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

<p>Many software projects have a need to perform I/O in various ways,
and the JDK class libraries provide a lot of functionality, but
sometimes you need just a little bit more.  The io package seeks to
encapsulate some of the most popular i/o base classes into one easy to
use package.</p>


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

<p>This proposal is to create a package of Java utility classes for
various types of i/o related activity.</p>


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

<p><em>IO</em> 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.  IO will be a dependency for
several existing components in the open source world.</p>

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


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

<p>The original Java classes are splashed around various Apache
subprojects.  We intend to seek them out and integrate them.</p>

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


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

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<li>CVS Repository - New directory <code>io</code> in the
    <code>jakarta-commons</code> CVS repository.</li>
<li>Mailing List - Discussions will take place on the general
    <em>commons-dev@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
    [IO].</li>
<li>Bugzilla - New component "IO" under the "Commons" product
    category, with appropriate version identifiers as needed.</li>
<li>Jyve FAQ - New category "commons-io" (when available).</li>
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<h3>(4) Initial Committers</h3>

<p>The initial committers on the IO component shall be Scott Sanders
and ???(Your name here)</p>


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