Remove deprecated APIs scheduled for removal in v5.2

Resolves #4398

Author: fmbenhassine

spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/JobParameters.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2006-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -378,24 +378,4 @@ public String toString() {
 		return new StringBuilder("{").append(String.join(",", parameters)).append("}").toString();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @return The {@link Properties} that contain the key and values for the
-	 * {@link JobParameter} objects.
-	 * @deprecated since 5.0, scheduled for removal in 5.2. Use
-	 * {@link org.springframework.batch.core.converter.JobParametersConverter#getProperties(JobParameters)}
-	 *
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "5.0", forRemoval = true)
-	public Properties toProperties() {
-		Properties props = new Properties();
-
-		for (Map.Entry<String, JobParameter<?>> param : parameters.entrySet()) {
-			if (param.getValue() != null) {
-				props.put(param.getKey(), Objects.toString(param.getValue().toString(), ""));
-			}
-		}
-
-		return props;
-	}
-
 }

spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/JobParametersBuilder.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2006-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -256,20 +256,6 @@ public JobParameters toJobParameters() {
 		return new JobParameters(this.parameterMap);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Add a new {@link JobParameter} for the given key.
-	 * @param key The parameter accessor.
-	 * @param jobParameter The runtime parameter.
-	 * @return a reference to this object.
-	 * @deprecated since 5.0, scheduled for removal in 5.2. Use {@link #addJobParameter}.
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "5.0", forRemoval = true)
-	public JobParametersBuilder addParameter(String key, JobParameter<?> jobParameter) {
-		Assert.notNull(jobParameter, "JobParameter must not be null");
-		this.parameterMap.put(key, jobParameter);
-		return this;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Add a new {@link JobParameter} for the given key.
 	 * @param key The parameter accessor.

spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/annotation/JobBuilderFactory.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2006-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -101,24 +101,6 @@ default JobInstance getJobInstance(String jobName, JobParameters jobParameters)
 	 */
 	String getParameters(long executionId) throws NoSuchJobExecutionException;
 
-	/**
-	 * Start a new instance of a job with the parameters specified.
-	 * @param jobName the name of the {@link Job} to launch
-	 * @param parameters the parameters to launch it with (new line separated key=value
-	 * pairs)
-	 * @return the id of the {@link JobExecution} that is launched
-	 * @throws NoSuchJobException if there is no {@link Job} with the specified name
-	 * @throws JobInstanceAlreadyExistsException if a job instance with this name and
-	 * parameters already exists
-	 * @throws JobParametersInvalidException thrown if any of the job parameters are
-	 * invalid.
-	 * @deprecated use {@link #start(String, Properties)} instead. Will be removed in
-	 * v5.2.
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "5.0.1", forRemoval = true)
-	Long start(String jobName, String parameters)
-			throws NoSuchJobException, JobInstanceAlreadyExistsException, JobParametersInvalidException;
-
 	/**
 	 * Start a new instance of a job with the parameters specified.
 	 * @param jobName the name of the {@link Job} to launch