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  78 Package org.apache.commons.lang
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  80 Provides highly reusable static utility methods, chiefly concerned
  81 with adding value to <CODE>java.lang</CODE> and other standard core classes.
  82 <P>
  83 <B>See:</B>
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  85 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="#package_description"><B>Description</B></A>
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  94 <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/commons/lang/ArrayUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.lang">ArrayUtils</A></B></TD>
  95 <TD>Operations on arrays, primitive arrays (like <code>int[]</code>) and
  96  primitive wrapper arrays (like <code>Integer[]</code>).</TD>
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  99 <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/commons/lang/BitField.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.lang">BitField</A></B></TD>
 100 <TD>Operations on bit-mapped fields.</TD>
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 103 <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/commons/lang/BooleanUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.lang">BooleanUtils</A></B></TD>
 104 <TD>Operations on boolean primitives and Boolean objects.</TD>
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 107 <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/commons/lang/CharEncoding.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.lang">CharEncoding</A></B></TD>
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 109  Character encoding names required of every implementation of the Java platform.</TD>
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 112 <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/commons/lang/CharRange.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.lang">CharRange</A></B></TD>
 113 <TD>A contiguous range of characters, optionally negated.</TD>
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 128 <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/commons/lang/ClassUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.lang">ClassUtils</A></B></TD>
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 140 <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/commons/lang/NumberUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.lang">NumberUtils</A></B></TD>
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 164  Java, Java Script, HTML, XML, and SQL.</TD>
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 172 <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/commons/lang/SystemUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.lang">SystemUtils</A></B></TD>
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 216 <TD>Thrown when it is impossible or undesirable to consume or throw a checked exception.</TD>
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 223 Package org.apache.commons.lang Description
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 226 <P>
 227 Provides highly reusable static utility methods, chiefly concerned
 228 with adding value to <CODE>java.lang</CODE> and other standard core classes.
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 233 <DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
 234   <DD>1.0</DD>
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