From e9c2ccaafd49e83d3ef00b2180d2c68c3a9ce4d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michal Barnas <michal.barnas@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:30:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] deprecate old file_size function and provide alternative
 usage guidance

---
 .../util/include/openvino/util/file_util.hpp  | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/common/util/include/openvino/util/file_util.hpp b/src/common/util/include/openvino/util/file_util.hpp
index d4012a03820e5c..c737213c71c435 100644
--- a/src/common/util/include/openvino/util/file_util.hpp
+++ b/src/common/util/include/openvino/util/file_util.hpp
@@ -176,6 +176,25 @@ inline ov::util::Path cut_android_path(const ov::util::Path& file_name) {
  * @param[in]  path  The file name
  * @return     file size
  */
+[[deprecated(
+    "This function is deprecated use file_size(const ov::util::Path& path) instead. Will be removed in 2026.0")]]
+inline int64_t file_size(const char* path) {
+#if defined(OPENVINO_ENABLE_UNICODE_PATH_SUPPORT) && defined(_WIN32)
+    std::wstring widefilename = ov::util::string_to_wstring(path);
+    const wchar_t* file_name = widefilename.c_str();
+#elif defined(__ANDROID__) || defined(ANDROID)
+    std::string file_name = path;
+    std::string::size_type pos = file_name.find('!');
+    if (pos != std::string::npos) {
+        file_name = file_name.substr(0, pos);
+    }
+#else
+    const char* file_name = path;
+#endif
+    std::ifstream in(file_name, std::ios_base::binary | std::ios_base::ate);
+    return in.tellg();
+}
+
 inline int64_t file_size(const ov::util::Path& path) {
 #if defined(__ANDROID__) || defined(ANDROID)
     const ov::util::Path& cut_path = cut_android_path(path);