Here's the aforementioned Commons-Collections proposal. The attached JAR
has the source, buildfile, etc., as well as the proposal and the initial
status.html.
To build, you'll need Ant installed and JUnit enabled. You should then be
able to run any of clean, build, test, doc and dist.
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Proposal for Collections Package
(0) Rationale
The Java Collections Framework provides a set of abstract data type
interfaces and implementations that offer both a wealth of useful
functionality, and a solid foundation for extending that functionality.
Many Jakarta projects have needs or design criteria that extend beyond the
core Collections API, such as introducing new abstract data types (e.g.,
Avalon's BinaryHeap) or changing the behavior of existing abstract data
types (e.g., Struts' FastHashMap).
In keeping with the spirit of the Collections API and of abstract data types
in general, these components can and should be shared assets. A Commons
package for abstract data types would provide encourage the development and
reuse of a robust set of collections classes.
(1) Scope of the Package
The package will create and maintain a set of collections and related
classes designed to be compatible with the Java Collections Framework, and
to be distributed under the ASF license.
(1.5) Interaction With Other Packages
Collections relies only on standard JDK 1.2 (or later) APIs for production
deployment. It utilizes the JUnit unit testing framework for developing and
executing unit tests, but this is of interest only to developers of the
component. Collections will also be a dependency for several future proposed
components for the Jakarta Commons subproject.
No external configuration files are utilized.
(2) Initial Source of the Package
The initial codebase was harvested from existing and purposed Jakarta
packages, including the Commons Database Connection Pool, Struts, and
Avalon.
The proposed package name for the new component is
org.apache.commons.collections.
(3) Required Jakarta-Commons Resources
CVS Repository - New directory collections in the jakarta-commons CVS
repository. All initial committers are already committers on
jakarta-commons, so no
additional user setups are required.
Mailing List - Discussions will take place on the general
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [Collections].
Bugzilla - New component "Collections" under the "Commons" product
category, with appropriate version identifiers as needed.
Jyve FAQ - New category "commons-collections" (when available).
(4) Initial Committers
Peter Donald
Craig McClanahan
Rodney Waldhoff
Title: Proposal for Collections Package
collections.jar
Proposal for Collections Package(0) RationaleThe Java Collections Framework provides a set of abstract data type interfaces and implementations that offer both a wealth of useful functionality, and a solid foundation for extending that functionality. Many Jakarta projects have needs or design criteria that extend beyond the core Collections API, such as introducing new abstract data types (e.g., Avalon's BinaryHeap) or changing the behaviour of existing abstract data types (e.g., Struts' FastHashMap). In keeping with the spirit of the Collections API and of abstract data types in general, these components can and should be shared assets. A Commons package for abstract data types would provide encourage the development and reuse of a robust set of collections classes. (1) Scope of the PackageThe package will create and maintain a set of collections and related classes designed to be compatible with the Java Collections Framework, and to be distributed under the ASF license. (1.5) Interaction With Other PackagesCollections relies only on standard JDK 1.2 (or later) APIs for production deployment. It utilizes the JUnit unit testing framework for developing and executing unit tests, but this is of interest only to developers of the component. Collections will also be a dependency for several future proposed components for the Jakarta Commons subproject. No external configuration files are utilized. (2) Initial Source of the PackageThe initial codebase was harvested from existing and purposed Jakarta packages, including the Commons Database Connection Pool, Struts, and Avalon. The proposed package name for the new component is
(3) Required Jakarta-Commons Resources
(4) Initial Committers
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