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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Interface Summary

AttributeAccessor	Interface defining a generic contract for attaching and accessing metadata to/from arbitrary objects.
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, for example in a Collection.
ParameterNameDiscoverer	Interface to discover parameter names for methods and constructors.

Class Summary

AttributeAccessorSupport	Support class for AttributeAccessors, providing a base implementation of all methods.
BridgeMethodResolver	Helper for resolving synthetic bridge Methods to the Method being bridged.
CollectionFactory	Factory for collections, being aware of JDK 1.4+ extended collections and Commons Collection 3.x's corresponding versions for older JDKs, as well as JDK 1.5+ concurrent collections and backport-concurrent versions of those.
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.
Conventions	Provides methods to support various naming and other conventions used throughout the framework.
GenericCollectionTypeResolver	Helper class for determining element types of collections and maps.
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.
LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer	Implementation of ParameterNameDiscover that uses the LocalVariableTable information in the method attributes to discover parameter names.
MethodParameter	Helper class that encapsulates the specification of a method parameter, i.e.
NestedExceptionUtils	Helper class for implementing exception classes which are capable of holding nested exceptions.
OrderComparator	Comparator implementation for Ordered objects, sorting by order value ascending (resp. by priority descending).
OverridingClassLoader	ClassLoader that does not always delegate to the parent loader, as normal class loaders do.
PrioritizedParameterNameDiscoverer	ParameterNameDiscoverer implementation that tries several ParameterNameDiscoverers in succession.
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.
NestedIOException	Subclass of IOException that properly handles a root cause, exposing the root cause just like NestedChecked/RuntimeException does.
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.