Deprecate get* methods in non-record classes

Public getter methods in non-record classes (DatabaseReader, exception
classes) have been renamed to follow the same naming convention as
records (e.g., metadata() instead of getMetadata()). The old getter
methods are still available but have been deprecated and will be removed
in version 6.0.0.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

Author: oschwald

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ CHANGELOG
 * **BREAKING:** Removed no longer necessary `JacksonInject` annotations for
   `ip_address`, `network`, and `traits` from several classes. The
   `JsonInjector` class was removed.
+* Public getter methods in non-record classes (e.g., `DatabaseReader`,
+  exception classes) have been renamed to follow the same naming convention as
+  records (e.g., `metadata()` instead of `getMetadata()`). The old getter
+  methods are still available but have been deprecated and will be removed in
+  version 6.0.0.
 
 4.4.0 (2025-08-28)
 ------------------

src/main/java/com/maxmind/geoip2/DatabaseReader.java

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ private DatabaseReader(Builder builder) throws IOException {
     }
 
     private int getDatabaseType() {
-        String databaseType = this.getMetadata().getDatabaseType();
+        String databaseType = this.metadata().getDatabaseType();
         int type = 0;
         if (databaseType.contains("GeoIP2-Anonymous-IP")) {
             type |= DatabaseType.ANONYMOUS_IP.type;
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ private <T> LookupResult<T> get(InetAddress ipAddress, Class<T> cls,
             String caller = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[3]
                 .getMethodName();
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                "Invalid attempt to open a " + getMetadata().getDatabaseType()
+                "Invalid attempt to open a " + metadata().getDatabaseType()
                     + " database using the " + caller + " method");
         }
 
@@ -735,7 +735,16 @@ private Optional<IspResponse> getIsp(
     /**
      * @return the metadata for the open MaxMind DB file.
      */
-    public Metadata getMetadata() {
+    public Metadata metadata() {
         return this.reader.getMetadata();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the metadata for the open MaxMind DB file.
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #metadata()} instead. This method will be removed in 6.0.0.
+     */
+    @Deprecated(since = "5.0.0", forRemoval = true)
+    public Metadata getMetadata() {
+        return metadata();
+    }
 }

src/main/java/com/maxmind/geoip2/exception/HttpException.java

@@ -39,16 +39,34 @@ public HttpException(String message, int httpStatus, URI uri,
     /**
      * @return the HTTP status of the query that caused the exception.
      */
-    public int getHttpStatus() {
+    public int httpStatus() {
         return this.httpStatus;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the HTTP status of the query that caused the exception.
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #httpStatus()} instead. This method will be removed in 6.0.0.
+     */
+    @Deprecated(since = "5.0.0", forRemoval = true)
+    public int getHttpStatus() {
+        return httpStatus();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return the URI queried.
      */
-    public URI getUri() {
+    public URI uri() {
         return this.uri;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the URI queried.
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #uri()} instead. This method will be removed in 6.0.0.
+     */
+    @Deprecated(since = "5.0.0", forRemoval = true)
+    public URI getUri() {
+        return uri();
+    }
+
 
 }

src/main/java/com/maxmind/geoip2/exception/InvalidRequestException.java

@@ -39,15 +39,33 @@ public InvalidRequestException(String message, String code, int httpStatus,
     /**
      * @return The error code returned by the MaxMind web service.
      */
-    public String getCode() {
+    public String code() {
         return this.code;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return The error code returned by the MaxMind web service.
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #code()} instead. This method will be removed in 6.0.0.
+     */
+    @Deprecated(since = "5.0.0", forRemoval = true)
+    public String getCode() {
+        return code();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return the URI queried.
      */
-    public URI getUri() {
+    public URI uri() {
         return this.uri;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the URI queried.
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #uri()} instead. This method will be removed in 6.0.0.
+     */
+    @Deprecated(since = "5.0.0", forRemoval = true)
+    public URI getUri() {
+        return uri();
+    }
+
 }