Revert "@deprecated support for any object"

This reverts commit c7a414c2a8634705208ff4004ddcc6f5a22a908b.

While the change is OK, there are enough problems with the current code
that deprecation tests should be committed first, and I have a new 
version of the deprecators that resolves more of the existing problems,
more efficiently.

Change-Id: Ib6af8199689b5d4745f3ee2154421bd8e259bbdd
Merge "Revert "@deprecated support for any object""