[JAVA-29474] Replace commons-lang with commons-lang3 (#15514)

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-4/pom.xml

@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
@@ -32,8 +27,5 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <properties>
-        <commons-lang.version>2.2</commons-lang.version>
-    </properties>
 
 </project>

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-4/src/test/java/com/baeldung/collections/sorting/EmployeeSortingByDateUnitTest.java

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.time.DateUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.time.DateUtils;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;