Java Interview Questions -Part7

Question What is the role of serialization in EJB? (EJB)

Answer A big part of EJB is that it is a framework for underlying RMI: remote method invocation. You're invoking methods remotely from JVM space 'A' on objects which are in JVM space 'B' -- possibly running on another machine on the network.

To make this happen, all arguments of each method call must have their current state plucked out of JVM 'A' memory, flattened into a byte stream which can be sent over a TCP/IP network connection, and then deserialized for reincarnation on the other end in JVM 'B' where the actual method call takes place.

If the method has a return value, it is serialized up for streaming back to JVM A. Thus the requirement that all EJB methods arguments and return values must be serializable. The easiest way to do this is to make sure all your classes implement java.io.Serializable.



Question What is EJB QL? (EJB)

Answer EJB QL is a Query Language provided for navigation across a network of enterprise beans and dependent objects defined by means of container managed persistence. EJB QL is introduced in the EJB 2.0 specification. The EJB QL query language defines finder methods for entity beans with container managed persistenceand is portable across containers and persistence managers. EJB QL is used for queries of two types of finder methods: Finder methods that are defined in the home interface of an entity bean and which return entity objects. Select methods, which are not exposed to the client, but which are used by the Bean Provider to select persistent values that are maintained by the Persistence Manager or to select entity objects that are related to the entity bean on which the query is defined.



Question What is the fastest type of JDBC driver? (JDBC)

Answer JDBC driver performance will depend on a number of issues:

(a) the quality of the driver code,

(b) the size of the driver code,

(c) the database server and its load,

(d) network topology,

(e) the number of times your request is translated to a different API.

In general, all things being equal, you can assume that the more your request and response change hands, the slower it will be. This means that Type 1 and Type 3 drivers will be slower than Type 2 drivers (the database calls are make at least three translations versus two), and Type 4 drivers are the fastest (only one translation).



Question Request parameter How to find whether a parameter exists in the request object? (Servlets)

Answer 1.boolean hasFoo = !(request.getParameter("foo") == null || request.getParameter("foo").equals(""));

2. boolean hasParameter = request.getParameterMap().contains(theParameter);

(which works in Servlet 2.3+)