Merge branch '2.x' into 3.x

Author: cowtowncoder

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ NOTE: Jackson 3.x components rely on 2.x annotations; there are no separate
 #296: Drop Java 6 compatibility for 2.20 (Java 8 baseline)
 - Dropped Gradle BOM alignment configuration (as 2.20+ will be used by Jackson 3.x)
 
+2.19.2 (18-Jul-2025)
+
+Minor forwards-compatibility changes.
+
 2.19.1 (13-Jun-2025)
 
 #291: Add `optional` property for `@JacksonInject` to allow optionally injected values

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonAutoDetect.java

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public boolean isVisible(Member m) {
     /**
      * Minimum visibility required for auto-detecting Creator methods,
      * except for no-argument constructors (which are always detected
-     * no matter what), and (since 3.0) single-scalar-argument
+     * no matter what), and (since 2.20) single-scalar-argument
      * Creators for which there is separate setting.
      */
     Visibility creatorVisibility() default Visibility.DEFAULT;
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public boolean isVisible(Member m) {
      * Default value is more permissive than that of general Creators:
      * all non-private scalar-constructors are detected by default.
      *
-     * @since 3.0
+     * @since 2.20
      */
     Visibility scalarConstructorVisibility() default Visibility.DEFAULT;
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public static class Value
         protected final Visibility _creatorVisibility;
 
         /**
-         * @since 3.0
+         * @since 2.20
          */
         protected final Visibility _scalarConstructorVisibility;
 
@@ -252,6 +252,15 @@ public static Value construct(PropertyAccessor acc, Visibility visibility) {
             return construct(fields, getters, isGetters, setters, creators, scalarCtors);
         }
 
+        @Deprecated // since 2.20
+        public static Value construct(Visibility fields,
+                Visibility getters, Visibility isGetters, Visibility setters,
+                Visibility creators)
+        {
+            return construct(fields, getters, isGetters, setters, creators,
+                    Visibility.DEFAULT);
+        }
+
         public static Value construct(Visibility fields,
                 Visibility getters, Visibility isGetters, Visibility setters,
                 Visibility creators, Visibility scalarCtors)