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| <h1>The Jakarta Commons <em>Lang</em> Component</h1> |
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| <a href="#Introduction">[Introduction]</a> |
| <a href="#Dependencies">[Dependencies]</a> |
| <a href="#Release Info">[Release Info]</a> |
| <a href="#Committers">[Committers]</a> |
| <a href="#Action Items">[Action Items]</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 |
| helper methods for standard Java classes, especially those found in the |
| java.lang package in the Sun JDK. |
| The following classes are included:</p> |
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| <li><strong>StringUtils</strong> - Helper for java.lang.String.</li> |
| <li><strong>CharSetUtils</strong> - Methods for dealing with CharSets, which are sets of characters such as [a-z] and [abcdez].</li> |
| <li><strong>RandomStringUtils</strong> - Helper for creating randomised Strings.</li> |
| <li><strong>NumberUtils</strong> - Helper for java.lang.Number and its subclasses.</li> |
| <li><strong>NumberRange</strong> - A range of numbers with an upper and lower bound.</li> |
| <li><strong>ObjectUtils</strong> - Helper for creating any Object.</li> |
| <!--<li><strong>ClassUtils</strong> - Helper for working with java.lang.Class.</li>--> |
| <li><strong>SerializationUtils</strong> - Helper for serializing Objects.</li> |
| <li><strong>NestedException package</strong> - A sub-package for creation of nested exceptions.</li> |
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| <h3>2. DEPENDENCIES</h3> |
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| <p>The <em>Lang</em> component is dependent upon the following external |
| components for development and use:</p> |
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| <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se">Java Development Kit</a> |
| (Version 1.2 or later)</li> |
| <li><a href="http://www.junit.org">JUnit Testing Framework</a> |
| (Version 3.7 or later) - for unit tests only, not required |
| for deployment</li> |
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| <h3>3. RELEASE INFO</h3> |
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| <p>Current Release: |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-commons/release/commons-lang/v1.0-b1">Version 1.0 - Beta 1</a> |
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| <p>Planned Next Release: |
| An rc1 and then a full release are planned in early Autumn/Fall 2002. |
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| <h3>4. COMMITTERS</h3> |
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| <p>The following individuals are the primary developers and maintainers of this |
| component. Developers who plan to use <em>Lang</em> in their own |
| projects are encouraged to collaborate on the future development of this |
| 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> |
| <li><a href="mailto:dlr@finemaltcoding.com">Daniel Rall</a></li> |
| <li><a href="mailto:scolebourne@joda.org">Stephen Colebourne</a></li> |
| <li><a href="mailto:steven@caswell.name">Steven Caswell</a></li> |
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