This commit removes unnecessary main-branch merges starting from
8750608b5bca45525c99d0a41a20ed02de93d8c7 and adds the following
needed commit(s) that were made afterward:
- 5dce82c48bc0b174838501c5a111b2de70822914
- unauthenticated factory method
- authenticated factory method
- test for unauthenticated factory method
- test for authenticated factory method
- make existing constructor protected
- use newly factory methods in rest of the project
- update copyright dates
Closes gh-10790
- unauthenticated factory method
- authenticated factory method
- test for unauthenticated factory method
- test for authenticated factory method
- make existing constructor protected
- use newly factory methods in rest of the project
- update copyright dates
Closes gh-10790