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 |   <title>Proposal for IO Package</title> | 
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 | <h1>Proposal for <em>IO</em> Package</h1> | 
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 | <h3>(0) Rationale</h3> | 
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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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 | <h3>(1) Scope of the Package</h3> | 
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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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 | <h3>(1.5) Interaction With Other Packages</h3> | 
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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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 | <h3>(2) Initial Source of the Package</h3> | 
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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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 | <h3>(3)  Required Jakarta-Commons Resources</h3> | 
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 | <ul> | 
 |  <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>dev@commons.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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 | <h3>(4) Initial Committers</h3> | 
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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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