Bug#722264: ITP: libcommons-collections4-java -- Apache Commons Collections - Extended Collections API for Java

[Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>]

Package: wnpp
Owner: Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : libcommons-collections4-java
  Version         : 4.0-alpha1
  Upstream Author : The Apache Software Foundation
* URL             : http://commons.apache.org/collections
* License         : Apache-2.0
  Programming Lang: Java
  Description     : Extended Collections API for Java

The Java Collections Framework was a major addition in JDK 1.2. It added
many powerful data structures that accelerate development of most
significant Java applications. Since that time it has become the
recognized standard for collection handling in Java.

Commons Collections seek to build upon the JDK classes by providing new
interfaces, implementations and utilities. There are many features,
including:

 * Bag interface for collections that have a number of copies of each object
 * BidiMap interface for maps that can be looked up from value to key as
well and key to value
 * MapIterator interface to provide simple and quick iteration over maps
 * Transforming decorators that alter each object as it is added to the
collection
 * Composite collections that make multiple collections look like one
 * Ordered maps and sets that retain the order elements are added in,
including an LRU based map
 * Reference map that allows keys and/or values to be garbage collected
under close control
 * Many comparator implementations
 * Many iterator implementations
 * Adapter classes from array and enumerations to collections
 * Utilities to test or create typical set-theory properties of
collections such as union, intersection, and closure

This is a new version of Commons Collections which is already packaged
in Debian as libcommons-collections3-java. The new API is not compatible
with the previous one and requires a separate package.