Merge branch '2.19'

Author: cowtowncoder

src/main/java/tools/jackson/databind/type/TypeFactory.java

@@ -277,7 +277,9 @@ public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
      * <code>java.lang.Object</code>.
      */
     public static JavaType unknownType() {
-        return defaultInstance()._unknownType();
+        // 11-Oct-2024, tatu: Used to call via "defaultInstance()" pre-2.19 but
+        //   since we have static object to refer, just return directly
+        return CORE_TYPE_OBJECT;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1210,6 +1212,10 @@ protected JavaType _newSimpleType(Class<?> raw, TypeBindings bindings,
         return new SimpleType(raw, bindings, superClass, superInterfaces);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Since 2.19
+     */
+    @Deprecated // since 2.19
     protected JavaType _unknownType() {
         return CORE_TYPE_OBJECT;
     }