6481080: (ann) @Deprecated annotation has no effect on packages

Reviewed-by: lancea, alanb, psandoz, abuckley
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Joe Darcy 2015-01-08 10:06:45 -08:00
parent d2bbef8dc7
commit d332437cae

@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
* Copyright (c) 2003, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
* Copyright (c) 2003, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
*
* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@ -34,9 +34,13 @@ import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
* or because a better alternative exists. Compilers warn when a
* deprecated program element is used or overridden in non-deprecated code.
*
* <p>Use of the &#64;Deprecated annotation on a local variable
* declaration or on a parameter declaration or a package declaration
* has no effect.
*
* @author Neal Gafter
* @since 1.5
* @jls 9.6.3.6 @Deprecated
* @jls 9.6.4.6 @Deprecated
*/
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)