The Jakarta Commons Collections Package

1. INTRODUCTION

The Collections package contains a set of Java classes that extend or augment the Java Collections Framework. This includes new interfaces and new implementations together with supporting utility classes.

In addition to the main commons-collections jar, a testframework jar file is also produced.

2. DEPENDENCIES

The Collections package is dependent upon the following external components for development and use:

• Java Development Kit (Version 1.2 or later)
• JUnit Testing Framework (Version 3.8.1 or later) - for unit tests only, not required for deployment

3. RELEASE INFO

Current Release: Version 3.1

Planned Next Release: 3.2

4. COMMITTERS

The following individuals are the primary developers and maintainers of this component. Developers who plan to use Collections in their own projects are encouraged to collaborate on the future development of this component to ensure that it continues to meet a variety of needs.

• Morgan Delagrange
• Peter Donald
• Geir Magnusson Jr.
• Craig McClanahan
• James Strachan
• Rodney Waldhoff
• Jason van Zyl
• Henri Yandell
• Stephen Colebourne
• Robert Burrell Donkin
• Phil Steitz
• Matthew Hawthorne
• Arun M. Thomas

5. ACTION ITEMS

Want to help? All ideas and suggestions should be made to the commons mailing lists, commons-user at jakarta.apache.org and commons-dev at jakarta.apache.org. Please prefix any emails by [collections] to pass mail filters.