Package java.text

Classes to iterate over strings and to format texts according to a specific locale.

Interface Summary
AttributedCharacterIterator	This interface extends the `CharacterIterator` interface in order to support iteration over character attributes as well as over the characters themselves.
CharacterIterator	This interface defines a mechanism for iterating over a range of characters.

Class Summary
Annotation	This class is used as a wrapper for a text attribute object.
AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute	Defines attribute keys that are used as text attributes.
AttributedString	This class models a `String` with attributes over various subranges of the string.
Bidi	Bidirectional Algorithm implementation.
BreakIterator	This class iterates over text elements such as words, lines, sentences, and characters.
ChoiceFormat	This class allows a format to be specified based on a range of numbers.
CollationElementIterator	This class walks through the character collation elements of a `String` as defined by the collation rules in an instance of `RuleBasedCollator`.
CollationKey	This class represents a pre-computed series of bits representing a `String` for under a particular `Collator`.
Collator	This class is the abstract superclass of classes which perform locale dependent `String` comparisons.
DateFormat
DateFormatSymbols	This class acts as container for locale specific date/time formatting information such as the days of the week and the months of the year.
DateFormat.Field
DecimalFormat	This class is a concrete implementation of NumberFormat used to format decimal numbers.
DecimalFormatSymbols	This class is a container for the symbols used by `DecimalFormat` to format numbers and currency for a particular locale.
FieldPosition	This class is used by the java.text formatting classes to track field positions.
Format	This class is the abstract superclass of classes that format and parse data to/from `Strings`.
Format.Field
MessageFormat
MessageFormat.Field
NumberFormat	This is the abstract superclass of all classes which format and parse numeric values such as decimal numbers, integers, currency values, and percentages.
NumberFormat.Field
ParsePosition	This class is used to keep track of the current position during parsing operations.
RuleBasedCollator	This class is a concrete subclass of `Collator` suitable for string collation in a wide variety of languages.
SimpleDateFormat	SimpleDateFormat provides convenient methods for parsing and formatting dates using Gregorian calendars (see java.util.GregorianCalendar).
StringCharacterIterator	This class iterates over a range of characters in a `String`.

Exception Summary
ParseException	This exception is thrown when an unexpected error occurs during parsing.

Package java.text Description:

Classes to iterate over strings and to format texts according to a specific locale.