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You can search for definitions of modules, packages, types, fields, methods, system properties and other terms defined in the API, using some or all of the name, optionally using "camelCase" abbreviations. For example:

• j.l.obj will match "java.lang.Object"
• InpStr will match "java.io.InputStream"
• HM.cK will match "java.util.HashMap.containsKey(Object)"

Refer to the Javadoc Search Specification for a full description of search features.

Overview

The Overview page is the front page of this API document and provides a list of all packages with a summary for each. This page can also contain an overall description of the set of packages.

Package

Each package has a page that contains a list of its classes and interfaces, with a summary for each. These pages may contain the following categories:

• Interfaces
• Classes
• Enum Classes
• Exceptions
• Errors
• Annotation Interfaces

Class or Interface

Each class, interface, nested class and nested interface has its own separate page. Each of these pages has three sections consisting of a declaration and description, member summary tables, and detailed member descriptions. Entries in each of these sections are omitted if they are empty or not applicable.

• Class Inheritance Diagram
• Direct Subclasses
• All Known Subinterfaces
• All Known Implementing Classes
• Class or Interface Declaration
• Class or Interface Description

• Nested Class Summary
• Enum Constant Summary
• Field Summary
• Property Summary
• Constructor Summary
• Method Summary
• Required Element Summary
• Optional Element Summary

• Enum Constant Details
• Field Details
• Property Details
• Constructor Details
• Method Details
• Element Details

Note: Annotation interfaces have required and optional elements, but not methods. Only enum classes have enum constants. The components of a record class are displayed as part of the declaration of the record class. Properties are a feature of JavaFX.

The summary entries are alphabetical, while the detailed descriptions are in the order they appear in the source code. This preserves the logical groupings established by the programmer.

Other Files

Packages and modules may contain pages with additional information related to the declarations nearby.

Use

Each documented package, class and interface has its own Use page. This page describes what packages, classes, methods, constructors and fields use any part of the given class or package. Given a class or interface A, its Use page includes subclasses of A, fields declared as A, methods that return A, and methods and constructors with parameters of type A. You can access this page by first going to the package, class or interface, then clicking on the USE link in the navigation bar.

Deprecated API

The Deprecated API page lists all of the API that have been deprecated. A deprecated API is not recommended for use, generally due to shortcomings, and a replacement API is usually given. Deprecated APIs may be removed in future implementations.

Constant Field Values

The Constant Field Values page lists the static final fields and their values.

Serialized Form

Each serializable or externalizable class has a description of its serialization fields and methods. This information is of interest to those who implement rather than use the API. While there is no link in the navigation bar, you can get to this information by going to any serialized class and clicking "Serialized Form" in the "See Also" section of the class description.

All Packages

The All Packages page contains an alphabetic index of all packages contained in the documentation.

All Classes and Interfaces

The All Classes and Interfaces page contains an alphabetic index of all classes and interfaces contained in the documentation, including annotation interfaces, enum classes, and record classes.

Index

The Index contains an alphabetic index of all classes, interfaces, constructors, methods, and fields in the documentation, as well as summary pages such as All Packages, All Classes and Interfaces.