Package java.lang
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Interface Summary Interface Description Appendable An object to which char sequences and values can be appended.AutoCloseable An object that may hold resources (such as file or socket handles) until it is closed.CharSequence A CharSequence is a readable sequence ofchar
values.Cloneable A class implements theCloneable
interface to indicate to theObject.clone()
method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.Comparable<T> This interface imposes a total ordering on the objects of each class that implements it.Iterable<T> Implementing this interface allows an object to be the target of the "for-each loop" statement.Readable A Readable is a source of characters.Runnable TheRunnable
interface should be implemented by any class whose instances are intended to be executed by a thread.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler Interface for handlers invoked when a Thread abruptly terminates due to an uncaught exception. -
Class Summary Class Description Boolean The Boolean class wraps a value of the primitive typeboolean
in an object.Byte TheByte
class wraps a value of primitive typebyte
in an object.Character TheCharacter
class wraps a value of the primitive typechar
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 in the Unicode specification.Class<T> Instances of the classClass
represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.ClassLoader A class loader is an object that is responsible for loading classes.ClassValue<T> Lazily associate a computed value with (potentially) every type.Compiler TheCompiler
class is provided to support Java-to-native-code compilers and related services.Double TheDouble
class wraps a value of the primitive typedouble
in an object.Enum<E extends Enum<E>> This is the common base class of all Java language enumeration types.Float TheFloat
class wraps a value of primitive typefloat
in an object.InheritableThreadLocal<T> This class extends ThreadLocal to provide inheritance of values from parent thread to child thread: when a child thread is created, the child receives initial values for all inheritable thread-local variables for which the parent has values.Integer TheInteger
class wraps a value of the primitive typeint
in an object.Long TheLong
class wraps a value of the primitive typelong
in an object.Math The classMath
contains methods for performing basic numeric operations such as the elementary exponential, logarithm, square root, and trigonometric functions.Number The abstract classNumber
is the superclass of platform classes representing numeric values that are convertible to the primitive typesbyte
,double
,float
,int
,long
, andshort
.Object ClassObject
is the root of the class hierarchy.Package Package
objects contain version information about the implementation and specification of a Java package.Process TheProcessBuilder.start()
andRuntime.exec
methods create a native process and return an instance of a subclass ofProcess
that can be used to control the process and obtain information about it.ProcessBuilder This class is used to create operating system processes.ProcessBuilder.Redirect Represents a source of subprocess input or a destination of subprocess output.Runtime Every Java application has a single instance of classRuntime
that allows the application to interface with the environment in which the application is running.RuntimePermission This class is for runtime permissions.SecurityManager The security manager is a class that allows applications to implement a security policy.Short TheShort
class wraps a value of primitive typeshort
in an object.StackTraceElement An element in a stack trace, as returned byThrowable.getStackTrace()
.StrictMath The classStrictMath
contains methods for performing basic numeric operations such as the elementary exponential, logarithm, square root, and trigonometric functions.String TheString
class represents character strings.StringBuffer A thread-safe, mutable sequence of characters.StringBuilder A mutable sequence of characters.System TheSystem
class contains several useful class fields and methods.Thread A thread is a thread of execution in a program.ThreadGroup A thread group represents a set of threads.ThreadLocal<T> This class provides thread-local variables.Throwable TheThrowable
class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.Void TheVoid
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Enum Summary Enum Description Character.UnicodeScript A family of character subsets representing the character scripts defined in the Unicode Standard Annex #24: Script Names.ProcessBuilder.Redirect.Type The type of aProcessBuilder.Redirect
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Exception Summary Exception Description ArithmeticException Thrown when an exceptional arithmetic condition has occurred.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException Thrown to indicate that an array has been accessed with an illegal index.ArrayStoreException Thrown to indicate that an attempt has been made to store the wrong type of object into an array of objects.ClassCastException Thrown to indicate that the code has attempted to cast an object to a subclass of which it is not an instance.ClassNotFoundException Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using: TheforName
method in classClass
.CloneNotSupportedException Thrown to indicate that theclone
method in classObject
has been called to clone an object, but that the object's class does not implement theCloneable
interface.EnumConstantNotPresentException Thrown when an application tries to access an enum constant by name and the enum type contains no constant with the specified name.Exception The classException
and its subclasses are a form ofThrowable
that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.IllegalAccessException An IllegalAccessException is thrown when an application tries to reflectively create an instance (other than an array), set or get a field, or invoke a method, but the currently executing method does not have access to the definition of the specified class, field, method or constructor.IllegalArgumentException Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.IllegalMonitorStateException Thrown to indicate that a thread has attempted to wait on an object's monitor or to notify other threads waiting on an object's monitor without owning the specified monitor.IllegalStateException Signals that a method has been invoked at an illegal or inappropriate time.IllegalThreadStateException Thrown to indicate that a thread is not in an appropriate state for the requested operation.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 thenewInstance
method in classClass
, but the specified class object cannot be instantiated.InterruptedException Thrown when a thread is waiting, sleeping, or otherwise occupied, and the thread is interrupted, either before or during the activity.NegativeArraySizeException Thrown if an application tries to create an array with negative size.NoSuchFieldException Signals that the class doesn't have a field of a specified name.NoSuchMethodException Thrown when a particular method cannot be found.NullPointerException Thrown when an application attempts to usenull
in a case where an object is required.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.ReflectiveOperationException Common superclass of exceptions thrown by reflective operations in core reflection.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.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException Thrown byString
methods to indicate that an index is either negative or greater than the size of the string.TypeNotPresentException Thrown when an application tries to access a type using a string representing the type's name, but no definition for the type with the specified name can be found.UnsupportedOperationException Thrown to indicate that the requested operation is not supported. -
Error Summary Error Description AbstractMethodError Thrown when an application tries to call an abstract method.AssertionError Thrown to indicate that an assertion has failed.BootstrapMethodError Thrown to indicate that aninvokedynamic
instruction has failed to find its bootstrap method, or the bootstrap method has failed to provide a call site with a target of the correct method type.ClassCircularityError Thrown when the Java Virtual Machine detects a circularity in the superclass hierarchy of a class being loaded.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.Error AnError
is a subclass ofThrowable
that indicates serious problems that a reasonable application should not try to catch.ExceptionInInitializerError Signals that an unexpected exception has occurred in a static initializer.IllegalAccessError Thrown if an application attempts to access or modify a field, or to call a method that it does not have access to.IncompatibleClassChangeError Thrown when an incompatible class change has occurred to some class definition.InstantiationError Thrown when an application tries to use the Javanew
construct to instantiate an abstract class or an interface.InternalError Thrown to indicate some unexpected internal error has occurred in the Java Virtual Machine.LinkageError Subclasses ofLinkageError
indicate that a class has some dependency on another class; however, the latter class has incompatibly changed after the compilation of the former class.NoClassDefFoundError Thrown if the Java Virtual Machine or aClassLoader
instance tries to load in the definition of a class (as part of a normal method call or as part of creating a new instance using thenew
expression) and no definition of the class could be found.NoSuchFieldError Thrown if an application tries to access or modify a specified field of an object, and that object no longer has that field.NoSuchMethodError Thrown if an application tries to call a specified method of a class (either static or instance), and that class no longer has a definition of that method.OutOfMemoryError Thrown when the Java Virtual Machine cannot allocate an object because it is out of memory, and no more memory could be made available by the garbage collector.StackOverflowError Thrown when a stack overflow occurs because an application recurses too deeply.ThreadDeath An instance ofThreadDeath
is thrown in the victim thread when the (deprecated)Thread.stop()
method is invoked.UnknownError Thrown when an unknown but serious exception has occurred in the Java Virtual Machine.UnsatisfiedLinkError Thrown if the Java Virtual Machine cannot find an appropriate native-language definition of a method declarednative
.UnsupportedClassVersionError Thrown when the Java Virtual Machine attempts to read a class file and determines that the major and minor version numbers in the file are not supported.VerifyError Thrown when the "verifier" detects that a class file, though well formed, contains some sort of internal inconsistency or security problem.VirtualMachineError Thrown to indicate that the Java Virtual Machine is broken or has run out of resources necessary for it to continue operating. -
Annotation Types Summary Annotation Type Description Deprecated A program element annotated @Deprecated is one that programmers are discouraged from using, typically because it is dangerous, or because a better alternative exists.FunctionalInterface An informative annotation type used to indicate that an interface type declaration is intended to be a functional interface as defined by the Java Language Specification.Override Indicates that a method declaration is intended to override a method declaration in a supertype.SafeVarargs A programmer assertion that the body of the annotated method or constructor does not perform potentially unsafe operations on its varargs parameter.SuppressWarnings Indicates that the named compiler warnings should be suppressed in the annotated element (and in all program elements contained in the annotated element).
Package java.lang Description
Object
, which is the root of the class hierarchy, and Class
, instances of which represent classes at run time.
Frequently it is necessary to represent a value of primitive type as if it were an object. The wrapper classes Boolean
, Character
, Integer
, Long
, Float
, and Double
serve this purpose. An object of type Double
, for example, contains a field whose type is double, representing that value in such a way that a reference to it can be stored in a variable of reference type. These classes also provide a number of methods for converting among primitive values, as well as supporting such standard methods as equals and hashCode. The Void
class is a non-instantiable class that holds a reference to a Class
object representing the type void.
The class Math
provides commonly used mathematical functions such as sine, cosine, and square root. The classes String
, StringBuffer
, and StringBuilder
similarly provide commonly used operations on character strings.
Classes ClassLoader
, Process
, ProcessBuilder
, Runtime
, SecurityManager
, and System
provide "system operations" that manage the dynamic loading of classes, creation of external processes, host environment inquiries such as the time of day, and enforcement of security policies.
Class Throwable
encompasses objects that may be thrown by the throw
statement. Subclasses of Throwable
represent errors and exceptions.
Character Encodings
The specification of thejava.nio.charset.Charset
class describes the naming conventions for character encodings as well as the set of standard encodings that must be supported by every implementation of the Java platform.
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- JDK1.0
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