Apache Commons Codec 1.17.2 RELEASE NOTES

The Apache Commons Codec component contains encoders and decoders for formats such as Base16, Base32, Base64, digest, and Hexadecimal. In addition to these widely used encoders and decoders, the codec package also maintains a collection of phonetic encoding utilities.

This is a feature and maintenance release. Java 8 or later is required.

Fixed Bugs

        Rewrite DaitchMokotoffSoundex.soundex(String) using String.join(). Thanks to Gary Gregory.

CODEC-324: Use Resource.class to load resources, rather than its class loader #353. Thanks to Michael Froh.

        Deprecate CharSequenceUtils.CharSequenceUtils(). Thanks to Gary Gregory.

        Deprecate Sha2Crypt.Sha2Crypt(). Thanks to Gary Gregory.

Changes

        Bump org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 from 3.14.0 to 3.17.0 [#296](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/issues/296), [#305](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/issues/305), [#313](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/issues/313). Thanks to Dependabot.

        Bump org.apache.commons:commons-parent from 71 to 78 [#310](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/issues/310), [#312](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/issues/312), [#319](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/issues/319), [#323](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/issues/323), [#326](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/issues/326), [#333](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/issues/333). Thanks to Gary Gregory.

        [test] Bump commons-io:commons-io from 2.16.1 to 2.18.0 [#318](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/issues/318), [#341](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/issues/341). Thanks to Gary Gregory, Dependabot.

        Bump org.codehaus.mojo:taglist-maven-plugin from 3.1.0 to 3.2.1 [#332](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/issues/332). Thanks to Gary Gregory, Dependabot.

For complete information on Apache Commons Codec, including instructions on how to submit bug reports, patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Commons Codec website:

https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-codec/

Download page: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-codec/download_codec.cgi