Deprecate AST_MATCH

cushon · Error Prone Team · commit 190e452caa94 · 2026-03-31T06:44:23.000-07:00
PiperOrigin-RevId: 892308248
diff --git a/test_helpers/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/BugCheckerRefactoringTestHelper.java b/test_helpers/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/BugCheckerRefactoringTestHelper.java
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ private String maybeFormat(String input, boolean allowFormattingErrors) {
         }
       }
     },
+    /**
+     * @deprecated prefer {@link #TEXT_MATCH}, which formats the actual and expected output to be
+     *     lenient of whitespace differences. {@link #AST_MATCH} will ignore differences in
+     *     comments, and may miss other differences that aren't detectable in the AST.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     AST_MATCH {
       @Override
       void verifyMatch(

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`@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ private String maybeFormat(String input, boolean allowFormattingErrors) {`
`120`	`120`	`}`
`121`	`121`	`}`
`122`	`122`	`},`
	`123`	`+ /**`
	`124`	`+ * @deprecated prefer {@link #TEXT_MATCH}, which formats the actual and expected output to be`
	`125`	`+ * lenient of whitespace differences. {@link #AST_MATCH} will ignore differences in`
	`126`	`+ * comments, and may miss other differences that aren't detectable in the AST.`
	`127`	`+ */`
	`128`	`+ @Deprecated`
`123`	`129`	`AST_MATCH {`
`124`	`130`	`@Override`
`125`	`131`	`void verifyMatch(`