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Steven Caswell [EMAIL PROTECTED] a.k.a Mungo Knotwise of Michel Delving "One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them..." > -----Original Message----- > From: Henri Yandell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 5:52 PM > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > Subject: [VOTE] Release of Commons Lang 2.0 (take 2) > > > > (Repeating myself from the previous occasion) > > Our t's are dotted and our i's are crossed, so we'd like to > make a release of Commons Lang 2.0. > > [ ] +1 I support Commons Lang 2.0 > [ ] +0 Huh? Sure, let me sleep. > [ ] -0 Lang? Sounds bad. > [ ] -1 I hate you guys. > > [http://www.apache.org/~bayard/lang2.0/ contains a > preliminary build of 2.0 and the javadoc and javadiff] > > What's not going: > ---------------- > > lang.functor has been removed from Lang. Collections will > gain what it needs and [Functor] will be looked to for the > complete functor-style solution. > > lang.reflect is not ready yet. > > What's new: > ---------- > > lang.math.* package, which contains Range classes, > RandomUtils and a Fraction class. > > lang.util.* package, which contains an IdentifierUtils, for > easing IDs, a Validate class [akin to JUnit Assert in style] > and BitField from the old Commons Util project [as created by POI]. > > lang.time.* package, which contains a DateUtils, an optimised > DateFormat, a StopWatch class for measuring time periods, a > DateFormatUtils and a DurationFormatUtils [for describing > time periods]. > > In the top level package, we see a series of additions. There > are a set of reusable Exceptions which provide slightly > tighter meaning than their Commons Lang superclasses, > IllegalClassException and NotImplementedException are > examples of these. We also see the addition of more Utils classes: > > ArrayUtils > BooleanUtils > ClassUtils > StringEscapeUtils > StringPrintWriter > WordWrapUtils > > What's changed: > -------------- > > ToStringBuilder has gained an inner class. > builder.* packages have gained new methods > NumberUtils has a series of constants, LONG_ZERO, LONG_ONE > etc. It is also deprecated for a move into the math > subpackage. StringUtils has a series of new methods. A couple > have been deprecated. The order in which a nested exception > is printed has been reversed and a static legacy option left > to reverse it the other way if desired. This now matches JDK > 1.4 direction. > > What's gone: > ----------- > > lang.NumberRange is gone as it has now moved into the math subpackage. > > The release: > ----------- > > Following a successful vote, the PMC will be notified of the > desire to release and the instructions at > http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/releases/ > followed to > create a release. A changelog with 'jardiff' will be included. > > Hen > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
