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     <title>Proposal for Proxy Package</title>
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     <h1>Proposal for <em>Proxy</em> Package</h1>
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 <h3>(0) Rationale</h3>

 <p>
     Many projects require the use of proxies in order to support such features as method interception/decoration, lazy
     loading, dependency injection, etc. There are many different techniques for creating proxy objects which delegate to
     other objects (JDK proxies, CGLIB, and Javassist to name a few). Using these technologies can prove to be quite
     daunting. This package seeks to abstract away the difficult code required to implement proxies effectively and
     efficiently so that developers can concentrate on implementing the core implementations and method interceptors.
 </p>

 <h3>(1) Scope of the Package</h3>

 <p>
     The package shall create and maintain a suite of utility classes for creating dynamic proxy objects written in the
     Java language to be distributed under the ASF license.  The package will include many different "core object
     provider" implementations supporting many existing remoting technologies (EJB, Hessian, Burlap, JAX-RPC, Apache
     XML-RPC, RMI, etc.) as well as many other "in-vm" implementations (bean instantiation, cloning, constant, etc.).
     The package will also provide "decorator object providers" which add functionality to the object providers they wrap
     such as pooling, singleton, caching, etc.  The package will also serve as a repository for many useful interceptor
     implementations which support such features as logging, asynchronous invocation, etc.  The package will provide
     multiple "proxy factory" implementations, supporting different proxying technologies (JDK proxies, CGLIB, Javassist,
     etc.).
 </p>

 <h3>(1.5) Interaction With Other Packages</h3>

 <p>
     <em>Proxy</em> utilizes the JUnit unit testing framework for developing and executing unit tests, but this is of
     interest only to developers of the component. The original will include support for the Hessian and Burlap remoting
     protocols.  The original codebase will also include support for CGLIB and Javassist-base proxies.
 </p>

 <p>No external configuration files are utilized.</p>

 <h3>(2) Initial Source of the Package</h3>

 <p>
     The initial codebase will be contributed by James Carman based on code in the Syringe (http://syringe.dev.java.net)
     project and can be distributed under the Apache license.
 </p>

 <p>The proposed package name for the new component is
     <code>org.apache.commons.proxy</code>.</p>


 <h3>(3) Required Jakarta-Commons Resources</h3>

 <ul>
     <li>SVN Repository - New directory <code>proxy</code> in the
         <code>jakarta-commons</code> SVN repository. All initial committers
         are already committers on <code>jakarta-commons</code>, so no
         additional user setups are required.</li>
     <li>Mailing List - Discussions will take place on the general
         <em>jakarta-commons@jakarta.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
         [proxy].</li>
     <li>Bugzilla - New component "Proxy" under the "Commons" product
         category, with appropriate version identifiers as needed.</li>
     <li>Jyve FAQ - New category "commons-proxy" (when available). </li>
 </ul>


 <h3>(4) Initial Committers</h3>
 <ul>
     <li>James Carman</li>
 </ul>
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	<html>
	<head>
	<title>Proposal for Proxy Package</title>
	</head>

	<body bgcolor="white">

	<div align="center">
	<h1>Proposal for <em>Proxy</em> Package</h1>
	</div>

	<h3>(0) Rationale</h3>

	<p>
	Many projects require the use of proxies in order to support such features as method interception/decoration, lazy
	loading, dependency injection, etc. There are many different techniques for creating proxy objects which delegate to
	other objects (JDK proxies, CGLIB, and Javassist to name a few). Using these technologies can prove to be quite
	daunting. This package seeks to abstract away the difficult code required to implement proxies effectively and
	efficiently so that developers can concentrate on implementing the core implementations and method interceptors.
	</p>

	<h3>(1) Scope of the Package</h3>

	<p>
	The package shall create and maintain a suite of utility classes for creating dynamic proxy objects written in the
	Java language to be distributed under the ASF license. The package will include many different "core object
	provider" implementations supporting many existing remoting technologies (EJB, Hessian, Burlap, JAX-RPC, Apache
	XML-RPC, RMI, etc.) as well as many other "in-vm" implementations (bean instantiation, cloning, constant, etc.).
	The package will also provide "decorator object providers" which add functionality to the object providers they wrap
	such as pooling, singleton, caching, etc. The package will also serve as a repository for many useful interceptor
	implementations which support such features as logging, asynchronous invocation, etc. The package will provide
	multiple "proxy factory" implementations, supporting different proxying technologies (JDK proxies, CGLIB, Javassist,
	etc.).
	</p>

	<h3>(1.5) Interaction With Other Packages</h3>

	<p>
	<em>Proxy</em> utilizes the JUnit unit testing framework for developing and executing unit tests, but this is of
	interest only to developers of the component. The original will include support for the Hessian and Burlap remoting
	protocols. The original codebase will also include support for CGLIB and Javassist-base proxies.
	</p>

	<p>No external configuration files are utilized.</p>

	<h3>(2) Initial Source of the Package</h3>

	<p>
	The initial codebase will be contributed by James Carman based on code in the Syringe (http://syringe.dev.java.net)
	project and can be distributed under the Apache license.
	</p>

	<p>The proposed package name for the new component is
	<code>org.apache.commons.proxy</code>.</p>


	<h3>(3) Required Jakarta-Commons Resources</h3>

	<ul>
	<li>SVN Repository - New directory <code>proxy</code> in the
	<code>jakarta-commons</code> SVN repository. All initial committers
	are already committers on <code>jakarta-commons</code>, so no
	additional user setups are required.</li>
	<li>Mailing List - Discussions will take place on the general
	<em>jakarta-commons@jakarta.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
	[proxy].</li>
	<li>Bugzilla - New component "Proxy" under the "Commons" product
	category, with appropriate version identifiers as needed.</li>
	<li>Jyve FAQ - New category "commons-proxy" (when available). </li>
	</ul>


	<h3>(4) Initial Committers</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>James Carman</li>
	</ul>
	</body>
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