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-# Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
-# license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
-# this work for additional information regarding copyright
-# ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
-# the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-# not use this file except in compliance  with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on
-# an 'AS IS' BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
-# either express or implied. See the License for the specific
-# language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
-
-@defaultMessage Convert to URI
-java.net.URL#getPath()
-java.net.URL#getFile()
-
-@defaultMessage Usage of getLocalHost is discouraged
-java.net.InetAddress#getLocalHost()
-
-@defaultMessage Use java.nio.file instead of java.io.File API
-java.util.jar.JarFile
-java.util.zip.ZipFile
-java.io.File
-java.io.FileInputStream
-java.io.FileOutputStream
-java.io.PrintStream#<init>(java.lang.String,java.lang.String)
-java.io.PrintWriter#<init>(java.lang.String,java.lang.String)
-java.util.Formatter#<init>(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.util.Locale)
-java.io.RandomAccessFile
-java.nio.file.Path#toFile()
-
-@defaultMessage Don't use deprecated lucene apis
-org.apache.lucene.index.DocsEnum
-org.apache.lucene.index.DocsAndPositionsEnum
-org.apache.lucene.queries.TermFilter
-org.apache.lucene.queries.TermsFilter
-org.apache.lucene.search.TermRangeFilter
-org.apache.lucene.search.NumericRangeFilter
-org.apache.lucene.search.PrefixFilter
-
-java.nio.file.Paths @ Use PathUtils.get instead.
-java.nio.file.FileSystems#getDefault() @ use PathUtils.getDefault instead.
-
-@defaultMessage Specify a location for the temp file/directory instead.
-java.nio.file.Files#createTempDirectory(java.lang.String,java.nio.file.attribute.FileAttribute[])
-java.nio.file.Files#createTempFile(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.nio.file.attribute.FileAttribute[])
-
-@defaultMessage Don't use java serialization - this can break BWC without noticing it
-java.io.ObjectOutputStream
-java.io.ObjectOutput
-java.io.ObjectInputStream
-java.io.ObjectInput
-
-java.nio.file.Files#isHidden(java.nio.file.Path) @ Dependent on the operating system, use FileSystemUtils.isHidden instead
-
-java.nio.file.Files#getFileStore(java.nio.file.Path) @ Use Environment.getFileStore() instead, impacted by JDK-8034057
-java.nio.file.Files#isWritable(java.nio.file.Path) @ Use Environment.isWritable() instead, impacted by JDK-8034057
-
-@defaultMessage Resolve hosts explicitly to the address(es) you want with InetAddress.
-java.net.InetSocketAddress#<init>(java.lang.String,int)
-java.net.Socket#<init>(java.lang.String,int)
-java.net.Socket#<init>(java.lang.String,int,java.net.InetAddress,int)
-
-@defaultMessage Don't bind to wildcard addresses. Be specific.
-java.net.DatagramSocket#<init>()
-java.net.DatagramSocket#<init>(int)
-java.net.InetSocketAddress#<init>(int)
-java.net.MulticastSocket#<init>()
-java.net.MulticastSocket#<init>(int)
-java.net.ServerSocket#<init>(int)
-java.net.ServerSocket#<init>(int,int)
-
-@defaultMessage use NetworkAddress format/formatAddress to print IP or IP+ports
-java.net.InetAddress#toString()
-java.net.InetAddress#getHostAddress()
-java.net.Inet4Address#getHostAddress()
-java.net.Inet6Address#getHostAddress()
-java.net.InetSocketAddress#toString()
-
-@defaultMessage avoid DNS lookups by accident: if you have a valid reason, then @SuppressWarnings with that reason so its completely clear
-java.net.InetAddress#getHostName()
-java.net.InetAddress#getCanonicalHostName()
-
-java.net.InetSocketAddress#getHostName() @ Use getHostString() instead, which avoids a DNS lookup
-
-@defaultMessage avoid adding additional dependencies on Guava
-com.google.common.collect.Lists
-com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList
-com.google.common.base.Objects
-com.google.common.base.Predicate
-com.google.common.base.Predicates
-com.google.common.base.Strings
-com.google.common.base.Throwables
-com.google.common.collect.Maps
-com.google.common.collect.Sets
-com.google.common.base.Preconditions
-com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSortedSet
-com.google.common.collect.Queues
-com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture
-com.google.common.util.concurrent.SettableFuture
-com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures
-com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors
-com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSortedMap
-com.google.common.base.Charsets
-com.google.common.base.Function
-com.google.common.collect.Collections2
-com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache
-com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader
-com.google.common.collect.Iterables
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-com.google.common.util.concurrent.UncheckedExecutionException
-com.google.common.util.concurrent.AtomicLongMap
-com.google.common.primitives.Longs
-com.google.common.io.ByteStreams
-com.google.common.collect.UnmodifiableIterator
-com.google.common.collect.ObjectArrays
-com.google.common.collect.Multimap
-com.google.common.collect.MultimapBuilder
-=======
-com.google.common.base.Joiner
->>>>>>> Remove and forbid use of com.google.common.base.Joiner
-
-@defaultMessage Do not violate java's access system
-java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject#setAccessible(boolean)
-java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject#setAccessible(java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject[], boolean)