To determine the statements that are true, let's analyze the given code:

public static void before() {
    Set set = new TreeSet();
    set.add("2");
    set.add(3);
    set.add("1");
    Iterator it = set.iterator();
    while (it.hasNext())    System.out.print(it.next() + " ");
}

The code creates a TreeSet named set, which is a sorted set that does not allow duplicate elements. It then adds three elements to the set: the string "2", the integer 3, and the string "1".

The code then creates an iterator named it and iterates over the elements in the set using a while loop. Inside the loop, it prints each element followed by a space.

Based on the code logic and the behavior of TreeSet, let's evaluate each statement:

A. The before() method will print 1 2

This statement is incorrect. The TreeSet orders elements in ascending order. In this case, "1" will be printed before "2" because strings are ordered lexicographically. Therefore, the correct output would be "1 2 3", not "1 2".

B. The before() method will print 1 2 3

This statement is correct. As explained above, the TreeSet orders elements in ascending order, so the correct output would be "1 2 3".

C. The before() method will print three numbers, but the order cannot be determined

This statement is incorrect. The TreeSet orders elements in ascending order, so the order of the elements can be determined.

D. The before() method will not compile

This statement is incorrect. The code does not contain any compilation errors.

E. The before() method will throw an exception at runtime

This statement is correct. The code attempts to add elements of different types (a string and an integer) to the TreeSet. However, TreeSet requires the elements to be mutually comparable. Since the elements are not of the same type or mutually comparable, a ClassCastException will be thrown at runtime.

Therefore, the correct statements are:

B. The before() method will print 1 2 3 E. The before() method will throw an exception at runtime

The correct answer is E.

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To determine which options will be included in the output String s, let's analyze the given code step by step:

1. String s = "-"; - Initialize the String s with a hyphen.

2. Integer x = 343; - Declare and initialize an Integer variable x with the value 343.

3. long L343 = 343L; - Declare and initialize a long variable L343 with the value 343L.

4. if(x.equals(L343)) s += ".e1 "; - This condition checks if the value of x is equal to the value of L343. Since x is an Integer object and L343 is a long, the condition evaluates to false. Therefore, ".e1" is not included in s.

5. if(x.equals(343)) s += ".e2 "; - This condition checks if the value of x is equal to the value 343. Since x is an Integer object and 343 is an int, the condition evaluates to true. Therefore, ".e2" is included in s.

6. Short s1 = (short)((new Short((short)343)) / (new Short((short)49))); - Declare and initialize a Short variable s1 by dividing two Short objects, both initialized with the value 343 and 49 respectively. The division result is 7.

7. if(s1 == 7) s += "=s "; - This condition checks if the value of s1 is equal to 7. Since s1 is equal to 7, the condition evaluates to true. Therefore, "=s" is included in s.

8. if(s1 < new Integer(7+1)) s += "fly "; - This condition checks if the value of s1 is less than (7+1), which is 8. Since s1 is less than 8, the condition evaluates to true. Therefore, "fly" is included in s.

9. System.out.println(s); - Print the value of s, which consists of ".e2 =s fly".

Based on the analysis above, the options that will be included in the output String s are:

B. .e2 C. =s D. fly

Therefore, the correct answer is B, C, D.

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To determine the result of the given command line invocation, let's go through the code step by step:

1. The Pattern.compile(args[0]) line compiles the regular expression passed as the first command line argument ("\d+" in this case) into a pattern.

2. The Pattern.matcher(args[1]) line creates a matcher object that matches the given input string ("ab2c4d67" in this case) against the pattern.

3. The variable count is initialized to 0.

4. The while(m.find()) loop executes as long as there is a match for the pattern in the input string. Each time a match is found, the loop body is executed.

5. Inside the loop, the count++ statement increments the value of count by 1 for each match found.

6. After the loop finishes, the value of count is printed using System.out.print(count).

Now, let's analyze the given input string "ab2c4d67" and the regular expression "\d+":

• The regular expression \d+ matches one or more digits.

• In the input string "ab2c4d67", there are 3 occurrences of one or more digits: 2, 4, and 67.

Therefore, the correct answer is B. The result printed by the program will be 3.

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