$Id: RELEASE-NOTES.txt,v 1.3 2003/10/29 21:04:17 rwaldhoff Exp $ Commons Primitives Package Version 1.0 Release Notes INTRODUCTION: This is a first release of the Commons Primitives package. This release is primarily composed of implementations of the java.util collections adapted for the primitive types. FEATURES: The current release is composed of four packages. 1) org.apache.commons.collections.primitives Collection - The java.util.Collection interface adapted for the primitive type Iterator - The java.util.Iterator interface adapted for the primitive type List - The java.util.List interface adapted for the primitive type ListIterator - The java.util.ListIterator interface adapted for the primitive type AbstractCollection - An abstract base for Collection implementations RandomAccessList - An abstract base for List implementations backed by random access data structures like arrays ArrayList - A List backed by an array Collections - Static utility methods for working with Collection instances 2) org.apache.commons.collections.primitives.adapters Adapters between the Object-based and primitive-based collection types. 3) org.apache.commons.collections.primitives.adapters.io Adapters converting IO Streams/Readers to Byte/Char iterators, and vice versa. 4) org.apache.commons.collections.primitives.decorators UnmodifiableList UnmodifiableIterator UnmodifiableListIterator - Unmodifiable decorators around List, Iterator and ListIterator