Upgrading entities from 7.x to 8.x

Comparison of the public API of entities 7.0.1 and 8.1.0, computed automatically from their TypeScript types. A changed signature is a candidate for a breaking change, not a certainty.

Summary

Removed import paths	0
Removed exports	9
Changed signatures	7
Removed class or interface members	0
Changed class or interface members	0
Newly deprecated	1
Requirement changes (engines, peer dependencies)	1
New exports	2

Removed exports

import	export	kind	Before
`entities`	`decodeHTML4`	function	`(htmlString: string, mode?: DecodingMode \| undefined): string`
`entities`	`decodeHTML5`	function	`(htmlString: string, mode?: DecodingMode \| undefined): string`
`entities`	`encodeHTML4`	function	`(input: string): string`
`entities`	`encodeHTML5`	function	`(input: string): string`
`entities`	`decodeStrict`	function	`(input: string, options?: DecodingOptions \| EntityLevel \| undefined): string`
`entities`	`decodeHTML4Strict`	function	`(htmlString: string): string`
`entities`	`decodeHTML5Strict`	function	`(htmlString: string): string`
`entities/decode`	`fromCodePoint`	variable	`(...codePoints: number[]): string`
`entities/decode`	`decodeCodePoint`	function	`(codePoint: number): string`

Changed signatures

export	Before	After
`entities · escapeText`	`(data: string): string`	`(data: string): string`
`entities · escapeUTF8`	`(data: string): string`	`(data: string): string`
`entities · escapeAttribute`	`(data: string): string`	`(data: string): string`
`entities/escape · escapeText`	`(data: string): string`	`(data: string): string`
`entities/escape · escapeUTF8`	`(data: string): string`	`(data: string): string`
`entities/escape · getCodePoint`	`(c: string, index: number): number`	`(input: string, index: number): number`
`entities/escape · escapeAttribute`	`(data: string): string`	`(data: string): string`

Removed class or interface members

None detected.

Changed class or interface members

None detected.

Newly deprecated

export	@deprecated
`entities/escape · getCodePoint`	Use `String.prototype.codePointAt` directly instead; this export will be removed in the next major.

Requirement changes (engines, peer dependencies)

	Before	After
`engines.node`	`>=0.12`	`>=20.19.0`

New exports (2)

import	export	kind
`entities/decode`	`replaceCodePointXML`	function
`entities/escape`	`xmlEncodeRegex`	variable

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Frequently asked questions

What are the breaking changes when upgrading entities from 7 to 8?

Between entities 7.0.1 and 8.1.0, Vigia found 9 removed exports, 7 changed signatures and 0 removed or changed class or interface members.

What became deprecated in entities 8?

1 exports or members are newly marked as deprecated in entities 8.1.0.

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