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Deprecate ROPC flow #998

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deprecate ROPC flow
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion msal4j-sdk/src/main/java/com/microsoft/aad/msal4j/IPublicClientApplication.java
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public interface IPublicClientApplication extends IClientApplicationBase {

/**
* Acquires tokens from the authority configured in the application via Username/Password authentication.
* Acquires tokens from the authority configured in the application via Username/Password authentication.<br>
* <p><b>Deprecated:</b> This API has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use a more secure flow instead.<br>
* See <a href="https://aka.ms/msal-ropc-migration">https://aka.ms/msal-ropc-migration</a> for migration guidance.
*
* @param parameters instance of {@link UserNamePasswordParameters}
* @return {@link CompletableFuture} containing an {@link IAuthenticationResult}
* @deprecated This API not a secure flow and will be removed in a future release.
*/
@Deprecated
CompletableFuture<IAuthenticationResult> acquireToken(UserNamePasswordParameters parameters);

/**
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions msal4j-sdk/src/main/java/com/microsoft/aad/msal4j/PublicClientApplication.java
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private boolean brokerEnabled;

@Override
@Deprecated
public CompletableFuture<IAuthenticationResult> acquireToken(UserNamePasswordParameters parameters) {

validateNotNull("parameters", parameters);
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions msal4j-sdk/src/main/java/com/microsoft/aad/msal4j/UserNamePasswordParameters.java
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* Object containing parameters for Username/Password flow. Can be used as parameter to
* {@link PublicClientApplication#acquireToken(UserNamePasswordParameters)}
* <p>
* <p><b>Deprecated:</b> This class supports the Resource Owner Password Credentials (ROPC) flow,
* which is insecure and will be removed in a future release.</p>
*
* <p>See <a href="https://aka.ms/msal-ropc-migration">https://aka.ms/msal-ropc-migration</a> for migration guidance.</p>
* For more details, see https://aka.ms/msal4j-username-password
*/
@Deprecated
public class UserNamePasswordParameters implements IAcquireTokenParameters {

private Set<String> scopes;
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