Package java.text

Provides classes and interfaces for handling text, dates, numbers, and messages in a manner independent of natural languages.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
AttributedCharacterIterator	An AttributedCharacterIterator allows iteration through both text and related attribute information.
CharacterIterator	This interface defines a protocol for bidirectional iteration over text.

Class Summary

Class	Description
Annotation	An Annotation object is used as a wrapper for a text attribute value if the attribute has annotation characteristics.
AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute	Defines attribute keys that are used to identify text attributes.
AttributedString	An AttributedString holds text and related attribute information.
DecimalFormat	DecimalFormat is a concrete subclass of NumberFormat that formats decimal numbers.
FieldPosition	FieldPosition is a simple class used by Format and its subclasses to identify fields in formatted output.
Format	Format is an abstract base class for formatting locale-sensitive information such as dates, messages, and numbers.
Format.Field	Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from Format.formatToCharacterIterator and as field identifiers in FieldPosition.
NumberFormat	NumberFormat is the abstract base class for all number formats.
NumberFormat.Field	Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from NumberFormat.formatToCharacterIterator and as field identifiers in FieldPosition.
ParsePosition	ParsePosition is a simple class used by Format and its subclasses to keep track of the current position during parsing.
StringCharacterIterator	StringCharacterIterator implements the CharacterIterater protocol for a String.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
ParseException	Signals that an error has been reached unexpectedly while parsing.

Package java.text Description

Provides classes and interfaces for handling text, dates, numbers, and messages in a manner independent of natural languages. This means your main application or applet can be written to be language-independent, and it can rely upon separate, dynamically-linked localized resources. This allows the flexibility of adding localizations for new localizations at any time.

These classes are capable of formatting dates, numbers, and messages, parsing; searching and sorting strings; and iterating over characters, words, sentences, and line breaks. This package contains three main groups of classes and interfaces:

• Classes for iteration over text
• Classes for formatting and parsing
• Classes for string collation

Since:

JDK1.1