name-of-library-x.y.z.jar
-A description and url should be added here.
+A description and url should be added here. Please keep track
+of the documentation! If there are things to be done regarding
+a certain library, this is stated in a todo field
Now the descriptions in alphabetical order:
avalon-framework-4.0
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-version : ??
-url : http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/
-description:
+version : 4.0
+url : http://avalon.apache.org/framework
+description: The Avalon Framework consists of
+ interfaces that define relationships
+ between commonly used application
+ components, best-of-practice pattern
+ enforcements, and several lightweight
+ convenience implementations of the
+ generic components.
+todo : update to 4.1.4
+
batik
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version : ??
url : http://xml.apache.org/batik/
-description:
+description: batik is for images in the Scalable Vector
+ Graphics (SVG)
+todo : check if necessary / check for update
+ version 1.1.1
commons-configuration-1.0-dev
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-version : 1.0
+version : 1.0-dev
url : http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/
-description: needed for parsing the configuration properties file.
+description: needed for parsing the configuration
+ properties file
+todo : moved into the Commons as
+ ExtendedProperties ??
commons-net20030111
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-version : ??
+version : 20030111 (??)
url : http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/
description: needed for the mail feature
-todo : update
+todo : update to version 1.0
cos
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-version : 06/19/2001 (probably
-url :
+version : 06/19/2001 (probably)
+url : http://www.servlets.com/cos/index.html
description: servlet utilities by O'Reyly
-todo : replace due to the license
+todo : update to cos-05Nov2002.zip
+ replace due to the license
fop
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version : ??
url : http://xml.apache.org/fop/
-description: rename and/or update
+description:
+todo : The latest stable version is FOP-0.20.4
+ check if necessary
freemarker.jar / freemarker-utility.jar
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version : 1.6.2 (probably)
url : http://fm-classic.sourceforge.net
-description:
+description: template engine
todo : update to version 1.7.5
template changes involved on update
url : http://www.cacas.org/java/gnu/regexp/
description: GNU regular expression library
todo : update to version 1.1.4
+ check if to be replaced with jakarta
+ commons regexp
jimi
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version : ??
-url :
-description:
+url : http://java.sun.com/products/jimi/
+description: Jimi is a class library for managing
+ images
+todo : check for update / check if necessary
log4j
todo : update to version 1.2.8
-logkit-1.0
+logkit
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-version : ??
-url :
-description:
+version : 1.0
+url : http://apache.serveftp.org/apache-site/dist/avalon/logkit/latest/
+description: LogKit is an easy to use logging
+ toolkit.
+depends on : avalon
+todo : update to version 1.2
-lucene-1.2
+lucene
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-version : ??
-url : http://jakarta.apache.org/lucene
-description: a search engine
+version : 1.2
+url : http://jakarta.apache.org/lucene/
+description: Jakarta Lucene is a high-performance,
+ full-featured text search engine written
+ entirely in Java.
multex
poolman
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version : ??
-url :
-description:
+url : https://sourceforge.net/projects/poolman
+url : http://www.codestudio.com/
+description: PoolMan is no longer available or supported
+ Connection and object pooling mechanisms:
+ they can now be found in application servers [...]
+ Tomcat and the Jakarta Project, and other
+ J2EE products and servers.
+todo : find replacement
postgresql
todo : check if necessary at all
-saxon
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-version : ??
-url :
-description:
-
-
strutsmesg
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version : ??
-url :
-description:
+url :
+description: Extracted from struts 1.0
todo : update
+