java.util

Interfaces

Collection

The root interface in the collection hierarchy.

Comparator

A comparison function, which imposes a total ordering on some collection of objects.

Deque

A linear collection that supports element insertion and removal at both ends.

Enumeration

An object that implements the Enumeration interface generates a series of elements, one at a time.

EventListener

A tagging interface that all event listener interfaces must extend.

Formattable

The Formattable interface must be implemented by any class that needs to perform custom formatting using the 's' conversion specifier of java.util.Formatter.

Iterator

An iterator over a collection.

List

An ordered collection, where the user has precise control over where in the list each element is inserted.

ListIterator

An iterator for lists that allows the programmer to traverse the list in either direction, modify the list during iteration, and obtain the iterator's current position in the list.

Map

An object that maps keys to values.

NavigableMap

A SortedMap extended with navigation methods returning the closest matches for given search targets.

NavigableSet

A SortedSet extended with navigation methods reporting closest matches for given search targets.

Observer

A class can implement the Observer interface when it wants to be informed of changes in observable objects.

PrimitiveIterator

A base type for primitive specializations of Iterator.

Queue

A collection designed for holding elements prior to processing.

RandomAccess

Marker interface used by List implementations to indicate that they support fast (generally constant time) random access.

SequencedCollection

A collection that has a well-defined encounter order, that supports operations at both ends, and that is reversible.

SequencedMap

A Map that has a well-defined encounter order, that supports operations at both ends, and that is reversible.

SequencedSet

A collection that is both a SequencedCollection and a Set.

Provider

Represents a service provider located by ServiceLoader.

Set

A collection that contains no duplicate elements.

SortedMap

A Map that further provides a total ordering on its keys.

SortedSet

A Set that further provides a total ordering on its elements.

Spliterator

An object for traversing and partitioning elements of a source.

Classes

AbstractCollection

This class provides a skeletal implementation of the Collection interface, to minimize the effort required to implement this interface.

AbstractList

This class provides a skeletal implementation of the List interface to minimize the effort required to implement this interface backed by a "random access" data store (such as an array).

AbstractMap

This class provides a skeletal implementation of the Map interface, to minimize the effort required to implement this interface.

AbstractQueue

This class provides skeletal implementations of some Queue operations.

AbstractSequentialList

This class provides a skeletal implementation of the List interface to minimize the effort required to implement this interface backed by a "sequential access" data store (such as a linked list).

AbstractSet

This class provides a skeletal implementation of the Set interface to minimize the effort required to implement this interface.

ArrayDeque

Resizable-array implementation of the Deque interface.

ArrayList

Resizable-array implementation of the List interface.

Arrays

This class contains various methods for manipulating arrays (such as sorting and searching).

Base64

This class consists exclusively of static methods for obtaining encoders and decoders for the Base64 encoding scheme.

BitSet

This class implements a vector of bits that grows as needed.

Calendar

The class is an abstract class that provides methods for converting between a specific instant in time and a set of calendar fields such as YEARMONTHDAY_OF_MONTHHOUR, and so on, and for manipulating the calendar fields, such as getting the date of the next week.

Collections

This class consists exclusively of static methods that operate on or return collections.

Currency

Represents a currency.

Date

The class Date represents a specific instant in time, with millisecond precision.

Dictionary

The Dictionary class is the abstract parent of any class, such as Hashtable, which maps keys to values.

DoubleSummaryStatistics

A state object for collecting statistics such as count, min, max, sum, and average.

EnumMap

A specialized Map implementation for use with enum type keys.

EnumSet

A specialized Set implementation for use with enum types.

EventListenerProxy

An abstract wrapper class for an EventListener class which associates a set of additional parameters with the listener.

EventObject

The root class from which all event state objects shall be derived.

FormattableFlags

FormattableFlags are passed to the Formattable.formatTo() method and modify the output format for Formattables.

Formatter

An interpreter for printf-style format strings.

GregorianCalendar

GregorianCalendar is a concrete subclass of Calendar and provides the standard calendar system used by most of the world.

HashMap

Hash table based implementation of the Map interface.

HashSet

This class implements the Set interface, backed by a hash table (actually a HashMap instance).

Hashtable

This class implements a hash table, which maps keys to values.

HexFormat

HexFormat converts between bytes and chars and hex-encoded strings which may include additional formatting markup such as prefixes, suffixes, and delimiters.

IdentityHashMap

This class implements the Map interface with a hash table, using reference-equality in place of object-equality when comparing keys (and values).

IntSummaryStatistics

A state object for collecting statistics such as count, min, max, sum, and average.

LinkedHashMap

Hash table and linked list implementation of the Map interface, with well-defined encounter order.

LinkedHashSet

Hash table and linked list implementation of the Set interface, with well-defined encounter order.

LinkedList

Doubly-linked list implementation of the List and Deque interfaces.

ListResourceBundle

ListResourceBundle is an abstract subclass of ResourceBundle that manages resources for a locale in a convenient and easy to use list.

Locale

A object represents a specific geographical, political, or cultural region.

LongSummaryStatistics

A state object for collecting statistics such as count, min, max, sum, and average.

Objects

This class consists of static utility methods for operating on objects, or checking certain conditions before operation.

Observable

This class represents an observable object, or "data" in the model-view paradigm.

Optional

A container object which may or may not contain a non-null value.

OptionalDouble

A container object which may or may not contain a double value.

OptionalInt

A container object which may or may not contain an int value.

OptionalLong

A container object which may or may not contain a long value.

PriorityQueue

An unbounded priority queue based on a priority heap.

Properties

The Properties class represents a persistent set of properties.

PropertyPermission

Legacy security code; do not use.

PropertyResourceBundle

PropertyResourceBundle is a concrete subclass of ResourceBundle that manages resources for a locale using a set of static strings from a property file.

Random

An instance of this class is used to generate a stream of pseudorandom numbers; its period is only 248.

ResourceBundle

Resource bundles contain locale-specific objects.

Scanner

A simple text scanner which can parse primitive types and strings using regular expressions.

ServiceLoader

A facility to load implementations of a service.

SimpleTimeZone

SimpleTimeZone is a concrete subclass of TimeZone that represents a time zone for use with a Gregorian calendar.

Spliterators

Static classes and methods for operating on or creating instances of Spliterator and its primitive specializations Spliterator.OfInt, Spliterator.OfLong, and Spliterator.OfDouble.

SplittableRandom

A generator of uniform pseudorandom values (with period 264) applicable for use in (among other contexts) isolated parallel computations that may generate subtasks.

Stack

The Stack class represents a last-in-first-out (LIFO) stack of objects.

StringJoiner

StringJoiner is used to construct a sequence of characters separated by a delimiter and optionally starting with a supplied prefix and ending with a supplied suffix.

StringTokenizer

The string tokenizer class allows an application to break a string into tokens.

Timer

A facility for threads to schedule tasks for future execution in a background thread.

TimerTask

A task that can be scheduled for one-time or repeated execution by a Timer.

TimeZone

represents a time zone offset, and also figures out daylight savings.

TreeMap

A Red-Black tree based NavigableMap implementation.

TreeSet

A NavigableSet implementation based on a TreeMap.

UUID

A class that represents an immutable universally unique identifier (UUID).

Vector

The Vector class implements a growable array of objects.

WeakHashMap

Hash table based implementation of the Map interface, with weak keys.

Exceptions

ConcurrentModificationException

This exception may be thrown by methods that have detected concurrent modification of an object when such modification is not permissible.

DuplicateFormatFlagsException

Unchecked exception thrown when duplicate flags are provided in the format specifier.

EmptyStackException

Thrown by methods in the Stack class to indicate that the stack is empty.

FormatFlagsConversionMismatchException

Unchecked exception thrown when a conversion and flag are incompatible.

FormatterClosedException

Unchecked exception thrown when the formatter has been closed.

IllegalFormatCodePointException

Unchecked exception thrown when a character with an invalid Unicode code point as defined by Character#isValidCodePoint is passed to the Formatter.

IllegalFormatConversionException

Unchecked exception thrown when the argument corresponding to the format specifier is of an incompatible type.

IllegalFormatException

Unchecked exception thrown when a format string contains an illegal syntax or a format specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments.

IllegalFormatFlagsException

Unchecked exception thrown when an illegal combination flags is given.

IllegalFormatPrecisionException

Unchecked exception thrown when the precision is a negative value other than -1, the conversion does not support a precision, or the value is otherwise unsupported.

IllegalFormatWidthException

Unchecked exception thrown when the format width is a negative value other than -1 or is otherwise unsupported.

IllformedLocaleException

Thrown by methods in Locale and Locale.Builder to indicate that an argument is not a well-formed BCP 47 tag.

InputMismatchException

Thrown by a Scanner to indicate that the token retrieved does not match the pattern for the expected type, or that the token is out of range for the expected type.

InvalidPropertiesFormatException

Thrown to indicate that an operation could not complete because the input did not conform to the appropriate XML document type for a collection of properties, as per the Properties specification.

MissingFormatArgumentException

Unchecked exception thrown when there is a format specifier which does not have a corresponding argument or if an argument index refers to an argument that does not exist.

MissingFormatWidthException

Unchecked exception thrown when the format width is required.

MissingResourceException

Signals that a resource is missing.

NoSuchElementException

Thrown by various accessor methods to indicate that the element being requested does not exist.

ServiceConfigurationError

Error thrown when something goes wrong while locating, loading, or instantiating a service provider.

TooManyListenersException

The TooManyListenersException Exception is used as part of the Java Event model to annotate and implement a unicast special case of a multicast Event Source.

UnknownFormatConversionException

Unchecked exception thrown when an unknown conversion is given.

UnknownFormatFlagsException

Unchecked exception thrown when an unknown flag is given.