From 22adccd19087ec867615e8f9b337b5d30799ff19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Brannen <104798+sbrannen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:49:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Deprecate methodIdentification() in CacheAspectSupport for
 removal

CacheAspectSupport currently contains a protected methodIdentification()
method which is not used internally within the framework, and it appears
that it was accidentally copied from TransactionAspectSupport when the
caching support was first introduced.

In light of that, this commit deprecates it for removal in 7.1.

Closes gh-36576
---
 .../springframework/cache/interceptor/CacheAspectSupport.java   | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/CacheAspectSupport.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/CacheAspectSupport.java
index 8fd02b97a74..36ce7f8802e 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/CacheAspectSupport.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/CacheAspectSupport.java
@@ -300,7 +300,9 @@ public abstract class CacheAspectSupport extends AbstractCacheInvoker
 	 * @param targetClass class the method is on
 	 * @return log message identifying this method
 	 * @see org.springframework.util.ClassUtils#getQualifiedMethodName
+	 * @deprecated since 6.2.18 with no replacement, for removal in 7.1
 	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "6.2.18", forRemoval = true)
 	protected String methodIdentification(Method method, Class<?> targetClass) {
 		Method specificMethod = ClassUtils.getMostSpecificMethod(method, targetClass);
 		return ClassUtils.getQualifiedMethodName(specificMethod);