Make emptyList public and mark the public EMPTY field as deprecated.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 495154966
protocolbuffers · Dec 14, 2022 · c658e27 · c658e27
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Showing 1 changed file with 8 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/LazyStringArrayList.java b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/LazyStringArrayList.java
@@ -67,12 +67,17 @@ public class LazyStringArrayList extends AbstractProtobufList<String>
     EMPTY_LIST.makeImmutable();
   }
 
-  static LazyStringArrayList emptyList() {
+  /** Returns an empty immutable {@code LazyStringArrayList} instance */
+  public static LazyStringArrayList emptyList() {
     return EMPTY_LIST;
   }
 
-  // For compatibility with older runtimes.
-  public static final LazyStringList EMPTY = EMPTY_LIST;
+  /**
+   * For compatibility with older runtimes.
+   *
+   * @deprecated use {@link emptyList()} instead
+   */
+  @Deprecated public static final LazyStringList EMPTY = EMPTY_LIST;
 
   private final List<Object> list;