From e69e3e5b24c1bafa5a1eb4e9ad0500b6e043bd5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Paluch <mark.paluch@broadcom.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:05:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Deprecate `IdOnlyAggregateReference`.

Closes #2107
---
 .../data/jdbc/core/mapping/AggregateReference.java             | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/mapping/AggregateReference.java b/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/mapping/AggregateReference.java
index 08ab0b324..63c0a7944 100644
--- a/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/mapping/AggregateReference.java
+++ b/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/mapping/AggregateReference.java
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ public interface AggregateReference<T, ID> {
 	 *
 	 * @param <T>
 	 * @param <ID>
+	 * @deprecated since 3.5.3, will be converted to a package-private class in 4.0 as this class is an implementation
+	 *             detail and should not be used by application code.
 	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "3.5.3", forRemoval = true)
 	class IdOnlyAggregateReference<T, ID> implements AggregateReference<T, ID> {
 
 		private final ID id;