Deprecate Specification.where.

The where method will be removed with next major version containing some refinements in the Specification API.

See: #3578

Author: christophstrobl

spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/domain/Specification.java

@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ static <T> Specification<T> not(@Nullable Specification<T> spec) {
 	 * @param spec can be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return guaranteed to be not {@literal null}.
 	 * @since 2.0
+	 * @deprecated since 3.5.
 	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "3.5.0", forRemoval = true)
 	static <T> Specification<T> where(@Nullable Specification<T> spec) {
 		return spec == null ? (root, query, builder) -> null : spec;
 	}