| Interface | Description |
|---|---|
| Collection<E> |
The root interface in the collection hierarchy.
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| Comparator<T> |
A comparison function, which imposes a total ordering on some collection of objects.
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| Deque<E> |
A linear collection that supports element insertion and removal at both ends.
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| Enumeration<E> |
An object that implements the Enumeration interface generates a series of elements, one at a
time.
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| EventListener |
A tagging interface that all event listener interfaces must extend.
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| Iterator<E> |
An iterator over a collection.
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| List<E> |
An ordered collection (also known as a sequence).
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| ListIterator<E> |
An iterator for lists that allows the programmer to traverse the list in either direction, modify
the list during iteration, and obtain the iterator's current position in the list.
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| Map<K,V> |
An object that maps keys to values.
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| Map.Entry<K,V> |
A map entry (key-value pair).
|
| NavigableMap<K,V> |
A
SortedMap extended with navigation methods returning the closest matches for given search targets. |
| NavigableSet<E> |
A
SortedSet extended with navigation methods reporting closest matches for given search targets. |
| Observer |
A class can implement the
Observer interface when it wants to be informed of changes
in observable objects. |
| Queue<E> |
A collection designed for holding elements prior to processing.
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| RandomAccess |
Marker interface used by
List implementations to indicate that they support fast
(generally constant time) random access. |
| Set<E> |
A collection that contains no duplicate elements.
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| SortedMap<K,V> |
A
Map that further provides a total ordering on its keys. |
| SortedSet<E> |
A
Set that further provides a total ordering on its elements. |
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| AbstractCollection<E> |
This class provides a skeletal implementation of the
Collection interface, to minimize
the effort required to implement this interface. |
| AbstractList<E> |
This class provides a skeletal implementation of the
List interface to minimize the
effort required to implement this interface backed by a "random access" data store (such as an
array). |
| AbstractMap<K,V> |
This class provides a skeletal implementation of the
Map interface, to minimize the
effort required to implement this interface. |
| AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<K,V> |
An Entry maintaining a key and a value.
|
| AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<K,V> |
An Entry maintaining an immutable key and value.
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| AbstractQueue<E> |
This class provides skeletal implementations of some
Queue operations. |
| AbstractSequentialList<E> |
This class provides a skeletal implementation of the List interface to minimize the effort required to
implement this interface backed by a "sequential access" data store (such as a linked list).
|
| AbstractSet<E> |
This class provides a skeletal implementation of the
Set interface to minimize the
effort required to implement this interface. |
| ArrayDeque<E> |
Resizable-array implementation of the
Deque interface. |
| ArrayList<E> |
Resizable-array implementation of the
List interface. |
| Arrays |
This class contains various methods for manipulating arrays (such as sorting and searching).
|
| Base64 |
This class consists exclusively of static methods for obtaining encoders and decoders for the Base64 encoding scheme.
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| Base64.Decoder |
This class implements a decoder for decoding byte data using the Base64 encoding scheme as specified in RFC 4648
and RFC 2045.
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| Base64.Encoder |
This class implements an encoder for encoding byte data using the Base64 encoding scheme as specified in RFC 4648
and RFC 2045.
|
| BitSet |
This class implements a vector of bits that grows as needed.
|
| Calendar |
The
Calendar class is an abstract class that provides methods for converting between
a specific instant in time and a set of calendar fields such as YEAR
, MONTH , DAY_OF_MONTH, HOUR, and so on, and for
manipulating the calendar fields, such as getting the date of the next week. |
| Collections |
This class consists exclusively of static methods that operate on or return collections.
|
| Date |
The class
Date represents a specific instant in time, with millisecond precision. |
| Dictionary<K,V> |
The
Dictionary class is the abstract parent of any class, such as
Hashtable, which maps keys to values. |
| EventObject |
The root class from which all event state objects shall be derived.
|
| Formatter |
An interpreter for printf-style format strings.
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| HashMap<K,V> |
Hash table based implementation of the
Map interface. |
| HashSet<E> |
This class implements the Set interface, backed by a hash table (actually a HashMap instance).
|
| Hashtable<K,V> |
This class implements a hash table, which maps keys to values.
|
| LinkedList<E> |
Doubly-linked list implementation of the
List and Deque interfaces. |
| Objects |
This class consists of
static utility methods for operating on objects. |
| Observable |
This class represents an observable object, or "data" in the model-view paradigm.
|
| Properties |
The
Properties class represents a persistent set of properties. |
| PropertyPermission |
This class is for property permissions.
|
| Random |
An instance of this class is used to generate a stream of pseudorandom numbers.
|
| Stack<E> |
The
Stack class represents a last-in-first-out (LIFO) stack of objects. |
| StringTokenizer |
The string tokenizer class allows an application to break a string into tokens.
|
| TimeZone |
TimeZone represents a time zone offset, and also figures out daylight savings. |
| TreeMap<K,V> |
A Red-Black tree based
NavigableMap implementation. |
| TreeSet<E> |
A
NavigableSet implementation based on a TreeMap. |
| Vector<E> |
The
Vector class implements a growable array of objects. |
| WeakHashMap<K,V> |
Hash table based implementation of the
Map interface, with weak keys. |
| Exception | Description |
|---|---|
| ConcurrentModificationException |
This exception may be thrown by methods that have detected concurrent modification of an object
when such modification is not permissible.
|
| DuplicateFormatFlagsException |
Unchecked exception thrown when duplicate flags are provided in the format specifier.
|
| EmptyStackException |
Thrown by methods in the
Stack class to indicate that the stack is empty. |
| FormatFlagsConversionMismatchException |
Unchecked exception thrown when a conversion and flag are incompatible.
|
| FormatterClosedException |
Unchecked exception thrown when the formatter has been closed.
|
| IllegalFormatConversionException |
Unchecked exception thrown when the argument corresponding to the format specifier is of an incompatible type.
|
| IllegalFormatException |
Unchecked exception thrown when a format string contains an illegal syntax or a format specifier that is incompatible
with the given arguments.
|
| IllegalFormatFlagsException |
Unchecked exception thrown when an illegal combination flags is given.
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| IllegalFormatPrecisionException |
Unchecked exception thrown when the precision is a negative value other than -1, the conversion does not
support a precision, or the value is otherwise unsupported.
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| IllegalFormatWidthException |
Unchecked exception thrown when the format width is a negative value other than -1 or is otherwise
unsupported.
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| MissingFormatArgumentException |
Unchecked exception thrown when there is a format specifier which does not have a corresponding argument or if an
argument index refers to an argument that does not exist.
|
| MissingFormatWidthException |
Unchecked exception thrown when the format width is required.
|
| NoSuchElementException |
Thrown by the
nextElement method of an Enumeration to indicate that
there are no more elements in the enumeration. |
| UnknownFormatConversionException |
Unchecked exception thrown when an unknown conversion is given.
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| UnknownFormatFlagsException |
Unchecked exception thrown when an unknown flag is given.
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