Deprecate JUnit 4 OutputCaptureRule

philwebb · philwebb · commit 6642bf7beb33 · 2025-09-17T16:40:32.000-07:00
Closes gh-47256
diff --git a/core/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/system/OutputCaptureRule.java b/core/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/system/OutputCaptureRule.java
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@
  * @author Phillip Webb
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
  * @since 2.2.0
+ * @deprecated since 4.0.0 in favor of JUnit 5 and {@link OutputCaptureExtension}
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class OutputCaptureRule implements TestRule, CapturedOutput {
 
 	private final OutputCapture delegate = new OutputCapture();
diff --git a/core/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/system/OutputCaptureRuleTests.java b/core/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/system/OutputCaptureRuleTests.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  *
  * @author Roland Weisleder
  */
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class OutputCaptureRuleTests {
 
 	@Rule

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`@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@`
`26`	`26`	`*`
`27`	`27`	`* @author Roland Weisleder`
`28`	`28`	`*/`
	`29`	`+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")`
`29`	`30`	`public class OutputCaptureRuleTests {`
`30`	`31`
`31`	`32`	`@Rule`