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<title>Proposal for Lang Package</title>
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<div align="center">
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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
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manipulation of its main components. The <em>Lang</em> Package provides
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these extra methods. There are other classes which might justifiably
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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
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classes that are in java.lang's hierarchy, or are considered to be so
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standard as to justify existence in java.lang. The <em>Lang</em> Package
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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
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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. Lang will be a dependency for
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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
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<code>org.apache.commons.lang</code>.</p>
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<h3>(3) Required Jakarta-Commons Resources</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>CVS Repository - New directory <code>lang</code> in the
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<code>jakarta-commons</code> CVS repository.</li>
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<li>Mailing List - Discussions will take place on the general
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<em>commons-dev@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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[lang].</li>
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<li>Bugzilla - New component "Lang" 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-lang" (when available).</li>
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</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:
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<ul>
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<li>Henri Yandell (bayard)</li>
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<li>Daniel Rall (dlr)</li>
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<li>Stephen Colebourne (scolebourne)</li>
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</ul>
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