Paweł Baczyński

And if you need to access the static variable, you can do this by using the class name

public class Sample {    static int b=23;        public static void main(String[] args) {        b=3;        int b=1;        Sample ob1=new Sample();        System.out.println(b);        // prints 1 System.out.println(Sample.b); // prints 3    }     }

What version of javac are you using?

javac ImportExample.java
ImportExample.java:3: error: cannot find symbol
       Random r = new Random();   // DOES NOT COMPILE
       ^
 symbol:   class Random
 location: class ImportExample
ImportExample.java:3: error: cannot find symbol
       Random r = new Random();   // DOES NOT COMPILE
                      ^
 symbol:   class Random
 location: class ImportExample
2 errors

javac -version
javac 17.0.1

What is a type of statusdataframe.col("Status")?
Something bad must be happening with its internals.

An empty list wouldn't cause toArray() to throw NoSuchElementException.
An empty String in the list would result in StringIndexOutOfBoundsException.
A null reference inside the list would result in NullPointerException.
A non-String object in the list would result in ClassCastException.

I can't think of any other condition that could result in an exception except the list does something weird.

By the way, when you sort this issue out you may find that System.out.println(ints); doesn't print what you expect.

Hello Scott and Jeanne

Does your book mention the upgrade exam (1Z0-817)?

EDIT: I am answering my own question... Yes, the book even says that on its cover.  

The best part of doing the beta is the price.
The wors part is not knowing if you passed for some time.

Sorry, I am not an author of the book but I thought you may find this interesting.
https://www.selikoff.net/2020/08/26/dont-panic-oracle-announces-new-java-ocp-11-exam/

From javadoc:

javadoc wrote:Returns:
   true if the named file does not exist and was successfully created; false if the named file already exists

And the method does throw exceptions:

javadoc wrote:Throws:
   IOException - If an I/O error occurred
   SecurityException - If a security manager exists and its SecurityManager.checkWrite(java.lang.String) method denies write access to the file

Java 14 release is scheduled for general availability on March 17, 2020. It introduces three changes to the language and one useful feature for runtime.

Read more about it at: https://solidstudio.io/blog/java-14-new-features.html

Mike Savvy wrote:I mean something like this:
short a = 1; short b = 2; String c = dataType.toString(a+b);  // c = "int"

This can be emulated using method overloading.
public class DataType {    public static void main(String[] args) {        short a = 1;        short b = 2;        System.out.println(type(a));        System.out.println(type(b));        System.out.println(type(a + b));    }    private static String type(int a) {        return "int";    }    private static String type(short a) {        return "short";    } }
This prints:
short
short
int

Note that selecion of a method to call happens on compile time.

You can pass an instance of an object implementing some interface (Function, UnaryOperator).

Campbell Ritchie wrote:Remembering that n % 2 == 1 doesn't reliably find odd numbers.

Forget the 1. Compare to 0. You'll get n % 2 != 0 that reliably finds odd numbers.

Also, don't write
if (condition) {    return true; } else {    return false; }
Instead write
return condition;

Piet Souris wrote:then b.m1() is illegal.

If you program to the interface, you won't need an instance method called m1() as such method is not defined in the interface.

Similarly, when you program to interfaces with lists like List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(); you don't expect to be able to call list.ensureCapacity(123);.

Dave Tolls wrote:Indeed, looking at the Arrays source code and it does use its own private class.

And the private class is named ArrayList.

But it isn't java.util.ArrayList. It is java.util.Arrays.ArrayList.

It would help if you shared what you don't get.