Remove deprecation annotation of

org.apache.commons.collections4.Factory; this will be deprecated in 5.0
in favor of java.util.function.Supplier

- Remove deprecation annotation of
org.apache.commons.collections4.Predicate; this will be deprecated in
5.0 in favor of java.util.function.Predicate
- Remove deprecation annotation of
org.apache.commons.collections4.Transformer; this will be deprecated in
5.0 in favor of java.util.function.Function

Author: garydgregory

src/changes/changes.xml

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
   <release version="4.5.1" date="YYYY-MM-DD" description="This is a feature and maintenance release. Java 8 or later is required.">
     <!-- FIX -->
     <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">org.apache.commons.collections4.map.AbstractReferenceMap.ReferenceEntry.toReference(ReferenceStrength, T, int) now throws IllegalArgumentException instead of Error</action>
+    <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Eric Hubert, Gary Gregory">Remove deprecation annotation of org.apache.commons.collections4.Factory; this will be deprecated in 5.0 in favor of java.util.function.Supplier.</action>
+    <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Eric Hubert, Gary Gregory">Remove deprecation annotation of org.apache.commons.collections4.Predicate; this will be deprecated in 5.0 in favor of java.util.function.Predicate.</action>
+    <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Eric Hubert, Gary Gregory">Remove deprecation annotation of org.apache.commons.collections4.Transformer; this will be deprecated in 5.0 in favor of java.util.function.Function.</action>
     <!-- ADD -->
     <!-- UPDATE -->
     <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory, Dependabot">Bump org.apache.commons:commons-parent from 81 to 83 #612.</action>

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/Factory.java

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
  *
  * @param <T> the type of results supplied by this supplier.
  * @since 2.1
- * @deprecated Use {@link Supplier}.
+ * This will be deprecated in 5.0 in favor of {@link Supplier}.
  */
-@Deprecated
+//@Deprecated
 public interface Factory<T> extends Supplier<T> {
 
     /**

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/Predicate.java

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
  *
  * @param <T> the type of the input to the predicate.
  * @since 1.0
- * @deprecated Use {@link java.util.function.Predicate}.
+ * This will be deprecated in 5.0 in favor of {@link java.util.function.Predicate}.
  */
-@Deprecated
+//@Deprecated
 public interface Predicate<T> extends java.util.function.Predicate<T> {
 
     /**

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/Transformer.java

@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
  * @param <T> the type of the input to the function.
  * @param <R> the type of the result of the function.
  * @since 1.0
- * @deprecated Use {@link Function}.
+ * This will be deprecated in 5.0 in favor of  {@link Function}.
  */
-@Deprecated
+//@Deprecated
 @FunctionalInterface
 public interface Transformer<T, R> extends Function<T, R> {