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added the view that we should not use boolean arguments to overload methods of similar signature 

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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ limitations under the License.
<div align="center"> <div align="center">
<h1>The Jakarta Commons <em>Lang</em> Package</h1> <h1>The Jakarta Commons <em>Lang</em> Package</h1>
<h2>Developers Guide</h2> <h2>Developers Guide</h2>
$Id: DEVELOPERS-GUIDE.html,v 1.7 2004/02/18 23:13:37 ggregory Exp $<br /> $Id: DEVELOPERS-GUIDE.html,v 1.8 2004/07/07 05:08:05 bayard Exp $<br />
<a href="#Introduction">[Introduction]</a> <a href="#Introduction">[Introduction]</a>
<a href="#PackageStructure">[Package Structure]</a> <a href="#PackageStructure">[Package Structure]</a>
<a href="#UtilityClasses">[Utility Classes]</a> <a href="#UtilityClasses">[Utility Classes]</a>
@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ decorator classes may be moved to top-level classes in a subpackage. The
naming of such a subpackage should be discussed and agreed upon on the naming of such a subpackage should be discussed and agreed upon on the
developers mailing list.</p> developers mailing list.</p>
<p>If different overloaded variants of a method are desired, with the same method signature, it should not be indicated via a boolean argument, but via a more focused method name. Rather than replace(boolean repeat), replace and replaceAll, or replaceOnce and replace. </p>
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