Monday, February 13, 2012

Using the @deprecated Javadoc Tag

You can use the @deprecated tag to make Javadoc show a program element as deprecated. The @deprecated tag must be followed by a space or newline. In the paragraph following the @deprecated tag, explain why the item has been deprecated and suggest what to use instead.

One of the Java language's built-in annotations is the @Deprecated annotation. To use it, you simply precede the class, method, or member declaration with "@Deprecated".

Examples