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Appendix B

Class Hierarchy Diagrams

About These Diagrams

The diagrams in this appendix are class hierarchy diagrams for the package Java, and fro all the subpackages recursively below it in the Java 1.0 binary release.

Each page contains the class hierarchy for one package (or a subtree of a particularly large package) with all its interfaces included, and each class in this tree is shown attached to its superclasses, even if they are on another page. A detailed key is located on the first page of this appendix.

I supplemented the API documentation b looking through all the source files to find all the (missing) package classes and their relationships.

I've heard there are various programs that automatically layout hierarchies for you, but I did these the old-fashioned way. (In other words, I earned it, as J.H. used to say). One nice side effect is that these diagrams should be more readable than a computer would produce, though you will have to live with my aesthetic choices. I chose, for example, to attach lines through the center of each class node, something that I think looks and feels better overall, but which on occasion can be a little confusing. Follow lines through the center of the classes (not at the corers, nor along any line not passing through the center) to connect the dots mentally.

java.applet

key

java.lang

java.lang-errors

java.lang-exceptions

java.io

java.net

java.awt

java.awt-components

java.awt-layouts

java.awt.image

java.awt.peer

java.util


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