2002-10-13 07:09:23 -04:00
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<title>Proposal for Collections Package</title>
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<h1>Proposal for <em>Collections</em> Package</h1>
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<h3>(0) Rationale</h3>
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The Java Collections Framework provides a set of abstract data
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type interfaces and implementations that offer both a wealth
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of useful functionality, and a solid foundation for extending
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that functionality.
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Many Jakarta projects have needs or design criteria that extend
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beyond the core Collections API, such as introducing new abstract
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data types (e.g., Avalon's BinaryHeap) or changing the behaviour of
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existing abstract data types (e.g., Struts' FastHashMap).
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In keeping with the spirit of the Collections API and of abstract
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data types in general, these components can and should be shared
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assets. A Commons package for abstract data types would
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encourage the development and reuse of a robust set of collections
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classes.
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<h3>(1) Scope of the Package</h3>
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The package will create and maintain a set of collections and
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related classes designed to be compatible with the Java Collections
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Framework, and to be distributed under the ASF license.
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<h3>(1.5) Interaction With Other Packages</h3>
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<p><em>Collections</em> relies only on standard JDK 1.2 (or later) APIs for
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production deployment. It utilizes the JUnit unit testing framework for
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developing and executing unit tests, but this is of interest only to
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developers of the component. Collections will also be a dependency for
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several future proposed components for the Jakarta Commons subproject.
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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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The initial codebase was harvested from existing and proposed
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Jakarta packages, including the Commons Database Connection Pool,
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Struts, and Avalon.
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<p>The proposed package name for the new component is
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<code>org.apache.commons.collections</code>.</p>
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<h3>(3) Required Jakarta-Commons Resources</h3>
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<li>CVS Repository - New directory <code>collections</code> in the
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<code>jakarta-commons</code> CVS repository. All initial committers
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are already committers on <code>jakarta-commons</code>, so no
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additional user setups are required.</li>
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<li>Mailing List - Discussions will take place on the general
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<em>jakarta-commons@jakarta.apache.org</em> mailing list. To help
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list subscribers identify messages of interest, it is suggested that
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the message subject of messages about this component be prefixed with
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[Collections].</li>
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<li>Bugzilla - New component "Collections" under the "Commons" product
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category, with appropriate version identifiers as needed.</li>
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<li>Jyve FAQ - New category "commons-collections" (when available).
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<h3>(4) Initial Committers</h3>
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<li>Peter Donald</li>
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<li>Craig McClanahan</li>
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<li>Rodney Waldhoff</li>
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<li>James Strachan</li>
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