Use the "deprecation" attribute on the javac element... Set it to
true for using deprecation, false for not. It defaults to false.
We use this all the time to allow deprecated API's to be used for a
couple version past when we deprecate them, just because our
customers don't always have the ti
The use of the deprecated tag is to advise developers to use an
alternate method/class while still including the deprecated
functionality in your products for backwards compatibility. I suggest
if you don't want certain files in your build at all to mark them as
removed in your repository, thi