Add deprecation flags for LegacyQTTools/LegacyQTReader/LegacyQTWriter

These classes depended on the external QuickTime for Java library which is long obsolete. This commit marks them as deprecated in preparation for removal in the upcoming major release of Bio-Formats
dgault · Jun 29, 2023 · 2bb21f9 · 2bb21f9
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diff --git a/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/gui/LegacyQTTools.java b/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/gui/LegacyQTTools.java
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@
 
 /**
  * Utility class for working with QuickTime for Java.
+ *
+ * @Deprecated LegacyQTTools will be removed in Bio-Formats 7.0.0
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class LegacyQTTools {
 
   // -- Constants --

diff --git a/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/in/LegacyQTReader.java b/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/in/LegacyQTReader.java
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@
  *
  * Much of this code was based on the QuickTime Movie Opener for ImageJ
  * (available at http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/plugins/movie-opener.html).
+ *
+ * @Deprecated LegacyQTReader will be removed in Bio-Formats 7.0.0
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class LegacyQTReader extends BIFormatReader {
 
   // -- Fields --

diff --git a/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/out/LegacyQTWriter.java b/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/out/LegacyQTWriter.java
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@
  *
  * Much of this code was based on the QuickTime Movie Writer for ImageJ
  * (available at http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/plugins/movie-writer.html).
+ *
+ * @Deprecated LegacyQTWriter will be removed in Bio-Formats 7.0.0
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class LegacyQTWriter extends FormatWriter {
 
   // -- Constants --