RELEASE-NOTES.txt

                          Apache Commons Text
                           Version 1.0-beta-1
                             Release Notes


INTRODUCTION
============

This document contains the release notes for the 1.0-beta-1 version of Apache
Commons Text. Commons Text is a set of utility functions and reusable components
for the purpose of processing and manipulating text that should be of use in a
Java environment.

Apache Commons Text is a library focused on algorithms working on strings.

JAVA 9 SUPPORT
==============

At our time of release our build succeeds with Java 9-ea build 153, and we
believe all of our features to be Java 9 compatible.

NEW FEATURES
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o TEXT-56:   Move CvsTranslators out of StringEscapeUtils and make them DRY
             Thanks to Jarek Strzeleck.
o TEXT-40:   Escape HTML characters only once Thanks to Sampanna Kahu.
o TEXT-32:   Add LCS similarity and distance
o TEXT-34:   Add class to generate random strings
o TEXT-29:   Add a builder to StringEscapeUtils
o TEXT-28:   Add shell/XSI escape/unescape support
o TEXT-2:    Add Jaccard Index and Jaccard Distance Thanks to Don Jeba.
o TEXT-27:   Move org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils.java into text
o TEXT-23:   Moving from commons-lang, the package org.apache.commons.lang3.text
o TEXT-10:   A more complex Levenshtein distance Thanks to Don Jeba.
o TEXT-24:   Add coveralls and Travis.ci integration
o TEXT-19:   Add alphabet converter Thanks to Eyal Allweil.
o TEXT-13:   Create Commons Text logo
o TEXT-7:    Write user guide
o TEXT-15:   Human name parser
o TEXT-3:    Add Cosine Similarity and Cosine Distance
o TEXT-4:    Port Myers algorithm from [collections]
o TEXT-1:    Add Hamming distance
o TEXT-9:    Incorporate String algorithms from Commons Lang Thanks to britter.

FIXED BUGS
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o TEXT-60:   Upgrading Jacoco for Java 9-ea compatibility. Thanks to Lee Adcock.
o TEXT-52:   Possible attacks through StringEscapeUtils.escapeEcmaScrip better
             javadoc
o TEXT-37:   Global vs local source of randomness
o TEXT-38:   Fluent API in "RandomStringBuilder"
o TEXT-26:   Fix JaroWinklerDistance in the manner of LUCENE-1297
o TEXT-35:   Unfinished class Javadoc for CosineDistance
o TEXT-22:   LevenshteinDistance reduce memory consumption
o TEXT-5:    IP clearance for the names package
o TEXT-11:   Work on the string metric, distance, and similarity definitions for
             the project
o TEXT-12:   Create StringDistanceFrom class that contains a StringMetric and
             the "left" side string. This would have a method that accepts the
             "right" side string to test. Thanks to Jonathan baker.
o TEXT-8:    Change (R) StringMetric.compare(CS left, CS right) to "apply" so
             that it is consistent with BiFunction. Thanks to Jonathan Baker.
o TEXT-6:    Allow extra information (e.g. Levenshtein threshold) to be stored
             as (final) fields in the StringMetric instance. Thanks to Jonathan
             Baker.

CHANGES
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o TEXT-61:   Naming packages org.apache.commons.text.beta Thanks to Lee Adcock.
o TEXT-58:   Refactor EntityArrays to have unmodifiableMaps in leu of String[][]
o TEXT-53:   Prepare site for 1.0 release
o TEXT-50:   Upgrade from commons-parent version 41 to version 42
o TEXT-33:   Consolidating since tags at 1.0, removing deprecated methods
o TEXT-16:   Improve HumanNameParser

REMOVED
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o TEXT-55:   Remove WordUtils to be added back in an upcoming 1.X release
o TEXT-51:   Remove RandomStringGenerator to be added back in the 1.1 release
o TEXT-31:   Remove org.apache.commons.text.names, for later release than 1.0


Historical list of changes: http://commons.apache.org/text/changes-report.html

For complete information on Apache Commons Text, including instructions on how
to submit bug reports, patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache
Apache Commons Text website:

http://commons.apache.org/text/

Have fun!
-Apachje Commons Text team