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| <title>Jakarta Commons-Codec: Proposal</title> |
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| <h1>Proposal for <em>Codec</em> Package</h1><br/> |
| <h4>January 24, 2002</h4> |
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| <h3>(0) Rationale</h3> |
| <p> |
| Many software projects have a need to use various formats of data, |
| and to be able to switch between various formats. The codec package |
| seeks to encapsulate some of the most popular encode/decode |
| algorithms in one easy to use, well tested package. A base64 codec |
| is the first candidate, with others to follow soon. |
| </p> |
| |
| <h3>(1) Scope of the Package</h3> |
| <p> |
| This proposal is to create a package of Java utility classes for the |
| encoding/decoding of various types of data. A base64 codec will be the |
| first implementation. |
| </p> |
| |
| <h3>(1.5) Interaction With Other Packages</h3> |
| |
| <p> |
| <em>Codec</em> relies only on standard JDK 1.2 (or later) APIs for |
| production deployment. It utilizes the JUnit unit testing framework for |
| developing and executing unit tests, but this is of interest only to |
| developers of the component. Codec will be a dependency for |
| several existing components in the open source world. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p>No external configuration files are utilized.</p> |
| |
| <h3>(2) Initial Source of the Package</h3> |
| |
| <p> |
| The original Java classes (<code>Base64</code>, etc.) are splashed around |
| various Apache subprojects. We intend to seek them out and integrate them. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The proposed package name for the new component is |
| <code>org.apache.commons.codec</code>. |
| </p> |
| |
| <h3>(3) Required Jakarta-Commons Resources</h3> |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| CVS Repository - New directory <code>codec</code> in the |
| <code>jakarta-commons</code> CVS repository. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| Mailing List - Discussions will take place on the general |
| <em>dev@commons.apache.org</em> mailing list. To help |
| list subscribers identify messages of interest, it is suggested that |
| the message subject of messages about this component be prefixed with |
| [Codec]. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| Bugzilla - New component "Codec" under the "Commons" product |
| category, with appropriate version identifiers as needed. |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <h3>(4) Initial Committers</h3> |
| |
| <p> |
| The initial committers on the Codec component shall be as follows: |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="mailto:sanders@apache.org">Scott Sanders</a></li> |
| <li><a href="mailto:bayard@apache.org">Henri Yandell</a></li> |
| <li><a href="mailto:rwaldhoff@apache.org">Rodney Waldhoff</a></li> |
| <li><a href="mailto:dlr@finemaltcoding.com">Daniel Rall</a></li> |
| <li><a href="mailto:jon@collab.net">Jon S. Stevens</a></li> |
| <li><a href="mailto:tobrien@apache.org">Tim O'Brien</a></li> |
| </ul> |
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