Everybody loves a pub quiz. So I collected some Java trivia questions ranging from syntax over frameworks. Have fun!

1. What is the name of the following syntax elements: (1 point each)
   <>
   ?:
2. Is this valid Java code and why or why not?

   http://www.google.de

3. When does a != a result in true for the same a?
4. Which non internal package cannot be imported?
5. What’s the result of “Hello” == “Hello” and why?
6. How is this piece of code construct called?

   new ArrayList() {{
     add("Hello");
   }};
   

7. For which value does Math.abs(int) return a negative number?
8. What does file.delete() do when the file in question cannot be deleted?
9. What is the result of Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3).add(2) ?

Solutions

1. diamond operator and ternary operator or elvis (in Groovy)
2. Yes, http: is a label and // starts a comment
3. Double.NaN
4. The default package
5. True. All String literals are interned.
6. Double brace initialisation
7. Integer.MIN_VALUE
8. It returns false
9. java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException

Framework

Here we name three classes from a JDK package or an open source framework, can you guess which package or framework it is?

1. Closeable, Console, Serializable
2. Objects, Properties, Random
3. Callable, Future, Phaser
4. Point, Robot, Toolkit
5. AutoCloseable, Iterable, Process
6. Mapping, PersistentCollection, Session
7. EqualsBuilder, Mutable, StringUtils
8. ApplicationContext, DataBinder, JdbcTemplate
9. Frequency, Length, Volume
10. Minutes, Weeks, Years

Solutions

1. java.io
2. java.util
3. java.util.concurrent
4. java.awt
5. java.lang
6. Hibernate
7. Apache Commons (Lang)
8. Spring
9. JScience
10. Joda Time