Update advice on RestTemplate

Closes gh-24503

Author: rstoyanchev

Diff for: spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -70,12 +70,10 @@
  * addition to the generalized {@code exchange} and {@code execute} methods that
  * support of less frequent cases.
  *
- * <p><strong>NOTE:</strong> As of 5.0, the non-blocking, reactive
- * {@code org.springframework.web.reactive.client.WebClient} offers a
- * modern alternative to the {@code RestTemplate} with efficient support for
- * both sync and async, as well as streaming scenarios. The {@code RestTemplate}
- * will be deprecated in a future version and will not have major new features
- * added going forward.
+ * <p><strong>NOTE:</strong> As of 5.0 this class is in maintenance mode, with
+ * only minor requests for changes and bugs to be accepted going forward. Please,
+ * consider using the {@code org.springframework.web.reactive.client.WebClient}
+ * which has a more modern API and supports sync, async, and streaming scenarios.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @author Brian Clozel
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@
  */
 public class RestTemplate extends InterceptingHttpAccessor implements RestOperations {
 
-	private static boolean romePresent =
+	private static final boolean romePresent =
 			ClassUtils.isPresent("com.rometools.rome.feed.WireFeed",
 					RestTemplate.class.getClassLoader());
 

Diff for: src/docs/asciidoc/integration.adoc

@@ -956,10 +956,10 @@ that supports both sync and async, as well as streaming scenarios.
 
 [NOTE]
 ====
-As of 5.0, the non-blocking, reactive `WebClient` offers a modern alternative to the
-`RestTemplate` with efficient support for both sync and async, as well as streaming
-scenarios. The `RestTemplate` will be deprecated in a future version and will not have
-major new features gong forward.
+As of 5.0 the `RestTemplate` is in maintenance mode, with only minor requests for
+changes and bugs to be accepted going forward. Please, consider using the
+<<web-reactive.adoc#webflux-client, WebClient>> which offers a more modern API and
+supports sync, async, and streaming scenarios.
 ====
 
 

Diff for: src/docs/asciidoc/web/webmvc-client.adoc

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ libraries.
 
 [NOTE]
 ====
-As of 5.0, the non-blocking, reactive `WebClient` offers a modern alternative to the
-`RestTemplate` with efficient support for both sync and async, as well as streaming
-scenarios. The `RestTemplate` will be deprecated in a future version and will not have
-major new features gong forward.
+As of 5.0 the `RestTemplate` is in maintenance mode, with only minor requests for
+changes and bugs to be accepted going forward. Please, consider using the
+<<web-reactive.adoc#webflux-client, WebClient>> which offers a more modern API and
+supports sync, async, and streaming scenarios.
 ====
 
 See <<integration.adoc#rest-client-access,RestTemplate>> for details.