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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="#Known Issues">[Known Issues]</a>
<a href="#Action Items">[Action Items]</a>
<a href="#Committers">[Committers]</a>
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<a name="Introduction"></a>
<h3>1.  INTRODUCTION</h3>

<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>
<ul>
<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>HashCodeBuilder</strong> - Helper to enable the construction of a good hash code.</li>
<li><strong>NestedException package</strong> - A sub-package for the creation of nested exceptions.</li>
<li><strong>Enum package</strong> - A sub-package for the creation of enumerated types.</li>
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<a name="Dependencies"></a>
<h3>2.  DEPENDENCIES</h3>

<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>
</ul>


<a name="Release Info"></a>
<h3>3.  RELEASE INFO</h3>

<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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<a name="Known Issues"></a>
<h3>4.  KNOWN ISSUES</h3>
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<li>SystemUtils - Details of this new class need to be finalised</li>
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<a name="Action Items"></a>
<h3>5.  ACTION ITEMS</h3>

<p>Want to help?  Here's some "to do" items the team has identified. Note that all are
still under discussion, so please mail the list before actioning.</p>
<ul>
<li>Reflection utilities - new sub-package to deal with reflection</li>
<li>SystemUtils - Utility to define system constants</li>
<li>Operating system information - maybe part of SystemUtils, maybe another project</li>
<li>ToStringBuilder - Helper to build a good toString method</li>
<li>EqualsBuilder - Helper to build a good equals method</li>
<li>CompareToBuilder - Helper to build a good compareTo method</li>
<li>NullObject - Singleton object to use as a placeholder when null is not accepted</li>
<li>ObjectUtils identityToString method - replicating the original toString of an object (from John Yu)</li>
<li>MathUtils - possible addition of mathmatics helper. Could go in NumberUtils</li>
<li>CalendarUtils - possible addition of a calendar utility class (from Serge Knystautas)</li>
<li>CloneUtils - utility class to enable cloning via various different mechanisms</li>
<li>StringUtils containsOnly method - proposed new method to check if a string contains only certain chars</li>
<li>exception package tests - consolidate code duplicated across tests for Nestable implementations</li>
<li>exception package tests - add testing of new NestableError class</li>
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<a name="Committers"></a>
<h3>6.  COMMITTERS</h3>

<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>
<ul>
<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>
</ul>

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