},
          "orphanDependents": {
            "description": "Deprecated: please use the PropagationPolicy, this field will be deprecated in 1.7. Should the dependent objects be orphaned. If true/false, the \"orphan\" finalizer will be added to/removed from the object's finalizers list. Either this field or PropagationPolicy may be set, but not both.",
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "preconditions": {

          },
          "orphanDependents": {
            "description": "Deprecated: please use the PropagationPolicy, this field will be deprecated in 1.7. Should the dependent objects be orphaned. If true/false, the \"orphan\" finalizer will be added to/removed from the object's finalizers list. Either this field or PropagationPolicy may be set, but not both.",
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "preconditions": {

		if err := h.client.Patch(context.TODO(), u, client.Merge); err != nil {
			scope.Errorf("failed to patch IstioOperator CR: %s, %v", u.GetName(), err)
		}
	}
	err := h.client.Delete(context.TODO(), u, client.PropagationPolicy(metav1.DeletePropagationBackground))
	scope.Debugf("Deleting %s (%s/%v)", oh, h.iop.Name, h.iop.Spec.Revision)
	objGvk := u.GroupVersionKind()
	if err != nil {
		if !kerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
			return err
		}

          },
          "orphanDependents": {
            "description": "Deprecated: please use the PropagationPolicy, this field will be deprecated in 1.7. Should the dependent objects be orphaned. If true/false, the \"orphan\" finalizer will be added to/removed from the object's finalizers list. Either this field or PropagationPolicy may be set, but not both.",
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "preconditions": {

	if options != nil && options.OrphanDependents != nil {
		//nolint:staticcheck // SA1019 backwards compatibility
		return *options.OrphanDependents
	}
	if options != nil && options.PropagationPolicy != nil {
		switch *options.PropagationPolicy {
		case metav1.DeletePropagationOrphan:
			return true
		case metav1.DeletePropagationBackground, metav1.DeletePropagationForeground:
			return false
		}
	}

	default:
		// item doesn't have any solid owner, so it needs to be garbage
		// collected. Also, none of item's owners is waiting for the deletion of
		// the dependents, so set propagationPolicy based on existing finalizers.
		var policy metav1.DeletionPropagation
		switch {
		case hasOrphanFinalizer(latest):
			// if an existing orphan finalizer is already on the object, honor it.

	// 'Foreground' - a cascading policy that deletes all dependents in the
	// foreground.
	// +optional
	PropagationPolicy *DeletionPropagation `json:"propagationPolicy,omitempty" protobuf:"varint,4,opt,name=propagationPolicy"`

	// When present, indicates that modifications should not be
	// persisted. An invalid or unrecognized dryRun directive will

	"orphanDependents":   "Deprecated: please use the PropagationPolicy, this field will be deprecated in 1.7. Should the dependent objects be orphaned. If true/false, the \"orphan\" finalizer will be added to/removed from the object's finalizers list. Either this field or PropagationPolicy may be set, but not both.",

          },
          "orphanDependents": {
            "description": "Deprecated: please use the PropagationPolicy, this field will be deprecated in 1.7. Should the dependent objects be orphaned. If true/false, the \"orphan\" finalizer will be added to/removed from the object's finalizers list. Either this field or PropagationPolicy may be set, but not both.",
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "preconditions": {

  // +optional
  optional Preconditions preconditions = 2;

  // Deprecated: please use the PropagationPolicy, this field will be deprecated in 1.7.
  // Should the dependent objects be orphaned. If true/false, the "orphan"
  // finalizer will be added to/removed from the object's finalizers list.
  // Either this field or PropagationPolicy may be set, but not both.
  // +optional
  optional bool orphanDependents = 3;