Merge pull request #199 from cdk/legacy/deprecate-mdlreader

Deprecate MDLReader to avoid confusion. Supported. Ten years ago, these fails were still quite (relatively) common, but no longer.
cdk · Mar 11, 2016 · a07f829 · a07f829
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diff --git a/storage/io/src/main/java/org/openscience/cdk/io/MDLReader.java b/storage/io/src/main/java/org/openscience/cdk/io/MDLReader.java
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@
  * @cdk.keyword    file format, SDF
  *
  * @see        org.openscience.cdk.io.MDLV2000Reader
+ * @deprecated This reader is only for molfiles without a version tag, typically the most
+ *             common molfile now encountered is V2000 and the {@link MDLV2000Reader} should be used
+ *             instead. The V2000 reader can actually read files missing the version tag when
+ *             in relaxed mode.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class MDLReader extends DefaultChemObjectReader {
 
     BufferedReader               input          = null;