Package org.springframework.core

Basic classes facilitating exception handling, and providing core interfaces that are not specific to any part of the framework.

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Interface Summary

ControlFlow	Interface to be implemented by objects that can return information about the current call stack.
ErrorCoded	Interface that can be implemented by exceptions etc that are error coded.
Ordered	Interface that can be implemented by objects that should be orderable, e.g. in a Collection.

Class Summary

Constants	This class can be used to parse other classes containing constant definitions in public static final members.
ControlFlowFactory	Singleton factory to conceal automatic choice of Java 1.4 or 1.3 ControlFlow implementation class.
JdkVersion	Class used to find the current Java/JDK version.
OrderComparator	Comparator implementation for Ordered objects, sorting by order value ascending (resp. by priority descending).

Exception Summary

ConstantException	Exception thrown when the Constants class is asked for an invalid constant name.
NestedCheckedException	Handy class for wrapping checked Exceptions with a root cause.
NestedRuntimeException	Handy class for wrapping runtime Exceptions with a root cause.

Package org.springframework.core Description

Basic classes facilitating exception handling, and providing core interfaces that are not specific to any part of the framework.