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| <title>Proposal for IO Package</title> |
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| <section name="Proposal for IO Package"> |
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| <subsection name="(0) Rationale"> |
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| <p>Many software projects have a need to perform I/O in various ways, and |
| the JDK class libraries provide a lot of functionality, but sometimes you |
| need just a little bit more. The io package seeks to encapsulate some of |
| the most popular i/o base classes into one easy to use package.</p> |
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| <subsection name="(1) Scope of the Package"> |
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| <p>This proposal is to create a package of Java utility classes for various |
| types of i/o related activity.</p> |
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| <subsection name="(1.5) Interaction With Other Packages"> |
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| <p><em>IO</em> relies only on standard JDK 1.2 (or later) APIs for production |
| deployment. It utilizes the JUnit unit testing framework for developing |
| and executing unit tests, but this is of interest only to developers of the |
| component. IO will be a dependency for several existing components in the |
| open source world.</p> |
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| <p>No external configuration files are utilized.</p> |
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| <subsection name="(2) Initial Source of the Package"> |
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| <p>The original Java classes are splashed around various Apache subprojects. |
| We intend to seek them out and integrate them.</p> |
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| <p>The proposed package name for the new component is <code>org.apache.commons.io</code>.</p> |
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| <subsection name="(3) Required Jakarta-Commons Resources"> |
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| <li>CVS Repository - New directory <code>io</code> in the <code>jakarta-commons</code> |
| CVS repository.</li> |
| <li>Mailing List - Discussions will take place on the general <em>commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org</em> |
| mailing list. To help list subscribers identify messages of interest, |
| it is suggested that the message subject of messages about this component |
| be prefixed with [IO].</li> |
| <li>Bugzilla - New component "IO" under the "Commons" product category, |
| with appropriate version identifiers as needed.</li> |
| <li>Jyve FAQ - New category "commons-io" (when available).</li> |
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| </ul> |
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| <subsection name="(4) Initial Committers"> |
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| <p>The initial committers on the IO component shall be Scott Sanders and |
| Nicola Ken Barozzi and Henri Yandell</p> |
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