Index: jackrabbit-spi/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/spi/RepositoryService.java
===================================================================
--- jackrabbit-spi/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/spi/RepositoryService.java	(revision 654064)
+++ jackrabbit-spi/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/spi/RepositoryService.java	(working copy)
@@ -16,30 +16,31 @@
  */
 package org.apache.jackrabbit.spi;
 
-import javax.jcr.lock.LockException;
-import javax.jcr.version.VersionException;
-import javax.jcr.version.Version;
-import javax.jcr.nodetype.NoSuchNodeTypeException;
-import javax.jcr.nodetype.ConstraintViolationException;
-import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.jcr.AccessDeniedException;
 import javax.jcr.Credentials;
-import javax.jcr.UnsupportedRepositoryOperationException;
-import javax.jcr.AccessDeniedException;
 import javax.jcr.InvalidItemStateException;
-import javax.jcr.PathNotFoundException;
 import javax.jcr.ItemExistsException;
-import javax.jcr.NoSuchWorkspaceException;
+import javax.jcr.ItemNotFoundException;
+import javax.jcr.LoginException;
 import javax.jcr.MergeException;
 import javax.jcr.NamespaceException;
-import javax.jcr.ItemNotFoundException;
-import javax.jcr.ValueFormatException;
+import javax.jcr.NoSuchWorkspaceException;
 import javax.jcr.Node;
-import javax.jcr.LoginException;
+import javax.jcr.PathNotFoundException;
 import javax.jcr.ReferentialIntegrityException;
+import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
+import javax.jcr.UnsupportedRepositoryOperationException;
+import javax.jcr.ValueFormatException;
+import javax.jcr.lock.LockException;
+import javax.jcr.nodetype.ConstraintViolationException;
+import javax.jcr.nodetype.NoSuchNodeTypeException;
 import javax.jcr.query.InvalidQueryException;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.io.InputStream;
+import javax.jcr.version.Version;
+import javax.jcr.version.VersionException;
 
 /**
  * The <code>RepositoryService</code> interface defines methods used to
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@
      * @return true if the item with the given id exists.
      * @throws javax.jcr.RepositoryException
      * @see javax.jcr.Session#itemExists(String)
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public boolean exists(SessionInfo sessionInfo, ItemId itemId) throws RepositoryException;