Fix #676

Author: cowtowncoder

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ JSON library.
 #670: Replace references to "field" in `JsonGenerator`, `JsonParser` method names with "property"
 #671: Replace `getCurrentLocation()`/`getTokenLocation()` with
   `currentLocation()`/`currentTokenLocation()`
+#676: Remove `JsonGenerator.canWriteBinaryNatively()` (replaced by
+  `StreamWriteCapability.CAN_WRITE_BINARY_NATIVELY`
 - Rename `JsonGenerator.Feature.AUTO_CLOSE_JSON_CONTENT` as `AUTO_CLOSE_CONTENT`
 - Add `TreeCodec.nullNode()`, `TreeNode.isNull()` methods
 - Change the way `JsonLocation.NA` is included in exception messages

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonGenerator.java

@@ -285,24 +285,6 @@ protected JsonGenerator() { }
      */
     public boolean canWriteTypeId() { return false; }
 
-    /**
-     * Introspection method that may be called to see if the underlying
-     * data format supports "native" binary data; that is, an efficient
-     * output of binary content without encoding.
-     *<p>
-     * Default implementation returns false; overridden by data formats
-     * that do support native binary content.
-     *
-     * @return {@code True} if this generator is capable of writing "raw" Binary
-     *   Content
-     *   (this is typically determined by capabilities of the underlying format);
-     *   {@code false} if not
-     *
-     * @deprecated In 3.0, will be removed before final
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public boolean canWriteBinaryNatively() { return false; }
-
     /**
      * Introspection method to call to check whether it is ok to omit
      * writing of Object properties or not. Most formats do allow omission,

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/util/JsonGeneratorDelegate.java

@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@ public void assignCurrentValue(Object v) {
     @Override
     public boolean canWriteObjectId() { return delegate.canWriteObjectId(); }
 
-    @Deprecated
-    @Override
-    public boolean canWriteBinaryNatively() { return delegate.canWriteBinaryNatively(); }
-    
     @Override
     public boolean canOmitProperties() { return delegate.canOmitProperties(); }