| java.text.spi | Service provider classes for the classes in the java.text package. |
| AttributedCharacterIterator | An {@code AttributedCharacterIterator} allows iteration through both text and related attribute information. | code | html |
| CharacterIterator | This interface defines a protocol for bidirectional iteration over text. | code | html |
| Format.FieldDelegate | FieldDelegate is notified by the various Format
implementations as they are formatting the Objects. |
code | html |
| BreakIterator | The BreakIterator class implements methods for finding
the location of boundaries in text. |
code | html |
| CollationKey | A CollationKey represents a String under the
rules of a specific Collator object. |
code | html |
| Collator | The Collator class performs locale-sensitive
String comparison. |
code | html |
| DateFormat | {@code DateFormat} is an abstract class for date/time formatting subclasses which formats and parses dates or time in a language-independent manner. | code | html |
| Format | Format is an abstract base class for formatting locale-sensitive
information such as dates, messages, and numbers. |
code | html |
| NumberFormat | NumberFormat is the abstract base class for all number
formats. |
code | html |
| Normalizer.Form | 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. | code | html |
| Annotation | An Annotation object is used as a wrapper for a text attribute value if the attribute has annotation characteristics. | code | html |
| AttributeEntry | code | html | |
| AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute | Defines attribute keys that are used to identify text attributes. | code | html |
| AttributedString | An AttributedString holds text and related attribute information. | code | html |
| AttributedString.AttributeMap | code | html | |
| AttributedString.AttributedStringIterator | code | html | |
| AttributedStringIterator | This class implements the AttributedCharacterIterator interface. | code | html |
| Bidi | This class implements the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm. | code | html |
| BreakDictionary | This is the class that represents the list of known words used by DictionaryBasedBreakIterator. | code | html |
| BreakIterator.BreakIteratorCache | code | html | |
| BreakIterator.BreakIteratorGetter | Obtains a BreakIterator instance from a BreakIteratorProvider implementation. | code | html |
| CalendarBuilder | {@code CalendarBuilder} keeps field-value pairs for setting the calendar fields of the given {@code Calendar}. | code | html |
| CharacterIteratorFieldDelegate | CharacterIteratorFieldDelegate combines the notifications from a Format
into a resulting AttributedCharacterIterator. |
code | html |
| ChoiceFormat | A ChoiceFormat allows you to attach a format to a range of numbers. |
code | html |
| CollationElementIterator | The CollationElementIterator class is used as an iterator
to walk through each character of an international string. |
code | html |
| CollationRules | CollationRules contains the default en_US collation rules as a base for building other collation tables. | code | html |
| Collator.CollatorGetter | Obtains a Collator instance from a CollatorProvider implementation. | code | html |
| DateFormat.DateFormatGetter | Obtains a DateFormat instance from a DateFormatProvider implementation. | code | html |
| DateFormat.Field | Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the
AttributedCharacterIterator returned
from DateFormat.formatToCharacterIterator and as
field identifiers in FieldPosition. |
code | html |
| DateFormatSymbols | 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. |
code | html |
| DateFormatSymbols.DateFormatSymbolsGetter | Obtains a DateFormatSymbols instance from a DateFormatSymbolsProvider implementation. | code | html |
| DecimalFormat | DecimalFormat is a concrete subclass of
NumberFormat that formats decimal numbers. |
code | html |
| DecimalFormatSymbols | This class represents the set of symbols (such as the decimal separator,
the grouping separator, and so on) needed by DecimalFormat
to format numbers. |
code | html |
| DecimalFormatSymbols.DecimalFormatSymbolsGetter | Obtains a DecimalFormatSymbols instance from a DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider implementation. | code | html |
| DictionaryBasedBreakIterator | A subclass of RuleBasedBreakIterator that adds the ability to use a dictionary to further subdivide ranges of text beyond what is possible using just the state-table-based algorithm. | code | html |
| DigitList | Digit List. | code | html |
| DontCareFieldPosition | DontCareFieldPosition defines no-op FieldDelegate. | code | html |
| EntryPair | This is used for building contracting character tables. | code | html |
| FieldPosition | FieldPosition is a simple class used by Format
and its subclasses to identify fields in formatted output. |
code | html |
| FieldPosition.Delegate | An implementation of FieldDelegate that will adjust the begin/end of the FieldPosition if the arguments match the field of the FieldPosition. | code | html |
| Format.Field | Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the
AttributedCharacterIterator returned
from Format.formatToCharacterIterator and as
field identifiers in FieldPosition. |
code | html |
| MergeCollation | Utility class for normalizing and merging patterns for collation. | code | html |
| MessageFormat | MessageFormat provides a means to produce concatenated
messages in a language-neutral way. |
code | html |
| MessageFormat.Field | Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the
AttributedCharacterIterator returned
from MessageFormat.formatToCharacterIterator. |
code | html |
| Normalizer | 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. |
code | html |
| NumberFormat.Field | Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the
AttributedCharacterIterator returned
from NumberFormat.formatToCharacterIterator and as
field identifiers in FieldPosition. |
code | html |
| NumberFormat.NumberFormatGetter | Obtains a NumberFormat instance from a NumberFormatProvider implementation. | code | html |
| ParseException | Signals that an error has been reached unexpectedly while parsing. | code | html |
| ParsePosition | ParsePosition is a simple class used by Format
and its subclasses to keep track of the current position during parsing. |
code | html |
| PatternEntry | Utility class for normalizing and merging patterns for collation. | code | html |
| PatternEntry.Parser | code | html | |
| RBCollationTables | This class contains the static state of a RuleBasedCollator: The various tables that are used by the collation routines. | code | html |
| RBCollationTables.BuildAPI | code | html | |
| RBTableBuilder | This class contains all the code to parse a RuleBasedCollator pattern and build a RBCollationTables object from it. | code | html |
| RuleBasedBreakIterator | A subclass of BreakIterator whose behavior is specified using a list of rules. There are two kinds of rules, which are separated by semicolons: substitutions and regular expressions. A substitution rule defines a name that can be used in place of an expression. |
code | html |
| RuleBasedBreakIterator.SafeCharIterator | code | html | |
| RuleBasedCollationKey | A RuleBasedCollationKey is a concrete implementation of CollationKey class. | code | html |
| RuleBasedCollator | The RuleBasedCollator class is a concrete subclass of
Collator that provides a simple, data-driven, table
collator. |
code | html |
| SimpleDateFormat | SimpleDateFormat is a concrete class for formatting and
parsing dates in a locale-sensitive manner. |
code | html |
| StringCharacterIterator | StringCharacterIterator implements the
CharacterIterator protocol for a String. |
code | html |
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: