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Development plan for 2.1

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30855 30855\] Extra constructor for [EqualsBuilder].

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30929 30929\] Bug in Nestable.indexOfThrowable? \\

   Interpolation rethink. Perhaps pulling code over from Digester.

Seeking opinions

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22692 22692\] [StringUtils].split ignores empty items - *new splitPreserveAllTokens Needs to be reviewed.*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22717 22717\] \[lang\] [MutableNumbers] - *see lang.mutable.*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18962 18962\] \[lang\] New Method: getSubstitutedValues( String, Map ) - *org.apache.commons.lang.Interpolation available for opinions*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30334 30334\] \[lang\] New class proposal: *CharacterEncoding*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29163 29163\] Make [StopWatch] validate state transitions - *Coding needed*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26056 26056\] \[lang\] Add methods to [ArrayUtils]: add at end and insert-like ops - *DONE - add(Object\[\], Object) is overloaded for all the primitives, but add(Object\[\], int, Object) and addAll(Object\[\], Object\[\]) are not overloaded for primitives. Should they be?*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24910 24910\] new [StringUtils].split methods that split on the whole separator string - *committed as splitByWholeSeparator*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15082 15082\] \[lang\] elapsed time formatting utility method - *DurationFormatUtils.* \\ \\ \\

Pushed back

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21663 21663\] \[lang\] Add support in [ToStringStyle] for [DateFormat]. - *Grows quickly into commons-convert*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27643 27643\] \[lang\]\[patch\] [ClassUtils].newInstance method - *Seems unnecessary*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29149 29149\] \[lang\] [StringEscapeUtils].unescapeHtml() doesn't handle an empty entity - *Empty entity is in fact illegal HTML, so need to decide if we should ignore. Current behaviour seems acceptable as we're not in the work with bad HTML market.*

4. StringBuffer replacement - Probably 2.2/3.0. A lot of work in this I'd imagine.

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26659 26659\] \[lang\] add method to [DateUtils] to get the distance between 2 dates - *Mainly replicated by [DurationFormatUtils], or non-obvious*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29692 29692\] \[lang\] String indentation feature request - *Needs design as a non-simple problem*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22172 22172\] \[lang\] [DateUtils].parseCVS behavior parsing "h:mm z" - *Moved to sandbox*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26297 26297\] \[lang\] [BitSetUtils] class, toIndexArray and fromIndexArray

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26922 26922\] \[lang\] public static boolean [DateUtils].equals(Date dt1, Date dt2)

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    \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21333 21333\] Add [TimeoutController] - *Class in [HttpClient]. Leaving til 3.0 as not much movement on it*

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    \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30674 30674\] Support [HttpClient]'s [DateParser] class - *This is basically a Date parseDate(String dateValue, String\[\] dateFormats) method.*

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    \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15082 15082\] \[lang\] elapsed time formatting utility method - *DurationFormatUtils. Needs finishing.* \\ \\

13. New text package with Interpolation class moved there and MappedMessageFormat from code in Digester.
    
    

Resolved list

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27592 27592\] \[lang\] [WordUtils] capitalize improvement - *DONE*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23557 23557\] [WordUtils].capitalizeFully(String str) should take a delimiter - *DONE*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27778 27778\] \[lang\] add remove methods to [ArrayUtils] - *DONE*

4. StringTokenizer replacement: (DONE - Tokenizer)

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25227 25227\] \[lang\] [StringEscapeUtils].unescapeHtml() doesn't handle hex entities - *DONE*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27640 27640\] \[lang\]\[patch\] [ClassUtils].primitivesToWrappers method - *DONE*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23749 23749\] \[lang\] \[PATCH\] [NumberRange] - adds inclusive and exclusive end points - *WONTFIX*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27876 27876\] \[lang\] [ReflectionToStringBuilder].toString(null) throws exception by design - *DONE*

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   \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27877 27877\] \[lang\]\[patch\] Make [ClassUtils] methods null-safe and not throw an IAE. - *DONE*

10. StringUtils.ordinalIndexOf() - Appears to be DONE

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    \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29673 29673\] \[lang\] [ExceptionUtils]: new getCause() methodname (for tomcat-exception) - *DONE*

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    \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25560 25560\] [DateUtils].truncate() is off by one hour when using a date in DST switch 'zone' - *DONE*

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    \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19331 19331\] \[lang\] General case: infinite loop: [ToStringBuilder].reflectionToString - *The bugzilla entry* *_Gary Gregory 2003-06-23 17:27_* *shows this to have been fixed.*

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    \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29294 29294\] \[lang\]\[PATCH\] Fix the Fraction class - *DONE*

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    \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29794 29794\] Add convenience format(long) methods to [FastDateFormat] - *DONE*

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    \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28468 28468\] [StringUtils].defaultString: Documentation error - *DONE*

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    \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22489 22489\] \[lang\]patch\] [StringUtils].isAsciiPrintable() - *DONE*

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    \[http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26646 26646\] \[lang\] [FastDateFormat].getDateInstance(int, Locale) always uses the pattern from the first invocation - *DONE*