(commons-vfs) branch master updated: Undeprecate util method and reuse

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     new d1c8e7e68 Undeprecate util method and reuse
d1c8e7e68 is described below

commit d1c8e7e6811ae870d3398c058362bbbd125b99e7
Author: Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Mar 6 07:19:12 2026 -0500

    Undeprecate util method and reuse
---
 .../commons/vfs2/util/UserAuthenticatorUtils.java  | 22 ++++++++--------------
 src/changes/changes.xml                            |  2 --
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/UserAuthenticatorUtils.java
 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/UserAuthenticatorUtils.java
index 5fa6add99..e3a261d4b 100644
--- 
a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/UserAuthenticatorUtils.java
+++ 
b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/util/UserAuthenticatorUtils.java
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ public final class UserAuthenticatorUtils {
      * @since 2.11.0
      */
     public static char[] getPasswordChars(final GenericFileName rootName, 
final UserAuthenticationData authData) {
-        final String password = getPassword(rootName, authData);
-        return password != null ? password.toCharArray() : null;
+        return toChar(getPassword(rootName, authData));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -132,32 +131,27 @@ public final class UserAuthenticatorUtils {
      * @since 2.11.0
      */
     public static char[] getUserNameChars(final GenericFileName rootName, 
final UserAuthenticationData authData) {
-        final String userName = getUserName(rootName, authData);
-        return userName != null ? userName.toCharArray() : null;
+        return toChar(getUserName(rootName, authData));
     }
 
     /**
      * Converts a string to a char array (null-safe).
      *
      * @param string The String to convert.
-     * @return A new character array.
-     * @deprecated Use {@link CharSequenceUtils#toCharArray(CharSequence)}.
+     * @return The character array.
      */
-    @Deprecated
     public static char[] toChar(final String string) {
-        return CharSequenceUtils.toCharArray(string);
+        return string != null ? string.toCharArray() : null;
     }
 
     /**
      * Converts the given data to a string (null-safe).
      *
-     * @param data A character array containing the data to convert to a 
String.
-     * @return A new String.
-     * @deprecated Use {@link StringUtils#valueOf(char[])}.
+     * @param value A character array containing the data to convert to a 
String.
+     * @return The String.
      */
-    @Deprecated
-    public static String toString(final char[] data) {
-        return StringUtils.valueOf(data);
+    public static String toString(final char[] value) {
+        return value != null ? new String(value) : null;
     }
 
     private UserAuthenticatorUtils() {
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 25082af56..718b9d38a 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
       <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary 
Gregory">DefaultFileMonitor now restores the current thread's interrupt flag 
when catching InterruptedException.</action>
       <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary 
Gregory">SftpFileSystem.executeCommand(String, StringBuilder) now restores the 
current thread's interrupt flag when catching InterruptedException.</action>
       <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Vaishnavi Kumbhar, Gary 
Gregory" issue="VFS-861">Http5FileProvider Basic authentication fails: 
UserAuthenticationData.setData(Type, char[]) should clone its array 
input.</action>
-      <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Deprecate 
UserAuthenticatorUtils.toChar(String).</action>
-      <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Deprecate 
UserAuthenticatorUtils.toString(String).</action>
       <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Vaishnavi Kumbhar, Gary 
Gregory" issue="VFS-861">Http5FileProvider Basic authentication fails: 
UserAuthenticationData.setData(Type, char[]) should clone its array 
input.</action>
       <!-- ADD -->
       <action type="add" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Add 
org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.ftp.FTPClientWrapper.sendOptions(String, 
String).</action>