Move new method to tests since it is only used there is not generally
handy.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StringSubstitutor.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StringSubstitutor.java
index 6b6ebae..0400c43 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StringSubstitutor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/StringSubstitutor.java
@@ -603,19 +603,6 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the minimum expression length based on the size of the prefix matcher and suffix matcher.
-     * <p>
-     * By default, {@code 4}, as the shortest variable name length is 1, for example, {@code "${k}"}.
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * @return the minimum expression length.
-     * @since 1.9
-     */
-    public int getMinExpressionLength() {
-        return getVariablePrefixMatcher().size() + 1 + getVariableSuffixMatcher().size();
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Gets the StringLookup that is used to lookup variables.
      *
      * @return The StringLookup
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/StringSubstitutorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/StringSubstitutorTest.java
index e5cc903..b4a7446 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/StringSubstitutorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/StringSubstitutorTest.java
@@ -227,21 +227,6 @@
             target.getValueDelimiterMatcher().toString());
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testGetMinExpressionLength() throws IOException {
-        final StringSubstitutor sub = new StringSubstitutor();
-        assertEquals(4, sub.getMinExpressionLength());
-        sub.setVariablePrefix('a');
-        assertEquals(3, sub.getMinExpressionLength());
-        sub.setVariablePrefix("abc");
-        assertEquals(5, sub.getMinExpressionLength());
-        sub.setVariableSuffix("xyz");
-        assertEquals(7, sub.getMinExpressionLength());
-        sub.setVariablePrefix(StringUtils.EMPTY);
-        sub.setVariableSuffix(StringUtils.EMPTY);
-        assertEquals(1, sub.getMinExpressionLength());
-    }
-
     /**
      * Tests get set.
      */
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/io/StringSubstitutorFilterReaderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/io/StringSubstitutorFilterReaderTest.java
index fd246b8..bdae41d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/io/StringSubstitutorFilterReaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/io/StringSubstitutorFilterReaderTest.java
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@
         assertEquals(Objects.toString(expectedResult, StringUtils.EMPTY), actualResultWriter.toString());
     }
 
+    private int getMinExpressionLength(final StringSubstitutor substitutor) {
+        return substitutor.getVariablePrefixMatcher().size() + 1 + substitutor.getVariableSuffixMatcher().size();
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected String replace(final StringSubstitutor substitutor, final String source) throws IOException {
         if (source == null) {
@@ -197,7 +201,7 @@
     public void testReadMixedBufferLengths1ToVarLenPlusNoReplace() throws IOException {
         final StringSubstitutor substitutor = new StringSubstitutor(values);
         final String template = "123456";
-        assertTrue(template.length() > substitutor.getMinExpressionLength() + 1);
+        assertTrue(template.length() > getMinExpressionLength(substitutor) + 1);
         try (Reader reader = createReader(substitutor, template)) {
             assertEquals('1', reader.read());
             final char[] cbuf = new char[template.length() - 1];
@@ -225,7 +229,7 @@
     public void testReadMixedBufferLengthsVarLenPlusToNoReplace() throws IOException {
         final StringSubstitutor substitutor = new StringSubstitutor(values);
         final String template = "123456";
-        assertTrue(template.length() > substitutor.getMinExpressionLength() + 1);
+        assertTrue(template.length() > getMinExpressionLength(substitutor) + 1);
         try (Reader reader = createReader(substitutor, template)) {
             final int endIndex = template.length() - 1;
             final char[] cbuf = new char[endIndex];