Group bal

Modules
	Package balb
	Basic Application Library Basis (balb)
	Package balber
	Basic Application Library BER (balber)
	Package balcl
	Basic Application Library Command Line (balcl)
	Package baljsn
	Basic Application Library JSoN (baljsn)
	Package ball
	Basic Application Library Logging (ball)
	Package balm
	Basic Application Library Metrics (balm)
	Package balscm
	Basic Application Library Source Control Management (balscm)
	Package balst
	Basic Application Library Stack Trace utilities (balst)
	Package baltzo
	Basic Application Library TimeZone (Olson) (baltzo)
	Package balxml
	Basic Application Library XML (balxml)

Detailed Description

Purpose

Provide application-level support services.

Mnemonic

Basic Application Library (bal)

Description

The 'bal' ("Basic Applications Library") package group contains packages that provide application-level support services in varied areas such as encoders/decoders, timezone support, command-line handling, metrics, and logging.

Hierarchical Synopsis

The 'bal' package group currently has 10 packages having 4 levels of physical dependency. The list below shows the hierarchical ordering of the packages. The order of packages within each level is not architecturally significant, just alphabetical.

 4. ball
 
 3. baljsn
 
 2. balb
    balber
    balcl
    balm
    balst
    baltzo
    balxml
 
 1. balscm

Package Synopsis

'balb': Provide common application-level facilities.

'balber': Provide encoding/decoding of data per the (binary) BER rules.

'balcl': Provide facility to parse process command-line arguments.

'baljsn': Provide components for encoding/decoding in the JSON format.

'ball': Provide thread-safe logging toolkit suitable for all platforms.

'balm': Provide thread-safe collection and publishing of metrics.

'balscm': Provide versioning information for library components in 'bal'.

'balst': Provide a portable facility for obtaining & printing a stack trace.

'baltzo': Provide timezone data for use with timezone-enabled vocabulary types.

'balxml': Provide utility components for using XML and XSD.