MQE-2229: Deprecation Error When Deprecated ActionGroup References Deprecated Element

Author: soumyau

src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/StaticCheck/DeprecatedEntityUsageCheck.php

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class DeprecatedEntityUsageCheck implements StaticCheckInterface
 {
     const EXTENDS_REGEX_PATTERN = '/extends=["\']([^\'"]*)/';
     const ACTIONGROUP_REGEX_PATTERN = '/ref=["\']([^\'"]*)/';
+    const DEPRECATED_REGEX_PATTERN = '/deprecated=["\']([^\'"]*)/';
 
     const ERROR_LOG_FILENAME = 'mftf-deprecated-entity-usage-checks';
     const ERROR_LOG_MESSAGE = 'MFTF Deprecated Entity Usage Check';
@@ -228,7 +229,11 @@ private function findReferenceErrorsInActionFiles($files, $checkTestRef = false)
             preg_match_all(ActionObject::ACTION_ATTRIBUTE_VARIABLE_REGEX_PATTERN, $contents, $braceReferences);
             preg_match_all(self::ACTIONGROUP_REGEX_PATTERN, $contents, $actionGroupReferences);
             preg_match_all(self::EXTENDS_REGEX_PATTERN, $contents, $extendReferences);
-
+            preg_match_all(self::DEPRECATED_REGEX_PATTERN, $contents, $deprecatedEntity);
+            // skip checking deprecated entities
+            if(!empty($deprecatedEntity[1])) {
+                continue;
+            }
             $domDocument = new \DOMDocument();
             $domDocument->load($filePath);
             $createdDataReferences = $this->getAttributesFromDOMNodeList(