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Diffstat (limited to 'hamcrest-core/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/CoreMatchers.java')
| -rw-r--r-- | hamcrest-core/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/CoreMatchers.java | 20 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/hamcrest-core/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/CoreMatchers.java b/hamcrest-core/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/CoreMatchers.java index dd36acb..400a491 100644 --- a/hamcrest-core/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/CoreMatchers.java +++ b/hamcrest-core/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/CoreMatchers.java @@ -25,13 +25,19 @@ public class CoreMatchers { } /** - * This is a shortcut to the frequently used is(instanceOf(SomeClass.class)). - * - * eg. assertThat(cheese, is(instanceOf(Cheddar.class))) - * vs assertThat(cheese, is(Cheddar.class)) - */ - public static org.hamcrest.Matcher<java.lang.Object> is(java.lang.Class<?> type) { - return org.hamcrest.core.Is.is(type); + * Provided to cause compile time error when used in preference to a possible runtime error if + * this was not here. + * + * <p>This method was removed upstream between Hamcrest 1.1 and 1.3 in favour of the + * instanceOf(Class) method. Unfortunately, existing usages of it could still compile against the + * {@link #is(Object)} method instead. Although not every existing usage would compile + * successfully it is possible that some could and that would result in a change in the runtime + * behavior that could be difficult to detect and fix. This change aims to turn any significant + * usage of this method into a compile time error. + * + * @deprecated Use instanceOf(SomeClass.class) instead. + */ + public static void is(java.lang.Class<?> type) { } /** |