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git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/codec/trunk@1745141 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

Author: sebbASF

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/digest/DigestUtils.java

@@ -961,7 +961,12 @@ public static boolean isAvailable(String messageDigestAlgorithm) {
 
     private final MessageDigest messageDigest;
 
-    // public to maintain binary compatibility
+   /**
+    * Preserves binary compatibity only.
+    * As for previous versions does not provide useful behaviour
+    * @deprecated since 1.11; only useful to preserve binary compatibility
+    */
+   @Deprecated
     public DigestUtils() {
         this.messageDigest = null;
     }