Extend the JDK Classes with Jakarta Commons, Part I
Explore the components in the Jakarta Commons set of reusable classes and you'll be convinced that most of them should be part of the JDK. Learn which ones you should use in your projects.
by Narayanan A.R.
October 3, 2005
y now, almost everyone in the Java community has heard about Jakarta Commons, the set of reusable classes that various Jakarta projects use. But did you know that these classes also are available as separate components, which you can use in your Java projects? This article is the first in a three-part series that explores the various Jakarta Commons components and presents real-world example applications to illustrate how to use them. The examples don't only illustrate the Commons components; they are complete, modular applications that highlight the useful features you can reuse in typical Java projects.
In particular, this first installment explores the following components:
Validator
Collections
Chain
Functors
Lang
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y now, almost everyone in the Java community has heard about Jakarta Commons, the set of reusable classes that various Jakarta projects use. But did you know that these classes also are available as separate components, which you can use in your Java projects? This article is the first in a three-part series that explores the various Jakarta Commons components and presents real-world example applications to illustrate how to use them. The examples don't only illustrate the Commons components; they are complete, modular applications that highlight the useful features you can reuse in typical Java projects.
