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Here are the key reasons to use the new updated API provided by GroupDocs.Redaction for .NET since version 19.9:

• Redactor class introduced as a single entry point to manage the document redaction process (instead of Documentclass from previous versions).

• Methods RedactWith() of the Document class were replaced with similar Apply() methods in Redactor class.

• Method Document.Save(Stream, SaveOptions) was replaced with Redactor.Save(Stream, RasterizationOptions).

• Constructor LoadOptions(DocumentFormatConfiguration) was removed.

• Exception and option classes were put in separate namespaces. 

• RedactionSummary was renamed into RedactorChangeLog, RedactionLogEntry into RedactorLogEntry, MetadataFilter into MetadataFilters.

• Obsolete members were removed from Public API.

• Added a number of new exception classes and base exception class for GroupDocs.Redaction exceptions.

The following example demonstrates how to redact Microsoft Office Word document and dumping statuses of applied redactions using old and new API:

Old coding style

using (Document doc = Redactor.Load(@"Documents/Doc/sample.docx"))
{
    // Here we can use document instance to perform redactions
	RedactionSummary summary = doc.RedactWith(new ExactPhraseRedaction("John Doe", new ReplacementOptions("[personal]")));
	foreach (RedactionLogEntry entry in summary.RedactionLog)
	{
		Console.WriteLine(entry.Status.ToString());
	}
    doc.Save();
}

New coding style

using (Redactor redactor = new Redactor(@"Documents/Doc/sample.docx"))
{
    // Here we can use document instance to perform redactions
    RedactorChangeLog result = redactor.Apply(new ExactPhraseRedaction("John Doe", new ReplacementOptions("[personal]")));
	foreach (RedactorLogEntry entry in result.RedactionLog)
	{
		Console.WriteLine(entry.Status.ToString());
	}
	redactor.Save();
}

For more code examples and specific use cases please refer to our Developer Guide documentation or GitHub samples and showcases.