From 2f7046f572176f419f1a57db101cc4895afaec30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Brannen <sam@sambrannen.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:02:06 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Deprecate org.springframework.core.Constants utility

Closes gh-30851
---
 .../src/main/java/org/springframework/core/Constants.java      | 3 +++
 .../src/test/java/org/springframework/core/ConstantsTests.java | 1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/Constants.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/Constants.java
index 1c949d19d70e..d7096a13e514 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/Constants.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/Constants.java
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@
  * @author Rod Johnson
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 16.03.2003
+ * @deprecated since 6.1 with no replacement; use an enum, map, or similar custom
+ * solution instead
  */
+@Deprecated(since = "6.1")
 public class Constants {
 
 	/** The name of the introspected class. */
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/ConstantsTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/ConstantsTests.java
index 1c24092ff190..6a78181ec2cf 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/ConstantsTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/ConstantsTests.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
  * @author Rick Evans
  * @since 28.04.2003
  */
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 class ConstantsTests {
 
 	@Test