Deprecate getCharacterData method in service layer

diff --git a/cdmlib-services/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/api/service/OccurrenceServiceImpl.java b/cdmlib-services/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/api/service/OccurrenceServiceImpl.java
index 8e647fa91d9e016dbea10b8ce689067c70a08ab1..4f97370b0852e09fd8613b01e944a9a008fb946c 100644 (file)
--- a/cdmlib-services/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/api/service/OccurrenceServiceImpl.java
+++ b/cdmlib-services/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/api/service/OccurrenceServiceImpl.java
@@ -1274,6 +1274,7 @@ public class OccurrenceServiceImpl extends IdentifiableServiceBase<SpecimenOrObs
     }
 
     @Override
+    @Deprecated //this is not a service layer task so it may be removed in future versions
     public Collection<DescriptionElementBase> getCharacterDataForSpecimen(SpecimenOrObservationBase<?> specimen) {
         if (specimen != null) {
             return specimen.characterData();