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i didn't get what this meant by

Make the following line of code throw a java.lang.NullPointerException.


long x = y;

Answer


Long y = null;


q 2)

01 public class ConstantsCharsStrings
02 {
03 private ConstantsCharsStrings()
04 {
05
06 }
07
08 public static void main(String[] args)
09 {
10 char c1 = 'x';
11 final char c2 = 'y';
12 int i1 = 7;
13 final int i2 = 8;
14 final int i3 = i1 >>> 3;
15 final int i4 = i2 >>> 4;
16
17 System.out.println("xxx" == (c1 + "xx"));
18 System.out.println("yxx" == (c2 + "xx"));
19 System.out.println("7xx" == (i1 + "xx"));
20 System.out.println("8xx" == (i2 + "xx"));
21 System.out.println("7xx" == (i3 + "xx"));
22 System.out.println("8xx" == (i4 + "xx"));
23 }
24 }


What is the output and why?

a) false false false false false false
b) true true true true true true
c) false true false true false true
d) false true false false true false
e) false true false true false false
f) compile-time error ________
g) runtime exception ________
h) something else ________
[ April 19, 2005: Message edited by: Parameswaran Thangavel ]
 
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Hi,

For the first ques. if you make y= null then any .operator will result in exception so that could be the answer.

I don't know if it is true or not. But I guessed the ans for 2nd to be "e".
There won't be runtime or compile error as char can be added to String.
I know last two comparisons are false and I assumed the final constant
should evaluate to true on ==. So I chose "e"

Thanks.
 
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Long y = null;
long x = y;

This will throw a NullPointerException.
This is one of two new ways of implicitly dereferencing a reference in J2SE 1.5.
 
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I ran the first question (don't know why the original poster didn't run it) and e is the correct answer.

As for reasoning. The final variables can be resolved at compile time so they are treated as constants.
 
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hi tony
u mentioned this is one of two new ways of implicitly dereferencing a reference in J2SE 1.5

can i know the other way of implicityl dereferenciung a reference
 
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String[] a = null;
for(String s : a) // NullPointerException - implicit dereference of a
 
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hi tony

i didn't cameacross this type of syntax for(String s : a)in k&B book
is this included in the scjp1.4
 
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It is the new Tiger feature: enhanced for-loop.

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