Remove almost all deprecated methods from (Basic)BeanDescription (#4527)

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.java

@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.*;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonPOJOBuilder;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.*;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeBindings;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.Annotations;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.Converter;
 
@@ -82,26 +80,6 @@ public boolean isNonStaticInnerClass() {
      */
     public abstract boolean hasKnownClassAnnotations();
 
-    /**
-     * Accessor for type bindings that may be needed to fully resolve
-     * types of member object, such as return and argument types of
-     * methods and constructors, and types of fields.
-     *
-     * @deprecated Since 2.7, should not need to access bindings directly
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public abstract TypeBindings bindingsForBeanType();
-
-    /**
-     * Method for resolving given JDK type, using this bean as the
-     * generic type resolution context.
-     *
-     * @deprecated Since 2.8, should simply call <code>getType</code> of
-     *    property accessor directly.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public abstract JavaType resolveType(java.lang.reflect.Type jdkType);
-
     /**
      * Method for accessing collection of annotations the bean
      * class has.
@@ -129,14 +107,6 @@ public boolean isNonStaticInnerClass() {
      */
     public abstract List<BeanPropertyDefinition> findBackReferences();
 
-    /**
-     * Method for locating all back-reference properties (setters, fields) bean has
-     *
-     * @deprecated Since 2.9 use {@link #findBackReferences()} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public abstract Map<String,AnnotatedMember> findBackReferenceProperties();
-
     /*
     /**********************************************************
     /* Basic API for finding creator members
@@ -196,18 +166,6 @@ public boolean isNonStaticInnerClass() {
      */
     public abstract AnnotatedConstructor findDefaultConstructor();
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Since 2.13: instead use {@link #getConstructors()}, filter.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public abstract Constructor<?> findSingleArgConstructor(Class<?>... argTypes);
-
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Since 2.13: instead use {@link #getFactoryMethods()}, filter.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public abstract Method findFactoryMethod(Class<?>... expArgTypes);
-
     /*
     /**********************************************************
     /* Basic API for finding property accessors

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BasicBeanDescription.java

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonPOJOBuilder;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.HandlerInstantiator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.MapperConfig;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeBindings;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.Annotations;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.ClassUtil;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.Converter;
@@ -271,20 +270,6 @@ public Annotations getClassAnnotations() {
         return _classInfo.getAnnotations();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    @Deprecated // since 2.7
-    public TypeBindings bindingsForBeanType() {
-        return _type.getBindings();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    @Deprecated // since 2.8
-    public JavaType resolveType(java.lang.reflect.Type jdkType) {
-        // 06-Sep-2020, tatu: Careful wrt [databind#2846][databind#2821],
-        //     call new method added in 2.12
-        return _config.getTypeFactory().resolveMemberType(jdkType, _type.getBindings());
-    }
-
     @Override
     public AnnotatedConstructor findDefaultConstructor() {
         return _classInfo.getDefaultConstructor();
@@ -521,21 +506,6 @@ public List<BeanPropertyDefinition> findBackReferences()
         return result;
     }
 
-    @Deprecated // since 2.9
-    @Override
-    public Map<String,AnnotatedMember> findBackReferenceProperties()
-    {
-        List<BeanPropertyDefinition> props = findBackReferences();
-        if (props == null) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        Map<String,AnnotatedMember> result = new HashMap<>();
-        for (BeanPropertyDefinition prop : props) {
-            result.put(prop.getName(), prop.getMutator());
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
     /*
     /**********************************************************
     /* Introspection for deserialization, factories
@@ -589,45 +559,6 @@ public List<AnnotatedAndMetadata<AnnotatedMethod, JsonCreator.Mode>> getFactoryM
         return result;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    @Deprecated // since 2.13
-    public Constructor<?> findSingleArgConstructor(Class<?>... argTypes)
-    {
-        for (AnnotatedConstructor ac : _classInfo.getConstructors()) {
-            // This list is already filtered to only include accessible
-            if (ac.getParameterCount() == 1) {
-                Class<?> actArg = ac.getRawParameterType(0);
-                for (Class<?> expArg : argTypes) {
-                    if (expArg == actArg) {
-                        return ac.getAnnotated();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    @Deprecated // since 2.13
-    public Method findFactoryMethod(Class<?>... expArgTypes)
-    {
-        // So, of all single-arg static methods:
-        for (AnnotatedMethod am : _classInfo.getFactoryMethods()) {
-            // 24-Oct-2016, tatu: Better ensure it only takes 1 arg, no matter what
-            if (isFactoryMethod(am) && am.getParameterCount() == 1) {
-                // And must take one of expected arg types (or supertype)
-                Class<?> actualArgType = am.getRawParameterType(0);
-                for (Class<?> expArgType : expArgTypes) {
-                    // And one that matches what we would pass in
-                    if (actualArgType.isAssignableFrom(expArgType)) {
-                        return am.getAnnotated();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
     protected boolean isFactoryMethod(AnnotatedMethod am)
     {
         // First: return type must be compatible with the introspected class