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          Apache Commons Codec 1.15 RELEASE NOTES
          September 1 2020

The Apache Commons Codec package contains simple encoder and decoders for various formats such as Base64 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.

Changes in this version include:

New features: o CODEC-290: Base16Codec and Base16Input/OutputStream. Thanks to Adam Retter. o CODEC-291: Hex encode/decode with existing arrays. Thanks to Adam Retter.

Fixed Bugs: o CODEC-264: MurmurHash3: Ensure hash128 maintains the sign extension bug. Thanks to Andy Seaborne.

Changes: o CODEC-280: Base32/Base64/BCodec: Added strict decoding property to control handling of trailing bits. Default lenient mode discards them without error. Strict mode raise an exception. o CODEC-289: Base32/Base64 Input/OutputStream: Added strict decoding property to control handling of trailing bits. Default lenient mode discards them without error. Strict mode raise an exception. o Update tests from JUnit 4.12 to 4.13. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o Update actions/checkout from v1 to v2.3.2 #50, #56. Thanks to Dependabot. o Update actions/setup-java from v1.4.0 to v1.4.1 #57. Thanks to 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

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          Apache Commons Codec 1.14 RELEASE NOTES
          December 30 2019

The Apache Commons Codec package contains simple encoder and decoders for various formats such as Base64 and Hexadecimal. In addition to these widely used encoders and decoders, the codec package also maintains a

• c89d2af Prepare for 1.15 release
• ba81ed5 Use gav=true for the maven central redirect
• cb629f0 Update maven central badge
• b8090b3 Fix coverage badge to use the 'master' branch not the default 'trunk'
• fa0562e Test Context toString has debugging info
• f39003c Test isInAlphabet
• 9ac33a1 Test all constructors
• 3535c17 Test encode of null and empty array with an offset
• e42dfe1 Fix test names
• 5365879 Test the codec policy property
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