Java SE 1z0-830 Oracle Study Notes

In Java's java.nio.file package, the Path class represents a file path in a file system. The Paths.get(String first, String... more) method is used to create a Path instance by converting a path string or URI.

In the provided code snippet, the Path object path is created with the string "C:\\home\\joe\\foo". This represents an absolute path on a Windows system.

The getName(int index) method of the Path class returns a name element of the path as a Path object. The index is zero-based, where index 0 corresponds to the first element in the path's name sequence. It's important to note that the root component (e.g., "C:\" on Windows) is not considered a name element and is not included in this sequence.

Therefore, for the path "C:\\home\\joe\\foo":

Root Component:"C:\"

Name Elements:

Index 0: "home"

Index 1: "joe"

Index 2: "foo"

When path.getName(0) is called, it returns the first name element, which is "home". Thus, the output of the System.out.println statement is home.

In this code, we have two interfaces and a class with a main method:

WithDefaultMethod Interface:

Declares a default method print() that outputs "default".

WithStaticMethod Interface:

Extends WithDefaultMethod.

Declares a static method print() that outputs "static".

DefaultAndStaticMethods Class:

Contains the main method, which calls WithStaticMethod.print().

Key Points:

Static Methods in Interfaces:

Static methods in interfaces are not inherited by implementing or extending classes or interfaces. They belong solely to the interface in which they are declared.

Default Methods in Interfaces:

Default methods can be inherited by implementing classes, but they cannot be overridden by static methods in subinterfaces.

Execution Flow:

The main method calls WithStaticMethod.print().

This invokes the static method print() defined in the WithStaticMethod interface, which outputs "static".

Therefore, the program compiles successfully and prints static.

In this code, a Stream of String elements is created containing the characters "J", "a", "v", and "a". The reduce method is then used with String::concat as the accumulator function.

The reduce method with a single BinaryOperator parameter performs a reduction on the elements of the stream, using an associative accumulation function, and returns an Optional describing the reduced value, if any. In this case, it concatenates the strings in the stream.

Since the stream contains elements, the reduction operation concatenates them to form the string "Java". The result is wrapped in an Optional, resulting in Optional[Java]. The print statement outputs this Optional object, displaying Optional[Java].

In this code, the Calculable interface defines a single abstract method calculate that takes an int parameter and returns a long. The main method contains three lambda expressions assigned to variables c1, c2, and c3 of type Calculable.

Line 1:Calculable c1 = i -> i + 1;

This lambda expression takes an integer i and returns the result of i + 1. Since the expression i + 1 results in an int, and Java allows implicit widening conversion from int to long, this line compiles successfully.

Line 2:Calculable c2 = i -> Long.valueOf(i);

Here, the lambda expression takes an integer i and returns the result of Long.valueOf(i). The Long.valueOf(int i) method returns a Long object. However, Java allows unboxing of the Long object to a long primitive type when necessary. Therefore, this line compiles successfully.

Line 3:Calculable c3 = i -> { throw new ArithmeticException(); };

This lambda expression takes an integer i and throws an ArithmeticException. Since the method calculate has a return type of long, and throwing an exception is a valid way to exit the method without returning a value, this line compiles successfully.

Since all three lines adhere to the method signature defined in the Calculable interface and there are no type mismatches or syntax errors, the program compiles successfully.