instanceof in java is also known as type comparison operator because it compares the instance with type. It returns either true or false. If we apply the instanceof operator with any variable that has null…