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Java INBUILD Methods

This document provides a cheat sheet of important built-in methods in Java, including methods for Strings, Math, System, Objects, Collections, Maps, Threads, IO, NIO, Date/Time, Exceptions, Files, advanced Collections, Concurrency, Serialization, Reflection, Regular Expressions, and Utilities. It lists common methods like length(), substring(), abs(), add(), get(), put(), start(), read(), write(), now(), printStackTrace(), createNewFile(), stream(), and shuffle().

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Java INBUILD Methods

This document provides a cheat sheet of important built-in methods in Java, including methods for Strings, Math, System, Objects, Collections, Maps, Threads, IO, NIO, Date/Time, Exceptions, Files, advanced Collections, Concurrency, Serialization, Reflection, Regular Expressions, and Utilities. It lists common methods like length(), substring(), abs(), add(), get(), put(), start(), read(), write(), now(), printStackTrace(), createNewFile(), stream(), and shuffle().

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#_ Important [ Java Built-in Methods ] {CheatSheet}

1. String Methods

● length: str.length()
● substring: str.substring(beginIndex, endIndex)
● charAt: str.charAt(index)
● contains: str.contains(substring)
● indexOf: str.indexOf(substring)
● toLowerCase: str.toLowerCase()
● toUpperCase: str.toUpperCase()
● trim: str.trim()
● replace: str.replace(oldChar, newChar)
● split: str.split(regex)
● startsWith: str.startsWith(prefix)
● endsWith: str.endsWith(suffix)
● equals: str.equals(anotherString)
● equalsIgnoreCase: str.equalsIgnoreCase(anotherString)
● compareTo: str.compareTo(anotherString)
● isEmpty: str.isEmpty()
● concat: str.concat(anotherString)
● valueOf (static): String.valueOf(data)

2. Math Methods

● abs: Math.abs(x)
● max: Math.max(x, y)
● min: Math.min(x, y)
● sqrt: Math.sqrt(x)
● pow: Math.pow(x, y)
● round: Math.round(x)
● random (static): Math.random()
● ceil: Math.ceil(x)
● floor: Math.floor(x)
● sin: Math.sin(angle)
● cos: Math.cos(angle)

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● tan: Math.tan(angle)

3. System Methods

● currentTimeMillis (static): System.currentTimeMillis()


● nanoTime (static): System.nanoTime()
● exit (static): System.exit(status)
● gc (static): System.gc()
● getenv (static): System.getenv(variableName)
● getProperty (static): System.getProperty(propertyName)

4. Object Methods

● equals: obj.equals(anotherObj)
● hashCode: obj.hashCode()
● getClass: obj.getClass()
● toString: obj.toString()
● clone (protected): obj.clone()
● notify: obj.notify()
● notifyAll: obj.notifyAll()
● wait (overloaded): obj.wait()

5. Collection Methods (List, Set, Map)

● add: collection.add(element)
● remove: collection.remove(element)
● contains: collection.contains(element)
● size: collection.size()
● isEmpty: collection.isEmpty()
● iterator: collection.iterator()
● clear: collection.clear()
● addAll: collection.addAll(anotherCollection)
● removeAll: collection.removeAll(anotherCollection)
● retainAll: collection.retainAll(anotherCollection)
● toArray: collection.toArray()

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6. Map Methods

● put: map.put(key, value)


● get: map.get(key)
● remove (overloaded): map.remove(key)
● containsKey: map.containsKey(key)
● containsValue: map.containsValue(value)
● keySet: map.keySet()
● entrySet: map.entrySet()
● values: map.values()
● size (overloaded): map.size()
● isEmpty (overloaded): map.isEmpty()

7. Thread Methods

● start: thread.start()
● run: thread.run()
● join: thread.join()
● sleep (static): Thread.sleep(millis)
● currentThread (static): Thread.currentThread()
● setName: thread.setName(name)
● getName: thread.getName()
● setPriority: thread.setPriority(priority)
● getPriority: thread.getPriority()
● interrupt: thread.interrupt()
● isInterrupted: thread.isInterrupted()

8. IO and NIO Methods

● read (FileInputStream, BufferedReader, etc.): stream.read()


● write (FileOutputStream, BufferedWriter, etc.):
stream.write(byte[] b)
● close (AutoCloseable interfaces): resource.close()
● flush (OutputStream, Writer): writer.flush()
● open (Files in NIO): Files.open(path, options)
● copy (Files in NIO): Files.copy(source, target, options)
● delete (Files in NIO): Files.delete(path)
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● create (Files in NIO): Files.createFile(path)
● readAllBytes (Files in NIO): Files.readAllBytes(path)
● write (Files in NIO, overloaded): Files.write(path, bytes,
options)

9. Networking (java.net package)

● connect (Socket): socket.connect(address)


● send (DatagramSocket): socket.send(packet)
● receive (DatagramSocket): socket.receive(packet)
● bind (ServerSocket): serverSocket.bind(endpoint)
● accept (ServerSocket): serverSocket.accept()
● getInputStream (Socket): socket.getInputStream()
● getOutputStream (Socket): socket.getOutputStream()
● lookup (InetAddress, static): InetAddress.getByName(host)
● getHostAddress (InetAddress): inetAddress.getHostAddress()
● getHostName (InetAddress): inetAddress.getHostName()
● isReachable (InetAddress): inetAddress.isReachable(timeout)

10. Date and Time (java.time package)

● now (LocalDate, LocalDateTime, Instant): LocalDate.now()


● of (LocalDate, LocalDateTime): LocalDateTime.of(year, month, day,
hour, minute)
● parse (LocalDate, LocalDateTime): LocalDate.parse("2020-01-01")
● format (DateTimeFormatter): dateTime.format(formatter)
● plusDays, plusHours, etc. (LocalDate, LocalDateTime):
dateTime.plusDays(1)
● between (Duration, Period): Duration.between(startTime, endTime)

11. Exception Handling

● printStackTrace: exception.printStackTrace()
● getMessage: exception.getMessage()
● getCause: exception.getCause()

12. File Handling (java.io package)

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● createNewFile (File): file.createNewFile()
● mkdir (File): file.mkdir()
● listFiles (File): file.listFiles()
● exists (File): file.exists()
● canRead (File): file.canRead()
● canWrite (File): file.canWrite()
● length (File): file.length()
● delete (File): file.delete()

13. Advanced Collection Operations

● stream (Collection): collection.stream()


● forEach (Iterable): collection.forEach(item -> { /* action */ })
● removeIf (Collection): collection.removeIf(item ->
item.condition())
● sort (List): list.sort(Comparator.naturalOrder())
● collect (Stream): stream.collect(Collectors.toList())
● map (Stream): stream.map(item -> item.transform())
● filter (Stream): stream.filter(item -> item.condition())
● findAny, findFirst (Stream): stream.findAny()
● reduce (Stream): stream.reduce((acc, item) -> acc.combine(item))

14. Concurrency and Multithreading

● start (Thread): thread.start()


● run (Runnable): runnable.run()
● submit (ExecutorService): executorService.submit(callable)
● shutdown (ExecutorService): executorService.shutdown()
● awaitTermination (ExecutorService):
executorService.awaitTermination(time, unit)
● isShutdown (ExecutorService): executorService.isShutdown()
● synchronized methods or blocks: synchronized(obj) { /* synchronized
code */ }

15. Serialization

● writeObject (ObjectOutputStream): out.writeObject(object)

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● readObject (ObjectInputStream): Object obj = in.readObject()

16. Reflection

● getMethod (Class): cls.getMethod(methodName, paramTypes)


● newInstance (Class): cls.newInstance()
● getDeclaredFields (Class): cls.getDeclaredFields()
● invoke (Method): method.invoke(obj, args)

18. Regular Expressions (java.util.regex package)

● matches (Pattern and Matcher): Pattern.matches(regex, input)


● find (Matcher): matcher.find()
● group (Matcher): matcher.group()

19. Java NIO (java.nio package)

● allocate (ByteBuffer): ByteBuffer.allocate(size)


● put (ByteBuffer): byteBuffer.put(data)
● get (ByteBuffer): byteBuffer.get()
● flip (Buffer): buffer.flip()
● clear (Buffer): buffer.clear()

20. Java Utility Methods

● random (Random): new Random().nextInt()


● shuffle (Collections): Collections.shuffle(list)
● copy (Collections): Collections.copy(dest, src)
● fill (Collections): Collections.fill(list, obj)
● singletonList, singletonMap (Collections):
Collections.singletonList(item)
● unmodifiableCollection (Collections):
Collections.unmodifiableCollection(collection)

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