Deprecate Spring nullability annotations

JSpecify annotations should be used instead.

See gh-28797

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/lang/NonNull.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import javax.annotation.meta.TypeQualifierNickname;
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 5.0
+ * @deprecated since 7.0; use {@link org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull} instead
  * @see NonNullApi
  * @see NonNullFields
  * @see Nullable
@@ -51,5 +52,6 @@ import javax.annotation.meta.TypeQualifierNickname;
 @Documented
 @Nonnull
 @TypeQualifierNickname
+@Deprecated
 public @interface NonNull {
 }

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/lang/NonNullApi.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import javax.annotation.meta.TypeQualifierDefault;
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 5.0
+ * @deprecated since 7.0; use {@link org.jspecify.annotations.NullMarked} instead
  * @see NonNullFields
  * @see Nullable
  * @see NonNull
@@ -47,5 +48,6 @@ import javax.annotation.meta.TypeQualifierDefault;
 @Documented
 @Nonnull
 @TypeQualifierDefault({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
+@Deprecated
 public @interface NonNullApi {
 }

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/lang/NonNullFields.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import javax.annotation.meta.TypeQualifierDefault;
  *
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @since 5.0
+ * @deprecated since 7.0; use {@link org.jspecify.annotations.NullMarked} instead
  * @see NonNullApi
  * @see Nullable
  * @see NonNull
@@ -46,5 +47,6 @@ import javax.annotation.meta.TypeQualifierDefault;
 @Documented
 @Nonnull
 @TypeQualifierDefault(ElementType.FIELD)
+@Deprecated
 public @interface NonNullFields {
 }

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/lang/Nullable.java

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import javax.annotation.meta.TypeQualifierNickname;
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 5.0
+ * @deprecated since 7.0; use {@link org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable} instead
  * @see NonNullApi
  * @see NonNullFields
  * @see NonNull
@@ -51,5 +52,6 @@ import javax.annotation.meta.TypeQualifierNickname;
 @Documented
 @CheckForNull
 @TypeQualifierNickname
+@Deprecated
 public @interface Nullable {
 }