Index: src/org/apache/taglibs/string/CapitalizeTag.java
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-taglibs/string/src/org/apache/taglibs/string/CapitalizeTag.java,v
--- src/org/apache/taglibs/string/CapitalizeTag.java	9 Mar 2004 00:54:45 -0000	1.6
+++ src/org/apache/taglibs/string/CapitalizeTag.java	25 Aug 2004 14:00:09 -0000
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ 
  */
 package org.apache.taglibs.string;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.WordUtils;
 import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
 
 /**
@@ -32,7 +31,17 @@ 
 
 
     public String changeString(String text) throws JspException {
-		return WordUtils.capitalize( text );
+        if(text ==  null  || text.length() == 0) {
+            return text;
+        }
+
+        String capitalized = "";
+        if(text.length() > 1)  {
+            capitalized = text.substring(1);
+        }
+
+        capitalized = Character.toTitleCase(text.charAt(0)) + capitalized;
+        return  capitalized;
     }
 
     public void initAttributes() {