Deprecation compile option ????

[Shara Woods]

For a project i work on when i say make -f makefile I get the following error.

6 files use or override a deprecated API. Recompile with "-deprecation" for details.

Can somone please explain how to use this on command line?

[Dirk Schreckmann]

javac -deprecation Foo.java

[Mahesh Bhatt]

hi

in the newer versions of java some methods have been deprecated . so if u want to compile that file u should use javac -deprecation <filename.java> .
this would reduce the error to a warning . and u can easily run the program.

[Dirk Schreckmann]

Let's be clear about something.

Compiling code that uses a deprecated method, without specifying the -deprecation switch, the compiler generates a warning - not an error - letting you know that a deprecated API was used by the just-compiled source code.

Compiling code that uses a deprecated method, while specifying the -deprecation switch*, generates a more detailed warning message, lising the line of code where the deprecated API was used.

In no case does using a deprecated API cause code to not be compiled.

* Note: With Java 2 v5, the compiler suggests using -XLint:deprecation switch.
[ September 17, 2004: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]