Thanks, I will raise PR soon, and for this we don't have to wait for 2.x , that's good part.
Regards, Amey On Sun, Jul 16, 2017, 3:41 PM Pascal Schumacher <pascalschumac...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hello Amey, > > that seems to be the cleanest solution (although the one requiring the > most work). > > Cheers, > Pascal > > Am 14.07.2017 um 18:59 schrieb Amey Jadiye: > > Hello Pascal, > > > > Thanks for putting this on table, I too think that users need some short > > code to show up output really quick. > > > > How about this plan :- > > > > 1. Keep RandomStringUtils deprecated in commons-lang. > > 2. Move RandomStringUtils class to commons-text. > > 3. Remove all existing code from methods of RandomStringUtils and call > our > > brand new RandomStringGenerator in them. to return respective values i.e. > > randomNumeric, randomAlphabetic, randomAlphanumeric etc.... > > > > Its obvious question "what we will achieve with this ?" > > > > So, we are still promoting the RandomStringGenerator this should be the > > base of all random string generator methods. > > since RandomStringGenerator very flexible we can keep the functionalities > > from RandomStringUtils untouched and can retain users who are still > > addicted to same class and API of RandomStringUtils, else users will not > > accept new and bit cumbersome (with their perspective) > > RandomStringGenerator and stick to old code. > > > > The user who want bit more flexibility are still welcome to use > > RandomStringGenerator anyway. > > > > Regards, > > Amey > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 1:32 AM, Pascal Schumacher < > pascalschumac...@gmx.net> > > wrote: > >> Hello everybody, > >> > >> with 3.5 we deprecated RandomStringUtils in favor of > > RandomStringGenerator in commons-text. > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TEXT-96 complains that > > "RandomStringGenerator is extremely verbose compared to the deprecated > > commons.lang3 RandomStringUtils." > >> From my experience taking a look at migrating a project from > > RandomStringUtils to RandomStringGenerator I have to agree. Some > > convenience methods will be added with the next commons text release, but > > it still won't be as easy to use as RandomStringUtils. For course > > RandomStringGenerator gives the user more options, but most usage of > > RandomStringUtils I have seen was just for tests or other simple > use-cases > > where these option are not required. > >> Maybe we should just remove the RandomStringUtils deprecation or add the > > whole class untouched to commons-text? > >> What do you think? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Pascal > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
