File Utilities Realease-Notes
Author: Manfred Duchrow
Last update: July 26, 2003
Copyright (c) 2000-2003, by Manfred Duchrow. All rights reserved.
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VERSION 2.8 ( July 26, 2003 )

* New interface LineProcessor

* New methods in FileUtil
  - processTextLines( String, LineProcessor )
  - processTextLines( InputStream, LineProcessor )
  - processTextLines( Reader, LineProcessor )

* BUGFIX in FileWalker.walkThrough()
  NullPointerException if directory.listFiles(..) 
  returns null for protected directories (e.g. "System Volume")

* New methods in PropertyFileLoader
  - loadProperties( String, Properties )
  - loadProperties( InputStream, Properties )
  - loadProperties( InputStream )

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VERSION 2.7 ( March 21, 2003 )

* New methods in FileUtil
  - standardize()
  - javaFilename()

* Modified FileInfo to use FileUtil.javaFilename()

* New methods in FileLocator
  - getStandardizedPath()
  - getStandardizedAbsolutePath()

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VERSION 2.6 ( February 15, 2003 ) 

* Reduced test data

* ExtendedFileFilter now supports a digit wildcard character for
  more specific filtering of numeric patterns in filenames.

* FileWalker now supports a digit wildcard character for
  more specific filtering of numeric patterns in filenames.
  - setDigitWildcardChar()
  - new constructor

* New methods in FileFinder
  - File[] findFiles( String dir, String pattern, boolean recursive,
																	char digitWildcard )
	- File[] findFiles( String dir, String pattern, boolean recursive )
	- File[] findFiles( String dir, String pattern )

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VERSION 2.5 ( February 7, 2003 )

* New class ClasspathElement

* New methods in FileUtil
  - close(InputStream)
  - close(OutputStream)

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VERSION 2.4 ( October 24, 2002 )

* New methods in FileUtil
  - readTextFrom( InputStream )
  - readTextFrom( String ) 
  - readTextFrom( File )
  - copyText( reader, writer )

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VERSION 2.3 ( July 25, 2002 )

* Depends now on PF-Utilities (NamedValueList, NamedValue, NamedText)

* New class ArchiveTOC

* New class FileInfo

* Removed class ZipFileWalker

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VERSION 2.2.1 ( July 19, 2002 )

* BUGFIX: FileLocator did not recognize existing path that started
  from root (e.g. /usr/mylib/tets.jar)

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VERSION 2.2 ( June 21, 2002 )

* New method in FileLocator: realFile()

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VERSION 2.1 ( May 24, 2002 )

* FileLocator supports now filenames such as
  "file:\L:\Java\JDK1.3\lib\rt.jar!\java\util\Hashtable.class"

* New methods in FileLocator
  - toURL()
  - getAbsolutePath()
  - isFile()
  - isDirectory()

* FileFinder now returns a filename even if the file is inside an
  archive, which means that it exists but is not directly accessable.
  The best way to open an InputStream on such a file is FileLocator.

* More UnitTests for PropertyFileLoader, FileFinder and FileLocator

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VERSION 2.0 ( May 18, 2002 )

* New class FileLocator (requires JRE 1.3.1 or later, because JRE 1.3
  has a bug in zip.dll concerning the timestamp of zipped files)

* New class FileUtil with copyStream() feature

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