does org.apache.velocity.util.StringUtil have a future? IMHO java documentation telling people to write their own replacement methods implies that StringUtils is pretty much dead. On Saturday, August 25, 2001, at 06:24 PM, Jason van Zyl wrote: > On 8/25/01 1:21 PM, "Daniel Rall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> sorry if i'm labouring the point - but why does the deprecation >>> message refer people to a different class when there are methods in >>> StringUtils that already do what's wanted? >> >> I would prefer people to use that other package. IMO, Velocity should >> not be a repository housing code available elsewhere. > > I agree. all the code in StringUtils is either available elsewhere or it's very easy to write (which is basically what the deprecation message tells people to do). i don't have any particular problem freezing StingUtil's - it's just that i'd prefer to know so i don't waste my time preparing patches. - robert
