The Jakarta Commons IO Component

1. INTRODUCTION

The IO Component contains a set of Java classes that provide I/O functionality above and beyond what the JDK provides out of the box. 

2. DEPENDENCIES

The IO component is dependent upon the following external components for development and use:

• Java Development Kit (Version 1.2 or later)
• JUnit Testing Framework (Version 3.7 or later) - for unit tests only, not required for deployment
• Apache Jakarta Commons Lang (latest CVS code)

3. RELEASE INFO

Current Release: IO is yet to be released. We hope it will be RSN.

Planned Next Release: Real Soon Now :) See the Action Items list for tasks that need to be completed prior to this release.

4. COMMITTERS

The following individuals are the primary developers and maintainers of this component. Developers who plan to use IO 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.

• Scott Sanders
• dIon Gillard
• Nicola Ken Barozzi
  
• Henri Yandell
  
• Stephen Colebourne
  
• Fancy volunteering? We need you!

5. ACTION ITEMS

The following action items need to be completed prior to a Version 1.0 release of this component:

• Compress - Move the compress sub-package out of IO - READY
• Rename FileUtilTest to FileUtilsTest
• Extract code from IOUtils to CopyUtils?
• Remove StreamUtils as all its methods are in IOUtils - READY

5.1 NEW CODE

• ProxyOutput/InputStream. These are predictable Filter-streams. Need to see if FilterWriter/Reader are predictable - DONE
• A CsvReader/Writer set of classes in a csv sub-package
• FilePoller for telling when a file changes. Look in Tomcat, or GenJava[bayard]
• JoinReader/ConcatReader. One in GenJava, one submitted to Bayard
• FormattedWriter, when it writes out values it uses Format objects to output them.
• FixedWidthReader. Reads in files with a known width, ie) mainframe like.
• Finder system. Generic code to find things in things. So FileFinder, ClassFinder, ZipFinder. Probably too big for IO