HTML Interview Questions
1. What is HTML?
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is a Universal
language which allows an individual using special code to create web pages to
be viewed on the Internet.
2. What is a tag?
In HTML, a tag tells the browser what to do. When
you write an HTML page, you enter tags for many reasons; to change the
appearance of text, to show a graphic, or to make a link to another page.
3. What is the simplest HTML page?
HTML Code:
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>This is my
page title! </TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY> This is my message to the world!
</BODY></HTML>
Browser Display: This is my message to the world!
4. How do I create frames? What is a frameset?
Frames allow an author to divide a browser window
into multiple (rectangular) regions. Multiple documents can be displayed in a
single window, each within its own frame. Graphical browsers allow these frames
to be scrolled independently of each other, and links can update the document
displayed in one frame without affecting the others.
You can’t just “add frames” to an existing
document. Rather, you must create a frameset document that defines a particular
combination of frames, and then display your content documents inside those
frames. The frameset document should also include alternative non-framed
content in a NOFRAMES element.
5. How can I include comments in HTML?
An HTML comment begins with “<!—“, ends with
“--> “, and does not contain “--“ or “>” anywhere in the comment.
6. What is a Hypertext link?
A hypertext link is a special tag that links one
page to another page or resource. If you click the link, the browser jumps to
the link’s destination.
7. What is a DOCTYPE? Which one do I use?
According to HTML standards, each HTML document
begins with a DOCTYPE declaration that specifies which version of HTML the
document uses. Many browsers use the document’s DOCTYPE declaration to
determine whether to use a stricter, more standards-oriented layout mode, or to
use a “quirks” layout mode that attempts to emulate older, buggy browsers.
8. Can I nest tables within tables?
Yes, a table can be embedded inside a cell in
another table. The main caveat about nested tables is that older versions of
Netscape Navigator have problems with them if you don’t explicitly close you
TR, TD, and TH elements. To avoid problems, include closing tags for you TR,
TD, an TH even though the HTML specifications don’t require them.
9. How do you align a table to the right (or left)?
You use the <table align=”right”> property to
float a table to the right. Put left in place of right to float right.
10. How can I use tables to structure forms?
Small forms are sometimes placed within a TD
element within a table. This can be useful for positioning a form relative to
other content, but it doesn’t help position the form-related elements relative
to each other. The table must be within the form and then use the table to
position the form elements.
11. How do I open a link into a new window?
Add target=”_blank” to your link syntax.
JavaScript interview questions and answers
By admin | May 28, 2006
- What’s relationship between JavaScript and ECMAScript? - ECMAScript is yet another name for JavaScript (other names
include LiveScript). The current JavaScript that you see supported in
browsers is ECMAScript revision 3.
- What are JavaScript types? - Number, String,
Boolean, Function, Object, Null, Undefined.
- How do you convert numbers between different bases in JavaScript? - Use the parseInt() function, that takes a string as the
first parameter, and the base as a second parameter. So to convert
hexadecimal 3F to decimal, use parseInt ("3F", 16);
- What does isNaN function do? - Return true if
the argument is not a number.
- What is negative infinity? - It’s a number
in JavaScript, derived by dividing negative number by zero.
- What boolean operators does JavaScript support? - &&, || and !
- What does "1"+2+4 evaluate to? - Since 1 is a string, everything is a string, so the result
is 124.
- How about 2+5+"8"? - Since 2 and 5
are integers, this is number arithmetic, since 8 is a string, it’s
concatenation, so 78 is the result.
- What looping structures are there in JavaScript? - for, while, do-while loops, but no foreach.
- How do you create a new object in JavaScript? - var obj = new Object(); or var obj = {};
- How do you assign object properties? - obj["age"] = 17 or obj.age = 17.
- What’s a way to append a value to an array? - arr[arr.length] = value;
- What is this keyword? - It refers to
the current object.
- JavaScript gives HTML designers a programming tool - HTML authors are normally not programmers, but JavaScript is a
scripting language with a very simple syntax! Almost anyone can put small
"snippets" of code into their HTML pages
- JavaScript can react to events - A JavaScript can be set to execute when something happens, like
when a page has finished loading or when a user clicks on an HTML element
- JavaScript can read and write HTML elements - A JavaScript can read and change the content of an HTML element
- JavaScript can be used to validate data - A JavaScript can be used to validate form data before it is
submitted to a server. This saves the server from extra processing
- JavaScript can be used to detect the visitor's browser - A JavaScript can be used to detect the visitor's browser,
and - depending on the browser - load another page specifically designed
for that browser
- JavaScript can be used to create cookies - A JavaScript can be used to store and retrieve information
on the visitor's computer
12. How do I let people download a file from my
page?
Once the file is uploaded to the server, you need
to use an anchor reference tag to link to it.
Example:
<a href=”../files/foo.zip”>Download Foo
Now!</a>
13. What is an Empty HTML Tag?
Empty HTML tags are tags that do not need to be
closed when one is creating a HTML document.
Example: br (<br / )
CSS Interview Questions
1. What are Cascading Style Sheets?
Called (CSS) is a list of statements (or rules)
that can assign various rendering properties to HTML elements. Style rules can
be specified for a single element occurrence, multiple elements, and entire
document, or even multiple documents at once.
2. What is class?
A group of instances of the same element to which a
unique style can be attached.
3. What is grouping?
Gathering into a comma separated list two or more
selectors that share the same style or into a semicolon separated list two or
more declarations that are attached to the same selector.
4. What is ID selector?
ID selector is an individually identified (named)
selector to which a specific style is declared. Using the ID attribute, the
declared style can then be associated with one and only one HTML element per
document as to differentiate it from all the other elements. They use the #
character followed by a name.
5. What is contextual selector?
A contextual selector addresses a specific
occurrence of an element. It is a string of individual selectors separated by
white space, a search pattern, where only the last element in the pattern is
addressed providing it matches the specified context. Example: “ td li {color:
red} “
6. What does \ABCD (and \ABCDE) mean?
CSS allows Unicode characters to be entered by
number. For example, if a class value in some Russian document contains
Cyrillic letters EL PE (Unicode numbers 041B and 041F) and you want to write a
style rule for that class, you can put that letter into the style sheet by
writing:
.\041B\041F {font-style: italic;}
This works on all keyboards, so you don’t need a
Cyrillic keyboard to write class names in Russian or another language that uses
that script.
7. What are the advantages / disadvantages of
various style methods?
External Style Sheet Advantages
- Can control styles for multiple documents at
once.
- Classes can be created for use on multiple HTML
element types in many documents.
- Selector and grouping methods can be used to
apply styles under complex contexts.
External Style Sheet Disadvantages
- An extra download is required to import style
information for each document.
- The rendering of the document may be delayed
until the external style sheet is loaded.
Embedded Style Sheet Advantages
- Classes can be created for use on multiple tag
types in the document.
- Selector and grouping methods can be used to
apply styles under complex contexts
- No additional downloads necessary to receive
style information.
Inline Style Disadvantages
- Does not distance style information from content.
- Cannot control styles for multiple documents at
once.
- Author cannot create or control classes of
elements to control multiple element types within the document.
- Selector grouping methods cannot be used to
create complex element addressing scenarios.
8. What is property?
Property is a stylistic parameter (attribute) that
can be influenced through CSS, e.g. font or width. There must always be a
corresponding value or values set to each property.
9. What is the CSS clear property?
The clear property specifies which sides of an
element where other floating elements are not allowed.
- This method cannot control styles for multiple
documents at once.
Inline Style Advantages
- Useful for small quantities of style definitions.
- Can override other style specification methods at
the local level so only exceptions need to be listed in conjunction with other
style methods.
What are the necessities of using HTML forms?
1. Gathering user information
2. Conducting Surveys
3. Interactive services
20. What are the sequences of steps for each HTTP
request from a client to the server?
1. Making the connection
2. Making a request
3. The response
4. Closing the connection
What is XML?
- XML stands for EXtensible Markup Language
- XML is a markup language much like HTML
- XML was designed to carry data, not to display data
- XML tags are not predefined. You must define your own tags
- XML is designed to be self-descriptive
- XML is a W3C Recommendation
The Difference Between XML and HTML
XML is not a replacement for HTML.
XML and HTML were designed with different goals:
- XML was designed to transport and store data, with focus on what
data is
- HTML was designed to display data, with focus on how data looks
HTML is about displaying information, while XML is
about carrying information.
Some advantages of XML are:
· It
is a platform independent language.
· It
is as easy as HTML.
· XML
is fully compatible with applications like JAVA, and it can be combined with
any application which is capable of processing XML irrespective of the platform
it is being used on.
· XML
is an extremely portable language to the extent that it can be used on large
networks with multiple platforms like the internet, and it can be used on
handhelds or palmtops or PDAs.
· XML
is an extendable language, meaning that you can create your own tags, or use
the tags which have already been created.
· It
can be deployed on any network if it is amicable for usage with the application
in use.
· If
the application can work along with XML, then XML can work on any platform and
has no boundaries.
· It
is also vendor independent and system independent. While data is being
exchanged using XML, there will be no loss of data even between systems that
use totally different formats.
Servlets
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The javax.servlet.Servlet
interface defines the three methods known as life-cycle method.
public void init(ServletConfig
config) throws ServletException
public void service( ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res) throws ServletException, IOException public void destroy()
First the servlet is
constructed, then initialized wih the init() method.
Any request from client are
handled initially by the service() method before
delegating to the doXxx() methods in the case of
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The
getRequestDispatcher(String path) method of javax.servlet.ServletRequest
interface accepts parameter the path to the resource to be included or
forwarded to, which can be relative to the request of the calling servlet. If
the path begins with a "/" it is interpreted as relative to the
current context root.
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web application consists of two parts.
A private directory called
WEB-INF
A public resource directory
which contains public resource folder.
WEB-INF folder consists of
1. web.xml
2. classes directory
3. lib directory
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Cookies
SSL sessions
URL- rewriting
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ServletContext interface is a
window for a servlet to view it's environment. A servlet can use this
interface to get information such as initialization parameters for the web
applicationor servlet container's version. Every web application has one and
only one ServletContext and is accessible to all active resource of that
application.
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A container doesnot initialize
the servlets ass soon as it starts up, it initializes a servlet when it
receives a request for that servlet first time. This is called lazy loading.
The servlet specification defines the <load-on-startup> element, which
can be specified in the deployment descriptor to make the servlet container
load and initialize the servlet as soon as it starts up. The process of
loading a servlet before any request comes in is called preloading or
preinitializing a servlet.
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A doGet() method is limited
with 2k of data to be sent, and doPost() method doesn't have this limitation.
A request string for doGet() looks like the following:
http://www.allapplabs.com/svt1?p1=v1&p2=v2&...&pN=vN
doPost() method call doesn't
need a long text tail after a servlet name in a request. All parameters are
stored in a request itself, not in a request string, and it's impossible to
guess the data transmitted to a servlet only looking at a request string.
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A GenericServlet has a
service() method aimed to handle requests. HttpServlet extends GenericServlet
and adds support for doGet(), doPost(), doHead() methods (HTTP 1.0) plus
doPut(), doOptions(), doDelete(), doTrace() methods (HTTP 1.1).
Both these classes are
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ServletContext: Defines a set of methods that a servlet uses to
communicate with its servlet container, for example, to get the MIME type of
a file, dispatch requests, or write to a log file.The ServletContext object
is contained within the ServletConfig object, which the Web server provides
the servlet when the servlet is initialized
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1. What is the difference between JSP and Servlets
?
JSP is used mainly for presentation only. A JSP can only be HttpServlet that means the only supported protocol in JSP is HTTP. But a servlet can support any protocol like HTTP, FTP, SMTP etc.
JSP is used mainly for presentation only. A JSP can only be HttpServlet that means the only supported protocol in JSP is HTTP. But a servlet can support any protocol like HTTP, FTP, SMTP etc.
2. What is difference between custom JSP tags and
beans?
Custom JSP tag is a tag you defined. You define how a tag, its attributes and its body are interpreted, and then group your tags into collections called tag libraries that can be used in any number of JSP files. To use custom JSP tags, you need to define three separate components: the tag handler class that defines the tag’s behavior ,the tag library descriptor file that maps the XML element names to the tag implementations and the JSP file that uses the tag library
Custom JSP tag is a tag you defined. You define how a tag, its attributes and its body are interpreted, and then group your tags into collections called tag libraries that can be used in any number of JSP files. To use custom JSP tags, you need to define three separate components: the tag handler class that defines the tag’s behavior ,the tag library descriptor file that maps the XML element names to the tag implementations and the JSP file that uses the tag library
JavaBeans are Java utility classes you defined.
Beans have a standard format for Java classes. You use tags
Custom tags and beans accomplish the same goals —
encapsulating complex behavior into simple and accessible forms. There are
several differences:
Custom tags can manipulate JSP content; beans
cannot. Complex operations can be reduced to a significantly simpler form with
custom tags than with beans. Custom tags require quite a bit more work to set
up than do beans. Custom tags usually define relatively self-contained
behavior, whereas beans are often defined in one servlet and used in a
different servlet or JSP page. Custom tags are available only in JSP 1.1 and
later, but beans can be used in all JSP 1.x versions.
3. What are the different ways for session
tracking?
Cookies, URL rewriting, HttpSession, Hidden form fields
Cookies, URL rewriting, HttpSession, Hidden form fields
4. What mechanisms are used by a Servlet Container
to maintain session information?
Cookies, URL rewriting, and HTTPS protocol information are used to maintain session information
Cookies, URL rewriting, and HTTPS protocol information are used to maintain session information
5. Difference between GET and POST
In GET your entire form submission can be encapsulated in one URL, like a hyperlink. query length is limited to 255 characters, not secure, faster, quick and easy. The data is submitted as part of URL.
In GET your entire form submission can be encapsulated in one URL, like a hyperlink. query length is limited to 255 characters, not secure, faster, quick and easy. The data is submitted as part of URL.
In POST data is submitted inside body of the HTTP
request. The data is not visible on the URL and it is more secure.
6. What is session?
The session is an object used by a servlet to track a user’s interaction with a Web application across multiple HTTP requests. The session is stored on the server.
The session is an object used by a servlet to track a user’s interaction with a Web application across multiple HTTP requests. The session is stored on the server.
7. What is servlet mapping?
The servlet mapping defines an association between a URL pattern and a servlet. The mapping is used to map requests to Servlets.
The servlet mapping defines an association between a URL pattern and a servlet. The mapping is used to map requests to Servlets.
8. What is servlet context ?
The servlet context is an object that contains a information about the Web application and container. Using the context, a servlet can log events, obtain URL references to resources, and set and store attributes that other servlets in the context can use.
The servlet context is an object that contains a information about the Web application and container. Using the context, a servlet can log events, obtain URL references to resources, and set and store attributes that other servlets in the context can use.
9. What is a servlet ?
servlet is a java program that runs inside a web container.
servlet is a java program that runs inside a web container.
10. Can we use the constructor, instead of init(),
to initialize servlet?
Yes. But you will not get the servlet specific things from constructor. The original reason for init() was that ancient versions of Java couldn’t dynamically invoke constructors with arguments, so there was no way to give the constructor a ServletConfig. That no longer applies, but servlet containers still will only call your no-arg constructor. So you won’t have access to a ServletConfig or ServletContext.
Yes. But you will not get the servlet specific things from constructor. The original reason for init() was that ancient versions of Java couldn’t dynamically invoke constructors with arguments, so there was no way to give the constructor a ServletConfig. That no longer applies, but servlet containers still will only call your no-arg constructor. So you won’t have access to a ServletConfig or ServletContext.
12. How many JSP scripting elements are there and
what are they?
There are three scripting language elements: declarations, scriptlets, expressions.
There are three scripting language elements: declarations, scriptlets, expressions.
13. How do I include static files within a JSP page?
Static resources should always be included using the JSP include directive. This way, the inclusion is performed just once during the translation phase.
Static resources should always be included using the JSP include directive. This way, the inclusion is performed just once during the translation phase.
14. How can I implement a thread-safe JSP page?
You can make your JSPs thread-safe adding the directive <%@ page isThreadSafe="false" % > within your JSP page.
You can make your JSPs thread-safe adding the directive <%@ page isThreadSafe="false" % > within your JSP page.
15. What is the difference in using
request.getRequestDispatcher() and context.getRequestDispatcher()?
In request.getRequestDispatcher(path) in order to create it we need to give the relative path of the resource. But in resourcecontext.getRequestDispatcher(path) in order to create it we need to give the absolute path of the resource.
In request.getRequestDispatcher(path) in order to create it we need to give the relative path of the resource. But in resourcecontext.getRequestDispatcher(path) in order to create it we need to give the absolute path of the resource.
16. What are the lifecycle of JSP?
When presented with JSP page the JSP engine does the following 7 phases.
When presented with JSP page the JSP engine does the following 7 phases.
Page translation: -page is parsed, and a java file
which is a servlet is created.
Page compilation: page is compiled into a class
file
Page loading : This class file is loaded.
Create an instance :- Instance of servlet is
created
jspInit() method is called
_jspService is called to handle service calls
_jspDestroy is called to destroy it when the
servlet is not required.
17. What are context initialization parameters?
Context initialization parameters are specified by the in the web.xml file, these are initialization parameter for the whole application.
Context initialization parameters are specified by the in the web.xml file, these are initialization parameter for the whole application.
18. What is a Expression?
Expressions are act as place holders for language expression, expression is evaluated each time the page is accessed. This will be included in the service method of the generated servlet.
Expressions are act as place holders for language expression, expression is evaluated each time the page is accessed. This will be included in the service method of the generated servlet.
19. What is a Declaration?
It declares one or more variables or methods for use later in the JSP source file. A declaration must contain at least one complete declarative statement. You can declare any number of variables or methods within one declaration tag, as long as semicolons separate them. The declaration must be valid in the scripting language used in the JSP file. This will be included in the declaration section of the generated servlet.
It declares one or more variables or methods for use later in the JSP source file. A declaration must contain at least one complete declarative statement. You can declare any number of variables or methods within one declaration tag, as long as semicolons separate them. The declaration must be valid in the scripting language used in the JSP file. This will be included in the declaration section of the generated servlet.
20. What is a Scriptlet?
A scriptlet can contain any number of language statements, variable or expressions that are valid in the page scripting language. Within scriptlet tags, you can declare variables to use later in the file, write expressions valid in the page scripting language, use any of the JSP implicit objects or any object declared with a . Generally a scriptlet can contain any java code that are valid inside a normal java method. This will become the part of generated servlet’s service method.
A scriptlet can contain any number of language statements, variable or expressions that are valid in the page scripting language. Within scriptlet tags, you can declare variables to use later in the file, write expressions valid in the page scripting language, use any of the JSP implicit objects or any object declared with a . Generally a scriptlet can contain any java code that are valid inside a normal java method. This will become the part of generated servlet’s service method.
Servlet interview questions
1. What
is a servlet?
Servlets are modules that extend request/response-oriented servers,such as Java-enabled web servers. For example, a servlet might be responsible for taking data in an HTML order-entry form and applying the business logic used to update a company’s order database. Servlets are to servers what applets are to browsers. Unlike applets, however, servlets have no graphical user interface.
Servlets are modules that extend request/response-oriented servers,such as Java-enabled web servers. For example, a servlet might be responsible for taking data in an HTML order-entry form and applying the business logic used to update a company’s order database. Servlets are to servers what applets are to browsers. Unlike applets, however, servlets have no graphical user interface.
2. Whats
the advantages using servlets over using CGI?
Servlets provide a way to generate dynamic documents that is both easier to write and faster to run. Servlets also address the problem of doing server-side programming with platform-specific APIs: they are developed with the Java Servlet API, a standard Java extension.
Servlets provide a way to generate dynamic documents that is both easier to write and faster to run. Servlets also address the problem of doing server-side programming with platform-specific APIs: they are developed with the Java Servlet API, a standard Java extension.
3. What
are the general advantages and selling points of Servlets?
A servlet can handle multiple requests concurrently, and synchronize requests. This allows servlets to support systems such as online
real-time conferencing. Servlets can forward requests to other servers and servlets. Thus servlets can be used to balance load among several servers that mirror the same content, and to partition a single logical service over several servers, according to task type or organizational boundaries.
A servlet can handle multiple requests concurrently, and synchronize requests. This allows servlets to support systems such as online
real-time conferencing. Servlets can forward requests to other servers and servlets. Thus servlets can be used to balance load among several servers that mirror the same content, and to partition a single logical service over several servers, according to task type or organizational boundaries.
4. Which
package provides interfaces and classes for writing servlets? javax
5. What’s
the Servlet Interface?
The central abstraction in the Servlet API is the Servlet interface. All servlets implement this interface, either directly or, more
commonly, by extending a class that implements it such as HttpServlet.Servlets > Generic Servlet > HttpServlet > MyServlet.
The Servlet interface declares, but does not implement, methods that manage the servlet and its communications with clients. Servlet writers provide some or all of these methods when developing a servlet.
The central abstraction in the Servlet API is the Servlet interface. All servlets implement this interface, either directly or, more
commonly, by extending a class that implements it such as HttpServlet.Servlets > Generic Servlet > HttpServlet > MyServlet.
The Servlet interface declares, but does not implement, methods that manage the servlet and its communications with clients. Servlet writers provide some or all of these methods when developing a servlet.
6. When
a servlet accepts a call from a client, it receives two objects. What are they?
ServletRequest (which encapsulates the communication from the client to the server) and ServletResponse (which encapsulates the communication from the servlet back to the client). ServletRequest and ServletResponse are interfaces defined inside javax.servlet package.
ServletRequest (which encapsulates the communication from the client to the server) and ServletResponse (which encapsulates the communication from the servlet back to the client). ServletRequest and ServletResponse are interfaces defined inside javax.servlet package.
7. What
information does ServletRequest allow access to?
Information such as the names of the parameters passed in by the client, the protocol (scheme) being used by the client, and the names
of the remote host that made the request and the server that received it. Also the input stream, as ServletInputStream.Servlets use the input stream to get data from clients that use application protocols such as the HTTP POST and GET methods.
Information such as the names of the parameters passed in by the client, the protocol (scheme) being used by the client, and the names
of the remote host that made the request and the server that received it. Also the input stream, as ServletInputStream.Servlets use the input stream to get data from clients that use application protocols such as the HTTP POST and GET methods.
8. What
type of constraints can ServletResponse interface set on the client?
It can set the content length and MIME type of the reply. It also provides an output stream, ServletOutputStream and a Writer through
which the servlet can send the reply data.
It can set the content length and MIME type of the reply. It also provides an output stream, ServletOutputStream and a Writer through
which the servlet can send the reply data.
9. Explain
servlet lifecycle?
Each servlet has the same life cycle: first, the server loads and initializes the servlet (init()), then the servlet handles zero or more client requests (service()), after that the server removes the servlet (destroy()). Worth noting that the last step on some servers is done when they shut down.
Each servlet has the same life cycle: first, the server loads and initializes the servlet (init()), then the servlet handles zero or more client requests (service()), after that the server removes the servlet (destroy()). Worth noting that the last step on some servers is done when they shut down.
10. How does
HTTP Servlet handle client requests?
An HTTP Servlet handles client requests through its service method. The service method supports standard HTTP client requests by dispatching each request to a method designed to handle that request.
An HTTP Servlet handles client requests through its service method. The service method supports standard HTTP client requests by dispatching each request to a method designed to handle that request.
JDBC interview questions and answers
By admin | September 1, 2004
Thanks to Sachin Rastogi for sending in Java
database interview questions.
1. What
are the steps involved in establishing a JDBC connection? This action
involves two steps: loading the JDBC driver and making the connection.
2. How
can you load the drivers?
Loading the driver or drivers you want to use is very simple and involves just one line of code. If, for example, you want to use the JDBC-ODBC Bridge driver, the following code will load it:
Loading the driver or drivers you want to use is very simple and involves just one line of code. If, for example, you want to use the JDBC-ODBC Bridge driver, the following code will load it:
Class.forName(”sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver”);
Your driver documentation will give you the class
name to use. For instance, if the class name is jdbc.DriverXYZ, you would load
the driver with the following line of code:
Class.forName(”jdbc.DriverXYZ”);
3. What
will Class.forName do while loading drivers? It is used to create an
instance of a driver and register it with the
DriverManager. When you have loaded a driver, it is available for making a connection with a DBMS.
DriverManager. When you have loaded a driver, it is available for making a connection with a DBMS.
4. How
can you make the connection? To establish a connection you need to
have the appropriate driver connect to the DBMS.
The following line of code illustrates the general idea:
The following line of code illustrates the general idea:
String url = “jdbc:odbc:Fred”;
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, “Fernanda”, “J8?);
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, “Fernanda”, “J8?);
5. How
can you create JDBC statements and what are they?
A Statement object is what sends your SQL statement to the DBMS. You simply create a Statement object and then execute it, supplying the appropriate execute method with the SQL statement you want to send. For a SELECT statement, the method to use is executeQuery. For statements that create or modify tables, the method to use is executeUpdate. It takes an instance of an active connection to create a Statement object. In the following example, we use our Connection object con to create the Statement object
A Statement object is what sends your SQL statement to the DBMS. You simply create a Statement object and then execute it, supplying the appropriate execute method with the SQL statement you want to send. For a SELECT statement, the method to use is executeQuery. For statements that create or modify tables, the method to use is executeUpdate. It takes an instance of an active connection to create a Statement object. In the following example, we use our Connection object con to create the Statement object
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
6. How
can you retrieve data from the ResultSet?
JDBC returns results in a ResultSet object, so we need to declare an instance of the class ResultSet to hold our results. The following code demonstrates declaring the ResultSet object rs.
JDBC returns results in a ResultSet object, so we need to declare an instance of the class ResultSet to hold our results. The following code demonstrates declaring the ResultSet object rs.
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(”SELECT COF_NAME,
PRICE FROM COFFEES”);
String s = rs.getString(”COF_NAME”);
String s = rs.getString(”COF_NAME”);
The method getString is invoked on the ResultSet
object rs, so getString() will retrieve (get) the value stored in the column
COF_NAME in the current row of rs.
7. What
are the different types of Statements?
Regular statement (use createStatement method), prepared statement (use prepareStatement method) and callable statement (use prepareCall)
Regular statement (use createStatement method), prepared statement (use prepareStatement method) and callable statement (use prepareCall)
8. How
can you use PreparedStatement? This special type of statement is
derived from class Statement.If you need a
Statement object to execute many times, it will normally make sense to use a PreparedStatement object instead. The advantage to this is that in most cases, this SQL statement will be sent to the DBMS right away, where it will be compiled. As a result, the PreparedStatement object contains not just an SQL statement, but an SQL statement that has been precompiled. This means that when the PreparedStatement is executed, the DBMS can just run the PreparedStatement’s SQL statement without having to compile it first.
Statement object to execute many times, it will normally make sense to use a PreparedStatement object instead. The advantage to this is that in most cases, this SQL statement will be sent to the DBMS right away, where it will be compiled. As a result, the PreparedStatement object contains not just an SQL statement, but an SQL statement that has been precompiled. This means that when the PreparedStatement is executed, the DBMS can just run the PreparedStatement’s SQL statement without having to compile it first.
9. PreparedStatement updateSales =
10. con.prepareStatement("UPDATE
COFFEES SET SALES = ? WHERE COF_NAME LIKE ?");
11. What does
setAutoCommit do?
When a connection is created, it is in auto-commit mode. This means that each individual SQL statement is treated as a transaction and will be automatically committed right after it is executed. The way to allow two or more statements to be grouped into a transaction is to disable auto-commit mode:
When a connection is created, it is in auto-commit mode. This means that each individual SQL statement is treated as a transaction and will be automatically committed right after it is executed. The way to allow two or more statements to be grouped into a transaction is to disable auto-commit mode:
12. How do you call
a stored procedure from JDBC?
The first step is to create a CallableStatement object. As with Statement an and PreparedStatement objects, this is done with an open
Connection object. A CallableStatement object contains a call to a stored procedure.
The first step is to create a CallableStatement object. As with Statement an and PreparedStatement objects, this is done with an open
Connection object. A CallableStatement object contains a call to a stored procedure.
13. CallableStatement cs = con.prepareCall("{call
SHOW_SUPPLIERS}");
14. ResultSet rs = cs.executeQuery();
JSP interview questions and answers
1. What
is JSP? Describe its concept. JSP is a technology that combines
HTML/XML markup languages and elements of Java programming Language to return
dynamic content to the Web client, It is normally used to handle Presentation
logic of a web application, although it may have business logic.
2. What
are the lifecycle phases of a JSP?
JSP page looks like a HTML page but is a servlet. When presented with JSP page the JSP engine does the following 7 phases.
JSP page looks like a HTML page but is a servlet. When presented with JSP page the JSP engine does the following 7 phases.
A. Page
translation: -page is parsed, and a java file which is a servlet is created.
B. Page
compilation: page is compiled into a class file
C. Page
loading : This class file is loaded.
D. Create
an instance :- Instance of servlet is created
E. jspInit()
method is called
F. _jspService
is called to handle service calls
G. _jspDestroy
is called to destroy it when the servlet is not required.
3. What
is a translation unit? JSP page can include the contents of other HTML
pages or other JSP files. This is done by using the include directive. When the
JSP engine is presented with such a JSP page it is converted to one servlet
class and this is called a translation unit, Things to remember in a
translation unit is that page directives affect the whole unit, one variable
declaration cannot occur in the same unit more than once, the standard action
jsp:useBean cannot declare the same bean twice in one unit.
4. How
is JSP used in the MVC model? JSP is usually used for presentation in
the MVC pattern (Model View Controller ) i.e. it plays the role of the view.
The controller deals with calling the model and the business classes which in
turn get the data, this data is then presented to the JSP for rendering on to
the client.
5. What
are context initialization parameters? Context initialization
parameters are specified by the <context-param> in the web.xml file,
these are initialization parameter for the whole application and not specific
to any servlet or JSP.
6. What
is a output comment? A comment that is sent to the client in the
viewable page source. The JSP engine handles an output comment as
un-interpreted HTML text, returning the comment in the HTML output sent to the
client. You can see the comment by viewing the page source from your Web
browser.
7. What
is a Hidden Comment? A comment that documents the JSP page but is not
sent to the client. The JSP engine ignores a hidden comment, and does not process
any code within hidden comment tags. A hidden comment is not sent to the
client, either in the displayed JSP page or the HTML page source. The hidden
comment is useful when you want to hide or “comment out” part of your JSP page.
8. What
is a Expression? Expressions are act as place holders for language
expression, expression is evaluated each time the page is accessed.
9. What
is a Declaration? It declares one or more variables or methods for use
later in the JSP source file. A declaration must contain at least one complete
declarative statement. You can declare any number of variables or methods
within one declaration tag, as long as semicolons separate them. The
declaration must be valid in the scripting language used in the JSP file.
10. What is a
Scriptlet? A scriptlet can contain any number of language statements,
variable or method declarations, or expressions that are valid in the page
scripting language. Within scriptlet tags, you can declare variables or methods
to use later in the file, write expressions valid in the page scripting
language, use any of the JSP implicit objects or any object declared with a
<jsp:useBean>.
11. What
are the implicit objects? List them. Certain objects that are
available for the use in JSP documents without being declared first. These
objects are parsed by the JSP engine and inserted into the generated servlet.
The implicit objects are:
§ request
§ response
§ pageContext
§ session
§ application
§ out
§ config
§ page
§ exception
12. What’s
the difference between forward and sendRedirect? When you invoke a
forward request, the request is sent to another resource on the server, without
the client being informed that a different resource is going to process the
request. This process occurs completely with in the web container And then
returns to the calling method. When a sendRedirect method is invoked, it causes
the web container to return to the browser indicating that a new URL should be
requested. Because the browser issues a completely new request any object that
are stored as request attributes before the redirect occurs will be lost. This
extra round trip a redirect is slower than forward.
13. What
are the different scope values for the <jsp:useBean>? The
different scope values for <jsp:useBean> are:
§ page
§ request
§ session
§ application
14. Why
are JSP pages the preferred API for creating a web-based client program? Because
no plug-ins or security policy files are needed on the client systems(applet
does). Also, JSP pages enable cleaner and more module application design
because they provide a way to separate applications programming from web page
design. This means personnel involved in web page design do not need to
understand Java programming language syntax to do their jobs.
15. Is
JSP technology extensible? Yes, it is. JSP technology is extensible
through the development of custom actions, or tags, which are encapsulated in
tag libraries.
16. What
is difference between custom JSP tags and beans? Custom JSP tag is a
tag you defined. You define how a tag, its attributes and its body are
interpreted, and then group your tags into collections called tag libraries
that can be used in any number of JSP files. Custom tags and beans accomplish
the same goals — encapsulating complex behavior into simple and accessible
forms. There are several differences:
Filter
|
A filter
is an object that performs filtering tasks on either the request to a
resource (a servlet or static content), or on the response from a resource,
or both.
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FilterChain
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A
FilterChain is an object provided by the servlet container to the developer
giving a view into the invocation chain of a filtered request for a
resource.
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FilterConfig
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A filter
configuration object used by a servlet container to pass information to a filter
during initialization.
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RequestDispatcher
|
Defines
an object that receives requests from the client and sends them to any
resource (such as a servlet, HTML file, or JSP file) on the server.
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Servlet
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Defines
methods that all servlets must implement.
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ServletConfig
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A servlet
configuration object used by a servlet container to pass information to a
servlet during initialization.
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ServletContext
|
Defines a
set of methods that a servlet uses to communicate with its servlet container,
for example, to get the MIME type of a file, dispatch requests, or write to a
log file.
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ServletContextAttributeListener
|
Implementations
of this interface receive notifications of changes to the attribute list on
the servlet context of a web application.
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ServletContextListener
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Implementations
of this interface receive notifications about changes to the servlet context
of the web application they are part of.
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ServletRequest
|
Defines
an object to provide client request information to a servlet.
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ServletRequestAttributeListener
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A
ServletRequestAttributeListener can be implemented by the developer
interested in being notified of request attribute changes.
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ServletRequestListener
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A
ServletRequestListener can be implemented by the developer interested in
being notified of requests coming in and out of scope in a web
component.
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ServletResponse
|
Defines
an object to assist a servlet in sending a response to the client.
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SingleThreadModel
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Ensures
that servlets handle only one request at a time.
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§ Custom tags can manipulate JSP
content; beans cannot.
§ Complex operations can be reduced to a
significantly simpler form with custom tags than with beans.
§ Custom tags require quite a bit more
work to set up than do beans.
§ Custom tags usually define relatively
self-contained behavior, whereas beans are often defined in one servlet and
used in a different servlet or JSP page.
§ Custom tags are available only in JSP
1.1 and later, but beans can be used in all JSP 1.x versions.
Classes and Interfaces of Servlet
The javax.servlet package defines the contract
between container and the servlet class. It provides the flexibility to
container vendor to implement the API the way they want so long as they follow
the specification. To the developers, it provides the library to develop the
servlet based applications.
Interfaces of javax.Servlet
Classes of javax.Servlet
ServletContextAttributeEvent
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This is the event class for
notifications about changes to the attributes of the servlet context of a web
application.
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ServletContextEvent
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This is the event class for
notifications about changes to the servlet context of a web
application.
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ServletException
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Defines a general exception a
servlet can throw when it encounters difficulty.
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ServletRequestAttributeEvent
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This is the event class for
notifications of changes to the attributes of the servlet request in an
application.
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ServletRequestEvent
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Events of this kind indicate
lifecycle events for a ServletRequest.
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ServletRequestWrapper
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Provides a convenient
implementation of the ServletRequest interface that can be subclassed by
developers wishing to adapt the request to a Servlet.
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ServletResponseWrapper
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Provides a convenient
implementation of the ServletResponse interface that can be subclassed by
developers wishing to adapt the response from a Servlet.
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UnavailableException
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Defines an exception that a
servlet or filter throws to indicate that it is permanently or temporarily
unavailable
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Abstract Classes
GenericServlet
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Defines a generic,
protocol-independent servlet.
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ServletInputStream
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Provides an input stream for
reading binary data from a client request, including an
efficientreadLine method for reading data one line at a time.
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ServletOutputStream
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Provides an output stream for
sending binary data to the client
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