How to declare or mark a Java method as deprecated?

Question

I would like to make one of my methods "deprecated" = not used anymore.

But still I would like to have it in my API. I just want to show "warning" to anyone using that method.

How can I achieve that?

Answer 1

Try @Deprecated on the system. Don't neglect about explaining Javadoc field:

/**

* Does some thing in old style.

*

* @deprecated use {@link #new()} instead.

*/

@Deprecated

public void old() {

// ...

}