Package java.text

The java.text package allows to uncouple the text in the application from a natural language.

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Description

Interface Summary

AttributedCharacterIterator	AttributedCharacterIterator
CharacterIterator	CharacterIterator is used to sequence over a group of characters.

Class Summary

Annotation	Annotation
AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute
AttributedString	AttributedString
Bidi	Bidi is the class providing the bidirectional algorithm.
BreakIterator	This class is used to locate the boundaries of text.
ChoiceFormat	ChoiceFormat is used to associate strings with ranges of double values.
CollationElementIterator	CollationElementIterator is created by a RuleBasedCollator to iterate through a string.
CollationKey	CollationKey represents the collation order of a particular String for a specific Collator.
Collator	Collator is an abstract class which is the root of classes which provide Locale specific String comparison to determine their ordering with respect to each other.
DateFormat	DateFormat is the abstract superclass of formats which format and parse Dates.
DateFormat.Field	The instances of this inner class are used as attribute keys and values in AttributedCharacterIterator that SimpleDateFormat.formatToCharacterIterator() method returns.
DateFormatSymbols	DateFormatSymbols holds the Strings used in the formating and parsing of dates and times.
DecimalFormat	DecimalFormat is used to format and parse numbers, both integers and fractions, based on a pattern.
DecimalFormatSymbols	DecimalFormatSymbols holds the symbols used in the formating and parsing of numbers.
FieldPosition	FieldPosition is used to identify fields in formatted Strings.
Format	Format is the abstract superclass of classes which format and parse objects according to Locale specific rules.
Format.Field	This inner class is used to represent Format attributes in the AttributedCharacterIterator that formatToCharacterIterator() method returns in the Format subclasses.
MessageFormat	MessageFormat is used to format and parse arguments based on a pattern.
MessageFormat.Field	The instances of this inner class are used as attribute keys in AttributedCharacterIterator that MessageFormat.formatToCharacterIterator() method returns.
NumberFormat	NumberFormat is the abstract superclass of Formats which format and parse Numbers.
NumberFormat.Field	The instances of this inner class are used as attribute keys and values in AttributedCharacterIterator that NumberFormat.formatToCharacterIterator() method returns.
ParsePosition	ParsePosition is used to track the current position in a String being parsed.
RuleBasedCollator	RuleBasedCollator is a concrete subclass of Collator.
SimpleDateFormat	SimpleDateFormat is used to format and parse Gregorian calendar dates and times based on a pattern of date and time fields.
StringCharacterIterator	StringCharacterIterator is an implementation of CharacterIterator for Strings.

Exception Summary

ParseException

A ParseException is thrown when the String being parsed is not in the correct form.

Package java.text Description

The java.text package allows to uncouple the text in the application from a natural language.

With this it is possible to write the application in an unlocalized way. Like this a new localization can be provided at any time without having to change anything in the code. Support for localization is given for numbers, messages, dates and also characteristics of a language like the directionality, sorting order or enumeration of characters, words or lines.