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Contains the collections framework, some internationalization support classes, a service loader, properties, random number generation, string parsing and scanning classes, base64 encoding and decoding, a bit array, and several miscellaneous utility classes. This package also contains legacy collection classes and legacy date and time classes.

Java Collections Framework

For an overview, API outline, and design rationale, please see:

For a tutorial and programming guide with examples of use of the collections framework, please see:

Since:1.0
/** * Contains the collections framework, some internationalization support classes, * a service loader, properties, random number generation, string parsing * and scanning classes, base64 encoding and decoding, a bit array, and * several miscellaneous utility classes. This package also contains * legacy collection classes and legacy date and time classes. * * <h2><a id="CollectionsFramework"></a>{@index "Java Collections Framework"}</h2> * <p>For an overview, API outline, and design rationale, please see: * <ul> * <li><a href="doc-files/coll-index.html"> * <b>Collections Framework Documentation</b></a> * </ul> * * <p>For a tutorial and programming guide with examples of use * of the collections framework, please see: * <ul> * <li><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/collections/index.html"> * <b>Collections Framework Tutorial</b></a> * </ul> * * @since 1.0 */
package java.util;