RFR: 8321428: Deprecate for removal the package java.beans.beancontext [v4]

[Larry Cable]

On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:25:06 GMT, Larry Cable <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> the beancontext package was added (by me) in JDK 1.2 to provide JavaBeans(tm) with a containment and services hierarchy.
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>> based upon concepts from OpenDoc, which was a popular component model at the time, the API pre-dated the addition of language features such as annotations, and the invention and adoption of programming design patterns such as "Inversion of Control"  and/or "Dependency Injection".
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>> This API (package) has not evolved with either the language or current design trends, as such it is, at best, anachronistic, and is probably an anti-pattern that should be avoided.
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>> This package is therefore deprecated **FOR REMOVAL IN AT FUTURE RELEASE**
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> Larry Cable has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   changed copyright dates, and normalized @Deprecated formatting

can someone with write access review and push?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18569#issuecomment-2103560162