Readd new*List() methods on GeneratedMessageV3.

protobuf-github-bot · copybara-github · commit badaf41ecf58 · 2025-09-15T11:41:07.000-07:00
This will further restore compatibility on 4.x runtime with gencode to <= 3.21 This is a partial rollback from 7874474#diff-94b93e396de2304f28fafc97968031b4e2a3a598c7efdab8b252a156ac7c57dbL451-L452 with the methods readded onto GeneratedMessageV3. PiperOrigin-RevId: 807319417
diff --git a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/GeneratedMessageV3.java b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/GeneratedMessageV3.java
@@ -41,6 +41,41 @@ protected GeneratedMessageV3(Builder<?> builder) {
     super(builder);
   }
 
+  /* @deprecated This method is deprecated, and slated for removal in the next Java breaking change
+   * (5.x). Users should update gencode to >= 4.26.x which no longer uses this.
+   */
+  protected static IntList newIntList() {
+    return new IntArrayList();
+  }
+
+  /* @deprecated This method is deprecated, and slated for removal in the next Java breaking change
+   * (5.x). Users should update gencode to >= 4.26.x which no longer uses this.
+   */
+  protected static LongList newLongList() {
+    return new LongArrayList();
+  }
+
+  /* @deprecated This method is deprecated, and slated for removal in the next Java breaking change
+   * (5.x). Users should update gencode to >= 4.26.x which no longer uses this.
+   */
+  protected static FloatList newFloatList() {
+    return new FloatArrayList();
+  }
+
+  /* @deprecated This method is deprecated, and slated for removal in the next Java breaking change
+   * (5.x). Users should update gencode to >= 4.26.x which no longer uses this.
+   */
+  protected static DoubleList newDoubleList() {
+    return new DoubleArrayList();
+  }
+
+  /* @deprecated This method is deprecated, and slated for removal in the next Java breaking change
+   * (5.x). Users should update gencode to >= 4.26.x which no longer uses this.
+   */
+  protected static BooleanList newBooleanList() {
+    return new BooleanArrayList();
+  }
+
   /* @deprecated This method is deprecated, and slated for removal in the next Java breaking change
    * (5.x). Users should update gencode to >= 4.26.x which uses makeMutableCopy() instead.
    */
