B

b. Variable in class java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster

BACK_SPACE. Static variable in class java.awt.Event

The BackSpace key.

BC. Static variable in class java.util.GregorianCalendar

Useful constant for GregorianCalendar.

BeanDescriptor(Class). Constructor for class java.beans.BeanDescriptor

Create a BeanDescriptor for a bean that doesn't have a customizer.

BeanDescriptor(Class, Class). Constructor for class java.beans.BeanDescriptor

Create a BeanDescriptor for a bean that has a customizer.

Beans(). Constructor for class java.beans.Beans

beep(). Method in class java.awt.Toolkit

Emits an audio beep.

before(Date). Method in class java.util.Date

Tests if this date is before the specified date.

before(Object). Method in class java.util.Calendar

Compares the time field records.

before(Object). Method in class java.util.GregorianCalendar

Overrides Calendar Compares the time field records.

before(Timestamp). Method in class java.sql.Timestamp

Is this timestamp earlier than the timestamp argument?

BEST_COMPRESSION. Static variable in class java.util.zip.Deflater

Compression level for best compression.

BEST_SPEED. Static variable in class java.util.zip.Deflater

Compression level for fastest compression.

bestRowNotPseudo. Static variable in interface java.sql.DatabaseMetaData

BEST ROW PSEUDO_COLUMN - is NOT a pseudo column.

bestRowPseudo. Static variable in interface java.sql.DatabaseMetaData

BEST ROW PSEUDO_COLUMN - is a pseudo column.

bestRowSession. Static variable in interface java.sql.DatabaseMetaData

BEST ROW SCOPE - valid for remainder of current session.

bestRowTemporary. Static variable in interface java.sql.DatabaseMetaData

BEST ROW SCOPE - very temporary, while using row.

bestRowTransaction. Static variable in interface java.sql.DatabaseMetaData

BEST ROW SCOPE - valid for remainder of current transaction.

bestRowUnknown. Static variable in interface java.sql.DatabaseMetaData

BEST ROW PSEUDO_COLUMN - may or may not be pseudo column.

BigDecimal(BigInteger). Constructor for class java.math.BigDecimal

Translates a BigInteger into a BigDecimal.

BigDecimal(BigInteger, int). Constructor for class java.math.BigDecimal

Translates a BigInteger and a scale into a BigDecimal.

BigDecimal(double). Constructor for class java.math.BigDecimal

Translates a double into a BigDecimal.

BigDecimal(String). Constructor for class java.math.BigDecimal

Constructs a BigDecimal from a string containing an optional minus sign followed by a sequence of zero or more decimal digits, optionally followed by a fraction, which consists of a decimal point followed by zero or more decimal digits.

BIGINT. Static variable in class java.sql.Types

BigInteger(byte[]). Constructor for class java.math.BigInteger

Translates a byte array containing the two's-complement representation of a (signed) integer into a BigInteger.

BigInteger(int, byte[]). Constructor for class java.math.BigInteger

Translates the sign-magnitude representation of an integer into a BigInteger.

BigInteger(int, int, Random). Constructor for class java.math.BigInteger

Returns a randomly selected BigInteger with the specified bitLength that is probably prime.

BigInteger(int, Random). Constructor for class java.math.BigInteger

Returns a random number uniformly distributed on [0, 2**numBits - 1] (assuming a fair source of random bits is provided in rndSrc).

BigInteger(String). Constructor for class java.math.BigInteger

Translates a string containing an optional minus sign followed by a sequence of one or more decimal digits into a BigInteger.

BigInteger(String, int). Constructor for class java.math.BigInteger

Translates a string containing an optional minus sign followed by a sequence of one or more digits in the specified radix into a BigInteger.

BINARY. Static variable in class java.sql.Types

bind(InetAddress, int). Method in class java.net.SocketImpl

Binds this socket to the specified port number on the specified host.

bind(int, InetAddress). Method in class java.net.DatagramSocketImpl

Binds a datagram socket to a local port and address.

bind(String, Remote). Static method in class java.rmi.Naming

Binds the name to the specified remote object.

bind(String, Remote). Method in interface java.rmi.registry.Registry

Binds the name to the specified remote object.

BindException(). Constructor for class java.net.BindException

Construct a new BindException with no detailed message.

BindException(String). Constructor for class java.net.BindException

Constructs a new BindException with the specified detail message as to why the bind error occurred.

BIT. Static variable in class java.sql.Types

bitCount(). Method in class java.math.BigInteger

Returns the number of bits in the two's complement representation of this number that differ from its sign bit.

bitLength(). Method in class java.math.BigInteger

Returns the number of bits in the minimal two's-complement representation of this number, *excluding* a sign bit, i.e., (ceil(log2(this < 0 ? -this : this + 1))).

BitSet(). Constructor for class java.util.BitSet

Creates an empty set.

BitSet(int). Constructor for class java.util.BitSet

Creates an empty set with the specified size.

black. Static variable in class java.awt.Color

The color black.

BLOCK_DECREMENT. Static variable in class java.awt.event.AdjustmentEvent

The block decrement adjustment type.

BLOCK_INCREMENT. Static variable in class java.awt.event.AdjustmentEvent

The block increment adjustment type.

blue. Static variable in class java.awt.Color

The color blue.

BOLD. Static variable in class java.awt.Font

The bold style constant.

Boolean(boolean). Constructor for class java.lang.Boolean

Allocates a Boolean object representing the value argument.

Boolean(String). Constructor for class java.lang.Boolean

Allocates a Boolean object representing the value true if the string argument is not null and is equal, ignoring case, to the string "true".

booleanValue(). Method in class java.lang.Boolean

Returns the value of this Boolean object as a boolean.

BorderLayout(). Constructor for class java.awt.BorderLayout

Constructs a new border layout with no gaps between components.

BorderLayout(int, int). Constructor for class java.awt.BorderLayout

Constructs a border layout with the specified gaps between components.

BOTH. Static variable in class java.awt.GridBagConstraints

Resize the component both horizontally and vertically.

bottom. Variable in class java.awt.Insets

The inset from the bottom.

BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT. Static variable in class java.awt.Component

Ease-of-use constant for getAlignmentY().

bounds. Variable in class java.awt.Polygon

bounds(). Method in class java.awt.Component

BreakIterator(). Constructor for class java.text.BreakIterator

Constructor.

breakpointEvent(RemoteThread). Method in interface sun.tools.debug.DebuggerCallback

A breakpoint has been hit in the specified thread.

BRIEF. Static variable in class java.rmi.server.LogStream

brighter(). Method in class java.awt.Color

Creates a brighter version of this color.

buf. Variable in class java.io.BufferedInputStream

The buffer where data is stored.

buf. Variable in class java.io.BufferedOutputStream

The buffer where data is stored.

buf. Variable in class java.io.ByteArrayInputStream

The byte array containing the data.

buf. Variable in class java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream

The buffer where data is stored.

buf. Variable in class java.io.CharArrayReader

Character buffer

buf. Variable in class java.io.CharArrayWriter

The buffer where data is stored.

buf. Variable in class java.util.zip.DeflaterOutputStream

Output buffer for writing compressed data.

buf. Variable in class java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream

Input buffer for decompression.

buf. Variable in class java.io.PushbackInputStream

The pushback buffer.

buffer. Variable in class java.io.PipedInputStream

The circular buffer into which incoming data is placed.

buffer. Variable in class java.io.StringBufferInputStream

The string from which bytes are read.

BufferedInputStream(InputStream). Constructor for class java.io.BufferedInputStream

Creates a new buffered input stream to read data from the specified input stream with a default 512-byte buffer size.

BufferedInputStream(InputStream, int). Constructor for class java.io.BufferedInputStream

Creates a new buffered input stream to read data from the specified input stream with the specified buffer size.

BufferedOutputStream(OutputStream). Constructor for class java.io.BufferedOutputStream

Creates a new buffered output stream to write data to the specified underlying output stream with a default 512-byte buffer size.

BufferedOutputStream(OutputStream, int). Constructor for class java.io.BufferedOutputStream

Creates a new buffered output stream to write data to the specified underlying output stream with the specified buffer size.

BufferedReader(Reader). Constructor for class java.io.BufferedReader

Create a buffering character-input stream that uses a default-sized input buffer.

BufferedReader(Reader, int). Constructor for class java.io.BufferedReader

Create a buffering character-input stream that uses an input buffer of the specified size.

BufferedWriter(Writer). Constructor for class java.io.BufferedWriter

Create a buffered character-output stream that uses a default-sized output buffer.

BufferedWriter(Writer, int). Constructor for class java.io.BufferedWriter

Create a new buffered character-output stream that uses an output buffer of the given size.

Button(). Constructor for class java.awt.Button

Constructs a Button with no label.

Button(String). Constructor for class java.awt.Button

Constructs a Button with the specified label.

BUTTON1_MASK. Static variable in class java.awt.event.InputEvent

The mouse button1 modifier constant.

BUTTON2_MASK. Static variable in class java.awt.event.InputEvent

The mouse button2 modifier constant.

BUTTON3_MASK. Static variable in class java.awt.event.InputEvent

The mouse button3 modifier constant.

Byte(byte). Constructor for class java.lang.Byte

Constructs a Byte object initialized to the specified byte value.

Byte(String). Constructor for class java.lang.Byte

Constructs a Byte object initialized to the value specified by the String parameter.

ByteArrayInputStream(byte[]). Constructor for class java.io.ByteArrayInputStream

Creates a new byte array input stream that reads data from the specified byte array.

ByteArrayInputStream(byte[], int, int). Constructor for class java.io.ByteArrayInputStream

Creates a new byte array input stream that reads data from the specified byte array.

ByteArrayOutputStream(). Constructor for class java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream

Creates a new byte array output stream.

ByteArrayOutputStream(int). Constructor for class java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream

Creates a new byte array output stream, with a buffer capacity of the specified size, in bytes.

bytesTransferred. Variable in class java.io.InterruptedIOException

Reports how many bytes had been transferred as part of the I/O operation before it was interrupted.

bytesWidth(byte[], int, int). Method in class java.awt.FontMetrics

Returns the total advance width for showing the specified array of bytes in this Font.

byteValue(). Method in class java.lang.Byte

Returns the value of this Byte as a byte.

byteValue(). Method in class java.lang.Double

Returns the value of this Double as a byte (by casting to a byte).

byteValue(). Method in class java.lang.Float

Returns the value of this Float as a byte (by casting to a byte).

byteValue(). Method in class java.lang.Integer

Returns the value of this Integer as a byte.

byteValue(). Method in class java.lang.Long

Returns the value of this Long as a byte.

byteValue(). Method in class java.lang.Number

Returns the value of the specified number as a byte.

byteValue(). Method in class java.lang.Short

Returns the value of this Short as a byte.