Apache Commons Codec 1.16.1 RELEASE NOTES

The Apache Commons Codec component contains encoder and decoders for various 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.

Feature and fix release. Requires a minimum of Java 8.

Changes in this version include:

New features: o Add Maven property project.build.outputTimestamp for build reproducibility. Thanks to Gary Gregory.

Fixed Bugs: o CODEC-295: Test clean ups. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o [StepSecurity] ci: Harden GitHub Actions #187. Thanks to step-security-bot, Gary Gregory. o CODEC-295: Correct error in Base64 Javadoc #188. Thanks to Evan Saulpaugh. o CODEC-295: Add minimum Java version in changes.xml #186. Thanks to Olivier Jaquemet, Gary Gregory. o CODEC-310: Documentation update for the org.apache.commons.codec.digest.* package #208. Thanks to Yakov Shafranovich. o Precompile regular expression in UnixCrypt.crypt(byte[], String). Thanks to Gary Gregory. o CODEC-315: Fix possible IndexOutOfBoundException in PhoneticEngine.encode method #223. Thanks to Arthur Chan, Gary Gregory. o CODEC-313: Fix possible ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in QuotedPrintableCodec.encodeQuotedPrintable() method #221. Thanks to Arthur Chan, Gary Gregory. o CODEC-312: Fix possible StringIndexOutOfBoundException in MatchRatingApproachEncoder.encode() method #220. Thanks to Arthur Chan, Gary Gregory. o CODEC-311: Fix possible ArrayIndexOutOfBoundException in RefinedSoundex.getMappingCode() #219. Thanks to Arthur Chan, Gary Gregory. o CODEC-314: Fix possible IndexOutOfBoundsException in PercentCodec.insertAlwaysEncodeChars() method #222. Thanks to Arthur Chan, Gary Gregory. o Deprecate UnixCrypt 0-argument constructor. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Deprecate Md5Crypt 0-argument constructor. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Deprecate Crypt 0-argument constructor. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Deprecate StringUtils 0-argument constructor. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Deprecate Resources 0-argument constructor. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Deprecate Charsets 0-argument constructor. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Deprecate CharEncoding 0-argument constructor. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Add missing version for animal-sniffer-maven-plugin. Thanks to Gary Gregory.

Changes: o Bump commons-parent from 58 to 66. Thanks to Dependabot, Gary Gregory. o Bump commons-lang3 from 3.12.0 to 3.14.0. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Bump commons-io from 2.13.0 to 2.15.1. Thanks to Gary Gregory.

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

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