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The Java Utility Package

The final Java package, java.util, contains a collection of utility classes.
Data Structure Classes
A variety of useful classes implementing standard computer science data structures: including BitSet, Dictionary, Hashtable, Stack and Vector. The java.util package also defines the Enumeration interface which provides a protocol for classes to count through a set of values.
Date
Use the Date class to create and manipulate calendar dates in a system-independent fashion.
StringTokenizer
This class converts a String of text into its tokens.
Properties
This class implements persistent properties. The properties table contains key/value pairs where both the key and the value are Strings. This class is used by the System class to implement System properties.
Observer and Observable
Classes that implement the Observer interface can "watch" Observable objects for state changes. When an Observable object changes it notifies all of its Observers of the change.
Random-Number Generator
The Random class implements a random-number generator.
Enumeration
The Enumeration interface defines a generic programming interface for iterating through a set of values.

See Also

java.util


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