StringEscapeUtils can not be resolved

Question

I have added the dependency in pom.xml

<dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
            <version>3.1</version>
        </dependency>

but when i update maven dependencies and import the EscapeStringUtils using

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils;

i get it red underlined and error which states :

The import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils cannot be resolved

Jar file is there (downloaded) now how can i fix it, i have no idea. Kindly help me.

Thanks

Can you please check the position of the jar inside repository.Is it present in the proper folder structure? — Shreyos Adikari, Apr 10 '13 at 07:14
Do you have the apache-commons jar file in your project's build path? — midhunhk, Apr 10 '13 at 07:16

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 10 '13 at 07:33

Thanks for all replies, i solved it by downloading manually the .jar file from the following link and overwrite the existing jar downloaded by maven. (i don't know why it started working after manual download, but after all, its working)

http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/download_lang.cgi

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 10 '13 at 07:14

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If you sure that jar file includes StringEscapeUtils in the classpath you should clean the project.

answered Apr 10 '13 at 07:14

Ugur Artun

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This is a maven project. No need to add the jar in the classpath. – Shreyos Adikari Apr 10 '13 at 07:15
Sorry I meant local repository. – Ugur Artun Apr 10 '13 at 07:22
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I take this reason into account and directly extracted manually downloaded libraries into Maven desire folder. At last, a clean build solves the issue. Thanks! – Sumit Ramteke Oct 22 '13 at 23:49

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 11 '15 at 09:09

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I had a similar issue and I solved using this:

org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml4(testToBeTranslated)

answered Sep 11 '15 at 09:09

Andrea Girardi

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 02 '18 at 09:28

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Delete contents inside .m2\repository\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3.

Update project - Go to eclipse project -> maven -> Update Project and Check force update.

answered Feb 02 '18 at 09:28

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 16 '22 at 19:58

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In my case, my maven project contains both pom.xml and module-info.java files. I thought that they conflicted. Then I deleted the module-info.java file. And problem is solved.

answered Dec 16 '22 at 19:58

ÖMER TAŞCI

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StringEscapeUtils can not be resolved

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