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<title>Status File for Jakarta Commons "Lang" Component</title>
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<h1>The Jakarta Commons <em>Lang</em> Component</h1>
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$Id: STATUS.html,v 1.53 2004/02/18 23:13:37 ggregory Exp $<br />
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<a href="#Introduction">[Introduction]</a>
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<a href="#Dependencies">[Dependencies]</a>
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<a href="#Release Info">[Release Info]</a>
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<a href="#Known Issues">[Known Issues]</a>
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<a href="#Action Items">[Action Items]</a>
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<a href="#Committers">[Committers]</a>
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<a name="Introduction"></a>
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<h3>1. INTRODUCTION</h3>
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<p>The <em>Lang</em> Component contains a set of Java classes that provide
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a basic set of common utility code on top of the standard Java classes.
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The following principal classes are included:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Main package</strong> - A package for the manipulation of basic Java classes
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<ul>
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<li><strong>ArrayUtils</strong> - Helper for manipulating arrays.</li>
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<li><strong>BitField</strong> - A class to assist with manipulating bits.</li>
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<li><strong>BooleanUtils</strong> - Helper for boolean and java.lang.Boolean.</li>
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<li><strong>CharRange</strong> - A range of characters.</li>
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<li><strong>CharSetUtils</strong> - Methods for dealing with CharSets, which are sets of characters such as [a-z] and [abcdez].</li>
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<li><strong>ClassUtils</strong> - Helper for manipulating java.lang.Class objects.</li>
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<li><strong>ObjectUtils</strong> - Helper for java.lang.Object.</li>
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<li><strong>RandomStringUtils</strong> - Helper for creating randomised Strings.</li>
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<li><strong>SerializationUtils</strong> - Helper for serializing Objects.</li>
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<li><strong>StringEscapeUtils</strong> - Utility for escaping and unescaping Strings.</li>
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<li><strong>StringUtils</strong> - Helper for java.lang.String.</li>
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<li><strong>SystemUtils</strong> - Utility class defining the Java system properties.</li>
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<li><strong>WordUtils</strong> - Utility for working with words.</li>
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<li><strong>Validate</strong> - A class to simplify method argument validation.</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><strong>Builder package</strong> - A package for the creation of equals, hashCode, compareTo and toString methods.
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<li><strong>ToStringBuilder</strong> - Helper for building toString methods.</li>
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<li><strong>EqualsBuilder</strong> - Helper for building equals methods.</li>
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<li><strong>HashCodeBuilder</strong> - Helper for building hashCode methods.</li>
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<li><strong>CompareToBuilder</strong> - Helper for building compareTo methods.</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><strong>Enum package</strong> - A package for the creation of enumerated types.
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<ul>
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<li><strong>EnumUtils</strong> - Helper for manipulating enumerated types.</li>
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<li><strong>Enum</strong> - Abstract superclass for enumerated types to extend.</li>
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<li><strong>ValuedEnum</strong> - Superclass for enumerated types with an integer constant.</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><strong>Exception package</strong> - A package for the creation and manipulation of nested exceptions.</li>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>ExceptionUtils</strong> - Helper for manipulating exceptions.</li>
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<li><strong>NestableException</strong> - An exception that supports a nested exception.</li>
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<li><strong>NestedRuntimeException</strong> - An exception that supports a nested exception.</li>
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<li><strong>NestedError</strong> - An exception that supports a nested exception.</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><strong>Math package</strong> - A package for simple business (not scientific) maths classes.
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<li><strong>Fraction</strong> - A fraction.</li>
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<li><strong>JVMRandom</strong> - An implementation of Random that does its best to appear to sit on top of java.lang.Math's private Random class.</li>
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<li><strong>NumberUtils</strong> - Helper for java.lang.Number and its subclasses.</li>
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<li><strong>Range</strong> - A range of numbers, of which there are classes representing Numbers, ints, doubles, longs and floats.</li>
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<li><strong>RandomUtils</strong> - A utility class for working with random numbers.</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><strong>Time package</strong> - A package for date/time related utilities.
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<ul>
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<li><strong>DateFormatUtils</strong> - Aids in formatting Dates.</li>
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<li><strong>DateUtils</strong> - Aids in manipulating Dates.</li>
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<!--li><strong>DurationFormatUtils</strong> - Formats durations, represented by milliseconds.</li-->
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<li><strong>FastDateFormat</strong> - Optimised version of SimpleDateFormat.</li>
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<li><strong>StopWatch</strong> - Records durations, represented by milliseconds.</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<a name="Dependencies"></a>
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<h3>2. DEPENDENCIES</h3>
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<p>The <em>Lang</em> component is dependent upon the following external
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components for development and use:</p>
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<li><a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se">Java Development Kit</a>
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(Version 1.2 or later)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.junit.org">JUnit Testing Framework</a>
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(Version 3.7 or later) - for unit tests only, not required
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for deployment</li>
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</ul>
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<a name="Release Info"></a>
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<h3>3. RELEASE INFO</h3>
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<p>Current Release:
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<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/commons/lang/">Version 2.0</a>
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</p>
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<p>Planned Next Release:
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Version 2.1
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</p>
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<a name="Known Issues"></a>
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<h3>4. KNOWN ISSUES</h3>
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<p>
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<ul>
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</ul>
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</p>
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<a name="Action Items"></a>
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<h3>5. ACTION ITEMS</h3>
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<p>Want to help? Here's some "to do" items the team has identified as possibly being in scope for Lang.
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Note that all are still under discussion, so please mail the list before actioning.</p>
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<li>DateRange/Duration class.</li>
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<li>DurationFormatUtils to be completed and made public.</li>
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<li>CloneUtils - utility class to enable cloning via various different mechanisms.</li>
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<li>StringUtils.reverseSplit(String, String delim, int count). Should basically be a 'reverseArray(reverseDelimitedString(split(txt, delim, count)))'.</li>
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<li>CharUtils - Utilities to work on a char[] in the same way as a String.</li>
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<li>AStringBuffer - A StringBuffer implementation with additional methods from StringUtils.</li>
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<li>O(n) - Document all algorithm-implementing methods with the order. Possibly with an O(n) on the end of each parameterm or with an @order tag.</li>
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<li>Money and Currency. Maybe separate project.</li>
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<li>Code examples - Document as many static methods as possible with example usage.</li>
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<li>Faster StringTokeniser - Is Java's slow?</li>
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<li>Mutable Number classes - like Integer/Double but mutable.</li>
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<li>StringUtilsNPE - A StringUtils that doesn't like nulls.</li>
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<li>CharSetUtils - refactor methods onto CharSet class.</li>
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</ul>
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<a name="Committers"></a>
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<h3>6. COMMITTERS</h3>
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<p>The following individuals are the primary developers and maintainers of this
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component. Developers who plan to use <em>Lang</em> in their own
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projects are encouraged to collaborate on the future development of this
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component to ensure that it continues to meet a variety of needs.</p>
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<li><a href="mailto:bayard@apache.org">Henri Yandell</a></li>
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<li><a href="mailto:dlr@finemaltcoding.com">Daniel Rall</a></li>
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<li><a href="mailto:scolebourne@joda.org">Stephen Colebourne</a></li>
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<li><a href="mailto:steven@caswell.name">Steven Caswell</a></li>
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<li><a href="mailto:rdonkin@apache.org">Robert Burrell Donkin</a></li>
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<li><a href="mailto:ggregory@seagullsw.com">Gary Gregory</a></li>
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<li><a href="mailto:phil@steitz.com">Phil Steitz</a></li>
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<li><a href="mailto:fredrik@apache.org">Fredrik Westermarck</a></li>
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