Integrated: 8321428: Deprecate for removal the package java.beans.beancontext

[Larry Cable]

On Mon, 1 Apr 2024 22:53:12 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.
> 
> This package is therefore deprecated **FOR REMOVAL IN AT FUTURE RELEASE**

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: e0d1c4b3
Author:    Larry Cable <larry.cable at oracle.com>
Committer: Alexey Ivanov <aivanov at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/e0d1c4b38c7ad2dc67f3d14b0b179b313c85fc0a
Stats:     74 lines in 20 files changed: 52 ins; 0 del; 22 mod

8321428: Deprecate for removal the package java.beans.beancontext

Reviewed-by: prr, tr, iris, serb, aivanov

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18569