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src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtils.java

@@ -5442,7 +5442,6 @@ public static <T> T[] removeAll(final T[] array, final int... indices) {
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.5
      * @deprecated Use {@link #removeAllOccurrences(boolean[], boolean)}
@@ -5462,7 +5461,6 @@ public static boolean[] removeAllOccurences(final boolean[] array, final boolean
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.5
      * @deprecated Use {@link #removeAllOccurrences(byte[], byte)}
@@ -5482,7 +5480,6 @@ public static byte[] removeAllOccurences(final byte[] array, final byte element)
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.5
      * @deprecated Use {@link #removeAllOccurrences(char[], char)}
@@ -5502,7 +5499,6 @@ public static char[] removeAllOccurences(final char[] array, final char element)
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.5
      * @deprecated Use {@link #removeAllOccurrences(double[], double)}
@@ -5522,7 +5518,6 @@ public static double[] removeAllOccurences(final double[] array, final double el
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.5
      * @deprecated Use {@link #removeAllOccurrences(float[], float)}
@@ -5542,7 +5537,6 @@ public static float[] removeAllOccurences(final float[] array, final float eleme
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.5
      * @deprecated Use {@link #removeAllOccurrences(int[], int)}
@@ -5562,7 +5556,6 @@ public static int[] removeAllOccurences(final int[] array, final int element) {
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.5
      * @deprecated Use {@link #removeAllOccurrences(long[], long)}
@@ -5582,7 +5575,6 @@ public static long[] removeAllOccurences(final long[] array, final long element)
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.5
      * @deprecated Use {@link #removeAllOccurrences(short[], short)}
@@ -5603,7 +5595,6 @@ public static short[] removeAllOccurences(final short[] array, final short eleme
      * @param <T> the type of object in the array
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.5
      * @deprecated Use {@link #removeAllOccurrences(Object[], Object)}
@@ -5623,7 +5614,6 @@ public static <T> T[] removeAllOccurences(final T[] array, final T element) {
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.10
      */
@@ -5641,7 +5631,6 @@ public static boolean[] removeAllOccurrences(final boolean[] array, final boolea
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.10
      */
@@ -5659,7 +5648,6 @@ public static byte[] removeAllOccurrences(final byte[] array, final byte element
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.10
      */
@@ -5677,7 +5665,6 @@ public static char[] removeAllOccurrences(final char[] array, final char element
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.10
      */
@@ -5695,7 +5682,6 @@ public static double[] removeAllOccurrences(final double[] array, final double e
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.10
      */
@@ -5713,7 +5699,6 @@ public static float[] removeAllOccurrences(final float[] array, final float elem
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.10
      */
@@ -5731,7 +5716,6 @@ public static int[] removeAllOccurrences(final int[] array, final int element) {
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.10
      */
@@ -5749,7 +5733,6 @@ public static long[] removeAllOccurrences(final long[] array, final long element
      *
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.10
      */
@@ -5768,7 +5751,6 @@ public static short[] removeAllOccurrences(final short[] array, final short elem
      * @param <T> the type of object in the array
      * @param element the element to remove
      * @param array the input array
-     *
      * @return A new array containing the existing elements except the occurrences of the specified element.
      * @since 3.10
      */

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/SerializationUtils.java

@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ public static void serialize(final Serializable obj, final OutputStream outputSt
      * <p>This constructor is public to permit tools that require a JavaBean instance
      * to operate.</p>
      * @since 2.0
-     *
      * @deprecated TODO Make private in 4.0.
      */
     @Deprecated

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringEscapeUtils.java

@@ -459,7 +459,6 @@ public static final String escapeCsv(final String input) {
      *
      * @param input  String to escape values in, may be null
      * @return String with escaped values, {@code null} if null string input
-     *
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public static final String escapeEcmaScript(final String input) {
@@ -472,7 +471,6 @@ public static final String escapeEcmaScript(final String input) {
      *
      * @param input  the {@link String} to escape, may be null
      * @return a new escaped {@link String}, {@code null} if null string input
-     *
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public static final String escapeHtml3(final String input) {
@@ -497,13 +495,11 @@ public static final String escapeHtml3(final String input) {
      *
      * @param input  the {@link String} to escape, may be null
      * @return a new escaped {@link String}, {@code null} if null string input
-     *
      * @see <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060225074150/https://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/special_characters/">ISO Entities</a>
      * @see <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html32#latin1">HTML 3.2 Character Entities for ISO Latin-1</a>
      * @see <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/entities.html">HTML 4.0 Character entity references</a>
      * @see <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/charset.html#h-5.3">HTML 4.01 Character References</a>
      * @see <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/charset.html#code-position">HTML 4.01 Code positions</a>
-     *
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public static final String escapeHtml4(final String input) {
@@ -555,7 +551,6 @@ public static final String escapeJava(final String input) {
      *
      * @param input  String to escape values in, may be null
      * @return String with escaped values, {@code null} if null string input
-     *
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static final String escapeJson(final String input) {
@@ -684,7 +679,6 @@ public static final String unescapeCsv(final String input) {
      * @see #unescapeJava(String)
      * @param input  the {@link String} to unescape, may be null
      * @return A new unescaped {@link String}, {@code null} if null string input
-     *
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public static final String unescapeEcmaScript(final String input) {
@@ -698,7 +692,6 @@ public static final String unescapeEcmaScript(final String input) {
      *
      * @param input  the {@link String} to unescape, may be null
      * @return a new unescaped {@link String}, {@code null} if null string input
-     *
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public static final String unescapeHtml3(final String input) {
@@ -719,7 +712,6 @@ public static final String unescapeHtml3(final String input) {
      *
      * @param input  the {@link String} to unescape, may be null
      * @return a new unescaped {@link String}, {@code null} if null string input
-     *
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public static final String unescapeHtml4(final String input) {
@@ -749,7 +741,6 @@ public static final String unescapeJava(final String input) {
      * @see #unescapeJava(String)
      * @param input  the {@link String} to unescape, may be null
      * @return A new unescaped {@link String}, {@code null} if null string input
-     *
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static final String unescapeJson(final String input) {

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java

@@ -5381,7 +5381,6 @@ public static String mid(final String str, int pos, final int len) {
      *      href="https://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/#function-normalize-space">https://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/#function-normalize-space</a>
      * @param str the source String to normalize whitespaces from, may be null
      * @return the modified string with whitespace normalized, {@code null} if null String input
-     *
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public static String normalizeSpace(final String str) {
@@ -5752,7 +5751,6 @@ public static String remove(final String str, final String remove) {
      * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
      * @see java.util.regex.Pattern#DOTALL
      * @since 3.5
-     *
      * @deprecated Moved to RegExUtils.
      */
     @Deprecated
@@ -5863,7 +5861,6 @@ public static String removeEndIgnoreCase(final String str, final String remove)
      * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
      * @see java.util.regex.Pattern#DOTALL
      * @since 3.5
-     *
      * @deprecated Moved to RegExUtils.
      */
     @Deprecated
@@ -5936,7 +5933,6 @@ public static String removeIgnoreCase(final String str, final String remove) {
      * @see Pattern#DOTALL
      * @since 3.2
      * @since 3.5 Changed {@code null} reference passed to this method is a no-op.
-     *
      * @deprecated Moved to RegExUtils.
      */
     @Deprecated
@@ -6259,7 +6255,6 @@ public static String replace(final String text, final String searchString, final
      * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
      * @see java.util.regex.Pattern#DOTALL
      * @since 3.5
-     *
      * @deprecated Moved to RegExUtils.
      */
     @Deprecated
@@ -6657,7 +6652,6 @@ public static String replaceEachRepeatedly(final String text, final String[] sea
      * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
      * @see java.util.regex.Pattern#DOTALL
      * @since 3.5
-     *
      * @deprecated Moved to RegExUtils.
      */
     @Deprecated
@@ -6828,7 +6822,6 @@ public static String replaceOnceIgnoreCase(final String text, final String searc
      * @see Pattern#DOTALL
      * @since 3.2
      * @since 3.5 Changed {@code null} reference passed to this method is a no-op.
-     *
      * @deprecated Moved to RegExUtils.
      */
     @Deprecated
@@ -7927,7 +7920,6 @@ public static String strip(String str, final String stripChars) {
      *
      * @param input String to be stripped
      * @return input text with diacritics removed
-     *
      * @since 3.0
      */
     // See also Lucene's ASCIIFoldingFilter (Lucene 2.9) that replaces accented characters by their unaccented equivalent (and uncommitted bug fix: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1343?focusedCommentId=12858907&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#action_12858907).

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/SystemUtils.java

@@ -862,7 +862,6 @@ public class SystemUtils {
      * </p>
      *
      * @since 3.4
-     *
      * @deprecated As of release 3.5, replaced by {@link #IS_JAVA_9}
      */
     @Deprecated

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ThreadUtils.java

@@ -342,7 +342,6 @@ public static Collection<ThreadGroup> findThreadGroupsByName(final String thread
      *
      * @param predicate the predicate
      * @return An unmodifiable {@link Collection} of active threads matching the given predicate
-     *
      * @throws NullPointerException if the predicate is null
      * @throws  SecurityException
      *          if the current thread cannot access the system thread group
@@ -401,7 +400,6 @@ public static Collection<Thread> findThreads(final ThreadGroup threadGroup, fina
      *
      * @param predicate the predicate
      * @return An unmodifiable {@link Collection} of active threads matching the given predicate
-     *
      * @throws NullPointerException if the predicate is null
      * @throws  SecurityException
      *          if the current thread cannot access the system thread group

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/arch/Processor.java

@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ public boolean is64Bit() {
      * Tests if {@link Processor} is type of Aarch64.
      *
      * @return {@code true}, if {@link Processor} is {@link Type#AARCH_64}, else {@code false}.
-     *
      * @since 3.13.0
      */
     public boolean isAarch64() {

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/Builder.java

@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
  * }</pre>
  *
  * @param <T> the type of object that the builder will construct or compute.
- *
  * @since 3.0
  */
 @FunctionalInterface

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/DiffResult.java

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
  * Use a {@link DiffBuilder} to build a {@link DiffResult} comparing two objects.
  * </p>
  * @param <T> type of the left and right object.
- *
  * @since 3.3
  */
 public class DiffResult<T> implements Iterable<Diff<?>> {

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/EqualsBuilder.java

@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ public class EqualsBuilder implements Builder<Boolean> {
      *
      * @param lhs {@code this} object
      * @param rhs the other object
-     *
      * @return the pair
      */
     static Pair<IDKey, IDKey> getRegisterPair(final Object lhs, final Object rhs) {
@@ -173,7 +172,6 @@ static boolean isRegistered(final Object lhs, final Object rhs) {
      * @param rhs  the other object
      * @param testTransients  whether to include transient fields
      * @return {@code true} if the two Objects have tested equals.
-     *
      * @see EqualsExclude
      */
     public static boolean reflectionEquals(final Object lhs, final Object rhs, final boolean testTransients) {
@@ -212,7 +210,6 @@ public static boolean reflectionEquals(final Object lhs, final Object rhs, final
      *  fields recursively.
      * @param excludeFields  array of field names to exclude from testing
      * @return {@code true} if the two Objects have tested equals.
-     *
      * @see EqualsExclude
      * @since 3.6
      */
@@ -260,7 +257,6 @@ public static boolean reflectionEquals(final Object lhs, final Object rhs, final
      *  may be {@code null}
      * @param excludeFields  array of field names to exclude from testing
      * @return {@code true} if the two Objects have tested equals.
-     *
      * @see EqualsExclude
      * @since 2.0
      */
@@ -288,7 +284,6 @@ public static boolean reflectionEquals(final Object lhs, final Object rhs, final
      * @param rhs  the other object
      * @param excludeFields  Collection of String field names to exclude from testing
      * @return {@code true} if the two Objects have tested equals.
-     *
      * @see EqualsExclude
      */
     public static boolean reflectionEquals(final Object lhs, final Object rhs, final Collection<String> excludeFields) {
@@ -314,7 +309,6 @@ public static boolean reflectionEquals(final Object lhs, final Object rhs, final
      * @param rhs  the other object
      * @param excludeFields  array of field names to exclude from testing
      * @return {@code true} if the two Objects have tested equals.
-     *
      * @see EqualsExclude
      */
     public static boolean reflectionEquals(final Object lhs, final Object rhs, final String... excludeFields) {