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<section name="Commons Lang">

<p>
The standard Java libraries fail to provide enough methods for
manipulation of its core classes. Apache Commons Lang provides
these extra methods. 
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<p>
Lang provides a host of helper utilities for the java.lang API, notably 
String manipulation methods, basic numerical methods, object reflection, concurrency, creation and serialization 
and System properties. Additionally it contains basic enhancements to java.util.Date and a series of utilities dedicated to help with 
building methods, such as hashCode, toString and equals.
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<p>
A getting started <a href="userguide.html">user guide</a> is available
together with various <a href="project-reports.html">project reports</a>.
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<p>
The JavaDoc API documents are available online:
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<li>The <a href="api-2.6/index.html">current stable release 2.6</a></li>
<li>The <a href="api-2.5/index.html">previous version 2.5</a></li>
<li>The <a href="api-2.4/index.html">previous version 2.4</a></li>
<li>Older releases - see the <a href="release-history.html">Release History</a> page</li>
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The <a href="source-repository.html">subversion repository</a> can be
<a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/lang/trunk/">browsed</a>.
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<section name="Releases">
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The latest version 2.6, is JDK 1.3 compatible - 
<a href="http://commons.apache.org/lang/download_lang.cgi">Download now!</a> 
(<a href="upgradeto2_6.html">Release Notes</a>). </p>

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For information on previous releases, see the <a href="release-history.html">Release History</a> and to download previous releases, see the <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/commons/lang/">Apache Archive</a>.
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The <a href="mail-lists.html">commons mailing lists</a> act as the main support forum.
The user list is suitable for most library usage queries.
The dev list is intended for the development discussion.
Please remember that the lists are shared between all commons components,
so prefix your email by [lang].
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Issues may be reported via <a href="issue-tracking.html">ASF JIRA</a>.
Please read the instructions carefully to submit a useful bug report or enhancement request.
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