From: Robert Varga <rovarga@cisco.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 13:51:08 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: BUG-865: deprecated DataNodeContainer.getDataChildByName(String)
X-Git-Tag: release/beryllium~136
X-Git-Url: https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fchanges%2F98%2F29498%2F2;p=yangtools.git

BUG-865: deprecated DataNodeContainer.getDataChildByName(String)

This method cannot be implemented in a predictable way and the caller
needs to deal with QName ambiguity. Deprecate it, scheduling it for
later removal.

Change-Id: I708dcecf80a5e735410f3bbf5cd604ebd054b51d
Signed-off-by: Robert Varga <rovarga@cisco.com>
---

diff --git a/yang/yang-model-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yangtools/yang/model/api/DataNodeContainer.java b/yang/yang-model-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yangtools/yang/model/api/DataNodeContainer.java
index 8b15c979a2..de27fece30 100644
--- a/yang/yang-model-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yangtools/yang/model/api/DataNodeContainer.java
+++ b/yang/yang-model-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yangtools/yang/model/api/DataNodeContainer.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ package org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
-
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.common.QName;
 
 /**
@@ -53,7 +52,11 @@ public interface DataNodeContainer {
      *            name of seeked child as String
      * @return child node of this DataNodeContainer if child with given name is
      *         present, null otherwise
+     *
+     * @deprecated This method disregards the namespace and thus leads to unpredictable results
+     *             when multiple children exist with the same localname, but with different namespaces.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     DataSchemaNode getDataChildByName(String name);
 
     /**