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| <title>Proposal for Lang Package</title> |
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| <h1>Proposal for <em>Lang</em> Package</h1> |
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| <h3>(0) Rationale</h3> |
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| <p>The standard Java libraries fail to provide enough methods for |
| manipulation of its main components. The <em>Lang</em> Package provides |
| these extra methods. There are other classes which might justifiably |
| be included in java.lang someday, this package also provides for them.</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 the |
| classes that are in java.lang's hierarchy, or are considered to be so |
| standard as to justify existence in java.lang. The <em>Lang</em> Package |
| also applies to primitives and arrays.</p> |
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| <h3>(1.5) Interaction With Other Packages</h3> |
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| <p><em>Lang</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. Lang 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 initial classes came from the Commons.Util subproject.</p> |
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| <p>The proposed package name for the new component is |
| <code>org.apache.commons.lang</code>.</p> |
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| <h3>(3) Required Jakarta-Commons Resources</h3> |
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| <ul> |
| <li>CVS Repository - New directory <code>lang</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 |
| [lang].</li> |
| <li>Bugzilla - New component "Lang" under the "Commons" product |
| category, with appropriate version identifiers as needed.</li> |
| <li>Jyve FAQ - New category "commons-lang" (when available).</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <h3>(4) Initial Committers</h3> |
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| <p>The initial committers on the Lang component shall be as follows: |
| <ul> |
| <li>Henri Yandell (bayard)</li> |
| <li>Daniel Rall (dlr)</li> |
| <li>Stephen Colebourne (scolebourne)</li> |
| </ul> |
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