Why was org.apache.common.lang3 StringEscapeUtils deprecated?

Question

I couldn\'t find any explanation why StringEscapeUtils was deprecated from Apache Lang3 v3.7.

https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/apidocs/org/apache/commons/l

Answer 1

From Commons-lang 3.6 release notes:

The Apache Commons Community has recently set up the Commons Text component as a home for algorithms working on strings. For this reason most of the string focused functionality in Commons Lang has been deprecated and moved to Commons Text. This includes:

o All classes in the org.apache.commons.lang3.text and the org.apache.commons.lang3.text.translate packages o org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils o org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils o The methods org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.getJaroWinklerDistance and org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.getLevenshteinDistance

For more information see the Commons Text website:

http://commons.apache.org/text