              Apache Commons Codec 1.9 RELEASE NOTES

The codec package contains simple encoder and decoders for
various formats such as Base64 and Hexadecimal.  In addition to these
widely used encoders and decoders, the codec package also maintains a
collection of phonetic encoding utilities.

Performance and fix release. Requires a minimum of Java 1.6.

Changes in this version include:

Performance:
CODEC-174: Improve performance of Beider Morse encoder. Thanks to Thomas Champagne.

Fixed Bugs:
o CODEC-175: Beider Morse does not close Scanners used to read config files. 
o CODEC-172: Base32 decode table has spurious value. Thanks to Matt Bishop. 
o CODEC-170: Link broken in Metaphone Javadoc. Thanks to Ron Wheeler, Henri Yandell. 
o CODEC-176: Spelling fixes in Javadoc and comments. Thanks to Ville Skyttä. 


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

http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-codec/
