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This page can also contain an overall description of the set of packages.</BLOCKQUOTE> 87 <H3> 88 Package</H3> 89 <BLOCKQUOTE> 90 91 <P> 92 Each package has a page that contains a list of its classes and interfaces, with a summary for each. This page can contain four categories:<UL> 93 <LI>Interfaces (italic)<LI>Classes<LI>Enums<LI>Exceptions<LI>Errors<LI>Annotation Types</UL> 94 </BLOCKQUOTE> 95 <H3> 96 Class/Interface</H3> 97 <BLOCKQUOTE> 98 99 <P> 100 Each class, interface, nested class and nested interface has its own separate page. Each of these pages has three sections consisting of a class/interface description, summary tables, and detailed member descriptions:<UL> 101 <LI>Class inheritance diagram<LI>Direct Subclasses<LI>All Known Subinterfaces<LI>All Known Implementing Classes<LI>Class/interface declaration<LI>Class/interface description 102 <P> 103 <LI>Nested Class Summary<LI>Field Summary<LI>Constructor Summary<LI>Method Summary 104 <P> 105 <LI>Field Detail<LI>Constructor Detail<LI>Method Detail</UL> 106 Each summary entry contains the first sentence from the detailed description for that item. 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.</BLOCKQUOTE> 107 </BLOCKQUOTE> 108 <H3> 109 Annotation Type</H3> 110 <BLOCKQUOTE> 111 112 <P> 113 Each annotation type has its own separate page with the following sections:<UL> 114 <LI>Annotation Type declaration<LI>Annotation Type description<LI>Required Element Summary<LI>Optional Element Summary<LI>Element Detail</UL> 115 </BLOCKQUOTE> 116 </BLOCKQUOTE> 117 <H3> 118 Enum</H3> 119 <BLOCKQUOTE> 120 121 <P> 122 Each enum has its own separate page with the following sections:<UL> 123 <LI>Enum declaration<LI>Enum description<LI>Enum Constant Summary<LI>Enum Constant Detail</UL> 124 </BLOCKQUOTE> 125 <H3> 126 Tree (Class Hierarchy)</H3> 127 <BLOCKQUOTE> 128 There is a <A HREF="overview-tree.html">Class Hierarchy</A> page for all packages, plus a hierarchy for each package. Each hierarchy page contains a list of classes and a list of interfaces. The classes are organized by inheritance structure starting with <code>java.lang.Object</code>. The interfaces do not inherit from <code>java.lang.Object</code>.<UL> 129 <LI>When viewing the Overview page, clicking on "Tree" displays the hierarchy for all packages.<LI>When viewing a particular package, class or interface page, clicking "Tree" displays the hierarchy for only that package.</UL> 130 </BLOCKQUOTE> 131 <H3> 132 Deprecated API</H3> 133 <BLOCKQUOTE> 134 The <A HREF="deprecated-list.html">Deprecated API</A> page lists all of the API that have been deprecated. A deprecated API is not recommended for use, generally due to improvements, and a replacement API is usually given. Deprecated APIs may be removed in future implementations.</BLOCKQUOTE> 135 <H3> 136 Index</H3> 137 <BLOCKQUOTE> 138 The <A HREF="index-all.html">Index</A> contains an alphabetic list of all classes, interfaces, constructors, methods, and fields.</BLOCKQUOTE> 139 <H3> 140 Prev/Next</H3> 141 These links take you to the next or previous class, interface, package, or related page.<H3> 142 Frames/No Frames</H3> 143 These links show and hide the HTML frames. All pages are available with or without frames. 144 <P> 145 <H3> 146 Serialized Form</H3> 147 Each serializable or externalizable class has a description of its serialization fields and methods. This information is of interest to re-implementors, not to developers using 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. 148 <P> 149 <H3> 150 Constant Field Values</H3> 151 The <a href="constant-values.html">Constant Field Values</a> page lists the static final fields and their values. 152 <P> 153 <FONT SIZE="-1"> 154 <EM> 155 This help file applies to API documentation generated using the standard doclet.</EM> 156 </FONT> 157 <BR> 158 <HR> 159 160 161 <!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== --> 162 <A NAME="navbar_bottom"><!-- --></A> 163 <A HREF="#skip-navbar_bottom" title="Skip navigation links"></A> 164 <TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 165 <TR> 166 <TD COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> 167 <A NAME="navbar_bottom_firstrow"><!-- --></A> 168 <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="3" SUMMARY=""> 169 <TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"> 170 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="overview-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Overview</B></FONT></A> </TD> 171 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1">Package</FONT> </TD> 172 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1">Class</FONT> </TD> 173 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="overview-tree.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Tree</B></FONT></A> </TD> 174 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="deprecated-list.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Deprecated</B></FONT></A> </TD> 175 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="index-all.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Index</B></FONT></A> </TD> 176 <TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1Rev"> <FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1Rev"><B>Help</B></FONT> </TD> 177 </TR> 178 </TABLE> 179 </TD> 180 <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN=3><EM> 181 </EM> 182 </TD> 183 </TR> 184 185 <TR> 186 <TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 187 PREV 188 NEXT</FONT></TD> 189 <TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 190 <A HREF="index.html?help-doc.html" target="_top"><B>FRAMES</B></A> 191 <A HREF="help-doc.html" target="_top"><B>NO FRAMES</B></A> 192 <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"> 193 <!-- 194 if(window==top) { 195 document.writeln('<A HREF="allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A>'); 196 } 197 //--> 198 </SCRIPT> 199 <NOSCRIPT> 200 <A HREF="allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A> 201 </NOSCRIPT> 202 203 204 </FONT></TD> 205 </TR> 206 </TABLE> 207 <A NAME="skip-navbar_bottom"></A> 208 <!-- ======== END OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ======= --> 209 210 <HR> 211 212 </BODY> 213 </HTML> 214
