# Uses of Package
java.text

- Packages that use java.text
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.awt | Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
  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.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.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.time.format | Provides classes to print and parse dates and times.
  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.plaf.synth | Synth is a skinnable look and feel in which all painting is delegated.
  javax.swing.text | Provides classes and interfaces that deal with editable and noneditable text components.

- Classes in java.text used by java.awt
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  AttributedCharacterIterator | An `AttributedCharacterIterator` allows iteration through both text and related attribute information.
  AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute | Defines attribute keys that are used to identify text attributes.
  CharacterIterator | This interface defines a protocol for bidirectional iteration over text.

- Classes in java.text used by java.awt.event
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  AttributedCharacterIterator | An `AttributedCharacterIterator` allows iteration through both text and related attribute information.

- Classes in java.text used by java.awt.font
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  AttributedCharacterIterator | An `AttributedCharacterIterator` allows iteration through both text and related attribute information.
  AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute | Defines attribute keys that are used to identify text attributes.
  BreakIterator | The `BreakIterator` class implements methods for finding the location of boundaries in text.

- Classes in java.text used by java.awt.im
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  AttributedCharacterIterator | An `AttributedCharacterIterator` allows iteration through both text and related attribute information.
  AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute | Defines attribute keys that are used to identify text attributes.

- Classes in java.text used by java.awt.im.spi
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  AttributedCharacterIterator | An `AttributedCharacterIterator` allows iteration through both text and related attribute information.

- Classes in java.text used by java.text
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  AttributedCharacterIterator | An `AttributedCharacterIterator` allows iteration through both text and related attribute information.
  AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute | Defines attribute keys that are used to identify text attributes.
  Bidi | This class implements the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.
  BreakIterator | The `BreakIterator` class implements methods for finding the location of boundaries in text.
  CharacterIterator | This interface defines a protocol for bidirectional iteration over text.
  CollationElementIterator | The `CollationElementIterator` class is used as an iterator to walk through each character of an international string.
  CollationKey | A `CollationKey` represents a `String` under the rules of a specific `Collator` object.
  Collator | The `Collator` class performs locale-sensitive `String` comparison.
  DateFormat | `DateFormat` is an abstract class for date/time formatting subclasses which formats and parses dates or time in a language-independent manner.
  DateFormat.Field | Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the `AttributedCharacterIterator` returned from `DateFormat.formatToCharacterIterator` and as field identifiers in `FieldPosition`.
  DateFormatSymbols | `DateFormatSymbols` is a public class for encapsulating localizable date-time formatting data, such as the names of the months, the names of the days of the week, and the time zone data.
  DecimalFormatSymbols | This class represents the set of symbols (such as the decimal separator, the grouping separator, and so on) needed by `DecimalFormat` to format numbers.
  FieldPosition | `FieldPosition` is a simple class used by `Format` and its subclasses to identify fields in formatted output.
  Format | `Format` is an abstract base class for formatting locale-sensitive information such as dates, messages, and numbers.
  Format.Field | Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the `AttributedCharacterIterator` returned from `Format.formatToCharacterIterator` and as field identifiers in `FieldPosition`.
  MessageFormat.Field | Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the `AttributedCharacterIterator` returned from `MessageFormat.formatToCharacterIterator`.
  Normalizer.Form | This enum provides constants of the four Unicode normalization forms that are described in Unicode Standard Annex #15 — Unicode Normalization Forms and two methods to access them.
  NumberFormat | `NumberFormat` is the abstract base class for all number formats.
  NumberFormat.Field | Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the `AttributedCharacterIterator` returned from `NumberFormat.formatToCharacterIterator` and as field identifiers in `FieldPosition`.
  ParseException | Signals that an error has been reached unexpectedly while parsing.
  ParsePosition | `ParsePosition` is a simple class used by `Format` and its subclasses to keep track of the current position during parsing.

- Classes in java.text used by java.text.spi
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  BreakIterator | The `BreakIterator` class implements methods for finding the location of boundaries in text.
  Collator | The `Collator` class performs locale-sensitive `String` comparison.
  DateFormat | `DateFormat` is an abstract class for date/time formatting subclasses which formats and parses dates or time in a language-independent manner.
  DateFormatSymbols | `DateFormatSymbols` is a public class for encapsulating localizable date-time formatting data, such as the names of the months, the names of the days of the week, and the time zone data.
  DecimalFormatSymbols | This class represents the set of symbols (such as the decimal separator, the grouping separator, and so on) needed by `DecimalFormat` to format numbers.
  NumberFormat | `NumberFormat` is the abstract base class for all number formats.

- Classes in java.text used by java.time.format
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  Format | `Format` is an abstract base class for formatting locale-sensitive information such as dates, messages, and numbers.
  ParsePosition | `ParsePosition` is a simple class used by `Format` and its subclasses to keep track of the current position during parsing.

- Classes in java.text used by javax.swing
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  AttributedCharacterIterator | An `AttributedCharacterIterator` allows iteration through both text and related attribute information.
  DecimalFormat | `DecimalFormat` is a concrete subclass of `NumberFormat` that formats decimal numbers.
  Format | `Format` is an abstract base class for formatting locale-sensitive information such as dates, messages, and numbers.
  MessageFormat | `MessageFormat` provides a means to produce concatenated messages in a language-neutral way.
  ParseException | Signals that an error has been reached unexpectedly while parsing.
  SimpleDateFormat | `SimpleDateFormat` is a concrete class for formatting and parsing dates in a locale-sensitive manner.

- Classes in java.text used by javax.swing.plaf.synth
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  ParseException | Signals that an error has been reached unexpectedly while parsing.

- Classes in java.text used by javax.swing.text
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  CharacterIterator | This interface defines a protocol for bidirectional iteration over text.
  DateFormat | `DateFormat` is an abstract class for date/time formatting subclasses which formats and parses dates or time in a language-independent manner.
  Format | `Format` is an abstract base class for formatting locale-sensitive information such as dates, messages, and numbers.
  Format.Field | Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the `AttributedCharacterIterator` returned from `Format.formatToCharacterIterator` and as field identifiers in `FieldPosition`.
  MessageFormat | `MessageFormat` provides a means to produce concatenated messages in a language-neutral way.
  NumberFormat | `NumberFormat` is the abstract base class for all number formats.
  ParseException | Signals that an error has been reached unexpectedly while parsing.

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