(maven) branch master updated: docs: document deprecation rationale for XmlNode constants (#11569)

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     new 1eba25efac docs: document deprecation rationale for XmlNode constants 
(#11569)
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commit 1eba25efac405ad5dac04c780dd076b32f525714
Author: Anukalp Pandey <pandeyanuka...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Dec 17 20:50:44 2025 +0530

    docs: document deprecation rationale for XmlNode constants (#11569)
---
 api/maven-api-xml/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/xml/XmlNode.java | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git 
a/api/maven-api-xml/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/xml/XmlNode.java 
b/api/maven-api-xml/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/xml/XmlNode.java
index 7cf78c9cc1..a78357a091 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-xml/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/xml/XmlNode.java
+++ b/api/maven-api-xml/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/xml/XmlNode.java
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
 @Immutable
 public interface XmlNode {
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated since 4.0.0.
+     *             Use {@link XmlService#CHILDREN_COMBINATION_MODE_ATTRIBUTE} 
instead.
+     */
     @Deprecated(since = "4.0.0", forRemoval = true)
     String CHILDREN_COMBINATION_MODE_ATTRIBUTE = 
XmlService.CHILDREN_COMBINATION_MODE_ATTRIBUTE;