Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

Uses of Class
java.lang.Object

Packages that use Object
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.im Provides classes and interfaces for the input method framework. 
java.awt.im.spi Provides interfaces that enable the development of input methods that can be used with any Java runtime environment. 
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.annotation Provides library support for the Java programming language annotation facility. 
java.lang.instrument Provides services that allow Java programming language agents to instrument programs running on the JVM. 
java.lang.management Provides the management interface for monitoring and management of the Java virtual machine as well as the operating system on which the Java virtual machine is running. 
java.lang.ref Provides reference-object classes, which support a limited degree of interaction with the garbage collector. 
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.nio.charset.spi Service-provider classes for the java.nio.charset package. 
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.registry Provides a class and two interfaces for the RMI registry. 
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.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.text.spi Service provider classes for the classes in the java.text package. 
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.concurrent Utility classes commonly useful in concurrent programming. 
java.util.concurrent.atomic A small toolkit of classes that support lock-free thread-safe programming on single variables. 
java.util.concurrent.locks Interfaces and classes providing a framework for locking and waiting for conditions that is distinct from built-in synchronization and monitors. 
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.spi Service provider classes for the classes in the java.util package. 
java.util.zip Provides classes for reading and writing the standard ZIP and GZIP file formats. 
javax.accessibility Defines a contract between user-interface components and an assistive technology that provides access to those components. 
javax.activation   
javax.activity Contains Activity service related exceptions thrown by the ORB machinery during unmarshalling. 
javax.annotation.processing Facilities for declaring annotation processors and for allowing annotation processors to communicate with an annotation processing tool environment. 
javax.crypto Provides the classes and interfaces for cryptographic operations. 
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.plugins.bmp Package containing the public classes used by the built-in BMP plug-in. 
javax.imageio.plugins.jpeg Classes supporting the built-in JPEG plug-in. 
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.lang.model.element Interfaces used to model elements of the Java programming language. 
javax.lang.model.type Interfaces used to model Java programming language types. 
javax.lang.model.util Utilities to assist in the processing of program elements and types
javax.management Provides the core classes for the Java Management Extensions. 
javax.management.loading Provides the classes which implement advanced dynamic loading. 
javax.management.modelmbean Provides the definition of the ModelMBean classes. 
javax.management.monitor Provides the definition of the monitor classes. 
javax.management.openmbean Provides the open data types and Open MBean descriptor classes. 
javax.management.relation Provides the definition of the Relation Service. 
javax.management.remote Interfaces for remote access to JMX MBean servers. 
javax.management.remote.rmi The RMI connector is a connector for the JMX Remote API that uses RMI to transmit client requests to a remote MBean server. 
javax.management.timer Provides the definition of the Timer MBean. 
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 Contains user APIs for RMI-IIOP. 
javax.rmi.CORBA Contains portability APIs for RMI-IIOP. 
javax.rmi.ssl Provides implementations of RMIClientSocketFactory and RMIServerSocketFactory over the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols. 
javax.script The scripting API consists of interfaces and classes that define Java TM Scripting Engines and provides a framework for their use in Java applications. 
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.security.sasl Contains class and interfaces for supporting SASL. 
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.sql.rowset Standard interfaces and base classes for JDBC RowSet implementations. 
javax.sql.rowset.serial Provides utility classes to allow serializable mappings between SQL types and data types in the Java programming language. 
javax.sql.rowset.spi The standard classes and interfaces that a third party vendor has to use in its implementation of a synchronization provider. 
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.plaf.synth Synth is a skinnable look and feel in which all painting is delegated. 
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.tools Provides interfaces for tools which can be invoked from a program, for example, compilers. 
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 Defines core XML constants and functionality from the XML specifications. 
javax.xml.bind Provides a runtime binding framework for client applications including unmarshalling, marshalling, and validation capabilities. 
javax.xml.bind.annotation Defines annotations for customizing Java program elements to XML Schema mapping. 
javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters XmlAdapter and its spec-defined sub-classes to allow arbitrary Java classes to be used with JAXB. 
javax.xml.bind.attachment This package is implemented by a MIME-based package processor that enables the interpretation and creation of optimized binary data within an MIME-based package format. 
javax.xml.bind.helpers JAXB Provider Use Only: Provides partial default implementations for some of the javax.xml.bind interfaces. 
javax.xml.bind.util Useful client utility classes. 
javax.xml.crypto Common classes for XML cryptography. 
javax.xml.crypto.dom DOM-specific classes for the javax.xml.crypto package. 
javax.xml.crypto.dsig Classes for generating and validating XML digital signatures. 
javax.xml.crypto.dsig.dom DOM-specific classes for the javax.xml.crypto.dsig package. 
javax.xml.crypto.dsig.keyinfo Classes for parsing and processing KeyInfo elements and structures. 
javax.xml.crypto.dsig.spec Parameter classes for XML digital signatures. 
javax.xml.datatype XML/Java Type Mappings. 
javax.xml.namespace XML Namespace processing. 
javax.xml.parsers Provides classes allowing the processing of XML documents. 
javax.xml.soap Provides the API for creating and building SOAP messages. 
javax.xml.stream   
javax.xml.stream.events   
javax.xml.stream.util   
javax.xml.transform This package defines the generic APIs for processing transformation instructions, and performing a transformation from source to result. 
javax.xml.transform.dom This package implements DOM-specific transformation APIs. 
javax.xml.transform.sax This package implements SAX2-specific transformation APIs. 
javax.xml.transform.stax Provides for StAX-specific transformation APIs. 
javax.xml.transform.stream This package implements stream- and URI- specific transformation APIs. 
javax.xml.validation This package provides an API for validation of XML documents. 
javax.xml.ws This package contains the core JAX-WS APIs. 
javax.xml.ws.handler.soap This package defines APIs for SOAP message handlers. 
javax.xml.ws.http This package defines APIs specific to the HTTP binding. 
javax.xml.ws.soap This package defines APIs specific to the SOAP binding. 
javax.xml.ws.spi This package defines SPIs for JAX-WS 2.0. 
javax.xml.xpath This package provides an object-model neutral API for the evaluation of XPath expressions and access to the evaluation environment. 
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_2_3 The CORBA_2_3 package defines additions to existing CORBA interfaces in the Java[tm] Standard Edition 6.   These changes occurred in recent revisions to the CORBA API defined by the OMG.  The new methods were added to  interfaces derived from the corresponding interfaces in the CORBA package.  This provides backward compatibility and avoids breaking the JCK tests. 
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.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.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.TypeCodePackage Provides the user-defined exceptions BadKind and Bounds, which are thrown by methods in in the class TypeCode
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.DynamicAny.DynAnyFactoryPackage This package contains classes and exceptions from the DynAnyFactory interface of the DynamicAny module specified in the OMG The Common Object Request Broker: Architecture and Specification, http://cgi.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?formal/99-10-07, section 9.2.2. 
org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage This package contains classes and exceptions from the DynAny interface of the DynamicAny module specified in the OMG The Common Object Request Broker: Architecture and Specification, http://cgi.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?formal/99-10-07, section 9.2. 
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.Messaging This package contains the Messaging module specified in the OMG CORBA Messaging specification, http://cgi.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?formal/99-10-07
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.PortableServer.ServantLocatorPackage Provides classes and interfaces for locating the servant. 
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.w3c.dom.bootstrap   
org.w3c.dom.events   
org.w3c.dom.ls   
org.xml.sax This package provides the core SAX APIs. 
org.xml.sax.ext This package contains interfaces to SAX2 facilities that conformant SAX drivers won't necessarily support. 
org.xml.sax.helpers This package contains "helper" classes, including support for bootstrapping SAX-based applications. 
 

Uses of Object in java.applet
 

Subclasses of Object in java.applet
 class Applet
          An applet is a small program that is intended not to be run on its own, but rather to be embedded inside another application.
protected  class Applet.AccessibleApplet
          This class implements accessibility support for the Applet class.
 

Uses of Object in java.awt
 

Subclasses of Object in java.awt
 class AlphaComposite
          The AlphaComposite class implements basic alpha compositing rules for combining source and destination colors to achieve blending and transparency effects with graphics and images.
 class AWTError
          Thrown when a serious Abstract Window Toolkit error has occurred.
 class AWTEvent
          The root event class for all AWT events.
 class AWTEventMulticaster
          AWTEventMulticaster implements efficient and thread-safe multi-cast event dispatching for the AWT events defined in the java.awt.event package.
 class AWTException
          Signals that an Absract Window Toolkit exception has occurred.
 class AWTKeyStroke
          An AWTKeyStroke represents a key action on the keyboard, or equivalent input device.
 class AWTPermission
          This class is for AWT permissions.
 class BasicStroke
          The BasicStroke class defines a basic set of rendering attributes for the outlines of graphics primitives, which are rendered with a Graphics2D object that has its Stroke attribute set to this BasicStroke.
 class BorderLayout
          A border layout lays out a container, arranging and resizing its components to fit in five regions: north, south, east, west, and center.
 class BufferCapabilities
          Capabilities and properties of buffers.
static class BufferCapabilities.FlipContents
          A type-safe enumeration of the possible back buffer contents after page-flipping
 class Button
          This class creates a labeled button.
protected  class Button.AccessibleAWTButton
          This class implements accessibility support for the Button class.
 class Canvas
          A Canvas component represents a blank rectangular area of the screen onto which the application can draw or from which the application can trap input events from the user.
protected  class Canvas.AccessibleAWTCanvas
          This class implements accessibility support for the Canvas class.
 class CardLayout
          A CardLayout object is a layout manager for a container.
 class Checkbox
          A check box is a graphical component that can be in either an "on" (true) or "off" (false) state.
protected  class Checkbox.AccessibleAWTCheckbox
          This class implements accessibility support for the Checkbox class.
 class CheckboxGroup
          The CheckboxGroup class is used to group together a set of Checkbox buttons.
 class CheckboxMenuItem
          This class represents a check box that can be included in a menu.
protected  class CheckboxMenuItem.AccessibleAWTCheckboxMenuItem
          Inner class of CheckboxMenuItem used to provide default support for accessibility.
 class Choice
          The Choice class presents a pop-up menu of choices.
protected  class Choice.AccessibleAWTChoice
          This class implements accessibility support for the Choice class.
 class Color
          The Color class is used to encapsulate colors in the default sRGB color space or colors in arbitrary color spaces identified by a ColorSpace.
 class Component
          A component is an object having a graphical representation that can be displayed on the screen and that can interact with the user.
protected  class Component.AccessibleAWTComponent
          Inner class of Component used to provide default support for accessibility.
protected  class Component.AccessibleAWTComponent.AccessibleAWTComponentHandler
          Fire PropertyChange listener, if one is registered, when shown/hidden..
protected  class Component.AccessibleAWTComponent.AccessibleAWTFocusHandler
          Fire PropertyChange listener, if one is registered, when focus events happen
protected  class Component.BltBufferStrategy
          Inner class for blitting offscreen surfaces to a component.
protected  class Component.FlipBufferStrategy
          Inner class for flipping buffers on a component.
 class ComponentOrientation
          The ComponentOrientation class encapsulates the language-sensitive orientation that is to be used to order the elements of a component or of text.
 class Container
          A generic Abstract Window Toolkit(AWT) container object is a component that can contain other AWT components.
protected  class Container.AccessibleAWTContainer
          Inner class of Container used to provide default support for accessibility.
protected  class Container.AccessibleAWTContainer.AccessibleContainerHandler
          Fire PropertyChange listener, if one is registered, when children are added or removed.
 class ContainerOrderFocusTraversalPolicy
          A FocusTraversalPolicy that determines traversal order based on the order of child Components in a Container.
 class Cursor
          A class to encapsulate the bitmap representation of the mouse cursor.
 class DefaultFocusTraversalPolicy
          A FocusTraversalPolicy that determines traversal order based on the order of child Components in a Container.
 class DefaultKeyboardFocusManager
          The default KeyboardFocusManager for AWT applications.
 class Desktop
          The Desktop class allows a Java application to launch associated applications registered on the native desktop to handle a URI or a file.
 class Dialog
          A Dialog is a top-level window with a title and a border that is typically used to take some form of input from the user.
protected  class Dialog.AccessibleAWTDialog
          This class implements accessibility support for the Dialog class.
 class Dimension
          The Dimension class encapsulates the width and height of a component (in integer precision) in a single object.
 class DisplayMode
          The DisplayMode class encapsulates the bit depth, height, width, and refresh rate of a GraphicsDevice.
 class Event
          NOTE: The Event class is obsolete and is available only for backwards compatilibility.
 class EventQueue
          EventQueue is a platform-independent class that queues events, both from the underlying peer classes and from trusted application classes.
 class FileDialog
          The FileDialog class displays a dialog window from which the user can select a file.
 class FlowLayout
          A flow layout arranges components in a directional flow, much like lines of text in a paragraph.
 class FocusTraversalPolicy
          A FocusTraversalPolicy defines the order in which Components with a particular focus cycle root are traversed.
 class Font
          The Font class represents fonts, which are used to render text in a visible way.
 class FontFormatException
          Thrown by method createFont in the Font class to indicate that the specified font is bad.
 class FontMetrics
          The FontMetrics class defines a font metrics object, which encapsulates information about the rendering of a particular font on a particular screen.
 class Frame
          A Frame is a top-level window with a title and a border.
protected  class Frame.AccessibleAWTFrame
          This class implements accessibility support for the Frame class.
 class GradientPaint
          The GradientPaint class provides a way to fill a Shape with a linear color gradient pattern.
 class Graphics
          The Graphics class is the abstract base class for all graphics contexts that allow an application to draw onto components that are realized on various devices, as well as onto off-screen images.
 class Graphics2D
          This Graphics2D class extends the Graphics class to provide more sophisticated control over geometry, coordinate transformations, color management, and text layout.
 class GraphicsConfigTemplate
          The GraphicsConfigTemplate class is used to obtain a valid GraphicsConfiguration.
 class GraphicsConfiguration
          The GraphicsConfiguration class describes the characteristics of a graphics destination such as a printer or monitor.
 class GraphicsDevice
          The GraphicsDevice class describes the graphics devices that might be available in a particular graphics environment.
 class GraphicsEnvironment
          The GraphicsEnvironment class describes the collection of GraphicsDevice objects and Font objects available to a Java(tm) application on a particular platform.
 class GridBagConstraints
          The GridBagConstraints class specifies constraints for components that are laid out using the GridBagLayout class.
 class GridBagLayout
          The GridBagLayout class is a flexible layout manager that aligns components vertically, horizontally or along their baseline without requiring that the components be of the same size.
 class GridBagLayoutInfo
          The GridBagLayoutInfo is an utility class for GridBagLayout layout manager.
 class GridLayout
          The GridLayout class is a layout manager that lays out a container's components in a rectangular grid.
 class HeadlessException
          Thrown when code that is dependent on a keyboard, display, or mouse is called in an environment that does not support a keyboard, display, or mouse.
 class IllegalComponentStateException
          Signals that an AWT component is not in an appropriate state for the requested operation.
 class Image
          The abstract class Image is the superclass of all classes that represent graphical images.
 class ImageCapabilities
          Capabilities and properties of images.
 class Insets
          An Insets object is a representation of the borders of a container.
 class JobAttributes
          A set of attributes which control a print job.
static class JobAttributes.DefaultSelectionType
          A type-safe enumeration of possible default selection states.
static class JobAttributes.DestinationType
          A type-safe enumeration of possible job destinations.
static class JobAttributes.DialogType
          A type-safe enumeration of possible dialogs to display to the user.
static class JobAttributes.MultipleDocumentHandlingType
          A type-safe enumeration of possible multiple copy handling states.
static class JobAttributes.SidesType
          A type-safe enumeration of possible multi-page impositions.
 class KeyboardFocusManager
          The KeyboardFocusManager is responsible for managing the active and focused Windows, and the current focus owner.
 class Label
          A Label object is a component for placing text in a container.
protected  class Label.AccessibleAWTLabel
          This class implements accessibility support for the Label class.
 class LinearGradientPaint
          The LinearGradientPaint class provides a way to fill a Shape with a linear color gradient pattern.
 class List
          The List component presents the user with a scrolling list of text items.
protected  class List.AccessibleAWTList
          This class implements accessibility support for the List class.
protected  class List.AccessibleAWTList.AccessibleAWTListChild
          This class implements accessibility support for List children.
 class MediaTracker
          The MediaTracker class is a utility class to track the status of a number of media objects.
 class Menu
          A Menu object is a pull-down menu component that is deployed from a menu bar.
protected  class Menu.AccessibleAWTMenu
          Inner class of Menu used to provide default support for accessibility.
 class MenuBar
          The MenuBar class encapsulates the platform's concept of a menu bar bound to a frame.
protected  class MenuBar.AccessibleAWTMenuBar
          Inner class of MenuBar used to provide default support for accessibility.
 class MenuComponent
          The abstract class MenuComponent is the superclass of all menu-related components.
protected  class MenuComponent.AccessibleAWTMenuComponent
          Inner class of MenuComponent used to provide default support for accessibility.
 class MenuItem
          All items in a menu must belong to the class MenuItem, or one of its subclasses.
protected  class MenuItem.AccessibleAWTMenuItem
          Inner class of MenuItem used to provide default support for accessibility.
 class MenuShortcut
          The MenuShortcutclass represents a keyboard accelerator for a MenuItem.
 class MouseInfo
          MouseInfo provides methods for getting information about the mouse, such as mouse pointer location and the number of mouse buttons.
 class MultipleGradientPaint
          This is the superclass for Paints which use a multiple color gradient to fill in their raster.
 class PageAttributes
          A set of attributes which control the output of a printed page.
static class PageAttributes.ColorType
          A type-safe enumeration of possible color states.
static class PageAttributes.MediaType
          A type-safe enumeration of possible paper sizes.
static class PageAttributes.OrientationRequestedType
          A type-safe enumeration of possible orientations.
static class PageAttributes.OriginType
          A type-safe enumeration of possible origins.
static class PageAttributes.PrintQualityType
          A type-safe enumeration of possible print qualities.
 class Panel
          Panel is the simplest container class.
protected  class Panel.AccessibleAWTPanel
          This class implements accessibility support for the Panel class.
 class Point
          A point representing a location in (x,y) coordinate space, specified in integer precision.
 class PointerInfo
          A class that describes the pointer position.
 class Polygon
          The Polygon class encapsulates a description of a closed, two-dimensional region within a coordinate space.
 class PopupMenu
          A class that implements a menu which can be dynamically popped up at a specified position within a component.
protected  class PopupMenu.AccessibleAWTPopupMenu
          Inner class of PopupMenu used to provide default support for accessibility.
 class PrintJob
          An abstract class which initiates and executes a print job.
 class RadialGradientPaint
          The RadialGradientPaint class provides a way to fill a shape with a circular radial color gradient pattern.
 class Rectangle
          A Rectangle specifies an area in a coordinate space that is enclosed by the Rectangle object's upper-left point (x,y) in the coordinate space, its width, and its height.
 class RenderingHints
          The RenderingHints class defines and manages collections of keys and associated values which allow an application to provide input into the choice of algorithms used by other classes which perform rendering and image manipulation services.
static class RenderingHints.Key
          Defines the base type of all keys used along with the RenderingHints class to control various algorithm choices in the rendering and imaging pipelines.
 class Robot
          This class is used to generate native system input events for the purposes of test automation, self-running demos, and other applications where control of the mouse and keyboard is needed.
 class Scrollbar
          The Scrollbar class embodies a scroll bar, a familiar user-interface object.
protected  class Scrollbar.AccessibleAWTScrollBar
          This class implements accessibility support for the Scrollbar class.
 class ScrollPane
          A container class which implements automatic horizontal and/or vertical scrolling for a single child component.
protected  class ScrollPane.AccessibleAWTScrollPane
          This class implements accessibility support for the ScrollPane class.
 class ScrollPaneAdjustable
          This class represents the state of a horizontal or vertical scrollbar of a ScrollPane.
 class SplashScreen
          The splash screen can be created at application startup, before the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) starts.
 class SystemColor
          A class to encapsulate symbolic colors representing the color of native GUI objects on a system.
 class SystemTray
          The SystemTray class represents the system tray for a desktop.
 class TextArea
          A TextArea object is a multi-line region that displays text.
protected  class TextArea.AccessibleAWTTextArea
          This class implements accessibility support for the TextArea class.
 class TextComponent
          The TextComponent class is the superclass of any component that allows the editing of some text.
protected  class TextComponent.AccessibleAWTTextComponent
          This class implements accessibility support for the TextComponent class.
 class TextField
          A TextField object is a text component that allows for the editing of a single line of text.
protected  class TextField.AccessibleAWTTextField
          This class implements accessibility support for the TextField class.
 class TexturePaint
          The TexturePaint class provides a way to fill a Shape with a texture that is specified as a BufferedImage.
 class Toolkit
          This class is the abstract superclass of all actual implementations of the Abstract Window Toolkit.
 class TrayIcon
          A TrayIcon object represents a tray icon that can be added to the system tray.
 class Window
          A Window object is a top-level window with no borders and no menubar.
protected  class Window.AccessibleAWTWindow
          This class implements accessibility support for the Window class.
 

Fields in java.awt declared as Object
 Object Event.arg
          An arbitrary argument of the event.
 Object Event.target
          The target component.
static Object Image.UndefinedProperty
          The UndefinedProperty object should be returned whenever a property which was not defined for a particular image is fetched.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION_DEFAULT
          Alpha interpolation hint value -- alpha blending algorithms are chosen by the implementation for a good tradeoff of performance vs.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION_QUALITY
          Alpha interpolation hint value -- alpha blending algorithms are chosen with a preference for precision and visual quality.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION_SPEED
          Alpha interpolation hint value -- alpha blending algorithms are chosen with a preference for calculation speed.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_DEFAULT
          Antialiasing hint value -- rendering is done with a default antialiasing mode chosen by the implementation.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_OFF
          Antialiasing hint value -- rendering is done without antialiasing.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON
          Antialiasing hint value -- rendering is done with antialiasing.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_COLOR_RENDER_DEFAULT
          Color rendering hint value -- perform color conversion calculations as chosen by the implementation to represent the best available tradeoff between performance and accuracy.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_COLOR_RENDER_QUALITY
          Color rendering hint value -- perform the color conversion calculations with the highest accuracy and visual quality.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_COLOR_RENDER_SPEED
          Color rendering hint value -- perform the fastest color conversion to the format of the output device.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_DITHER_DEFAULT
          Dithering hint value -- use a default for dithering chosen by the implementation.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_DITHER_DISABLE
          Dithering hint value -- do not dither when rendering geometry.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_DITHER_ENABLE
          Dithering hint value -- dither when rendering geometry, if needed.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_DEFAULT
          Font fractional metrics hint value -- character glyphs are positioned with accuracy chosen by the implementation.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_OFF
          Font fractional metrics hint value -- character glyphs are positioned with advance widths rounded to pixel boundaries.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_ON
          Font fractional metrics hint value -- character glyphs are positioned with sub-pixel accuracy.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BICUBIC
          Interpolation hint value -- the color samples of 9 nearby integer coordinate samples in the image are interpolated using a cubic function in both X and Y to produce a color sample.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BILINEAR
          Interpolation hint value -- the color samples of the 4 nearest neighboring integer coordinate samples in the image are interpolated linearly to produce a color sample.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_NEAREST_NEIGHBOR
          Interpolation hint value -- the color sample of the nearest neighboring integer coordinate sample in the image is used.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_DEFAULT
          Rendering hint value -- rendering algorithms are chosen by the implementation for a good tradeoff of performance vs.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY
          Rendering hint value -- rendering algorithms are chosen with a preference for output quality.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_SPEED
          Rendering hint value -- rendering algorithms are chosen with a preference for output speed.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_STROKE_DEFAULT
          Stroke normalization control hint value -- geometry may be modified or left pure depending on the tradeoffs in a given implementation.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_STROKE_NORMALIZE
          Stroke normalization control hint value -- geometry should be normalized to improve uniformity or spacing of lines and overall aesthetics.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_STROKE_PURE
          Stroke normalization control hint value -- geometry should be left unmodified and rendered with sub-pixel accuracy.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_DEFAULT
          Text antialiasing hint value -- text rendering is done according to the RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING hint or a default chosen by the implementation.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_GASP
          Text antialiasing hint value -- text rendering is requested to use information in the font resource which specifies for each point size whether to apply RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON or RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_OFF.
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_LCD_HBGR
          Text antialiasing hint value -- request that text be displayed optimised for an LCD display with subpixels in order from display left to right of B,G,R such that the horizontal subpixel resolution is three times that of the full pixel horizontal resolution (HBGR).
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_LCD_HRGB
          Text antialiasing hint value -- request that text be displayed optimised for an LCD display with subpixels in order from display left to right of R,G,B such that the horizontal subpixel resolution is three times that of the full pixel horizontal resolution (HRGB).
static Object RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_LCD_VBGR
          Text antialiasing hint value -- request that text be displayed optimised for an LCD display with subpixel organisation from display top to bottom of B,G,R such that the vertical subpixel resolution is three times that of the full pixel vertical resolution (VBGR).