JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.3.1

Uses of Package
java.lang

Packages that use java.lang
java.applet Provides the classes necessary to create an applet and the classes an applet uses to communicate with its applet context. 
java.awt Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images. 
java.awt.color Provides classes for color spaces. 
java.awt.datatransfer Provides interfaces and classes for transferring data between and within applications. 
java.awt.dnd Drag and Drop is a direct manipulation gesture found in many Graphical User Interface systems that provides a mechanism to transfer information between two entities logically associated with presentation elements in the GUI. 
java.awt.event Provides interfaces and classes for dealing with different types of events fired by AWT components. 
java.awt.font Provides classes and interface relating to fonts. 
java.awt.geom Provides the Java 2D classes for defining and performing operations on objects related to two-dimensional geometry. 
java.awt.im Provides classes and interfaces for the input method framework. 
java.awt.im.spi Provides interfaces that enable the development of input methods that can be used with any Java runtime environment. 
java.awt.image Provides classes for creating and modifying images. 
java.awt.image.renderable Provides classes and interfaces for producing rendering-independent images. 
java.awt.print Provides classes and interfaces for a general printing API. 
java.beans Contains classes related to Java Beans development. 
java.beans.beancontext Provides classes and interfaces relating to bean context. 
java.io Provides for system input and output through data streams, serialization and the file system. 
java.lang Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language. 
java.lang.ref Provides reference-object classes, which support a limited degree of interaction with the garbage collector. 
java.lang.reflect Provides classes and interfaces for obtaining reflective information about classes and objects. 
java.math Provides classes for performing arbitrary-precision integer arithmetic (BigInteger) and arbitrary-precision decimal arithmetic (BigDecimal). 
java.net Provides the classes for implementing networking applications. 
java.rmi Provides the RMI package. 
java.rmi.activation Provides support for RMI Object Activation. 
java.rmi.dgc Provides classes and interface for RMI distributed garbage-collection (DGC). 
java.rmi.registry Provides a class and two interfaces for the RMI registry. 
java.rmi.server Provides classes and interfaces for supporting the server side of RMI. 
java.security Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework. 
java.security.acl The classes and interfaces in this package have been superseded by classes in the java.security package. 
java.security.cert Provides classes and interfaces for parsing and managing certificates. 
java.security.spec Provides classes and interfaces for key specifications and algorithm parameter specifications. 
java.sql Provides the API for accessing and processing data in a data source using the JavaTM programming language. 
java.text Provides classes and interfaces for handling text, dates, numbers, and messages in a manner independent of natural languages. 
java.util Contains the collections framework, legacy collection classes, event model, date and time facilities, internationalization, and miscellaneous utility classes (a string tokenizer, a random-number generator, and a bit array). 
java.util.jar Provides classes for reading and writing the JAR (Java ARchive) file format, which is based on the standard ZIP file format with an optional manifest file. 
java.util.zip Provides classes for reading and writing the standard ZIP and GZIP file formats. 
javax.accessibility Defines a contract between user-interface components and an assistive technology that provides access to those components. 
javax.naming Provides the classes and interfaces for accessing naming services. 
javax.naming.directory Extends the javax.naming package to provide functionality for accessing directory services. 
javax.naming.event Provides support for event notification when accessing naming and directory services. 
javax.naming.ldap Provides support for LDAPv3 extended operations and controls. 
javax.naming.spi Provides the means for dynamically plugging in support for accessing naming and directory services through the javax.naming and related packages. 
javax.rmi Contains user APIs for RMI-IIOP. 
javax.rmi.CORBA Contains portability APIs for RMI-IIOP. 
javax.sound.midi Provides interfaces and classes for I/O, sequencing, and synthesis of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data. 
javax.sound.midi.spi Supplies interfaces for service providers to implement when offering new MIDI devices, MIDI file readers and writers, or sound bank readers. 
javax.sound.sampled Provides interfaces and classes for capture, processing, and playback of sampled audio data. 
javax.sound.sampled.spi Supplies abstract classes for service providers to subclass when offering new audio devices, sound file readers and writers, or audio format converters. 
javax.swing Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms. 
javax.swing.border Provides classes and interface for drawing specialized borders around a Swing component. 
javax.swing.colorchooser Contains classes and interfaces used by the JColorChooser component. 
javax.swing.event Provides for events fired by Swing components. 
javax.swing.filechooser Contains classes and interfaces used by the JFileChooser component. 
javax.swing.plaf Provides one interface and many abstract classes that Swing uses to provide its pluggable look-and-feel capabilities. 
javax.swing.plaf.basic Provides user interface objects built according to the Basic look-and-feel. 
javax.swing.plaf.metal Provides user interface objects built according to the ``metal'' look-and-feel. 
javax.swing.plaf.multi The multiplexing look and feel allows users to combine auxiliary look and feels with the default look and feel. 
javax.swing.table Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with javax.swing.JTable. 
javax.swing.text Provides classes and interfaces that deal with editable and noneditable text components. 
javax.swing.text.html Provides the class HTMLEditorKit and supporting classes for creating HTML text editors. 
javax.swing.text.html.parser Provides the default HTML parser, along with support classes. 
javax.swing.text.rtf Provides a class (RTFEditorKit) for creating Rich-Text-Format text editors. 
javax.swing.tree Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with javax.swing.JTree. 
javax.swing.undo Provides support for undo/redo capabilities in an application such as a text editor. 
javax.transaction Contains three exceptions thrown by the ORB machinery during unmarshalling. 
org.omg.CORBA Provides the mapping of the OMG CORBA APIs to the JavaTM programming language, including the class ORB, which is implemented so that a programmer can use it as a fully-functional Object Request Broker (ORB). 
org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable Provides methods for the input and output of value types, and contains other updates to the org/omg/CORBA/portable package. 
org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage Provides the exceptions used with the DynAny interface (InvalidValue, Invalid, InvalidSeq, and TypeMismatch). 
org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage Provides the exception InvalidName, which is thrown by the method ORB.resolve_initial_references and the exception InconsistentTypeCode, which is thrown by the Dynamic Any creation methods in the ORB class. 
org.omg.CORBA.portable Provides a portability layer, that is, a set of ORB APIs that makes it possible for code generated by one vendor to run on another vendor's ORB. 
org.omg.CORBA.TypeCodePackage Provides the user-defined exceptions BadKind and Bounds, which are thrown by methods in in the class TypeCode
org.omg.CosNaming Provides the naming service for Java IDL. 
org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage Provides the exceptions used in the package org.omg.CosNaming (AlreadyBound, CannotProceed, InvalidName, NotEmpty, and NotFound) and also the Helper and Holder classes for those exceptions. 
org.omg.stub.java.rmi Contains RMI-IIOP Stubs for the Remote types that occur in the java.rmi package. 
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.applet
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.awt
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Error
          An Error is a subclass of Throwable that indicates serious problems that a reasonable application should not try to catch.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
IllegalStateException
          Signals that a method has been invoked at an illegal or inappropriate time.
IndexOutOfBoundsException
          Thrown to indicate that an index of some sort (such as to an array, to a string, or to a vector) is out of range.
InterruptedException
          Thrown when a thread is waiting, sleeping, or otherwise paused for a long time and another thread interrupts it using the interrupt method in class Thread.
Number
          The abstract class Number is the superclass of classes Byte, Double, Float, Integer, Long, and Short.
NumberFormatException
          Thrown to indicate that the application has attempted to convert a string to one of the numeric types, but that the string does not have the appropriate format.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
Runnable
          The Runnable interface should be implemented by any class whose instances are intended to be executed by a thread.
RuntimeException
          RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.awt.color
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
RuntimeException
          RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.awt.datatransfer
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
ClassLoader
          The class ClassLoader is an abstract class.
ClassNotFoundException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using: The forName method in class Class.
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
CloneNotSupportedException
          Thrown to indicate that the clone method in class Object has been called to clone an object, but that the object's class does not implement the Cloneable interface.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.awt.dnd
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
IllegalStateException
          Signals that a method has been invoked at an illegal or inappropriate time.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
RuntimeException
          RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.awt.event
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
Runnable
          The Runnable interface should be implemented by any class whose instances are intended to be executed by a thread.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.awt.font
Boolean
          The Boolean class wraps a value of the primitive type boolean in an object.
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Float
          The Float class wraps a value of primitive type float in an object.
Integer
          The Integer class wraps a value of the primitive type int in an object.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.awt.geom
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
RuntimeException
          RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.awt.im
Character.Subset
          Instances of this class represent particular subsets of the Unicode character set.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.awt.im.spi
Character.Subset
          Instances of this class represent particular subsets of the Unicode character set.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.awt.image
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
InterruptedException
          Thrown when a thread is waiting, sleeping, or otherwise paused for a long time and another thread interrupts it using the interrupt method in class Thread.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
RuntimeException
          RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.awt.image.renderable
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
Runnable
          The Runnable interface should be implemented by any class whose instances are intended to be executed by a thread.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.awt.print
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
IllegalArgumentException
          Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.
IndexOutOfBoundsException
          Thrown to indicate that an index of some sort (such as to an array, to a string, or to a vector) is out of range.
NullPointerException
          Thrown when an application attempts to use null in a case where an object is required.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.beans
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
ClassLoader
          The class ClassLoader is an abstract class.
ClassNotFoundException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using: The forName method in class Class.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
IllegalArgumentException
          Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
SecurityException
          Thrown by the security manager to indicate a security violation.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.beans.beancontext
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
ClassNotFoundException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using: The forName method in class Class.
IllegalArgumentException
          Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.io
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
ClassNotFoundException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using: The forName method in class Class.
Comparable
          This interface imposes a total ordering on the objects of each class that implements it.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
IllegalArgumentException
          Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
SecurityException
          Thrown by the security manager to indicate a security violation.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
StringBuffer
          A string buffer implements a mutable sequence of characters.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.lang
Boolean
          The Boolean class wraps a value of the primitive type boolean in an object.
Byte
          The Byte class is the standard wrapper for byte values.
Character
          The Character class wraps a value of the primitive type char in an object.
Character.Subset
          Instances of this class represent particular subsets of the Unicode character set.
Character.UnicodeBlock
          A family of character subsets representing the character blocks defined by the Unicode 2.0 specification.
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
ClassFormatError
          Thrown when the Java Virtual Machine attempts to read a class file and determines that the file is malformed or otherwise cannot be interpreted as a class file.
ClassLoader
          The class ClassLoader is an abstract class.
ClassNotFoundException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using: The forName method in class Class.
CloneNotSupportedException
          Thrown to indicate that the clone method in class Object has been called to clone an object, but that the object's class does not implement the Cloneable interface.
Comparable
          This interface imposes a total ordering on the objects of each class that implements it.
Double
          The Double class wraps a value of the primitive type double in an object.
Error
          An Error is a subclass of Throwable that indicates serious problems that a reasonable application should not try to catch.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Float
          The Float class wraps a value of primitive type float in an object.
IllegalAccessException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class, but the currently executing method does not have access to the definition of the specified class, because the class is not public and in another package.
IllegalArgumentException
          Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.
IncompatibleClassChangeError
          Thrown when an incompatible class change has occurred to some class definition.
IndexOutOfBoundsException
          Thrown to indicate that an index of some sort (such as to an array, to a string, or to a vector) is out of range.
InstantiationException
          Thrown when an application tries to create an instance of a class using the newInstance method in class Class, but the specified class object cannot be instantiated because it is an interface or is an abstract class.
Integer
          The Integer class wraps a value of the primitive type int in an object.
InterruptedException
          Thrown when a thread is waiting, sleeping, or otherwise paused for a long time and another thread interrupts it using the interrupt method in class Thread.
LinkageError
          Subclasses of LinkageError indicate that a class has some dependency on another class; however, the latter class has incompatibly changed after the compilation of the former class.
Long
          The Long class wraps a value of the primitive type long in an object.
NoSuchFieldException
          Signals that the class doesn't have a field of a specified name.
NoSuchMethodException
          Thrown when a particular method cannot be found.
Number
          The abstract class Number is the superclass of classes Byte, Double, Float, Integer, Long, and Short.
NumberFormatException
          Thrown to indicate that the application has attempted to convert a string to one of the numeric types, but that the string does not have the appropriate format.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
Package
          Package objects contain version information about the implementation and specification of a Java package.
Process
          The Runtime.exec methods create a native process and return an instance of a subclass of Process that can be used to control the process and obtain information about it.
Runnable
          The Runnable interface should be implemented by any class whose instances are intended to be executed by a thread.
Runtime
          Every Java application has a single instance of class Runtime that allows the application to interface with the environment in which the application is running.
RuntimeException
          RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.
SecurityException
          Thrown by the security manager to indicate a security violation.
SecurityManager
          The security manager is a class that allows applications to implement a security policy.
Short
          The Short class is the standard wrapper for short values.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
StringBuffer
          A string buffer implements a mutable sequence of characters.
Thread
          A thread is a thread of execution in a program.
ThreadGroup
          A thread group represents a set of threads.
ThreadLocal
          This class provides ThreadLocal variables.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
VirtualMachineError
          Thrown to indicate that the Java Virtual Machine is broken or has run out of resources necessary for it to continue operating.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.lang.ref
IllegalArgumentException
          Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.
InterruptedException
          Thrown when a thread is waiting, sleeping, or otherwise paused for a long time and another thread interrupts it using the interrupt method in class Thread.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.lang.reflect
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
          Thrown to indicate that an array has been accessed with an illegal index.
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
ClassLoader
          The class ClassLoader is an abstract class.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
IllegalAccessException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class, but the currently executing method does not have access to the definition of the specified class, because the class is not public and in another package.
IllegalArgumentException
          Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.
InstantiationException
          Thrown when an application tries to create an instance of a class using the newInstance method in class Class, but the specified class object cannot be instantiated because it is an interface or is an abstract class.
NegativeArraySizeException
          Thrown if an application tries to create an array with negative size.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
RuntimeException
          RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.
SecurityException
          Thrown by the security manager to indicate a security violation.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.math
Comparable
          This interface imposes a total ordering on the objects of each class that implements it.
Number
          The abstract class Number is the superclass of classes Byte, Double, Float, Integer, Long, and Short.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.net
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
ClassLoader
          The class ClassLoader is an abstract class.
ClassNotFoundException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using: The forName method in class Class.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
IllegalArgumentException
          Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
Package
          Package objects contain version information about the implementation and specification of a Java package.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.rmi
ClassNotFoundException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using: The forName method in class Class.
Error
          An Error is a subclass of Throwable that indicates serious problems that a reasonable application should not try to catch.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
RuntimeException
          RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.
SecurityException
          Thrown by the security manager to indicate a security violation.
SecurityManager
          The security manager is a class that allows applications to implement a security policy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.rmi.activation
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.rmi.dgc
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.rmi.registry
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.rmi.server
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
ClassLoader
          The class ClassLoader is an abstract class.
ClassNotFoundException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using: The forName method in class Class.
CloneNotSupportedException
          Thrown to indicate that the clone method in class Object has been called to clone an object, but that the object's class does not implement the Cloneable interface.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
SecurityException
          Thrown by the security manager to indicate a security violation.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.security
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
ClassLoader
          The class ClassLoader is an abstract class.
ClassNotFoundException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using: The forName method in class Class.
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
CloneNotSupportedException
          Thrown to indicate that the clone method in class Object has been called to clone an object, but that the object's class does not implement the Cloneable interface.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
IllegalArgumentException
          Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
RuntimeException
          RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.
SecurityException
          Thrown by the security manager to indicate a security violation.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.security.acl
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.security.cert
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.security.spec
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.sql
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Comparable
          This interface imposes a total ordering on the objects of each class that implements it.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.text
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Comparable
          This interface imposes a total ordering on the objects of each class that implements it.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Number
          The abstract class Number is the superclass of classes Byte, Double, Float, Integer, Long, and Short.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
StringBuffer
          A string buffer implements a mutable sequence of characters.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.util
ClassLoader
          The class ClassLoader is an abstract class.
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Comparable
          This interface imposes a total ordering on the objects of each class that implements it.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
Runnable
          The Runnable interface should be implemented by any class whose instances are intended to be executed by a thread.
RuntimeException
          RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.util.jar
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by java.util.zip
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.accessibility
Number
          The abstract class Number is the superclass of classes Byte, Double, Float, Integer, Long, and Short.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.naming
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.naming.directory
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.naming.event
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.naming.ldap
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.naming.spi
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.rmi
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
ClassCastException
          Thrown to indicate that the code has attempted to cast an object to a subclass of which it is not an instance.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.rmi.CORBA
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
ClassCastException
          Thrown to indicate that the code has attempted to cast an object to a subclass of which it is not an instance.
ClassLoader
          The class ClassLoader is an abstract class.
ClassNotFoundException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using: The forName method in class Class.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.sound.midi
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
          Thrown to indicate that an array has been accessed with an illegal index.
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.sound.midi.spi
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.sound.sampled
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.sound.sampled.spi
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing
Boolean
          The Boolean class wraps a value of the primitive type boolean in an object.
Character
          The Character class wraps a value of the primitive type char in an object.
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
ClassLoader
          The class ClassLoader is an abstract class.
ClassNotFoundException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using: The forName method in class Class.
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
CloneNotSupportedException
          Thrown to indicate that the clone method in class Object has been called to clone an object, but that the object's class does not implement the Cloneable interface.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
IllegalAccessException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class, but the currently executing method does not have access to the definition of the specified class, because the class is not public and in another package.
InstantiationException
          Thrown when an application tries to create an instance of a class using the newInstance method in class Class, but the specified class object cannot be instantiated because it is an interface or is an abstract class.
Integer
          The Integer class wraps a value of the primitive type int in an object.
InterruptedException
          Thrown when a thread is waiting, sleeping, or otherwise paused for a long time and another thread interrupts it using the interrupt method in class Thread.
Number
          The abstract class Number is the superclass of classes Byte, Double, Float, Integer, Long, and Short.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
Runnable
          The Runnable interface should be implemented by any class whose instances are intended to be executed by a thread.
SecurityException
          Thrown by the security manager to indicate a security violation.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.border
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.colorchooser
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.event
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.filechooser
Boolean
          The Boolean class wraps a value of the primitive type boolean in an object.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.plaf
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.plaf.basic
Boolean
          The Boolean class wraps a value of the primitive type boolean in an object.
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.plaf.metal
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.plaf.multi
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.table
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.text
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
ClassNotFoundException
          Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using: The forName method in class Class.
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
Runnable
          The Runnable interface should be implemented by any class whose instances are intended to be executed by a thread.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Thread
          A thread is a thread of execution in a program.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.text.html
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.text.html.parser
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
StringBuffer
          A string buffer implements a mutable sequence of characters.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.text.rtf
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.tree
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
Cloneable
          A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
CloneNotSupportedException
          Thrown to indicate that the clone method in class Object has been called to clone an object, but that the object's class does not implement the Cloneable interface.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.swing.undo
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
RuntimeException
          RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by javax.transaction
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by org.omg.CORBA
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
RuntimeException
          RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
 

Classes in java.lang used by org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by org.omg.CORBA.portable
Class
          Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
RuntimeException
          RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by org.omg.CORBA.TypeCodePackage
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by org.omg.CosNaming
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 

Classes in java.lang used by org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage
Exception
          The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
Throwable
          The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
 

Classes in java.lang used by org.omg.stub.java.rmi
Object
          Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy.
String
          The String class represents character strings.
 


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