Deprecate constructor Counters.Counters() to be private in 4.0

garydgregory · garydgregory · commit 26f03d3ce628 · 2024-12-10T16:17:20.000-05:00
Add missing Javadoc
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
   <body>
     <release version="2.19.0" date="YYYY-MM-DD" description="Version 2.18.1: Java 8 is required.">
       <!-- FIX -->
+      <action dev="ggregory" type="fix"                due-to="Gary Gregory">Deprecate constructor Counters.Counters() to be private in 4.0.</action>
       <!-- ADD -->
       <action dev="ggregory" type="add" issue="IO-860" due-to="Nico Strecker, Gary Gregory">Add ThrottledInputStream.Builder.setMaxBytes(long, ChronoUnit).</action>
       <action dev="ggregory" type="add"                due-to="Gary Gregory">Add IOIterable.</action>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/file/Counters.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/file/Counters.java
@@ -451,4 +451,14 @@ public static Counter noopCounter() {
     public static PathCounters noopPathCounters() {
         return NoopPathCounters.INSTANCE;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a new instance.
+     *
+     * @deprecated Will be private in 4.0
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    public Counters() {
+        // empty
+    }
 }
