Name
JavaPackage: JavaScript representation of a Java package â LiveConnect
Synopsis
package
.package_name
// Refers to another JavaPackagepackage
.class_name
// Refers to a JavaClass object
Properties
The properties of a JavaPackage object are the names of the
JavaPackage objects and JavaClass objects that it contains. These
properties are different for each individual JavaPackage. Note that
it is not possible to use the JavaScript for/in
loop to iterate over the list of
property names of a Package object. Consult a Java reference manual
to determine the packages and classes contained within any given
package.
Description
The JavaPackage object is a JavaScript representation of a Java package. A package in Java is a collection of related classes. In JavaScript, a JavaPackage can contain classes (represented by the JavaClass object) and other JavaPackage objects.
The global object has a JavaPackage property named java
that represents the
java.* package hierarchy. This JavaPackage
object defines properties that refer to other JavaPackage objects.
For example, java.lang
and
java.net
refer to the
java.lang and http://java.net
packages. The java.awt
JavaPackage contains properties named Frame
and Button
, which are references to JavaClass
objects and represent the classes
java.awt.Frame and
java.awt.Button.
The global object also defines a property named Packages
, which is the root JavaPackage whose properties refer to the roots of all known package hierarchies. For example, the expression ...
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