Replace org.hamcrest.Factory for backwards compatibility

Bug: 30946317
Test: make checkbuild
Change-Id: I47a2c30f820a35ceabdcdb3f972b36fd843f7d76

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/hamcrest-core/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/Factory.java b/hamcrest-core/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/Factory.java
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+package org.hamcrest;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+
+/**
+ * Marks a Hamcrest static factory method so tools recognise them.
+ * A factory method is an equivalent to a named constructor.
+ *
+ * @deprecated The code generator is no longer maintained. Write classes of syntactic sugar by hand.
+ * @author Joe Walnes
+ */
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+@Target({METHOD})
+@Deprecated
+public @interface Factory {
+}