The Carbon Component Framework

Carbon Library Usage

Author: Jordan Reed (jreed at sapient.com)
Version: $Revision: 1.4 $($Author: jdreed $ / $Date: 2003/08/16 06:44:17 $)
Created: April 2003

Overview

Acknowlegements

Apache Commons Logging 1.0.3
Apache Jakarta Log4j Logging 1.2.8
Apache Xml Xalan 2.5.1
Apache Xml Xerces 2.5.0
Checkstyle 3.1
JavaGroups 2.0 (Experimental)
JDOM Beta 8
jUnit 3.8.1
MX4J 1.1.1
Sun Java(TM) 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Version 1.3.x, Reference Implementation
Sun JavaMail(TM), Version 1.3
Sun JavaBeans(TM) Activation Framework, Version 1.0.2
Sun JDBC(TM) 2.0 Interface Classes
util.concurrent 1.3.2

Overview

This document details the 3rd party libraries used by Carbon, why they are used, and the license agreements involved with each.

Acknowlegements

This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).

This product includes software developed by the JDOM Project (http://www.jdom.org/).

This product includes software developed by the MX4J project (http://mx4j.sourceforge.net).

Apache Commons Logging 1.0.3

Home Page	http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/logging.html
License	The Apache Software License, Version 1.1 - Apache-Commons-Logging-LICENSE.txt
Module	Core
Files	commons-logging.jar

The Apache Commons Logging system is used as the logging API throughout Carbon.

Apache Jakarta Log4j Logging 1.2.8

Home Page	http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/docs/index.html
License	The Apache Software License, Version 1.1 - Apache-Jakarta-Log4j-LICENSE.txt
Module	Core
Files	log4j-1.2.8.jar

The Log4j project is the default logging mechanism used by Carbon. Calls to it are made through the Apache Commons Logging API.

Apache Xml Xalan 2.5.1

Home Page	http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/
License	The Apache Software License, Version 1.1 - Apache-Xml-Xalan-License.txt
Module	Core
Files	xalan.jar

Xalan is use as the XSLT processor during the build process of Carbon.

Apache Xml Xerces 2.5.0

Home Page	http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/
License	The Apache Software License, Version 1.1 - LICENSE-Xerces.txt
Sub-license for DOM	Special - LICENSE-DOM.html
Sub-license for SAX	Special - LICENSE-SAX.html
Module	Core
Files	xercesImpl.jar, xmlParserAPIs.jar

Xerces is used as the main XML parser to support schema validation.

Checkstyle 3.1

Home Page	http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net
License	GNU Lesser Public License Version 2.1 - LICENSE-Checkstyle.txt
Sub-license for ANTLR	Special - LICENSE-ANTLR.html
Files	checkstyle-all-3.0.jar

Checkstyle is used to validate Carbon coding standards.

JavaGroups 2.0 (Experimental)

Home Page	http://www.javagroups.com
License	GNU Lesser Public License Version 2.1 - LICENSE-JavaGroups.txt
Module	Clustering
Files	javagroups-all.jar

JavaGroups is a toolkit for reliable multicast communication. It can be used to create groups of processes whose members can send messages to each other.

JDOM Beta 8

Home Page	http://www.jdom.org
License	Special - JDOM-LICENSE.txt
Module	Core
Files	jdom.jar

Carbon uses JDOM as its API for the manipulation of XML files in the XML-based configuration system.

jUnit 3.8.1

Home Page	http://www.junit.org
License	IBM's Common Public License Version 1.0 - LICENSE-jUnit.txt
Module	Core
Files	junit.jar

Used by the Logging Console to reduce performance overhead.

MX4J 1.1.1

Home Page	http://mx4j.sourceforge.net
License	The MX4J License, Version 1.0 - LICENSE-MX4J.txt
Module	Management, Management-MX4J
Files	mx4j-jmx-1.1.1.jar, mx4j-tools.jar

MX4J is a open source JMX implementation used by the Management components.

Sun Java(TM) 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Version 1.3.x, Reference Implementation

Home Page	http://java.sun.com/j2ee
License	Sun Microsystems, Inc. Binary Code License Agreement - LICENSE-J2EE.txt
Module	Ejb
Files	j2ee.jar

Contains the APIs needed to compile J2EE related functionality.

Sun JavaMail(TM), Version 1.3

Home Page	http://java.sun.com/products/javamail
License	Sun Microsystems, Inc. Binary Code License Agreement - LICENSE-JavaMail.txt
Module	Email
Files	mail.jar

Contains the Java APIs used by the mailing system.

Sun JavaBeans(TM) Activation Framework, Version 1.0.2

Home Page	http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/glasgow/jaf.html
License	Sun Microsystems, Inc. Binary Code License Agreement - LICENSE-JavaBean-Activation-Framework.txt
Module	Email
Files	activation.jar

Needed by JavaMail.

Sun JDBC(TM) 2.0 Interface Classes

Home Page	http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc
License	Sun Microsystems, Inc. Binary Code License Agreement - LICENSE-JDBC-Standard-Extension.txt
Module	Sql
Files	jdbc2_0-stdext.jar

Used to compile the jdbc related services.

util.concurrent 1.3.2

Home Page	http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/classes/EDU/oswego/cs/dl/util/concurrent/intro.html
License	None (Public Domain)
Module	Devtools
Files	utilConcurrent1.3.2.jar

Used by the Logging Console to reduce performance overhead.