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Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition

Name: Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition
Author: David Flanagan
ISBN: 9780596007737

by David Flanagan

March 2005

Beginner to intermediate

1254 pages

104h 21m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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How the Quick Reference Is Generated
Acknowledgments
I. Introducing Java
1. Introduction
1.1. What Is Java?
1.1.1. The Java Programming Language1.1.2. The Java Virtual Machine1.1.3. The Java Platform1.1.4. Versions of Java
1.2. Key Benefits of Java
1.2.1. Write Once, Run Anywhere1.2.2. Security1.2.3. Network-Centric Programming1.2.4. Dynamic, Extensible Programs1.2.5. Internationalization1.2.6. Performance1.2.7. Programmer Efficiency and Time-to-Market
1.3. An Example Program
1.3.1. Compiling and Running the Program1.3.2. Analyzing the Program1.3.2.1. Comments1.3.2.2. Defining a class1.3.2.3. Defining a method1.3.2.4. Declaring a variable and parsing input1.3.2.5. Computing the result1.3.2.6. Displaying output1.3.2.7. The end of a method1.3.2.8. Blank lines1.3.2.9. Another method1.3.2.10. Checking for valid input1.3.2.11. An important variable1.3.2.12. Looping and computing the factorial1.3.2.13. Returning the result1.3.3. Exceptions
2. Java Syntax from the Ground Up
2.1. Java Programs from the Top Down
2.2. Lexical Structure
2.2.1. The Unicode Character Set2.2.2. Case-Sensitivity and Whitespace2.2.3. Comments2.2.4. Reserved Words2.2.5. Identifiers2.2.6. Literals2.2.7. Punctuation
2.3. Primitive Data Types
2.3.1. The boolean Type2.3.2. The char Type2.3.3. Strings2.3.4. Integer Types2.3.5. Floating-Point Types2.3.6. Primitive Type Conversions
2.4. Expressions and Operators
2.4.1. Operator Summary2.4.1.1. Precedence2.4.1.2. Associativity2.4.1.3. Operand number and type2.4.1.4. Return type2.4.1.5. Side effects2.4.1.6. Order of evaluation2.4.2. Arithmetic Operators2.4.3. String Concatenation Operator2.4.4. Increment and Decrement Operators2.4.5. Comparison Operators2.4.6. Boolean Operators2.4.7. Bitwise and Shift Operators2.4.8. Assignment Operators2.4.9. The Conditional Operator2.4.10. The instanceof Operator2.4.11. Special Operators
2.5. Statements
2.5.1. Expression Statements2.5.2. Compound Statements2.5.3. The Empty Statement2.5.4. Labeled Statements2.5.5. Local Variable Declaration Statements2.5.6. The if/else Statement2.5.6.1. The else if clause2.5.7. The switch Statement2.5.8. The while Statement2.5.9. The do Statement2.5.10. The for Statement2.5.11. The for/in Statement2.5.11.1. Iterable and iterator2.5.11.2. What for/in cannot do2.5.12. The break Statement2.5.13. The continue Statement2.5.14. The return Statement2.5.15. The synchronized Statement2.5.16. The throw Statement2.5.16.1. Exception types2.5.17. The try/catch/finally Statement2.5.17.1. try2.5.17.2. catch2.5.17.3. finally2.5.18. The assert Statement2.5.18.1. Compiling assertions2.5.18.2. Enabling assertions2.5.18.3. Using assertions
2.6. Methods
2.6.1. Defining Methods2.6.2. Method Modifiers2.6.3. Declaring Checked Exceptions2.6.4. Variable-Length Argument Lists2.6.5. Covariant Return Types
2.7. Classes and Objects Introduced
2.7.1. Defining a Class2.7.2. Creating an Object2.7.3. Using an Object2.7.4. Object Literals2.7.4.1. String literals2.7.4.2. Type literals2.7.4.3. The null reference
2.8. Arrays
2.8.1. Array Types2.8.1.1. Array type widening conversions2.8.1.2. C compatibility syntax2.8.2. Creating and Initializing Arrays2.8.2.1. Array initializers2.8.3. Using Arrays2.8.3.1. Accessing array elements2.8.3.2. Array bounds2.8.3.3. Iterating arrays2.8.3.4. Copying arrays2.8.3.5. Array utilities2.8.4. Multidimensional Arrays
2.9. Reference Types
2.9.1. Reference vs. Primitive Types2.9.2. Copying Objects2.9.3. Comparing Objects2.9.4. Terminology: Pass by Value2.9.5. Memory Allocation and Garbage Collection2.9.6. Reference Type Conversions2.9.7. Boxing and Unboxing Conversions
2.10. Packages and the Java Namespace
2.10.1. Package Declaration2.10.2. Globally Unique Package Names2.10.3. Importing Types2.10.3.1. Naming conflicts and shadowing2.10.4. Importing Static Members2.10.4.1. Static member imports and overloaded methods
2.11. Java File Structure
2.12. Defining and Running Java Programs
2.13. Differences Between C and Java
3. Object-Oriented Programming in Java
3.1. Class Definition Syntax
3.2. Fields and Methods
3.2.1. Field Declaration Syntax3.2.2. Class Fields3.2.3. Class Methods3.2.4. Instance Fields3.2.5. Instance Methods3.2.5.1. How instance methods work3.2.5.2. Instance methods or class methods?3.2.6. Case Study: System.out.println( )
3.3. Creating and Initializing Objects
3.3.1. Defining a Constructor3.3.2. Defining Multiple Constructors3.3.3. Invoking One Constructor from Another3.3.4. Field Defaults and Initializers3.3.4.1. Initializer blocks
3.4. Destroying and Finalizing Objects
3.4.1. Garbage Collection3.4.2. Memory Leaks in Java3.4.3. Object Finalization
3.5. Subclasses and Inheritance
3.5.1. Extending a Class3.5.1.1. Final classes3.5.2. Superclasses, Object, and the Class Hierarchy3.5.3. Subclass Constructors3.5.4. Constructor Chaining and the Default Constructor3.5.4.1. The default constructor3.5.4.2. Finalizer chaining?3.5.5. Hiding Superclass Fields3.5.6. Overriding Superclass Methods3.5.6.1. Overriding is not hiding3.5.6.2. Dynamic method lookup3.5.6.3. Final methods and static method lookup3.5.6.4. Invoking an overridden method
3.6. Data Hiding and Encapsulation
3.6.1. Access Control3.6.1.1. Access to packages3.6.1.2. Access to classes3.6.1.3. Access to members3.6.1.4. Access control and inheritance3.6.1.5. Member access summary3.6.2. Data Accessor Methods
3.7. Abstract Classes and Methods
3.8. Important Methods of java.lang.Object
3.8.1. toString()3.8.2. equals( )3.8.3. hashCode( )3.8.4. Comparable.compareTo( )3.8.5. clone()
3.9. Interfaces
3.9.1. Defining an Interface3.9.1.1. Extending interfaces3.9.2. Implementing an Interface3.9.2.1. Implementing multiple interfaces3.9.3. Interfaces vs. Abstract Classes3.9.4. Marker Interfaces3.9.5. Interfaces and Constants
3.10. Nested Types
3.10.1. Static Member Types3.10.1.1. Features of static member types3.10.1.2. Restrictions on static member types3.10.1.3. Syntax for static member types3.10.2. Nonstatic Member Classes3.10.2.1. Features of member classes3.10.2.2. Restrictions on member classes3.10.2.3. Syntax for member classes3.10.2.3.1. Accessing superclass members of the containing class3.10.2.3.2. Specifying the containing instance3.10.2.4. Scope versus inheritance3.10.3. Local Classes3.10.3.1. Features of local classes3.10.3.2. Restrictions on local classes3.10.3.3. Syntax for local classes3.10.3.4. Scope of a local class3.10.3.5. Local variables, lexical scoping, and closures3.10.4. Anonymous Classes3.10.4.1. Features of anonymous classes3.10.4.2. Restrictions on anonymous classes3.10.4.3. Syntax for anonymous classes3.10.4.4. When to use an anonymous class3.10.4.5. Anonymous class indentation and formatting3.10.5. How Nested Types Work3.10.5.1. Static member type implementation3.10.5.2. Nonstatic member class implementation3.10.5.3. Local and anonymous class implementation
3.11. Modifier Summary
3.12. C++ Features Not Found in Java
4. Java 5.0 Language Features
4.1. Generic Types
4.1.1. Typesafe Collections4.1.2. Understanding Generic Types4.1.2.1. Raw types and unchecked warnings4.1.2.2. The parameterized type hierarchy4.1.2.3. Runtime type safety4.1.2.4. Arrays of parameterized type4.1.3. Type Parameter Wildcards4.1.3.1. Bounded wildcards4.1.4. Writing Generic Types and Methods4.1.4.1. Type variable bounds4.1.4.2. Wildcards in generic types4.1.4.3. Generic methods4.1.4.4. Invoking generic methods4.1.4.5. Generic methods and arrays4.1.4.6. Parameterized exceptions4.1.5. Generics Case Study: Comparable and Enum
4.2. Enumerated Types
4.2.1. Enumerated Types Basics4.2.1.1. Enumerated types are classes4.2.1.2. Features of enumerated types4.2.2. Using Enumerated Types4.2.2.1. Enums and the switch statement4.2.2.2. EnumMap4.2.2.3. EnumSet4.2.3. Advanced Enum Syntax4.2.3.1. The class body of an enumerated type4.2.3.2. Implementing an interface4.2.3.3. Value-specific class bodies4.2.3.3.1. When to use value-specific class bodies4.2.3.4. Restrictions on enum types4.2.4. The Typesafe Enum Pattern
4.3. Annotations
4.3.1. Annotation Concepts and Terminology4.3.2. Using Standard Annotations4.3.2.1. Override4.3.2.2. Deprecated4.3.2.3. SuppressWarnings4.3.3. Annotation Syntax4.3.3.1. Annotation member types and values4.3.3.2. Annotation targets4.3.3.3. Annotations and defaults4.3.4. Annotations and Reflection4.3.5. Defining Annotation Types4.3.6. Meta-Annotations4.3.6.1. Target4.3.6.2. Retention4.3.6.3. Documented4.3.6.4. Inherited
5. The Java Platform
5.1. Java Platform Overview
5.2. Text
5.2.1. The String Class5.2.2. The Character Class5.2.3. The StringBuffer Class5.2.4. The CharSequence Interface5.2.5. The Appendable Interface5.2.6. String Concatenation5.2.7. String Comparison5.2.8. Supplementary Characters5.2.9. Formatting Text with printf() and format( )5.2.10. Logging5.2.11. Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions5.2.12. Tokenizing Text5.2.13. StringTokenizer
5.3. Numbers and Math
5.3.1. Mathematical Functions5.3.2. Random Numbers5.3.3. Big Numbers5.3.4. Converting Numbers from and to Strings5.3.5. Formatting Numbers
5.4. Dates and Times
5.4.1. Milliseconds and Nanoseconds5.4.2. The Date Class5.4.3. The Calendar Class5.4.4. Formatting Dates and Times
5.5. Arrays
5.6. Collections
5.6.1. The Collection Interface5.6.2. The Set Interface5.6.3. The List Interface5.6.4. The Map Interface5.6.5. The Queue and BlockingQueue Interfaces5.6.6. Collection Wrappers5.6.7. Special-Case Collections5.6.8. Converting to and from Arrays5.6.9. Collections Utility Methods5.6.10. Implementing Collections
5.7. Threads and Concurrency
5.7.1. Creating, Running, and Manipulating Threads5.7.1.1. Thread lifecycle5.7.1.2. Thread priorities5.7.1.3. Handling uncaught exceptions5.7.2. Making a Thread Sleep5.7.3. Running and Scheduling Tasks5.7.3.1. Scheduling tasks with Timer5.7.3.2. The Executor interface5.7.3.3. ExecutorService5.7.3.4. ScheduledExecutorService5.7.4. Exclusion and Locks5.7.4.1. The java.util.concurrent.locks package5.7.4.2. Deadlock5.7.5. Coordinating Threads5.7.5.1. wait( ) and notify()5.7.5.2. Waiting on a Condition5.7.5.3. Waiting for a thread to finish5.7.5.4. Synchronizer utilities5.7.6. Thread Interruption5.7.7. Blocking Queues5.7.8. Atomic Variables
5.8. Files and Directories
5.8.1. RandomAccessFile
5.9. Input/Output with java.io
5.9.1. Reading Console Input5.9.2. Reading Lines from a Text File5.9.3. Writing Text to a File5.9.4. Reading a Binary File5.9.5. Compressing Data5.9.6. Reading ZIP Files5.9.7. Computing Message Digests5.9.8. Streaming Data to and from Arrays5.9.9. Thread Communication with Pipes
5.10. Networking with java.net
5.10.1. Networking with the URL Class5.10.2. Working with Sockets5.10.3. Secure Sockets with SSL5.10.4. Servers5.10.5. Datagrams5.10.6. Testing the Reachability of a Host
5.11. I/O and Networking with java.nio
5.11.1. Basic Buffer Operations5.11.2. Basic Channel Operations5.11.3. Encoding and Decoding Text with Charsets5.11.4. Working with Files5.11.5. Client-Side Networking5.11.6. Server-Side Networking5.11.7. Nonblocking I/O
5.12. XML
5.12.1. Parsing XML with SAX5.12.2. Parsing XML with DOM5.12.3. Transforming XML Documents5.12.4. Validating XML Documents5.12.5. Evaluating XPath Expressions
5.13. Types, Reflection, and Dynamic Loading
5.13.1. Class Objects5.13.2. Reflecting on a Class5.13.3. Dynamic Class Loading5.13.4. Dynamic Proxies
5.14. Object Persistence
5.14.1. Serialization5.14.2. JavaBeans Persistence
5.15. Security
5.15.1. Message Digests5.15.2. Digital Signatures5.15.3. Signed Objects
5.16. Cryptography
5.16.1. Secret Keys5.16.2. Encryption and Decryption with Cipher5.16.3. Encrypting and Decrypting Streams5.16.4. Encrypted Objects
5.17. Miscellaneous Platform Features
5.17.1. Properties5.17.2. Preferences5.17.3. Processes5.17.4. Management and Instrumentation
6. Java Security
6.1. Security Risks
6.2. Java VM Security and Class File Verification
6.3. Authentication and Cryptography
6.4. Access Control
6.4.1. Java 1.0: The Sandbox6.4.1.1. How the sandbox works6.4.2. Java 1.1: Digitally Signed Classes6.4.3. Java 1.2: Permissions and Policies6.4.3.1. How policies and permissions work
6.5. Security for Everyone
6.5.1. Security for System Programmers6.5.2. Security for Application Programmers6.5.3. Security for System Administrators6.5.4. Security for End Users
6.6. Permission Classes
7. Programming and Documentation Conventions
7.1. Naming and Capitalization Conventions
7.2. Portability Conventions and Pure Java Rules
7.3. Java Documentation Comments
7.3.1. Structure of a Doc Comment7.3.2. Doc-Comment Tags7.3.3. Inline Doc Comment Tags7.3.4. Cross-References in Doc Comments7.3.5. Doc Comments for Packages
7.4. JavaBeans Conventions
7.4.1. Bean Basics7.4.2. Bean Classes7.4.3. Properties7.4.4. Indexed Properties7.4.5. Bound Properties7.4.6. Constrained Properties7.4.7. Events
8. Java Development Tools
apt
extcheck
jarsigner
jar
java
javac
javadoc
javah
javap
javaws
jconsole
jdb
jinfo
jmap
jps
jsadebugd
jstack
jstat
jstatd
keytool
native2ascii
pack200
policytool
serialver
unpack200
II. API Quick Reference
9. java.io
Package java.io
BufferedInputStream
BufferedOutputStream
BufferedReader
BufferedWriter
ByteArrayInputStream
ByteArrayOutputStream
CharArrayReader
CharArrayWriter
CharConversionException
Closeable
DataInput
DataInputStream
DataOutput
DataOutputStream
EOFException
Externalizable
File
FileDescriptor
FileFilter
FileInputStream
FilenameFilter
FileNotFoundException
FileOutputStream
FilePermission
FileReader
FileWriter
FilterInputStream
FilterOutputStream
FilterReader
FilterWriter
Flushable
InputStream
InputStreamReader
InterruptedIOException
InvalidClassException
InvalidObjectException
IOException
LineNumberInputStream
LineNumberReader
NotActiveException
NotSerializableException
ObjectInput
ObjectInputStream
ObjectInputStream.GetField
ObjectInputValidation
ObjectOutput
ObjectOutputStream
ObjectOutputStream.PutField
ObjectStreamClass
ObjectStreamConstants
ObjectStreamException
ObjectStreamField
OptionalDataException
OutputStream
OutputStreamWriter
PipedInputStream
PipedOutputStream
PipedReader
PipedWriter
PrintStream
PrintWriter
PushbackInputStream
PushbackReader
RandomAccessFile
Reader
SequenceInputStream
Serializable
SerializablePermission
StreamCorruptedException
StreamTokenizer
StringBufferInputStream
StringReader
StringWriter
SyncFailedException
UnsupportedEncodingException
UTFDataFormatException
WriteAbortedException
Writer
10. java.lang and Subpackages
Package java.lang
AbstractMethodError
AbstractStringBuilder
Appendable
ArithmeticException
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
ArrayStoreException
AssertionError
Boolean
Byte
Character
Character.Subset
Character.UnicodeBlock
CharSequence
Class<T>
ClassCastException
ClassCircularityError
ClassFormatError
ClassLoader
ClassNotFoundException
Cloneable
CloneNotSupportedException
Comparable<T>
Compiler
Deprecated
Double
Enum<E extends Enum<E>>
EnumConstantNotPresentException
Error
Exception
ExceptionInInitializerError
Float
IllegalAccessError
IllegalAccessException
IllegalArgumentException
IllegalMonitorStateException
IllegalStateException
IllegalThreadStateException
IncompatibleClassChangeError
IndexOutOfBoundsException
InheritableThreadLocal<T>
InstantiationError
InstantiationException
Integer
InternalError
InterruptedException
Iterable<T>
LinkageError
Long
Math
NegativeArraySizeException
NoClassDefFoundError
NoSuchFieldError
NoSuchFieldException
NoSuchMethodError
NoSuchMethodException
NullPointerException
Number
NumberFormatException
Object
OutOfMemoryError
Override
Package
Process
ProcessBuilder
Readable
Runnable
Runtime
RuntimeException
RuntimePermission
SecurityException
SecurityManager
Short
StackOverflowError
StackTraceElement
StrictMath
String
StringBuffer
StringBuilder
StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
SuppressWarnings
System
Thread
Thread.State
Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler
ThreadDeath
ThreadGroup
ThreadLocal<T>
Throwable
TypeNotPresentException
UnknownError
UnsatisfiedLinkError
UnsupportedClassVersionError
UnsupportedOperationException
VerifyError
VirtualMachineError
Void
Package java.lang.annotation
Annotation
AnnotationFormatError
AnnotationTypeMismatchException
Documented
ElementType
IncompleteAnnotationException
Inherited
Retention
RetentionPolicy
Target
Package java.lang.instrument
ClassDefinition
ClassFileTransformer
IllegalClassFormatException
Instrumentation
UnmodifiableClassException
Package java.lang.management
ClassLoadingMXBean
CompilationMXBean
GarbageCollectorMXBean
ManagementFactory
ManagementPermission
MemoryManagerMXBean
MemoryMXBean
MemoryNotificationInfo
MemoryPoolMXBean
MemoryType
MemoryUsage
OperatingSystemMXBean
RuntimeMXBean
ThreadInfo
ThreadMXBean
Package java.lang.ref
PhantomReference<T>
Reference<T>
ReferenceQueue<T>
SoftReference<T>
WeakReference<T>
Package java.lang.reflect
AccessibleObject
AnnotatedElement
Array
Constructor<T>
Field
GenericArrayType
GenericDeclaration
GenericSignatureFormatError
InvocationHandler
InvocationTargetException
MalformedParameterizedTypeException
Member
Method
Modifier
ParameterizedType
Proxy
ReflectPermission
Type
TypeVariable<D extends GenericDeclaration>
UndeclaredThrowableException
WildcardType
11. java.math
Package java.math
BigDecimal
BigInteger
MathContext
RoundingMode
12. java.net
Package java.net
Authenticator
Authenticator.RequestorType
BindException
CacheRequest
CacheResponse
ConnectException
ContentHandler
ContentHandlerFactory
CookieHandler
DatagramPacket
DatagramSocket
DatagramSocketImpl
DatagramSocketImplFactory
FileNameMap
HttpRetryException
HttpURLConnection
Inet4Address
Inet6Address
InetAddress
InetSocketAddress
JarURLConnection
MalformedURLException
MulticastSocket
NetPermission
NetworkInterface
NoRouteToHostException
PasswordAuthentication
PortUnreachableException
ProtocolException
Proxy
Proxy.Type
ProxySelector
ResponseCache
SecureCacheResponse
ServerSocket
Socket
SocketAddress
SocketException
SocketImpl
SocketImplFactory
SocketOptions
SocketPermission
SocketTimeoutException
UnknownHostException
UnknownServiceException
URI
URISyntaxException
URL
URLClassLoader
URLConnection
URLDecoder
URLEncoder
13. java.nio and Subpackages
Package java.nio
Buffer
BufferOverflowException
BufferUnderflowException
ByteBuffer
ByteOrder
CharBuffer
DoubleBuffer
FloatBuffer
IntBuffer
InvalidMarkException
LongBuffer
MappedByteBuffer
ReadOnlyBufferException
ShortBuffer
Package java.nio.channels
AlreadyConnectedException
AsynchronousCloseException
ByteChannel
CancelledKeyException
Channel
Channels
ClosedByInterruptException
ClosedChannelException
ClosedSelectorException
ConnectionPendingException
DatagramChannel
FileChannel
FileChannel.MapMode
FileLock
FileLockInterruptionException
GatheringByteChannel
IllegalBlockingModeException
IllegalSelectorException
InterruptibleChannel
NoConnectionPendingException
NonReadableChannelException
NonWritableChannelException
NotYetBoundException
NotYetConnectedException
OverlappingFileLockException
Pipe
Pipe.SinkChannel
Pipe.SourceChannel
ReadableByteChannel
ScatteringByteChannel
SelectableChannel
SelectionKey
Selector
ServerSocketChannel
SocketChannel
UnresolvedAddressException
UnsupportedAddressTypeException
WritableByteChannel
Package java.nio.channels.spi
AbstractInterruptibleChannel
AbstractSelectableChannel
AbstractSelectionKey
AbstractSelector
SelectorProvider
Package java.nio.charset
CharacterCodingException
Charset
CharsetDecoder
CharsetEncoder
CoderMalfunctionError
CoderResult
CodingErrorAction
IllegalCharsetNameException
MalformedInputException
UnmappableCharacterException
UnsupportedCharsetException
Package java.nio.charset.spi
CharsetProvider
14. java.security and Subpackages
Package java.security
AccessControlContext
AccessControlException
AccessController
AlgorithmParameterGenerator
AlgorithmParameterGeneratorSpi
AlgorithmParameters
AlgorithmParametersSpi
AllPermission
AuthProvider
BasicPermission
Certificate
CodeSigner
CodeSource
DigestException
DigestInputStream
DigestOutputStream
DomainCombiner
GeneralSecurityException
Guard
GuardedObject
Identity
IdentityScope
InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
InvalidKeyException
InvalidParameterException
Key
KeyException
KeyFactory
KeyFactorySpi
KeyManagementException
KeyPair
KeyPairGenerator
KeyPairGeneratorSpi
KeyRep
KeyRep.Type
KeyStore
KeyStore.Builder
KeyStore.CallbackHandlerProtection
KeyStore.Entry
KeyStore.LoadStoreParameter
KeyStore.PasswordProtection
KeyStore.PrivateKeyEntry
KeyStore.ProtectionParameter
KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry
KeyStore.TrustedCertificateEntry
KeyStoreException
KeyStoreSpi
MessageDigest
MessageDigestSpi
NoSuchAlgorithmException
NoSuchProviderException
Permission
PermissionCollection
Permissions
Policy
Principal
PrivateKey
PrivilegedAction<T>
PrivilegedActionException
PrivilegedExceptionAction<T>
ProtectionDomain
Provider
Provider.Service
ProviderException
PublicKey
SecureClassLoader
SecureRandom
SecureRandomSpi
Security
SecurityPermission
Signature
SignatureException
SignatureSpi
SignedObject
Signer
Timestamp
UnrecoverableEntryException
UnrecoverableKeyException
UnresolvedPermission
Package java.security.cert
Certificate
Certificate.CertificateRep
CertificateEncodingException
CertificateException
CertificateExpiredException
CertificateFactory
CertificateFactorySpi
CertificateNotYetValidException
CertificateParsingException
CertPath
CertPath.CertPathRep
CertPathBuilder
CertPathBuilderException
CertPathBuilderResult
CertPathBuilderSpi
CertPathParameters
CertPathValidator
CertPathValidatorException
CertPathValidatorResult
CertPathValidatorSpi
CertSelector
CertStore
CertStoreException
CertStoreParameters
CertStoreSpi
CollectionCertStoreParameters
CRL
CRLException
CRLSelector
LDAPCertStoreParameters
PKIXBuilderParameters
PKIXCertPathBuilderResult
PKIXCertPathChecker
PKIXCertPathValidatorResult
PKIXParameters
PolicyNode
PolicyQualifierInfo
TrustAnchor
X509Certificate
X509CertSelector
X509CRL
X509CRLEntry
X509CRLSelector
X509Extension
Package java.security.interfaces
DSAKey
DSAKeyPairGenerator
DSAParams
DSAPrivateKey
DSAPublicKey
ECKey
ECPrivateKey
ECPublicKey
RSAKey
RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey
RSAPrivateCrtKey
RSAPrivateKey
RSAPublicKey
Package java.security.spec
AlgorithmParameterSpec
DSAParameterSpec
DSAPrivateKeySpec
DSAPublicKeySpec
ECField
ECFieldF2m
ECFieldFp
ECGenParameterSpec
ECParameterSpec
ECPoint
ECPrivateKeySpec
ECPublicKeySpec
EllipticCurve
EncodedKeySpec
InvalidKeySpecException
InvalidParameterSpecException
KeySpec
MGF1ParameterSpec
PKCS8EncodedKeySpec
PSSParameterSpec
RSAKeyGenParameterSpec
RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKeySpec
RSAOtherPrimeInfo
RSAPrivateCrtKeySpec
RSAPrivateKeySpec
RSAPublicKeySpec
X509EncodedKeySpec
15. java.text
Package java.text
Annotation
AttributedCharacterIterator
AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute
AttributedString
Bidi
BreakIterator
CharacterIterator
ChoiceFormat
CollationElementIterator
CollationKey
Collator
DateFormat
DateFormat.Field
DateFormatSymbols
DecimalFormat
DecimalFormatSymbols
FieldPosition
Format
Format.Field
MessageFormat
MessageFormat.Field
NumberFormat
NumberFormat.Field
ParseException
ParsePosition
RuleBasedCollator
SimpleDateFormat
StringCharacterIterator
16. java.util and Subpackages
Package java.util
AbstractCollection<E>
AbstractList<E>
AbstractMap<K,V>
AbstractQueue<E>
AbstractSequentialList<E>
AbstractSet<E>
ArrayList<E>
Arrays
BitSet
Calendar
Collection<E>
Collections
Comparator<T>
ConcurrentModificationException
Currency
Date
Dictionary<K,V>
DuplicateFormatFlagsException
EmptyStackException
Enumeration<E>
EnumMap<K extends Enum<K>,V>
EnumSet<E extends Enum<E>>
EventListener
EventListenerProxy
EventObject
FormatFlagsConversionMismatchException
Formattable
FormattableFlags
Formatter
Formatter.BigDecimalLayoutForm
FormatterClosedException
GregorianCalendar
HashMap<K,V>
HashSet<E>
Hashtable<K,V>
IdentityHashMap<K,V>
IllegalFormatCodePointException
IllegalFormatConversionException
IllegalFormatException
IllegalFormatFlagsException
IllegalFormatPrecisionException
IllegalFormatWidthException
InputMismatchException
InvalidPropertiesFormatException
Iterator<E>
LinkedHashMap<K,V>
LinkedHashSet<E>
LinkedList<E>
List<E>
ListIterator<E>
ListResourceBundle
Locale
Map<K,V>
Map.Entry<K,V>
MissingFormatArgumentException
MissingFormatWidthException
MissingResourceException
NoSuchElementException
Observable
Observer
PriorityQueue<E>
Properties
PropertyPermission
PropertyResourceBundle
Queue<E>
Random
RandomAccess
ResourceBundle
Scanner
Set<E>
SimpleTimeZone
SortedMap<K,V>
SortedSet<E>
Stack<E>
StringTokenizer
Timer
TimerTask
TimeZone
TooManyListenersException
TreeMap<K,V>
TreeSet<E>
UnknownFormatConversionException
UnknownFormatFlagsException
UUID
Vector<E>
WeakHashMap<K,V>
Package java.util.concurrent
AbstractExecutorService
ArrayBlockingQueue<E>
BlockingQueue<E>
BrokenBarrierException
Callable<V>
CancellationException
CompletionService<V>
ConcurrentHashMap<K,V>
ConcurrentLinkedQueue<E>
ConcurrentMap<K,V>
CopyOnWriteArrayList<E>
CopyOnWriteArraySet<E>
CountDownLatch
CyclicBarrier
Delayed
DelayQueue<E extends Delayed>
Exchanger<V>
ExecutionException
Executor
ExecutorCompletionService<V>
Executors
ExecutorService
Future<V>
FutureTask<V>
LinkedBlockingQueue<E>
PriorityBlockingQueue<E>
RejectedExecutionException
RejectedExecutionHandler
ScheduledExecutorService
ScheduledFuture<V>
ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor
Semaphore
SynchronousQueue<E>
ThreadFactory
ThreadPoolExecutor
ThreadPoolExecutor.AbortPolicy
ThreadPoolExecutor.CallerRunsPolicy
ThreadPoolExecutor.DiscardOldestPolicy
ThreadPoolExecutor.DiscardPolicy
TimeoutException
TimeUnit
Package java.util.concurrent.atomic
AtomicBoolean
AtomicInteger
AtomicIntegerArray
AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater<T>
AtomicLong
AtomicLongArray
AtomicLongFieldUpdater<T>
AtomicMarkableReference<V>
AtomicReference<V>
AtomicReferenceArray<E>
AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater<T,V>
AtomicStampedReference<V>
Package java.util.concurrent.locks
AbstractQueuedSynchronizer
AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.ConditionObject
Condition
Lock
LockSupport
ReadWriteLock
ReentrantLock
ReentrantReadWriteLock
ReentrantReadWriteLock.ReadLock
ReentrantReadWriteLock.WriteLock
Package java.util.jar
Attributes
Attributes.Name
JarEntry
JarException
JarFile
JarInputStream
JarOutputStream
Manifest
Pack200
Pack200.Packer
Pack200.Unpacker
Package java.util.logging
ConsoleHandler
ErrorManager
FileHandler
Filter
Formatter
Handler
Level
Logger
LoggingMXBean
LoggingPermission
LogManager
LogRecord
MemoryHandler
SimpleFormatter
SocketHandler
StreamHandler
XMLFormatter
Package java.util.prefs
AbstractPreferences
BackingStoreException
InvalidPreferencesFormatException
NodeChangeEvent
NodeChangeListener
PreferenceChangeEvent
PreferenceChangeListener
Preferences
PreferencesFactory
Package java.util.regex
Matcher
MatchResult
Pattern
PatternSyntaxException
Package java.util.zip
Adler32
CheckedInputStream
CheckedOutputStream
Checksum
CRC32
DataFormatException
Deflater
DeflaterOutputStream
GZIPInputStream
GZIPOutputStream
Inflater
InflaterInputStream
ZipEntry
ZipException
ZipFile
ZipInputStream
ZipOutputStream
17. javax.crypto and Subpackages
Package javax.crypto
BadPaddingException
Cipher
CipherInputStream
CipherOutputStream
CipherSpi
EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo
ExemptionMechanism
ExemptionMechanismException
ExemptionMechanismSpi
IllegalBlockSizeException
KeyAgreement
KeyAgreementSpi
KeyGenerator
KeyGeneratorSpi
Mac
MacSpi
NoSuchPaddingException
NullCipher
SealedObject
SecretKey
SecretKeyFactory
SecretKeyFactorySpi
ShortBufferException
Package javax.crypto.interfaces
DHKey
DHPrivateKey
DHPublicKey
PBEKey
Package javax.crypto.spec
DESedeKeySpec
DESKeySpec
DHGenParameterSpec
DHParameterSpec
DHPrivateKeySpec
DHPublicKeySpec
IvParameterSpec
OAEPParameterSpec
PBEKeySpec
PBEParameterSpec
PSource
PSource.PSpecified
RC2ParameterSpec
RC5ParameterSpec
SecretKeySpec
18. javax.net and javax.net.ssl
Package javax.net
ServerSocketFactory
SocketFactory
Package javax.net.ssl
CertPathTrustManagerParameters
HandshakeCompletedEvent
HandshakeCompletedListener
HostnameVerifier
HttpsURLConnection
KeyManager
KeyManagerFactory
KeyManagerFactorySpi
KeyStoreBuilderParameters
ManagerFactoryParameters
SSLContext
SSLContextSpi
SSLEngine
SSLEngineResult
SSLEngineResult.HandshakeStatus
SSLEngineResult.Status
SSLException
SSLHandshakeException
SSLKeyException
SSLPeerUnverifiedException
SSLPermission
SSLProtocolException
SSLServerSocket
SSLServerSocketFactory
SSLSession
SSLSessionBindingEvent
SSLSessionBindingListener
SSLSessionContext
SSLSocket
SSLSocketFactory
TrustManager
TrustManagerFactory
TrustManagerFactorySpi
X509ExtendedKeyManager
X509KeyManager
X509TrustManager
19. javax.security.auth and Subpackages
Package javax.security.auth
AuthPermission
Destroyable
DestroyFailedException
Policy
PrivateCredentialPermission
Refreshable
RefreshFailedException
Subject
SubjectDomainCombiner
Package javax.security.auth.callback
Callback
CallbackHandler
ChoiceCallback
ConfirmationCallback
LanguageCallback
NameCallback
PasswordCallback
TextInputCallback
TextOutputCallback
UnsupportedCallbackException
Package javax.security.auth.kerberos
DelegationPermission
KerberosKey
KerberosPrincipal
KerberosTicket
ServicePermission
Package javax.security.auth.login
AccountException
AccountExpiredException
AccountLockedException
AccountNotFoundException
AppConfigurationEntry
AppConfigurationEntry.LoginModuleControlFlag
Configuration
CredentialException
CredentialExpiredException
CredentialNotFoundException
FailedLoginException
LoginContext
LoginException
Package javax.security.auth.spi
LoginModule
Package javax.security.auth.x500
X500Principal
X500PrivateCredential
20. javax.xml and Subpackages
Package javax.xml
XMLConstants
Package javax.xml.datatype
DatatypeConfigurationException
DatatypeConstants
DatatypeConstants.Field
DatatypeFactory
Duration
XMLGregorianCalendar
Package javax.xml.namespace
NamespaceContext
QName
Package javax.xml.parsers
DocumentBuilder
DocumentBuilderFactory
FactoryConfigurationError
ParserConfigurationException
SAXParser
SAXParserFactory
Package javax.xml.transform
ErrorListener
OutputKeys
Result
Source
SourceLocator
Templates
Transformer
TransformerConfigurationException
TransformerException
TransformerFactory
TransformerFactoryConfigurationError
URIResolver
Package javax.xml.transform.dom
DOMLocator
DOMResult
DOMSource
Package javax.xml.transform.sax
SAXResult
SAXSource
SAXTransformerFactory
TemplatesHandler
TransformerHandler
Package javax.xml.transform.stream
StreamResult
StreamSource
Package javax.xml.validation
Schema
SchemaFactory
SchemaFactoryLoader
TypeInfoProvider
Validator
ValidatorHandler
Package javax.xml.xpath
XPath
XPathConstants
XPathException
XPathExpression
XPathExpressionException
XPathFactory
XPathFactoryConfigurationException
XPathFunction
XPathFunctionException
XPathFunctionResolver
XPathVariableResolver
21. org.w3c.dom
Package org.w3c.dom
Attr
CDATASection
CharacterData
Comment
Document
DocumentFragment
DocumentType
DOMConfiguration
DOMError
DOMErrorHandler
DOMException
DOMImplementation
DOMImplementationList
DOMImplementationSource
DOMLocator
DOMStringList
Element
Entity
EntityReference
NamedNodeMap
NameList
Node
NodeList
Notation
ProcessingInstruction
Text
TypeInfo
UserDataHandler
22. org.xml.sax and Subpackages
Package org.xml.sax
AttributeList
Attributes
ContentHandler
DocumentHandler
DTDHandler
EntityResolver
ErrorHandler
HandlerBase
InputSource
Locator
Parser
SAXException
SAXNotRecognizedException
SAXNotSupportedException
SAXParseException
XMLFilter
XMLReader
Package org.xml.sax.ext
Attributes2
Attributes2Impl
DeclHandler
DefaultHandler2
EntityResolver2
LexicalHandler
Locator2
Locator2Impl
Package org.xml.sax.helpers
AttributeListImpl
AttributesImpl
DefaultHandler
LocatorImpl
NamespaceSupport
ParserAdapter
ParserFactory
XMLFilterImpl
XMLReaderAdapter
XMLReaderFactory
23. Class, Method, and Field Index
23.1. A
23.2. B
23.3. C
23.4. D
23.5. E
23.6. F
23.7. G
23.8. H
23.9. I
23.10. J
23.11. K
23.12. L
23.13. M
23.14. N
23.15. O
23.16. P
23.17. Q
23.18. R
23.19. S
23.20. T
23.21. U
23.22. V
23.23. W
23.24. X
23.25. Y
23.26. Z
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DASH_PUNCTUATION:: Character
DataFormatException:: java.util.zip
DatagramChannel:: java.nio.channels
DatagramPacket:: java.net
DatagramSocket:: java.net
DatagramSocketImpl:: java.net
DatagramSocketImplFactory:: java.net
DataInput:: java.io
DataInputStream:: java.io
DataOutput:: java.io
DataOutputStream:: java.io
DatatypeConfigurationException:: javax.xml.datatype
DatatypeConstants:: javax.xml.datatype
DatatypeConstants.Field:: javax.xml.datatype
DatatypeFactory:: javax.xml.datatype
DATATYPEFACTORY_IMPLEMENTATION_CLASS:: DatatypeFactory
DATATYPEFACTORY_PROPERTY:: DatatypeFactory
DATE:: Calendar, DatatypeConstants
Date:: java.util
DATE_FIELD:: DateFormat
DateFormat:: java.text
DateFormat.Field:: java.text
DateFormatSymbols:: java.text
DATETIME:: DatatypeConstants
DAY_OF_MONTH:: Calendar, Field
DAY_OF_WEEK:: Calendar, Field
DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD:: DateFormat
DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH:: Calendar, Field
DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD:: DateFormat
DAY_OF_YEAR:: Calendar, Field
DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD:: DateFormat
DAYS:: DatatypeConstants
DECEMBER:: Calendar, DatatypeConstants
DECIMAL128:: MathContext
DECIMAL32:: MathContext
DECIMAL64:: MathContext
DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER:: Character
DECIMAL_FLOAT:: BigDecimalLayoutForm
DECIMAL_SEPARATOR:: Field
DecimalFormat:: java.text
DecimalFormatSymbols:: java.text
DECLARED:: Member
declarePrefix( ):: NamespaceSupport
DeclHandler:: org.xml.sax.ext
decode( ):: Byte, Certificate, Charset, CharsetDecoder, Integer, Long, Short, URLDecoder
decodeLoop( ):: CharsetDecoder
decrementAndGet( ):: AtomicInteger, AtomicIntegerArray, AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater, AtomicLong, AtomicLongArray, AtomicLongFieldUpdater
DECRYPT_MODE: ...

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