confusing question

[velan vel]

hai ranchers can any one can explain this question



45.What will be the result of compiling and running the given program?
Select one correct answer.

1. public class Q45
2. {
4. static
5. {
6. System.out.print("Java".startsWith(""));
7. }
8. static void processorB()
9. {
10. System.out.println(" is a boolean Operator.");
11. }
12. static Q45 processorA()
13. {
14. Q45 q=null;
15. if (("java").startsWith("null"))
16. return q;
17. else
18. return null;
19. }
20. public static void main(String[] args)
21. {
22. processorA().processorB();
23. }
24. }


a Compile time error at line number 22 as you can't call processorB() like this.
b NullPointerException at line number 22 as processorA() will return null.
c Program will compile correctly and print false is a boolean operator when executed.
d Program will compile correctly and print true is a boolean operator when executed.

here the ans is d

by velan vel

[Harshil Mehta]

Hi velan,

public static void main(String[] args) 
{ 
   processorA().processorB(); 
} 

above code effectively translates to

public static void main(String[] args) 
{ 
   Q45.processorB();
} 

and

   System.out.print("Java".startsWith("")); 

will print true. As statsWith method returns true if string passed as parameter to it is a empty string.

So the output is "true is a boolean operator".

Regards,
Harshil


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[vivekkumar sharma]

Originally posted by Harshil Mehta:
[QB]Hi velan,

public static void main(String[] args) 
{ 
   processorA().processorB(); 
} 

above code effectively translates to

public static void main(String[] args) 
{ 
   Q45.processorB();
} 

and
[CODE]
Hi donot agree with above code transalation.
above will mean processorA function is never being called.

I would like to know any better explanation
regards

[Alejandro Montenegro]

As the return type of processorA() is Q45, and the processorB() method is static, then it belongs to the class and not an instance of the class, it doesn�t matter what the processorA() method actually return, even if it�s null, the processorA().processorB() statement is equal to Q45.processorB()

[Mukesh Mittal]

Program is definately calling processorA().

processorB is a static method so you don't have to provide {object}.processorB();

[Dinesh Raikar]

When you call processorA() it returns Q45 type whose value is null.

But when you call processorB(), you are not calling it as null.processorB(). Instead what is happening is, it is looking at object type Q45 and then processorB() is been called.

Example:
Q45 q = null;
q.processorB(); This is not interpreted as null.processorB()
Instead it is processed as Q45.processorB()

I hope it is clear !

-Dinesh



Answer is d

[manogna edintipal]

can any body explain the following statement..

 
 System.out.print("Java".startsWith(""));
 

[Niranjan Deshpande]

in the 1.4 exam u wont get any question on static initialiser blocks

[vivekkumar sharma]

Originally posted by Alejandro Montenegro:
As the return type of processorA() is Q45, and the processorB() method is static, then it belongs to the class and not an instance of the class, it doesn�t matter what the processorA() method actually return, even if it�s null, the processorA().processorB() statement is equal to Q45.processorB()

Hi Alejandro
Thanxs,
i didn't looked at return type of function
regards