java.text (JDK 1.6)

Package: java.text

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Since

JDK1.1

Version

Serial

Description

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

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Annotation View Source	An Annotation object is used as a wrapper for a text attribute value if the attribute has annotation characteristics.
AttributedCharacterIterator View Source	An AttributedCharacterIterator allows iteration through both text and related attribute information.
AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute View Source	Defines attribute keys that are used to identify text attributes.
AttributedString View Source	An AttributedString holds text and related attribute information.
Bidi View Source	This class implements the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.
BreakIterator View Source	The `BreakIterator` class implements methods for finding the location of boundaries in text.
CharacterIterator View Source	This interface defines a protocol for bidirectional iteration over text.
ChoiceFormat View Source	A `ChoiceFormat` allows you to attach a format to a range of numbers.
CollationElementIterator View Source	The `CollationElementIterator` class is used as an iterator to walk through each character of an international string.
CollationKey View Source	A `CollationKey` represents a `String` under the rules of a specific `Collator` object.
Collator View Source	The `Collator` class performs locale-sensitive `String` comparison.
DateFormat View Source	DateFormat is an abstract class for date/time formatting subclasses which formats and parses dates or time in a language-independent manner.
DateFormat.Field View Source	Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the `AttributedCharacterIterator` returned from `DateFormat.formatToCharacterIterator` and as field identifiers in `FieldPosition`.
DateFormatSymbols View Source	`DateFormatSymbols` is a public class for encapsulating localizable date-time formatting data, such as the names of the months, the names of the days of the week, and the time zone data.
DecimalFormat View Source	`DecimalFormat` is a concrete subclass of `NumberFormat` that formats decimal numbers.
DecimalFormatSymbols View Source	This class represents the set of symbols (such as the decimal separator, the grouping separator, and so on) needed by `DecimalFormat` to format numbers.
FieldPosition View Source	`FieldPosition` is a simple class used by `Format` and its subclasses to identify fields in formatted output.
Format View Source	`Format` is an abstract base class for formatting locale-sensitive information such as dates, messages, and numbers.
Format.Field View Source	Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the `AttributedCharacterIterator` returned from `Format.formatToCharacterIterator` and as field identifiers in `FieldPosition`.
MessageFormat View Source	`MessageFormat` provides a means to produce concatenated messages in a language-neutral way.
MessageFormat.Field View Source	Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the `AttributedCharacterIterator` returned from `MessageFormat.formatToCharacterIterator`.
Normalizer View Source	This class provides the method `normalize` which transforms Unicode text into an equivalent composed or decomposed form, allowing for easier sorting and searching of text.
Normalizer.Form View Source	This enum provides constants of the four Unicode normalization forms that are described in Unicode Standard Annex #15 — Unicode Normalization Forms and two methods to access them.
NumberFormat View Source	`NumberFormat` is the abstract base class for all number formats.
NumberFormat.Field View Source	Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the `AttributedCharacterIterator` returned from `NumberFormat.formatToCharacterIterator` and as field identifiers in `FieldPosition`.
ParseException View Source	Signals that an error has been reached unexpectedly while parsing.
ParsePosition View Source	`ParsePosition` is a simple class used by `Format` and its subclasses to keep track of the current position during parsing.
RuleBasedCollator View Source	The `RuleBasedCollator` class is a concrete subclass of `Collator` that provides a simple, data-driven, table collator.
SimpleDateFormat View Source	`SimpleDateFormat` is a concrete class for formatting and parsing dates in a locale-sensitive manner.
StringCharacterIterator View Source	`StringCharacterIterator` implements the `CharacterIterater` protocol for a `String`.