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<document>
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<properties>
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<title>Home</title>
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<author email="dev@commons.apache.org">Commons Documentation Team</author>
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<body>
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<section name="Commons Lang">
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<p>
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The standard Java libraries fail to provide enough methods for
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manipulation of its core classes. The <em>Lang</em> Component provides
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these extra methods.
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</p>
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<p>
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The <em>Lang</em> Component provides a host of helper utilities for the java.lang API, notably
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String manipulation methods, basic numerical methods, object reflection, creation and serialization,
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and System properties. Additionally it contains an inheritable enum type, an exception structure that
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supports multiple types of nested-Exceptions, basic enhancements to java.util.Date and a series of utilities dedicated to help with
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building methods, such as hashCode, toString and equals.
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</section>
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<section name="Documentation">
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<p>
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A getting started <a href="userguide.html">user guide</a> is available
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together with various <a href="project-reports.html">project reports</a>.
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</p>
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<p>
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The JavaDoc API documents are available online:
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<ul>
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<li>The <a href="api-release/index.html">current release 2.4</a></li>
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<li>The <a href="api-2.3/index.html">previous version 2.3</a></li>
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<li>Older releases - see the <a href="release-history.html">Release History</a> page</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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The <a href="cvs-usage.html">subversion repository</a> can be
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<a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/lang/trunk/">browsed</a>.
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</p>
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</section>
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<section name="Releases">
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<p>
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The latest version 2.4, is JDK 1.2 compatible -
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<a href="download_lang.cgi">Download now!</a>
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(<a href="upgradeto2_4.html">upgrade notes</a>)
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</p>
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<p>
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For information on previous releases, see the <a href="release-history.html">Release History</a> and to download previous releases, see the <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/commons/lang/">Apache Archive</a>.
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</p>
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</section>
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<section name="Support">
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<p>
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The <a href="mail-lists.html">commons mailing lists</a> act as the main support forum.
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The user list is suitable for most library usage queries.
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The dev list is intended for the development discussion.
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Please remember that the lists are shared between all commons components,
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so prefix your email by [lang].
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</p>
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<p>
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Issues may be reported via <a href="issue-tracking.html">ASF JIRA</a>.
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Please read the instructions carefully to submit a useful bug report or enhancement request.
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</p>
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</section>
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<section name="Resources">
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<ul>
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<li>
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Oct 17, 2002 - <a href="http://www.builder.com/">Builder.com</a> has an article on Commons Lang v1.0 entitled
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<a href="http://builder.com.com/article.jhtml?id=u00320021017yan01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">Apache Commons Lang project offers centralized utility functions</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://ant.apache.org">Ant</a>,
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<a href="http://maven.apache.org">Maven</a>,
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<a href="http://clirr.sourceforge.net/">Clirr</a>,
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<a href="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/">PMD</a>,
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<a href="http://cobertura.sourceforge.net/">Cobertura</a>,
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<a href="http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/java/bugs/">FindBugs</a> and
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<a href="http://www.osjava.org/jardiff">JarDiff</a>
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have all been of use in the latest release of Commons Lang.
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</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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