Welcome to the Jakarta Commons Wiki
This is the [http://jakarta.apache.org/commons Jakarta Commons] wiki. We're a Jakarta community, dedicated to creating of reusable library components in Java.
JakartaCommonsEtiquette contains observations and opinions aimed at explaining some of the peculiarities of Jakarta Commons.
Components
On this wiki:
[:Betwixt] - Betwixt provides services for mapping [JavaBeans] to XML documents, and vice versa.
[:Codec] - Codec contains some general encoding/decoding algorithms. Includes some phonetic encoders, Hex, Base64, and a URL encoder.
[:DBCP] - DBCP provides database connection pooling services.
[:Digester] - Digester is an XML-to-Java-object mapping utility commonly used for parsing XML configuration files.
[:HttpClient] - [HttpClient] provides a framework for working with the client-side of the HTTP protocol.
[:Net] - Net is a a collection of network utilities, based on the [NetComponents] codebase, including FTP clients etc.
[:Validator] - Validator provides components for user input validation
On the commons site:
Sandbox
TheSandbox is an open workspace for jakarta committers. This is also divided into components.
Components
On this wiki:
Other Documentation
- MovingFromSandboxToProper
- CreatingStandardWebPresence
- JakartaCommonsDataBeans
- GettingInvloved - General Documentation for all Apache Commiters and ReleaseManager concerning various subjects (like SigningReleases, MavenRepository, and Mirroring)
Third Party Resources
[http://www.java201.com/resources/browse/70-all.html Jakarta Commons Resources]
*Q:* Little request: Can we PLEASE have a single javadoc tree for all commons components? I am getting tired of switching between dbcp, loggin, and pool. Especially when I am following one line of calls or inheritance. Thanks, Angus *A:* Sure, it should be relatively easy, why not take some initiative and do it yourself?
'Special' Wiki pages
TitleIndex
A list of all pages on this wiki.
HelpContents
A basic guide to the MoinMoin wiki (including information about wiki syntax).
WordIndex
A list of all the words that appear in the titles of the pages on this wiki, with links to pages that include that word.
FindPage
A full-text search of the wiki.
WantedPages
All the "broken links" – a list of all the pages on this wiki that are linked to, but do not exist.
OrphanedPages
All pages on this wiki that are not linked to from anywhere else (and are thus very hard to reach).
RandomPage
Generates a list of 75 random pages on this wiki.
PageSize
Generates a graph and some statistics about the sizes of pages on this wiki.
EventStats/HitCounts
Generates a graph of page views and page visits.
EventStats/UserAgents
Generates a graph of the web browsers used in visiting this page.
SystemInformation
Shows basic information about this wiki installation, the extensions it has installed, etc.