| Package | Description | 
|---|---|
| java.awt | Contains all of the classes for creating user
interfaces and for painting graphics and images. | 
| java.beans | Contains classes related to developing
beans -- components
based on the JavaBeans™ architecture. | 
| java.lang | Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java
 programming language. | 
| java.lang.annotation | Provides library support for the Java programming language
 annotation facility. | 
| java.lang.invoke | The  java.lang.invokepackage contains dynamic language support provided directly by
 the Java core class libraries and virtual machine. | 
| java.lang.reflect | Provides classes and interfaces for obtaining reflective
 information about classes and objects. | 
| java.rmi.server | Provides classes and interfaces for supporting the server
side of RMI. | 
| javax.management | Provides the core classes for the Java Management Extensions. | 
| javax.management.modelmbean | Provides the definition of the ModelMBean classes. | 
| javax.management.openmbean | Provides the open data types and Open MBean descriptor classes. | 
| javax.sql.rowset.serial | Provides utility classes to allow serializable mappings between SQL types
and data types in the Java programming language. | 
| javax.swing | Provides a set of "lightweight"
(all-Java language) components that,
to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms. | 
| javax.xml.ws.spi | This package defines SPIs for JAX-WS. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| InvocationTargetException InvocationTargetException is a checked exception that wraps
 an exception thrown by an invoked method or constructor. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| InvocationHandler InvocationHandleris the interface implemented by
 the invocation handler of a proxy instance. | 
| Method A  Methodprovides information about, and access to, a single method
 on a class or interface. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| AnnotatedElement Represents an annotated element of the program currently running in this
 VM. | 
| AnnotatedType AnnotatedTyperepresents the potentially annotated use of a type in
 the program currently running in this VM. | 
| Constructor Constructorprovides information about, and access to, a single
 constructor for a class. | 
| Field A  Fieldprovides information about, and dynamic access to, a
 single field of a class or an interface. | 
| GenericDeclaration A common interface for all entities that declare type variables. | 
| Method A  Methodprovides information about, and access to, a single method
 on a class or interface. | 
| Type Type is the common superinterface for all types in the Java
 programming language. | 
| TypeVariable TypeVariable is the common superinterface for type variables of kinds. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| Method A  Methodprovides information about, and access to, a single method
 on a class or interface. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| Constructor Constructorprovides information about, and access to, a single
 constructor for a class. | 
| Field A  Fieldprovides information about, and dynamic access to, a
 single field of a class or an interface. | 
| Member Member is an interface that reflects identifying information about
 a single member (a field or a method) or a constructor. | 
| Method A  Methodprovides information about, and access to, a single method
 on a class or interface. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| AccessibleObject The AccessibleObject class is the base class for Field, Method and
 Constructor objects. | 
| AnnotatedElement Represents an annotated element of the program currently running in this
 VM. | 
| AnnotatedType AnnotatedTyperepresents the potentially annotated use of a type in
 the program currently running in this VM. | 
| Executable A shared superclass for the common functionality of  MethodandConstructor. | 
| GenericDeclaration A common interface for all entities that declare type variables. | 
| InvocationHandler InvocationHandleris the interface implemented by
 the invocation handler of a proxy instance. | 
| InvocationTargetException InvocationTargetException is a checked exception that wraps
 an exception thrown by an invoked method or constructor. | 
| Member Member is an interface that reflects identifying information about
 a single member (a field or a method) or a constructor. | 
| Method A  Methodprovides information about, and access to, a single method
 on a class or interface. | 
| Parameter Information about method parameters. | 
| Type Type is the common superinterface for all types in the Java
 programming language. | 
| TypeVariable TypeVariable is the common superinterface for type variables of kinds. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| InvocationHandler InvocationHandleris the interface implemented by
 the invocation handler of a proxy instance. | 
| Method A  Methodprovides information about, and access to, a single method
 on a class or interface. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| Constructor Constructorprovides information about, and access to, a single
 constructor for a class. | 
| InvocationHandler InvocationHandleris the interface implemented by
 the invocation handler of a proxy instance. | 
| Method A  Methodprovides information about, and access to, a single method
 on a class or interface. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| Constructor Constructorprovides information about, and access to, a single
 constructor for a class. | 
| Method A  Methodprovides information about, and access to, a single method
 on a class or interface. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| InvocationHandler InvocationHandleris the interface implemented by
 the invocation handler of a proxy instance. | 
| Method A  Methodprovides information about, and access to, a single method
 on a class or interface. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| Field A  Fieldprovides information about, and dynamic access to, a
 single field of a class or an interface. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| InvocationTargetException InvocationTargetException is a checked exception that wraps
 an exception thrown by an invoked method or constructor. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| InvocationTargetException InvocationTargetException is a checked exception that wraps
 an exception thrown by an invoked method or constructor. | 
| Method A  Methodprovides information about, and access to, a single method
 on a class or interface. | 
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