Uses of Package java.net (Java Platform SE 8 )

Packages that use java.net
Package	Description
java.applet	Provides the classes necessary to create an applet and the classes an applet uses to communicate with its applet context.
java.awt	Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
java.beans.beancontext	Provides classes and interfaces relating to bean context.
java.io	Provides for system input and output through data streams, serialization and the file system.
java.lang	Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language.
java.net	Provides the classes for implementing networking applications.
java.nio.channels	Defines channels, which represent connections to entities that are capable of performing I/O operations, such as files and sockets; defines selectors, for multiplexed, non-blocking I/O operations.
java.nio.channels.spi	Service-provider classes for the `java.nio.channels` package.
java.nio.file	Defines interfaces and classes for the Java virtual machine to access files, file attributes, and file systems.
java.nio.file.spi	Service-provider classes for the `java.nio.file` package.
java.rmi	Provides the RMI package.
java.rmi.server	Provides classes and interfaces for supporting the server side of RMI.
java.security	Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework.
java.security.cert	Provides classes and interfaces for parsing and managing certificates, certificate revocation lists (CRLs), and certification paths.
java.sql	Provides the API for accessing and processing data stored in a data source (usually a relational database) using the Java^TM programming language.
javax.activation
javax.imageio	The main package of the Java Image I/O API.
javax.management.loading	Provides the classes which implement advanced dynamic loading.
javax.management.remote	Interfaces for remote access to JMX MBean servers.
javax.net	Provides classes for networking applications.
javax.net.ssl	Provides classes for the secure socket package.
javax.print	Provides the principal classes and interfaces for the Java^TM Print Service API.
javax.print.attribute	Provides classes and interfaces that describe the types of Java^TM Print Service attributes and how they can be collected into attribute sets.
javax.print.attribute.standard	Package javax.print.attribute.standard contains classes for specific printing attributes.
javax.rmi.ssl	Provides implementations of `RMIClientSocketFactory` and `RMIServerSocketFactory` over the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols.
javax.security.auth.kerberos	This package contains utility classes related to the Kerberos network authentication protocol.
javax.sound.midi	Provides interfaces and classes for I/O, sequencing, and synthesis of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data.
javax.sound.midi.spi	Supplies interfaces for service providers to implement when offering new MIDI devices, MIDI file readers and writers, or sound bank readers.
javax.sound.sampled	Provides interfaces and classes for capture, processing, and playback of sampled audio data.
javax.sound.sampled.spi	Supplies abstract classes for service providers to subclass when offering new audio devices, sound file readers and writers, or audio format converters.
javax.sql	Provides the API for server side data source access and processing from the Java^TM programming language.
javax.sql.rowset	Standard interfaces and base classes for JDBC `RowSet` implementations.
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.swing.event	Provides for events fired by Swing components.
javax.swing.plaf.synth	Synth is a skinnable look and feel in which all painting is delegated.
javax.swing.text.html	Provides the class `HTMLEditorKit` and supporting classes for creating HTML text editors.
javax.tools	Provides interfaces for tools which can be invoked from a program, for example, compilers.
javax.xml.bind	Provides a runtime binding framework for client applications including unmarshalling, marshalling, and validation capabilities.
javax.xml.bind.helpers	JAXB Provider Use Only: Provides partial default implementations for some of the `javax.xml.bind` interfaces.
javax.xml.validation	This package provides an API for validation of XML documents.
javax.xml.ws	This package contains the core JAX-WS APIs.
javax.xml.ws.spi	This package defines SPIs for JAX-WS.
javax.xml.ws.spi.http	Provides HTTP SPI that is used for portable deployment of JAX-WS web services in containers(for e.g.
org.ietf.jgss	This package presents a framework that allows application developers to make use of security services like authentication, data integrity and data confidentiality from a variety of underlying security mechanisms like Kerberos, using a unified API.

Classes in java.net used by java.applet
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.

Classes in java.net used by java.awt
Class	Description
URI	Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.
URL	Class `URL` represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.

Classes in java.net used by java.beans.beancontext
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.

Classes in java.net used by java.io
Class	Description
MalformedURLException	Thrown to indicate that a malformed URL has occurred.
URI	Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.
URL	Class `URL` represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.

Classes in java.net used by java.lang
Class	Description
InetAddress	This class represents an Internet Protocol (IP) address.
URL	Class `URL` represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.

Classes in java.net used by java.net
Class	Description
Authenticator	The class Authenticator represents an object that knows how to obtain authentication for a network connection.
Authenticator.RequestorType	The type of the entity requesting authentication.
CacheRequest	Represents channels for storing resources in the ResponseCache.
CacheResponse	Represent channels for retrieving resources from the ResponseCache.
ContentHandler	The abstract class `ContentHandler` is the superclass of all classes that read an `Object` from a `URLConnection`.
ContentHandlerFactory	This interface defines a factory for content handlers.
CookieHandler	A CookieHandler object provides a callback mechanism to hook up a HTTP state management policy implementation into the HTTP protocol handler.
CookiePolicy	CookiePolicy implementations decide which cookies should be accepted and which should be rejected.
CookieStore	A CookieStore object represents a storage for cookie.
DatagramPacket	This class represents a datagram packet.
DatagramSocket	This class represents a socket for sending and receiving datagram packets.
DatagramSocketImpl	Abstract datagram and multicast socket implementation base class.
DatagramSocketImplFactory	This interface defines a factory for datagram socket implementations.
FileNameMap	A simple interface which provides a mechanism to map between a file name and a MIME type string.
HttpCookie	An HttpCookie object represents an HTTP cookie, which carries state information between server and user agent.
Inet6Address	This class represents an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address.
InetAddress	This class represents an Internet Protocol (IP) address.
InetSocketAddress	This class implements an IP Socket Address (IP address + port number) It can also be a pair (hostname + port number), in which case an attempt will be made to resolve the hostname.
InterfaceAddress	This class represents a Network Interface address.
MalformedURLException	Thrown to indicate that a malformed URL has occurred.
NetworkInterface	This class represents a Network Interface made up of a name, and a list of IP addresses assigned to this interface.
PasswordAuthentication	The class PasswordAuthentication is a data holder that is used by Authenticator.
ProtocolException	Thrown to indicate that there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.
ProtocolFamily	Represents a family of communication protocols.
Proxy	This class represents a proxy setting, typically a type (http, socks) and a socket address.
Proxy.Type	Represents the proxy type.
ProxySelector	Selects the proxy server to use, if any, when connecting to the network resource referenced by a URL.
ResponseCache	Represents implementations of URLConnection caches.
Socket	This class implements client sockets (also called just "sockets").
SocketAddress	This class represents a Socket Address with no protocol attachment.
SocketException	Thrown to indicate that there is an error creating or accessing a Socket.
SocketImpl	The abstract class `SocketImpl` is a common superclass of all classes that actually implement sockets.
SocketImplFactory	This interface defines a factory for socket implementations.
SocketOption	A socket option associated with a socket.
SocketOptions	Interface of methods to get/set socket options.
StandardProtocolFamily	Defines the standard families of communication protocols.
UnknownHostException	Thrown to indicate that the IP address of a host could not be determined.
URI	Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.
URISyntaxException	Checked exception thrown to indicate that a string could not be parsed as a URI reference.
URL	Class `URL` represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
URLClassLoader	This class loader is used to load classes and resources from a search path of URLs referring to both JAR files and directories.
URLConnection	The abstract class `URLConnection` is the superclass of all classes that represent a communications link between the application and a URL.
URLStreamHandler	The abstract class `URLStreamHandler` is the common superclass for all stream protocol handlers.
URLStreamHandlerFactory	This interface defines a factory for `URL` stream protocol handlers.

Classes in java.net used by java.nio.channels
Class	Description
DatagramSocket	This class represents a socket for sending and receiving datagram packets.
InetAddress	This class represents an Internet Protocol (IP) address.
NetworkInterface	This class represents a Network Interface made up of a name, and a list of IP addresses assigned to this interface.
ProtocolFamily	Represents a family of communication protocols.
ServerSocket	This class implements server sockets.
Socket	This class implements client sockets (also called just "sockets").
SocketAddress	This class represents a Socket Address with no protocol attachment.
SocketOption	A socket option associated with a socket.

Classes in java.net used by java.nio.channels.spi
Class Description

ProtocolFamily
Represents a family of communication protocols.
Classes in java.net used by java.nio.file
Class Description

URI
Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.
Classes in java.net used by java.nio.file.spi
Class Description

URI
Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.
Classes in java.net used by java.rmi
Class Description

MalformedURLException
Thrown to indicate that a malformed URL has occurred.

Classes in java.net used by java.nio.channels.spi
Class	Description
ProtocolFamily	Represents a family of communication protocols.

Classes in java.net used by java.rmi.server
Class	Description
MalformedURLException	Thrown to indicate that a malformed URL has occurred.
ServerSocket	This class implements server sockets.
Socket	This class implements client sockets (also called just "sockets").
URL	Class `URL` represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.

Classes in java.net used by java.security
Class	Description
URI	Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.
URL	Class `URL` represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.

Classes in java.net used by java.security.cert
Class Description

URI
Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.
Classes in java.net used by java.sql
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.activation
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.imageio
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.

Classes in java.net used by javax.management.loading
Class	Description
URL	Class `URL` represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
URLClassLoader	This class loader is used to load classes and resources from a search path of URLs referring to both JAR files and directories.
URLStreamHandlerFactory	This interface defines a factory for `URL` stream protocol handlers.

Classes in java.net used by javax.management.remote
Class Description

MalformedURLException
Thrown to indicate that a malformed URL has occurred.

Classes in java.net used by javax.net
Class	Description
InetAddress	This class represents an Internet Protocol (IP) address.
ServerSocket	This class implements server sockets.
Socket	This class implements client sockets (also called just "sockets").
UnknownHostException	Thrown to indicate that the IP address of a host could not be determined.

Classes in java.net used by javax.net.ssl
Class	Description
HttpURLConnection	A URLConnection with support for HTTP-specific features.
InetAddress	This class represents an Internet Protocol (IP) address.
ServerSocket	This class implements server sockets.
Socket	This class implements client sockets (also called just "sockets").
UnknownHostException	Thrown to indicate that the IP address of a host could not be determined.
URL	Class `URL` represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
URLConnection	The abstract class `URLConnection` is the superclass of all classes that represent a communications link between the application and a URL.

Classes in java.net used by javax.print
Class Description

URI
Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.
Classes in java.net used by javax.print.attribute
Class Description

URI
Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.
Classes in java.net used by javax.print.attribute.standard
Class Description

URI
Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.

Classes in java.net used by javax.rmi.ssl
Class	Description
ServerSocket	This class implements server sockets.
Socket	This class implements client sockets (also called just "sockets").

Classes in java.net used by javax.security.auth.kerberos
Class Description

InetAddress
This class represents an Internet Protocol (IP) address.
Classes in java.net used by javax.sound.midi
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.sound.midi.spi
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.sound.sampled
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.sound.sampled.spi
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.sql
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.sql.rowset
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.sql.rowset.serial
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.swing
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.swing.event
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.swing.plaf.synth
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.swing.text.html
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.tools
Class Description

URI
Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.

Classes in java.net used by javax.xml.bind
Class	Description
URI	Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.
URL	Class `URL` represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.

Classes in java.net used by javax.xml.bind.helpers
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.xml.validation
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.xml.ws
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
Classes in java.net used by javax.xml.ws.spi
Class Description

URL
Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.

Classes in java.net used by javax.xml.ws.spi.http
Class	Description
InetSocketAddress	This class implements an IP Socket Address (IP address + port number) It can also be a pair (hostname + port number), in which case an attempt will be made to resolve the hostname.

Classes in java.net used by org.ietf.jgss
Class Description

InetAddress
This class represents an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

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