StringUtils.repeat(String, [String,] int) now throws

IllegalArgumentException instead of NegativeArraySizeException (#1644).

Author: garydgregory

src/changes/changes.xml

@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke
     <action                   type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Omkhar Arasaratnam, Gary Gregory">RandomStringUtils.random(...): Can hang when the specified [start, end) range contains ONLY rejected code points (UNASSIGNED, PRIVATE_USE, SURROGATE). The loop increments count and retries indefinitely (#1638).</action>
     <action                   type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Omkhar Arasaratnam, Gary Gregory">TimedSemaphore.shutdown() must wake threads blocked in acquire() (#1639).</action>
     <action                   type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Omkhar Arasaratnam, Gary Gregory">NaN bypass in primitive double range validators (#1640).</action>
+    <action issue="LANG-1826" type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Cyl, Gary Gregory, Piotr Karwasz">StringUtils.repeat(String, [String,] int) now throws IllegalArgumentException instead of NegativeArraySizeException (#1644).</action>
     <!-- ADD -->
     <action                   type="add" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Add JavaVersion.JAVA_27.</action>
     <action                   type="add" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Add SystemUtils.IS_JAVA_27.</action>