The Jakarta project is technically meant for serverside
Java however the Commons components are useful for Java development in general and not just for serverside development.
------------------------<br />Harshad Oak<br /> <br />- Oracle ACE Director, Sun Java Champion<br /> <br />Author:<br />- Pro Jakarta Commons<br />- Oracle JDeveloper 10g: Empowering J2EE development<br />- Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1.4 Bible<br /> <br />- SCJP, SCWCD<br />------------------------