From c658e27529ccf4a000724ab3622f1b807c85449b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Protobuf Team Bot <protobuf-github-bot@google.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 16:22:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Make emptyList public and mark the public EMPTY field as
 deprecated.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 495154966
---
 .../java/com/google/protobuf/LazyStringArrayList.java | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/LazyStringArrayList.java b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/LazyStringArrayList.java
index a2de6f9cfe..fdf39e3498 100644
--- a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/LazyStringArrayList.java
+++ b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/LazyStringArrayList.java
@@ -67,12 +67,17 @@ public class LazyStringArrayList extends AbstractProtobufList<String>
     EMPTY_LIST.makeImmutable();
   }
 
-  static LazyStringArrayList emptyList() {
+  /** Returns an empty immutable {@code LazyStringArrayList} instance */
+  public static LazyStringArrayList emptyList() {
     return EMPTY_LIST;
   }
 
-  // For compatibility with older runtimes.
-  public static final LazyStringList EMPTY = EMPTY_LIST;
+  /**
+   * For compatibility with older runtimes.
+   *
+   * @deprecated use {@link emptyList()} instead
+   */
+  @Deprecated public static final LazyStringList EMPTY = EMPTY_LIST;
 
   private final List<Object> list;