--- /Soundex.java	2023-07-05 02:22:11.038132507 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Soundex.java	2023-07-05 02:22:11.038132507 +0200
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
      * 
      * @deprecated This feature is not needed since the encoding size must be constant. Will be removed in 2.0.
      */
-    private int maxLength = 4;
+private  short  maxLength = 4;
 
     /**
      * Every letter of the alphabet is "mapped" to a numerical value. This char array holds the values to which each
