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| <title>Home</title> |
| <author email="dev@commons.apache.org">Commons Documentation Team</author> |
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| <section name="Commons Lang"> |
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| <p> |
| The standard Java libraries fail to provide enough methods for |
| manipulation of its core classes. Apache Commons Lang provides |
| these extra methods. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Lang provides a host of helper utilities for the java.lang API, notably |
| String manipulation methods, basic numerical methods, object reflection, concurrency, creation and serialization |
| and System properties. Additionally it contains basic enhancements to java.util.Date and a series of utilities dedicated to help with |
| building methods, such as hashCode, toString and equals. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Note that Lang 3.0 (and subsequent versions) use a different package (<i>org.apache.commons.lang3</i>) than the previous versions (<i>org.apache.commons.lang</i>), allowing it to be used at the same time as an earlier version. |
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| <section name="Documentation"> |
| <p> |
| A getting started <a href="userguide.html">user guide</a> is available |
| together with various <a href="project-reports.html">project reports</a>. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The JavaDoc API documents are available online: |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>The <a href="api-3.0.2/index.html">current stable release 3.0.2</a> [Java 5.0+]</li> |
| <li>The <a href="api-2.6/index.html">legacy release 2.6</a> [Java 1.2+]</li> |
| <li>Older releases - see the <a href="release-history.html">Release History</a> page</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| The <a href="source-repository.html">subversion repository</a> can be |
| <a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/lang/trunk/">browsed</a>. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
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| <section name="Release Information"> |
| <p>The latest stable release of Lang is 3.0.2. You may: </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Download <a href="http://commons.apache.org/lang/download_lang.cgi">3.0.2</a></li> |
| <li>Read the <a href="release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-3.0.2.txt">3.0.2 release notes</a></li> |
| <li>Examine the <a href="article3_0.html">2.x to 3.0 upgrade notes</a></li> |
| <li>Compare major versions via the <a href="lang2-lang3-clirr-report.html">Lang2 to Lang3 Clirr report</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <p> |
| Alternatively you can pull it from the central Maven repositories: |
| <pre> |
| <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId> |
| <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId> |
| <version>3.0.2</version> |
| </pre> |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| For information on previous releases see the <a href="release-history.html">Release History</a>, and to download previous releases see the <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/commons/lang/">Commons Lang Archive</a>. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
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| <section name="Support"> |
| <p> |
| The <a href="mail-lists.html">commons mailing lists</a> act as the main support forum. |
| The user list is suitable for most library usage queries. |
| The dev list is intended for the development discussion. |
| Please remember that the lists are shared between all commons components, |
| so prefix your email by [lang]. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Bug reports and enhancements are also welcomed via the <a href="issue-tracking.html">JIRA</a> issue tracker. |
| Please read the instructions carefully. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
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