The Apache Commons community is happy to announce the availability of Apache Commons Lang 3.7. Apache Commons Lang provides helper utilities for the java.lang API, notably String manipulation methods, basic numerical methods, object reflection, concurrency, creation and serialization and System properties. Additionally it contains basic enhancements to java.util.Date and a series of utilities dedicated to help with building methods, such as hashCode, toString and equals. Changes in this version include: New features: o LANG-1355: TimeZone.getTimeZone() in FastDateParser causes resource contention (PR #296.) Thanks to Chas Honton. o LANG-1360: Add methods to ObjectUtils to get various forms of class names in a null-safe manner Thanks to Gary Gregory. Fixed Bugs: o LANG-1362: Fix tests DateUtilsTest for Java 9 with en_GB locale Thanks to Stephen Colebourne. o LANG-1365: Fix NullPointerException in isJavaVersionAtLeast on Java 10, add SystemUtils.IS_JAVA_10, add JavaVersion.JAVA_10 Thanks to Gary Gregory. o LANG-1348: StackOverflowError on TypeUtils.toString(...) for a generic return type of Enum.valueOf Thanks to mbusso. o LANG-1350: ConstructorUtils.invokeConstructor(Class, Object...) regression Thanks to Brett Kail. o LANG-1349: EqualsBuilder#isRegistered: swappedPair construction bug Thanks to Naman Nigam. o LANG-1357: org.apache.commons.lang3.time.FastDateParser should use toUpperCase(Locale) Thanks to BruceKuiLiu. Changes: o LANG-1358: Improve StringUtils#replace throughput Thanks to Stephane Landelle. o LANG-1346: Remove deprecation from RandomStringUtils. o LANG-1361: ExceptionUtils.getThrowableList() is using deprecated ExceptionUtils.getCause() Thanks to Ana. For more details see the release notes at: http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/lang/RELEASE-NOTES.txt Distribution packages can be downloaded from: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/download_lang.cgi You may have to wait 24 hours for for all mirrors to catch sync up. The release is available on Maven Central now. When downloading, please verify signatures using the KEYS file available at: http://www.apache.org/dist/commons Maven artifacts are also available in the central Maven repository: <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId> <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId> <version>3.7</version> </dependency> Have fun, Gary Gregory, on behalf of the Apache Commons Community