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| <head> |
| <title>Proposal for Commons DBUtils Package</title> |
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| <body> |
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| <div align="center"> |
| <h1>Proposal for <em>DBUtils</em> Package</h1> |
| </div> |
| |
| <h3>(0) Rationale</h3> |
| |
| <p> |
| Correct JDBC coding is time consuming and error prone. Many |
| JDBC coding tasks can be simplified with a small helper library |
| that factors out the mundane resource cleanup steps. DbUtils |
| is focused on providing such a library without any heavyweight |
| framework surrounding it. |
| </p> |
| |
| |
| <h3>(1) Scope of the Package</h3> |
| |
| <p> |
| This proposal is to create a package of Java utility classes for |
| various types of JDBC related activity. DbUtils will |
| not be an OO representation of database objects nor will |
| it be an Object/Relational framework. It will be |
| a lightweight JDBC library that helps developers write |
| correct database code. |
| </p> |
| |
| |
| <h3>(1.5) Interaction With Other Packages</h3> |
| |
| <p><em>DBUtils</em> relies only on standard Java 1.2 (or later) APIs for |
| production deployment. It utilizes the JUnit testing framework for |
| developing and executing unit tests, but this is of interest only to |
| developers of the component. Being dependent on Java 1.2 means that |
| this code is expected to be of JDBC 2.0 level. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| No external configuration files are utilized. |
| </p> |
| |
| |
| <h3>(2) Initial Source of the Package</h3> |
| |
| <p> |
| Potential source code for this package will come from the initial |
| committers' personal libraries. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The proposed package name for the new component is |
| <code>org.apache.commons.dbutils</code>. |
| </p> |
| |
| |
| <h3>(3) Required Jakarta-Commons Resources</h3> |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li>CVS Repository - New directory <code>dbutils</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 |
| [dbutils].</li> |
| <li>Bugzilla - New component "DBUtils" under the "Commons" product |
| category, with appropriate version identifiers as needed.</li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| |
| <h3>(4) Initial Committers</h3> |
| |
| <p>The initial committers on the DBUtils component shall be:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Henri Yandell</li> |
| <li>Steven Caswell</li> |
| <li>Juozas Baliuka</li> |
| <li>David Graham</li> |
| </ul> |
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