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<?xml version="1.0"?>
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<document>
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<properties>
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<title>Commons</title>
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<author email="commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org">Commons Documentation Team</author>
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</properties>
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<body>
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<section name="The Collections Component">
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<p>
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The introduction of the <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/guide/collections/">Collections API</a> by Sun in JDK 1.2 has been a
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boon to quick and effective Java programming. Ready access to
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powerful data structures has accelerated development by reducing the
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need for custom container classes around each core object. Most Java2
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APIs are significantly easier to use because of the Collections API.
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</p>
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<p>
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However, there are certain holes left unfilled by Sun's
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implementations, and the <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/">Jakarta-Commons</a> Collections Component strives
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to fulfill them. Among the features of this package are:
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<ul>
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<li>Special-purpose implementations of Lists and Maps for fast
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access</li>
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<li>Adapter classes from Java1-style containers (arrays, enumerations)
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to Java2-style collections.</li>
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<li>Methods to test or create typical set-theory properties of
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collections such as union, intersection, and closure.</li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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</section>
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<section name="Documentation">
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<p>
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An alphabetical list of the package can be found in the <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/~checkout~/jakarta-commons/collections/STATUS.html?rev=1.13">collections
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status document</a>.
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</p>
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<p>
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The <a href="collections/api/index.html">JavaDoc API documents</a> are available online.
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</p>
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</section>
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<section name="Releases">
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-commons/release/commons-collections/v2.0/">Version
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2.0</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-commons/release/commons-collections/v1.0/">Version
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1.0</a></li>
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</ul>
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</section>
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</body>
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</document>
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