Package org.springframework.core

Provides basic classes for exception handling and version detection, and other core helpers that are not specific to any part of the framework.

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Description

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

CollectionFactory	Factory for collections, being aware of JDK 1.4+ extended collections and Commons Collection 3.x's corresponding versions for older JDKs.
Constants	This class can be used to parse other classes containing constant definitions in public static final members.
ControlFlowFactory	Static factory to conceal automatic choice of Java 1.4 or 1.3 ControlFlow implementation class.
ControlFlowFactory.Jdk13ControlFlow	Java 1.3 version of utilities for cflow-style pointcuts.
ControlFlowFactory.Jdk14ControlFlow	Utilities for cflow-style pointcuts.
JdkVersion	Internal helper class used to find the Java/JDK version that Spring is operating on, to allow for automatically adapting to the present platform's capabilities.
OrderComparator	Comparator implementation for Ordered objects, sorting by order value ascending (resp. by priority descending).
ReflectiveVisitorHelper	Helper implementation for a reflective visitor.
SpringVersion	Class that exposes the Spring version.

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

Provides basic classes for exception handling and version detection, and other core helpers that are not specific to any part of the framework.