GEODE-7369: Deprecate SystemFailure Class (#4253)
diff --git a/geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/SystemFailure.java b/geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/SystemFailure.java
index d9dad3a..c3f4e34 100644
--- a/geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/SystemFailure.java
+++ b/geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/SystemFailure.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
import org.apache.geode.logging.internal.executors.LoggingThread;
/**
+ *
* Catches and responds to JVM failure
* <p>
* This class represents a catastrophic failure of the system, especially the Java virtual machine.
@@ -142,7 +143,14 @@
* </pre>
*
* @since GemFire 5.1
+ *
+ * @deprecated since Geode 1.11 because it is potentially counterproductive to try
+ * to mitigate a VirtualMachineError since the JVM (spec) makes no guarantees about the
+ * soundness of the JVM after such an error. In the presence of a VirtualMachineError,
+ * the simplest solution is really the only solution: exit the JVM as soon as possible.
+ *
*/
+@Deprecated
@edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressWarnings(value = "DM_GC",
justification = "This class performs System.gc as last ditch effort during out-of-memory condition.")
public final class SystemFailure {
