From e2fa645e54ff5e8376edba3ab9f548e2593a0d48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rnveach <rveach02@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 10:08:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #2451: deprecated AbstractIllegalCheck

---
 .../tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractIllegalCheck.java   | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractIllegalCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractIllegalCheck.java
index e138be0d0..e980d72d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractIllegalCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractIllegalCheck.java
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check;
 
 /**
  * Support for checks that look for usage of illegal types.
+ * @deprecated Checkstyle will not support abstract checks anymore. Use {@link Check} instead.
  * @author Oliver Burn
+ * @noinspection AbstractClassNeverImplemented
  */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract class AbstractIllegalCheck extends Check {
     /** Illegal class names. */
     private final Set<String> illegalClassNames = Sets.newHashSet();