JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.2

Uses of Package
java.io

Packages that use java.io
java.applet Provides the classes necessary to create an applet and the classes an applet uses to communicate with its applet context. 
java.awt Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images. 
java.awt.color Provides classes for color spaces. 
java.awt.datatransfer Provides interfaces and classes for transferring data between and within applications. 
java.awt.dnd Drag and Drop is a direct manipulation gesture found in many Graphical User Interface systems that provides a mechanism to transfer information between two entities logically associated with presentation elements in the GUI. 
java.awt.event Provides interfaces and classes for dealing with different types of events fired by AWT components. 
java.awt.font Provides classes and interface relating to fonts. 
java.awt.geom Provides the Java 2D classes for defining and performing operations on objects related to two-dimensional geometry. 
java.awt.image Provides classes for creating and modifying images. 
java.awt.image.renderable Provides classes and interfaces for producing rendering-independent images. 
java.awt.print Provides classes and interfaces for a general printing API. 
java.beans Contains classes related to developing beans -- components based on the JavaBeansTM architecture. 
java.beans.beancontext Provides classes and interfaces relating to bean context. 
java.io Provides for system input and output through data streams, serialization and the file system. 
java.lang Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language. 
java.lang.reflect Provides classes and interfaces for obtaining reflective information about classes and objects. 
java.math Provides classes for performing arbitrary-precision integer arithmetic (BigInteger) and arbitrary-precision decimal arithmetic (BigDecimal). 
java.net Provides the classes for implementing networking applications. 
java.nio Defines buffers, which are containers for data, and provides an overview of the other NIO packages. 
java.nio.channels Defines channels, which represent connections to entities that are capable of performing I/O operations, such as files and sockets; defines selectors, for multiplexed, non-blocking I/O operations. 
java.nio.channels.spi Service-provider classes for the java.nio.channels package. 
java.nio.charset Defines charsets, decoders, and encoders, for translating between bytes and Unicode characters. 
java.rmi Provides the RMI package. 
java.rmi.activation Provides support for RMI Object Activation. 
java.rmi.dgc Provides classes and interface for RMI distributed garbage-collection (DGC). 
java.rmi.server Provides classes and interfaces for supporting the server side of RMI. 
java.security Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework. 
java.security.acl The classes and interfaces in this package have been superseded by classes in the java.security package. 
java.security.cert Provides classes and interfaces for parsing and managing certificates, certificate revocation lists (CRLs), and certification paths. 
java.security.interfaces Provides interfaces for generating RSA (Rivest, Shamir and Adleman AsymmetricCipher algorithm) keys as defined in the RSA Laboratory Technical Note PKCS#1, and DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) keys as defined in NIST's FIPS-186. 
java.security.spec Provides classes and interfaces for key specifications and algorithm parameter specifications. 
java.sql Provides the API for accessing and processing data stored in a data source (usually a relational database) using the JavaTM programming language. 
java.text Provides classes and interfaces for handling text, dates, numbers, and messages in a manner independent of natural languages. 
java.util Contains the collections framework, legacy collection classes, event model, date and time facilities, internationalization, and miscellaneous utility classes (a string tokenizer, a random-number generator, and a bit array). 
java.util.jar Provides classes for reading and writing the JAR (Java ARchive) file format, which is based on the standard ZIP file format with an optional manifest file. 
java.util.logging Provides the classes and interfaces of the JavaTM 2 platform's core logging facilities. 
java.util.prefs This package allows applications to store and retrieve user and system preference and configuration data. 
java.util.regex Classes for matching character sequences against patterns specified by regular expressions. 
java.util.zip Provides classes for reading and writing the standard ZIP and GZIP file formats. 
javax.crypto Provides the classes and interfaces for cryptographic operations. 
javax.crypto.interfaces Provides interfaces for Diffie-Hellman keys as defined in RSA Laboratories' PKCS #3. 
javax.crypto.spec Provides classes and interfaces for key specifications and algorithm parameter specifications. 
javax.imageio The main package of the Java Image I/O API. 
javax.imageio.metadata A package of the Java Image I/O API dealing with reading and writing metadata. 
javax.imageio.spi A package of the Java Image I/O API containing the plug-in interfaces for readers, writers, transcoders, and streams, and a runtime registry. 
javax.imageio.stream A package of the Java Image I/O API dealing with low-level I/O from files and streams. 
javax.naming Provides the classes and interfaces for accessing naming services. 
javax.naming.directory Extends the javax.naming package to provide functionality for accessing directory services. 
javax.naming.event Provides support for event notification when accessing naming and directory services. 
javax.naming.ldap Provides support for LDAPv3 extended operations and controls. 
javax.naming.spi Provides the means for dynamically plugging in support for accessing naming and directory services through the javax.naming and related packages. 
javax.net Provides classes for networking applications. 
javax.net.ssl Provides classes for the secure socket package. 
javax.print Provides the principal classes and interfaces for the JavaTM Print Service API. 
javax.print.attribute Provides classes and interfaces that describe the types of JavaTM Print Service attributes and how they can be collected into attribute sets. 
javax.print.attribute.standard Package javax.print.attribute.standard contains classes for specific printing attributes. 
javax.print.event Package javax.print.event contains event classes and listener interfaces. 
javax.rmi.CORBA Contains portability APIs for RMI-IIOP. 
javax.security.auth This package provides a framework for authentication and authorization. 
javax.security.auth.callback This package provides the classes necessary for services to interact with applications in order to retrieve information (authentication data including usernames or passwords, for example) or to display information (error and warning messages, for example). 
javax.security.auth.kerberos This package contains utility classes related to the Kerberos network authentication protocol. 
javax.security.auth.login This package provides a pluggable authentication framework. 
javax.security.auth.x500 This package contains the classes that should be used to store X500 Principal and X500 Private Crendentials in a Subject
javax.security.cert Provides classes for public key certificates. 
javax.sound.midi Provides interfaces and classes for I/O, sequencing, and synthesis of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data. 
javax.sound.midi.spi Supplies interfaces for service providers to implement when offering new MIDI devices, MIDI file readers and writers, or sound bank readers. 
javax.sound.sampled Provides interfaces and classes for capture, processing, and playback of sampled audio data. 
javax.sound.sampled.spi Supplies abstract classes for service providers to subclass when offering new audio devices, sound file readers and writers, or audio format converters. 
javax.sql Provides the API for server side data source access and processing from the JavaTM programming language. 
javax.swing Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms. 
javax.swing.border Provides classes and interface for drawing specialized borders around a Swing component. 
javax.swing.colorchooser Contains classes and interfaces used by the JColorChooser component. 
javax.swing.event Provides for events fired by Swing components. 
javax.swing.filechooser Contains classes and interfaces used by the JFileChooser component. 
javax.swing.plaf Provides one interface and many abstract classes that Swing uses to provide its pluggable look-and-feel capabilities. 
javax.swing.plaf.basic Provides user interface objects built according to the Basic look and feel. 
javax.swing.plaf.metal Provides user interface objects built according to the Java look and feel (once codenamed Metal), which is the default look and feel. 
javax.swing.plaf.multi Provides user interface objects that combine two or more look and feels. 
javax.swing.table Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with javax.swing.JTable
javax.swing.text Provides classes and interfaces that deal with editable and noneditable text components. 
javax.swing.text.html Provides the class HTMLEditorKit and supporting classes for creating HTML text editors. 
javax.swing.text.html.parser Provides the default HTML parser, along with support classes. 
javax.swing.text.rtf Provides a class (RTFEditorKit) for creating Rich-Text-Format text editors. 
javax.swing.tree Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with javax.swing.JTree
javax.swing.undo Allows developers to provide support for undo/redo in applications such as text editors. 
javax.transaction Contains three exceptions thrown by the ORB machinery during unmarshalling. 
javax.transaction.xa Provides the API that defines the contract between the transaction manager and the resource manager, which allows the transaction manager to enlist and delist resource objects (supplied by the resource manager driver) in JTA transactions. 
javax.xml.parsers Provides classes allowing the processing of XML documents. 
javax.xml.transform This package defines the generic APIs for processing transformation instructions, and performing a transformation from source to result. 
javax.xml.transform.stream This package implements stream- and URI- specific transformation APIs. 
org.ietf.jgss This package presents a framework that allows application developers to make use of security services like authentication, data integrity and data confidentiality from a variety of underlying security mechanisms like Kerberos, using a unified API. 
org.omg.CORBA Provides the mapping of the OMG CORBA APIs to the JavaTM programming language, including the class ORB, which is implemented so that a programmer can use it as a fully-functional Object Request Broker (ORB). 
org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage Provides the exceptions used with the DynAny interface (InvalidValue, Invalid, InvalidSeq, and TypeMismatch). 
org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage Provides the exception InvalidName, which is thrown by the method ORB.resolve_initial_references and the exception InconsistentTypeCode, which is thrown by the Dynamic Any creation methods in the ORB class. 
org.omg.CORBA.TypeCodePackage Provides the user-defined exceptions BadKind and Bounds, which are thrown by methods in in the class TypeCode
org.omg.CORBA.portable Provides a portability layer, that is, a set of ORB APIs that makes it possible for code generated by one vendor to run on another vendor's ORB. 
org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable Provides methods for the input and output of value types, and contains other updates to the org/omg/CORBA/portable package. 
org.omg.CosNaming Provides a naming service for Java IDL. 
org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextExtPackage This package contains the following classes, which are used in org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextExt:  
org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage This package contains Exception classes for the org.omg.CosNaming package. 
org.omg.Dynamic This package contains the Dynamic module specified in the OMG Portable Interceptor specification, http://cgi.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ptc/2000-08-06, section 21.9. 
org.omg.DynamicAny Provides classes and interfaces that enable traversal of the data value associated with an any at runtime, and extraction of the primitive constituents of the data value. 
org.omg.IOP This package contains the IOP module specified in the OMG document The Common Object Request Broker: Architecture and Specification, http://cgi.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?formal/99-10-07, section 13.6. 
org.omg.IOP.CodecFactoryPackage This package contains the exceptions specified in the IOP::CodeFactory interface (as part of the Portable Interceptors spec). 
org.omg.IOP.CodecPackage This package is generated from the IOP::Codec IDL interface definition. 
org.omg.PortableInterceptor Provides a mechanism to register ORB hooks through which ORB services can intercept the normal flow of execution of the ORB. 
org.omg.PortableInterceptor.ORBInitInfoPackage This package contains the exceptions and typedefs from the ORBInitInfo local interface of the PortableInterceptor module specified in the OMG Portable Interceptor specification, http://cgi.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ptc/2000-08-06, section 21.7.2. 
org.omg.PortableServer Provides classes and interfaces for making the server side of your applications portable across multivendor ORBs. 
org.omg.PortableServer.CurrentPackage Provides method implementations with access to the identity of the object on which the method was invoked. 
org.omg.PortableServer.POAManagerPackage Encapsulates the processing state of the POAs it is associated with. 
org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage Allows programmers to construct object implementations that are portable between different ORB products. 
org.omg.SendingContext Provides support for the marshalling of value types. 
org.omg.stub.java.rmi Contains RMI-IIOP Stubs for the Remote types that occur in the java.rmi package. 
org.w3c.dom Provides the interfaces for the Document Object Model (DOM) which is a component API of the Java API for XML Processing
org.xml.sax Provides the classes and interfaces for the Simple API for XML (SAX) which is a component of the Java API for XML Processing
org.xml.sax.helpers Provides helper classes for the Simple API for XML (SAX) which is a component of the Java API for XML Processing
 

Classes in java.io used by java.applet
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.awt
FilenameFilter
          Instances of classes that implement this interface are used to filter filenames.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
ObjectOutputStream
          An ObjectOutputStream writes primitive data types and graphs of Java objects to an OutputStream.
ObjectStreamException
          Superclass of all exceptions specific to Object Stream classes.
PrintStream
          A PrintStream adds functionality to another output stream, namely the ability to print representations of various data values conveniently.
PrintWriter
          Print formatted representations of objects to a text-output stream.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.awt.color
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
ObjectStreamException
          Superclass of all exceptions specific to Object Stream classes.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.awt.datatransfer
Externalizable
          Only the identity of the class of an Externalizable instance is written in the serialization stream and it is the responsibility of the class to save and restore the contents of its instances.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
ObjectInput
          ObjectInput extends the DataInput interface to include the reading of objects.
ObjectOutput
          ObjectOutput extends the DataOutput interface to include writing of objects.
Reader
          Abstract class for reading character streams.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.awt.dnd
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.awt.event
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.awt.font
InvalidObjectException
          Indicates that one or more deserialized objects failed validation tests.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.awt.geom
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.awt.image
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.awt.image.renderable
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.awt.print
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.beans
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.beans.beancontext
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
ObjectInputStream
          An ObjectInputStream deserializes primitive data and objects previously written using an ObjectOutputStream.
ObjectOutputStream
          An ObjectOutputStream writes primitive data types and graphs of Java objects to an OutputStream.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.io
BufferedReader
          Read text from a character-input stream, buffering characters so as to provide for the efficient reading of characters, arrays, and lines.
DataInput
          The DataInput interface provides for reading bytes from a binary stream and reconstructing from them data in any of the Java primitive types.
DataOutput
          The DataOutput interface provides for converting data from any of the Java primitive types to a series of bytes and writing these bytes to a binary stream.
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
FileDescriptor
          Instances of the file descriptor class serve as an opaque handle to the underlying machine-specific structure representing an open file, an open socket, or another source or sink of bytes.
FileFilter
          A filter for abstract pathnames.
FilenameFilter
          Instances of classes that implement this interface are used to filter filenames.
FileNotFoundException
          Signals that an attempt to open the file denoted by a specified pathname has failed.
FilterInputStream
          A FilterInputStream contains some other input stream, which it uses as its basic source of data, possibly transforming the data along the way or providing additional functionality.
FilterOutputStream
          This class is the superclass of all classes that filter output streams.
FilterReader
          Abstract class for reading filtered character streams.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
InputStreamReader
          An InputStreamReader is a bridge from byte streams to character streams: It reads bytes and decodes them into characters using a specified charset.
InvalidObjectException
          Indicates that one or more deserialized objects failed validation tests.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
NotActiveException
          Thrown when serialization or deserialization is not active.
ObjectInput
          ObjectInput extends the DataInput interface to include the reading of objects.
ObjectInputStream.GetField
          Provide access to the persistent fields read from the input stream.
ObjectInputValidation
          Callback interface to allow validation of objects within a graph.
ObjectOutput
          ObjectOutput extends the DataOutput interface to include writing of objects.
ObjectOutputStream.PutField
          Provide programatic access to the persistent fields to be written to ObjectOutput.
ObjectStreamClass
          Serialization's descriptor for classes.
ObjectStreamConstants
          Constants written into the Object Serialization Stream.
ObjectStreamException
          Superclass of all exceptions specific to Object Stream classes.
ObjectStreamField
          A description of a Serializable field from a Serializable class.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
OutputStreamWriter
          An OutputStreamWriter is a bridge from character streams to byte streams: Characters written to it are encoded into bytes using a specified charset.
PipedInputStream
          A piped input stream should be connected to a piped output stream; the piped input stream then provides whatever data bytes are written to the piped output stream.
PipedOutputStream
          A piped output stream can be connected to a piped input stream to create a communications pipe.
PipedReader
          Piped character-input streams.
PipedWriter
          Piped character-output streams.
Reader
          Abstract class for reading character streams.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
SerializablePermission
          This class is for Serializable permissions.
StreamCorruptedException
          Thrown when control information that was read from an object stream violates internal consistency checks.
SyncFailedException
          Signals that a sync operation has failed.
UnsupportedEncodingException
          The Character Encoding is not supported.
Writer
          Abstract class for writing to character streams.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.lang
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
FileDescriptor
          Instances of the file descriptor class serve as an opaque handle to the underlying machine-specific structure representing an open file, an open socket, or another source or sink of bytes.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
PrintStream
          A PrintStream adds functionality to another output stream, namely the ability to print representations of various data values conveniently.
PrintWriter
          Print formatted representations of objects to a text-output stream.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
UnsupportedEncodingException
          The Character Encoding is not supported.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.lang.reflect
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.math
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.net
FileDescriptor
          Instances of the file descriptor class serve as an opaque handle to the underlying machine-specific structure representing an open file, an open socket, or another source or sink of bytes.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
InterruptedIOException
          Signals that an I/O operation has been interrupted.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
UnsupportedEncodingException
          The Character Encoding is not supported.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.nio
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.nio.channels
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Reader
          Abstract class for reading character streams.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
Writer
          Abstract class for writing to character streams.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.nio.channels.spi
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.nio.charset
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.rmi
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.rmi.activation
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.rmi.dgc
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.rmi.server
DataInput
          The DataInput interface provides for reading bytes from a binary stream and reconstructing from them data in any of the Java primitive types.
DataOutput
          The DataOutput interface provides for converting data from any of the Java primitive types to a series of bytes and writing these bytes to a binary stream.
Externalizable
          Only the identity of the class of an Externalizable instance is written in the serialization stream and it is the responsibility of the class to save and restore the contents of its instances.
FilterOutputStream
          This class is the superclass of all classes that filter output streams.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
ObjectInput
          ObjectInput extends the DataInput interface to include the reading of objects.
ObjectOutput
          ObjectOutput extends the DataOutput interface to include writing of objects.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
PrintStream
          A PrintStream adds functionality to another output stream, namely the ability to print representations of various data values conveniently.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
StreamCorruptedException
          Thrown when control information that was read from an object stream violates internal consistency checks.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.security
FilterInputStream
          A FilterInputStream contains some other input stream, which it uses as its basic source of data, possibly transforming the data along the way or providing additional functionality.
FilterOutputStream
          This class is the superclass of all classes that filter output streams.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.security.acl
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.security.cert
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
ObjectStreamException
          Superclass of all exceptions specific to Object Stream classes.
PrintStream
          A PrintStream adds functionality to another output stream, namely the ability to print representations of various data values conveniently.
PrintWriter
          Print formatted representations of objects to a text-output stream.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.security.interfaces
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.security.spec
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.sql
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
PrintStream
          A PrintStream adds functionality to another output stream, namely the ability to print representations of various data values conveniently.
PrintWriter
          Print formatted representations of objects to a text-output stream.
Reader
          Abstract class for reading character streams.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
Writer
          Abstract class for writing to character streams.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.text
InvalidObjectException
          Indicates that one or more deserialized objects failed validation tests.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.util
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
PrintStream
          A PrintStream adds functionality to another output stream, namely the ability to print representations of various data values conveniently.
PrintWriter
          Print formatted representations of objects to a text-output stream.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.util.jar
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
FilterInputStream
          A FilterInputStream contains some other input stream, which it uses as its basic source of data, possibly transforming the data along the way or providing additional functionality.
FilterOutputStream
          This class is the superclass of all classes that filter output streams.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.util.logging
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
UnsupportedEncodingException
          The Character Encoding is not supported.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.util.prefs
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.util.regex
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by java.util.zip
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
FilterInputStream
          A FilterInputStream contains some other input stream, which it uses as its basic source of data, possibly transforming the data along the way or providing additional functionality.
FilterOutputStream
          This class is the superclass of all classes that filter output streams.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.crypto
FilterInputStream
          A FilterInputStream contains some other input stream, which it uses as its basic source of data, possibly transforming the data along the way or providing additional functionality.
FilterOutputStream
          This class is the superclass of all classes that filter output streams.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.crypto.interfaces
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.crypto.spec
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.imageio
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.imageio.metadata
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.imageio.spi
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.imageio.stream
DataInput
          The DataInput interface provides for reading bytes from a binary stream and reconstructing from them data in any of the Java primitive types.
DataOutput
          The DataOutput interface provides for converting data from any of the Java primitive types to a series of bytes and writing these bytes to a binary stream.
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
FileNotFoundException
          Signals that an attempt to open the file denoted by a specified pathname has failed.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
RandomAccessFile
          Instances of this class support both reading and writing to a random access file.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.naming
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.naming.directory
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.naming.event
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.naming.ldap
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.naming.spi
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.net
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.net.ssl
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.print
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Reader
          Abstract class for reading character streams.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.print.attribute
ObjectStreamException
          Superclass of all exceptions specific to Object Stream classes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.print.attribute.standard
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.print.event
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.rmi.CORBA
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
ObjectInputStream
          An ObjectInputStream deserializes primitive data and objects previously written using an ObjectOutputStream.
ObjectOutputStream
          An ObjectOutputStream writes primitive data types and graphs of Java objects to an OutputStream.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.security.auth
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.security.auth.callback
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.security.auth.kerberos
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.security.auth.login
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.security.auth.x500
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.security.cert
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.sound.midi
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.sound.midi.spi
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.sound.sampled
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.sound.sampled.spi
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.sql
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
PrintWriter
          Print formatted representations of objects to a text-output stream.
Reader
          Abstract class for reading character streams.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
FilterInputStream
          A FilterInputStream contains some other input stream, which it uses as its basic source of data, possibly transforming the data along the way or providing additional functionality.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
PrintStream
          A PrintStream adds functionality to another output stream, namely the ability to print representations of various data values conveniently.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.border
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.colorchooser
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.event
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.filechooser
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.plaf
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.plaf.basic
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.plaf.metal
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.plaf.multi
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.table
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.text
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
ObjectInputStream
          An ObjectInputStream deserializes primitive data and objects previously written using an ObjectOutputStream.
ObjectOutputStream
          An ObjectOutputStream writes primitive data types and graphs of Java objects to an OutputStream.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
PrintStream
          A PrintStream adds functionality to another output stream, namely the ability to print representations of various data values conveniently.
Reader
          Abstract class for reading character streams.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
Writer
          Abstract class for writing to character streams.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.text.html
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Reader
          Abstract class for reading character streams.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
Writer
          Abstract class for writing to character streams.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.text.html.parser
DataInputStream
          A data input stream lets an application read primitive Java data types from an underlying input stream in a machine-independent way.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Reader
          Abstract class for reading character streams.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.text.rtf
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Reader
          Abstract class for reading character streams.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
Writer
          Abstract class for writing to character streams.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.tree
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.swing.undo
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.transaction
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.transaction.xa
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.xml.parsers
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.xml.transform
PrintStream
          A PrintStream adds functionality to another output stream, namely the ability to print representations of various data values conveniently.
PrintWriter
          Print formatted representations of objects to a text-output stream.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by javax.xml.transform.stream
File
          An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Reader
          Abstract class for reading character streams.
Writer
          Abstract class for writing to character streams.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.ietf.jgss
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.CORBA
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.CORBA.TypeCodePackage
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.CORBA.portable
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
OutputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an output stream of bytes.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.CosNaming
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextExtPackage
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.Dynamic
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.DynamicAny
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.IOP
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.IOP.CodecFactoryPackage
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.IOP.CodecPackage
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.PortableInterceptor
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.PortableInterceptor.ORBInitInfoPackage
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.PortableServer
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.PortableServer.CurrentPackage
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.PortableServer.POAManagerPackage
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.SendingContext
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.omg.stub.java.rmi
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.w3c.dom
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.xml.sax
InputStream
          This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
Reader
          Abstract class for reading character streams.
Serializable
          Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable interface.
 

Classes in java.io used by org.xml.sax.helpers
IOException
          Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
 


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