+ * @throws NullPointerException if any of the arguments is {@code null}
+ * @throws TransactionDatastoreMismatchException if this transaction is already bound to a different data store
+ * @deprecated Use of this method is a manifestation of bad lifecycle management: it attempts to create data tree
+ * parent nodes which may have semantic meaning without assigning responsibility. The datastore handles
+ * all the cases which do not attach semantics, such as {@code container}s without {@code presence},
+ * {@code augmentation} and {@code list} encapsulation.
+ * This method does not work in the general case, where there are:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>{@code container} parents with {@code presence}, as these form a {@code mandatory} enforcement
+ * boundary. We cannot infer the mandatory nodes from {@code path} and hence we may end up wanting
+ * to create an invalid structure</li>
+ * <li>{@code list} parents with {@code unique} encompassing other leaves than {@code key}. While we
+ * can re-create the key {@code leaf} items, we have no way of constructing of {@code unique}
+ * requirements.</li>
+ * </ul>
+ * Based on this analysis, all users of this method need to be migrated to have a proper lifecycle
+ * relationship with entities responsible for managing such semantic items which are created by this
+ * method.