Deprecate Project.getReuseExistingRulesConfig

sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/CoreProperties.java

@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ public interface CoreProperties {
   String PROJECT_LANGUAGE_PROPERTY = "sonar.language";
   String DYNAMIC_ANALYSIS_PROPERTY = "sonar.dynamicAnalysis";
   String PROJECT_EXCLUSIONS_PROPERTY = "sonar.exclusions";
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated since 2.5. See discussion from http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SONAR-1873
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   String REUSE_RULES_CONFIGURATION_PROPERTY = "sonar.reuseExistingRulesConfiguration";
 
   /* Checkstyle */

sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/resources/Project.java

@@ -329,7 +329,9 @@ public class Project extends Resource {
 
   /**
    * @return whether to use external source for rules configuration
+   * @deprecated since 2.5. See discussion from http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SONAR-1873
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public boolean getReuseExistingRulesConfig() {
     return (configuration != null && configuration.getBoolean(CoreProperties.REUSE_RULES_CONFIGURATION_PROPERTY, false));
   }