Package org.mmbase.util

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
Casting.Unwrappable	Clases implementing this will not be wrapped by Casting.wrap(java.lang.Object, org.mmbase.util.transformers.CharTransformer), even if the e.g.
CloseableIterator<E>	An iterator which may need closing (e.g.
CompareInterface	Deprecated This is the same as java.util.Comparator
PasswordGeneratorInterface	Deprecated no real need for an interface as there is only one implementation
PublicCloneable<C>	The java interface Cloneable has no public methods.
SizeMeasurable	The SizeOf class tries to determine the size of memory structures.
Sortable	Deprecated I think this is the same as java.util.Comparable

Class Summary

Class	Description
ApplicationContextReader
BijectiveMap<K,V>	A map representing a 1-1 bijective relation between 2 sets of values.
BuilderList	Gives an xml-representation of a dir structure with builders Used by the build script to create documentation for builders.
Casting	Collects MMBase specific 'cast' information, as static to...
Casting.ListWrapper
Casting.NodeListWrapper
Casting.StringSerializableInputStream	A SerializableInputStream where the toString represents the (escaped) contents of the stream itself.
Casting.StringWrapper	Wraps a String with an 'Escaper'.
ChainedComparator<E>	Straight forward utility to chain several comparators into a new one.
ChainedIterator<E>	Like org.apache.commons.collections.iterators.IteratorChain, to avoid the dependency....
ChainedList<E>	Simple utility to chain several lists into a new one.
ChainedRunnable
ChainedWriter	Like unix' 'tee'.
CommandServer	Java command server.
CommandServer.Command
CommandServer.Copier
CSVReader	Reads Comma Separated Values (CSV).
DateFormats	Utility function to create DateFormat instances.
DateFormats.DayOfWeekDateFormat	There is no DateFormat which can return the day of the week as a number available in java.text package.
DateStrings	Deprecated FIX dutch days
DateSupport	Deprecated use Calendar and java.util.DateFormat
DijkstraSemaphore	Also called counting semaphores, Dijkstra semaphores are used to control access to a set of resources.
DirectoryLister	Directories contains methods for retrieving all file entries starting from a given path.
DynamicDate	A DynamicDate is a Date object that has no fixed value, like 'now'.
Encode	Class to convert from/to a string (byte[]) from/to a encoded string (byte[]) Supported encodings are at this moment: BASE64 HEX ESCAPE_XML ESCAPE_HTML ESCAPE_HTML_ATTRIBUTE ESCAPE_WML ESCAPE_WML_ATTRIBUTE ESCAPE_URL ESCAPE_URL_PARAM ESCAPE_SINGLE_QUOTE A list of supported encodings can be gotten by java org.mmbase.util.Encode, and you add your own encodings by calling the static function 'register' of this class.
EncodingDetectingOutputStreamWriter	Like OutputStreamWriter but it tries to autodetect the encoding of the OutputStream.
Entry<K,V>	Represents a pair of values ('key' and a 'value').
ErrorStruct	Class for storing error information useful in parsing.
Escape	Deprecated Use org.mmbase.util.Encode
Execute	Deprecated Use CommandExecutor
ExprCalc	Class to calculate expressions.
ExtendedProperties	This is a flexible Properties version, it can handle saving of Properties with the comments that will stay in your file.
filebuffer	Class filebuffer.
FileCompare	Class to compare two Files on their modification time, used by SortedVector.
fileInfo	Object for storing file information.
FileWatcher	Original javadoc.
FileWatcher.FileWatcherRunner	The one thread to handle all FileWatchers.
GenericResponseWrapper	Wrapper around the response.
HashCodeUtil	http://www.macchiato.com/columns/Durable6.html Hash Collections (HashSet, HashMap, Hashtable, etc) are typically implemented with an array of buckets.
HTMLElement	Class which is the super-class for ALL the HTMLElements.
HTMLElementCheckBox	Generates a HTML Element: INPUT CHECKBOX.
HTMLElementPassword	Generates a HTML Element: INPUT PASSWORD.
HTMLElementRadio	Generates a HTML Element: INPUT RADIO.
HTMLElementSelect	Generates a HTML Element: SELECT.
HTMLElementText	Generates a HTML Element: INPUT TEXT.
HTMLElementTextArea	Generates a HTML Element: TEXTAREA.
HTMLFormGenerator	Generates from the MACRO Strings a HTML FORM.
HttpAuth	Deprecated should be done by implementing and using the MMBase security Authorization
HttpPost	HttpPost handles all the PostInformation
IECompatibleJpegInputStream	IECompatibleJpegInputStream removes additional information left by PhotoShop 7 in jpegs , this information may crash Internet Exploder.
IntegerCompare	Deprecated Should implement java.util.Comparator, or should not exist, because this is java.lang.Integer's 'natural' order.
IOUtil	Various utils to concisely and efficiently deal with streams
LinkMap<K,V>	Combines to Maps to one new map.
LocaleCollator	This class wraps a Collator and associates it with a Locale.
LocaleLocalizedString	This LocalizedString also has a method LocaleLocalizedString.setLocale(java.util.Locale) which defines its own default locale for LocaleLocalizedString.get(Locale) in case it is called as get(null).
LocalHttpServletRequest	This class (and LocalHttpServletResponse, and super classes) can be used to do requests on the current MMBase without having an actual client, which can be useful in cronjobs or so.
LocalHttpServletResponse
LocalizedEntryListFactory<C>	These factories can produce Collections based on a Locale (The LocalizedEntryListFactory.get(java.util.Locale) method is essential).
LocalizedString	A String which is localized.
LocalServletRequest
LocalServletResponse
LRUHashtable<K,V>	Deprecated use org.mmbase.cache.implementation.LRUCache
MagickClient	Just to test the command server
MagickClient.Job
Mail	This mail-object gives persons the functionality to create mail and send it with the SendMail-module.
MimeType	Representation of a 'mimetype' (or Internet media type).
MockInputStream
MultiColCompare	MultiColCompare compares two Vectors on a given list of column numbers
MultiPartFormOutputStream	MultiPartFormOutputStream is used to write "multipart/form-data" to a java.net.URLConnection for POSTing.
MyServletOutputStream	Implements ServletOutputStream.
NodeComparator	This class implements the Comparator interface for comparing MMObjectNodes.
NullInputStream	An input stream only producing zeros.
PageInfo	The PageInfo is a container class.
PasswordGenerator	Module for the automatic generation of passwords.
PasswordGeneratorModule
Queue	Deprecated Use edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue, or some other Queue implementation.
QueueElement	Element in a Queue.
RandomInputStream	An input stream only producing random bytes.
RandomPlus	Better random function (see Knuth)
RandomPool	Class for holding a pool of random numbers.
RandomThings	Class for doing random things.
ReaderInputStream	Oddly enough, Java does not provide this itself.
ReadonlyLocalizedString	Extends and wraps LocalizedString, to make it readonly
RelativeTime	This util class contains several methods and constants to manipulate relative time values.
ReplacingLocalizedString	Extends and wraps LocalizedString.
ResourceLoader	MMBase resource loader, for loading config-files and those kind of things.
ResourceWatcher	Like FileWatcher but for Resources.
ReverseComparator	The comparator which sorts Comparable on the inverse natural order.
RFC1123	Class with support for creation of date strings in GMT format.
scanpage	The scanpage is a container class.
SerializableInputStream	Sometimes you need an InputStream to be Serializable.
SizeOf	Implementation of 'sizeof'.
SortableCompare	Deprecated Use java.util.Comparator
SortedBundle	A bit like ResourceBundle (on which it is based), but it creates SortedMap's.
SortedBundle.ValueWrapper	You can specify ValueWrapper.class as a value for the wrapper argument.
SortedVector	Deprecated You can use java.util.SortedSet (implementations of that), or Collections.sort(), if duplicate entries are essential (but how should they be sorted then?)
SPartFileFilter	Support utility for MMObjectBuilder.getSMartPath This filter filters files with the specified number in its name.
SqlExecutor	Generic tool to execute some SQL
StringBufferWriter	Oddly enough, Java does not provide this itself.
StringBuilderWriter	Oddly enough, Java does not provide this itself.
StringCompare	Deprecated Should implement java.util.Comparator, or should not exist, because this is java.lang.String's 'natural' order.
StringObject	This Class is a growable buffer for characters.
StringSplitter	Utility class for splitting delimited values.
StringTagger	StringTagger, Creates a object with tags and fields from a String.
Strip	Class to strip characters from the beginning and end of strings.
ThreadPools	Generic MMBase Thread Pools
UriParser	For an important part stolen from jakarta vfs (only one function).
URLEscape	Deprecated use Encode
URLParamEscape	Deprecated use Encode
WrappedLocalizedString	Extends and wraps LocalizedString.
WriterOutputStream	Oddly enough, Java does not provide this itself.
XFile	Deprecated What's wrong with java.io.File itself? The only difference is that lastmodified gives last-modified not of file now, but of file when this object was created.
XFileCompare	Class to compare XFile object depending on their comparefield.
XMLBasicReader	Deprecated use DocumentReader or DocumentWriter.
XMLCheckErrorHandler	Provides ErrorHandler methods for checking xml files by Config module
XMLEntityResolver	Deprecated Use EntityResolver
XMLErrorHandler	Deprecated Use ErrorHandler
XMLMMLanguageReader	Deprecated not used anywhere
XSLTransformer	Make XSL Transformations

Enum Summary

Enum	Description
LinkMap.Changes	Enum for the parameter of the constructor LinkMap(Map, Map, Changes)
LocaleCollator.Decomposition	An enum wrapping the 'decompositon' related constants of Collator.
LocaleCollator.Strength	An enum wrapping the 'strength' related constants of Collator.
ResourceLoader.Type	The available ResourceLoaders wrapped into an enum, which makes them available dynamicly (with ResourceLoader.Type.valueOf(string).get())

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
AuthorizationException	Deprecated only used by HttpAuth.
NotLoggedInException	Deprecated only used by HttpAuth.
PageCRCException	This exception gets thrown when a Cyclic Redundancy Check fails.
PostValueToLargeException	This exception will occur if the getPostParameterByte method is used While the arraylength is larger than the maximum size allowed