Java Glossary : deprecated

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Deprecated literally means disapproved of, but a more accurate translation would be retired. Deprecated means this method is still usable, but you should not use it. It will gradually be phased out. There is a new method to do the same thing. Deprecated methods are marked with a special JavaDoc comment:

/**
 *@deprecated Please now use newMethod()
 *@see newMethod()
 */

To make the compiler warn you of the details of which methods you used that were deprecated use the javac.exe -deprecation switch. Then look in the JavaDoc for the deprecated methods to find out the recommended replacements. Sometimes you just have to rename. Sometimes the replacements work quite differently.

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