Apache Commons Codec 1.20.0 Release Notes

The Apache Commons Codec team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons Codec 1.20.0.

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.

New features

•         Add org.apache.commons.codec.digest.Crc16. Thanks to Fredrik Kjellberg, Gary Gregory.
  

•         Add builders to org.apache.commons.codec.digest streams and deprecate some old constructors. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
  

•         Add builder to Base16 streams and deprecate some old constructors. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
  

•         Add support for SHAKE128-256 and SHAKE256-512 to `DigestUtils` and `MessageDigestAlgorithms` on Java 25 and up. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
  

•         Add BaseNCodec.AbstractBuilder.setDecodeTable(byte[]) and refactor subclasses. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
  

Changes

•         Deprecate all but one Base32 constructor in favor of the builder added in version 1.17.0. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
  

•         Deprecate all but one Base64 constructor in favor of the builder added in version 1.17.0. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
  

•         BaseNCodecInputStream subclasses are now type-safe to match its matching BaseNCodec. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
  

•         BaseNCodecOutputStream subclasses are now type-safe to match its matching BaseNCodec. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
  

•         Bump org.apache.commons:commons-parent from 85 to 91. Thanks to Gary Gregory, Dependabot.
  

•         [test] Bump org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 from 3.18.0 to 3.19.0. 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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