Brian Lugo

Hi Cindy!
Here is a link for Java v/s C# Comparison:
http://www.25hoursaday.com/CsharpVsJava.html
HTH,
Brian

Congratulations Rob!!! Way to Go ...

Check this out ...
http://suned.sun.com/US/certification/java/java_progj2se.html
HTH
Brian

Hi Thomas!
SCJP Beta 1.4 is no longer being offered by SUN. You may want to consider taking SCJP 1.4 exam that comes out in August, 2002. I believe SCJP 1.4 exam was a bit tougher than actual SCJP 1.2.
Brian

Hi Folks!
Passed SCJP Beta 1.4 with 92%
Passed SCJP2 1.2 (a while back) with 96%
Thanks to my beautiful wife, Javaranch, MahaAnna, Valentin, Rob Ross, Corey, Marcus and many others.
I checked the score on SUN cert manager web site.
I do not have the break down and do not know what was the passing percentage. Any of you know how much was the passing percentage for this exam?
Brian

Hi Shashank!
Did you try to compile and run this piece of code?
If yes, what do you think?
Brian

Thats very true Jessica, I assumed the number was a 32 bit signed integer (in Java) and not 32 bit float.
Brian

I believe it converts to -15 in base 10.
Brian

Hi Geetha!
The first statement
1. Non static inner classes can't have static members.
is wrong because you can have
public static final in non static inner classes, i.e. you can declare static final constants.
Brian

Thanks everyone!
Jamal - I am working on a C# and .Net project and I am new to it. While studying for Java Certification, I realized that taking the certification exam is the best way to learn any technology. I was biased against .Net and C# but after working on it for couple of months it seems to be a interesting technology. Anyways, I do not want to get into a technology war .
Once I get that certification I will be taking SCWCD, SCJD and further on.
Brian

Hi All!
I just got back from SCJP2, I scored 96% !!!
I answered one question wrong in Operators and Assignment and 1 wrong in Threads. I know the Operators questions was not correct and I am going to contact SUN!!!
First of all I need to thank my beautiful wife!!!
who has been very very patient with me. I want to thank her for all her support!!!
Next to all you folks on this forum. You make this place a good learning experience.
Special thanks to Maha Anna, Valentin, Corey, Rob Ross, Marcus.
No more JAVA for a while ...
I am off to Microsoft Visual C# and .NET certification. If any of you have information about resources please let me know.
Goodluck on your exam!!!
Brian
[ June 17, 2002: Message edited by: Brian Lugo ]

You may want to refer to the Java Language Specification:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/jTOC.doc.html
I hope this helps,
Brian

Did you compile and run the program?
If yes, what do you think is the answer?
Brian

D is incorrect because you cannot have two public classes in the same file.
Brian

Hi Sun!
I believe there is a mistake in Q49 in test2.
How many bytes are written into the file after line //1? (Select one correct answer) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- import java.io.*; public class Test049 { public static void main(String args[]) { try { File f = new File("test.txt"); RandomAccessFile r = new RandomAccessFile(f, "rw"); r.writeChar((char)1); r.writeInt(2); r.writeInt(3); r.seek(4); r.writeLong(5); //1 } catch(Exception e) { } } } ----------------------------------------------------------------------- A: 21 B: 18 C: 15 D: 11
The correct answer is 12 bytes due to the seek before //1.
Feel free to correct me if I am wrong,
Brian
PS - Never mind the question asks for how many bytes are written to the file and not the length of the file!!!
[ June 04, 2002: Message edited by: Brian Lugo ]