From 6dd878d3c9262f51973fd167ca75421fc849d205 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: md-yasir <mohdyasir231990@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:10:53 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Deprecated public constructors instead of making it private.

---
 src/main/java/org/json/CDL.java        | 1 +
 src/main/java/org/json/Cookie.java     | 1 +
 src/main/java/org/json/CookieList.java | 3 ++-
 src/main/java/org/json/JSONML.java     | 3 ++-
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/CDL.java b/src/main/java/org/json/CDL.java
index df527f4..c13b333 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/CDL.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/CDL.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Public Domain.
  * @author JSON.org
  * @version 2016-05-01
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class CDL {
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/Cookie.java b/src/main/java/org/json/Cookie.java
index 630136e..48b69e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/Cookie.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/Cookie.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Public Domain.
  * @author JSON.org
  * @version 2015-12-09
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class Cookie {
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/CookieList.java b/src/main/java/org/json/CookieList.java
index e9dd4e6..293c200 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/CookieList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/CookieList.java
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ public class CookieList {
     /**
      * Constructs a new CookieList object.
      */
-    private CookieList() {
+    @Deprecated
+    public CookieList() {
     }
  
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONML.java b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONML.java
index 6b70208..9415c3e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONML.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONML.java
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ public class JSONML {
     /**
      * Constructs a new JSONML object.
      */
-    private JSONML() {
+    @Deprecated
+    public JSONML() {
     }