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| <title>Home</title> |
| <author email="commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org">Commons Documentation Team</author> |
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| <section name="Commons Lang"> |
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| <p> |
| The standard Java libraries fail to provide enough methods for |
| manipulation of its core classes. The <em>Lang</em> Component provides |
| these extra methods. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The <em>Lang</em> Component provides a host of helper utilities for the java.lang API, notably |
| String manipulation methods, basic numerical methods, object reflection, creation and serialization, |
| and System properties. Additionally it contains an inheritable enum type, an exception structure that |
| supports multiple types of nested-Exceptions, basic enhancements to java.util.Date and a series of utlities dedicated to help with |
| building methods, such as hashCode, toString and equals. |
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| <section name="Documentation"> |
| <p> |
| A getting started <a href="userguide.html">user guide</a> is available |
| together with various <a href="maven-reports.html">project reports</a>. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The JavaDoc API documents are available online: |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>The <a href="api-release/index.html">current release 2.3</a></li> |
| <li>The <a href="api-2.2/index.html">previous version 2.2</a></li> |
| <li>Older releases - see the <a href="release-history.html">Release History</a> page</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| The <a href="cvs-usage.html">subversion repository</a> can be |
| <a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jakarta/commons/proper/lang/trunk/">browsed</a>. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
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| <section name="Releases"> |
| <p> |
| The latest version is 2.3. - |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/downloads/downloads_commons-lang.cgi">Download now!</a> |
| (<a href="upgradeto2_3.html">upgrade notes</a>) |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| 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/jakarta/commons/lang/">Apache Archive</a>. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
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| <section name="Support"> |
| <p> |
| The <a href="mail-lists.html">commons mailing lists</a> act as the main support forum. |
| The user list is suitable for most library usage queries. |
| The dev list is intended for the development discussion. |
| Please remember that the lists are shared between all commons components, |
| so prefix your email by [lang]. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Issues may be reported via <a href="issue-tracking.html">ASF JIRA</a>. |
| Please read the instructions carefully to submit a useful bug report or enhancement request. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
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| <section name="Resources"> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| Oct 17, 2003 - <a href="http://www.builder.com/">Builder.com</a> has an article on Commons Lang v1.0 entitled |
| <a href="http://builder.com.com/article.jhtml?id=u00320021017yan01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">Jakarta Commons Lang project offers centralized utility functions</a> |
| [and in <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.cn/developer/tech/story/0,2000081602,39077840,00.htm">chinese</a>]. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://ant.apache.org">Ant</a>, |
| <a href="http://maven.apache.org">Maven</a>, |
| <a href="http://clirr.sourceforge.net/">Clirr</a>, |
| <a href="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/">PMD</a>, |
| <a href="http://cobertura.sourceforge.net/">Cobertura</a>, |
| <a href="http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/java/bugs/">FindBugs</a> and |
| <a href="http://www.osjava.org/jardiff">JarDiff</a> |
| have all been of use in the latest release of Commons Lang. |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </section> |
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