BUG-2383: deprecate ModificationType.MERGE

[yangtools.git] / yang / yang-data-api / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / yangtools / yang / data / api / schema / tree / ModificationType.java

diff --git a/yang/yang-data-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yangtools/yang/data/api/schema/tree/ModificationType.java b/yang/yang-data-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yangtools/yang/data/api/schema/tree/ModificationType.java
index 047d71e481bccae3df5bffd2014f6c9b12e94f80..3c2c299fff8735852f988dabb8773843bfb75e8d 100644 (file)
--- a/yang/yang-data-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yangtools/yang/data/api/schema/tree/ModificationType.java
+++ b/yang/yang-data-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yangtools/yang/data/api/schema/tree/ModificationType.java
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ public enum ModificationType {
      * contents, it has been merged. This means that any incoming nodes which
      * were present in the tree have been replaced, but their child nodes have
      * been retained.
+     *
+     * @deprecated This value is never reported. Whenever it would be reported, based
+     *             on the actual effects, either {@link #WRITE} or {@link #SUBTREE_MODIFIED}
+     *             is reported.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     MERGE,
 }