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Deprecate in Java 1.6

In Java 1.5, to deprecate a method you would:

@Deprecated int foo(int bar) {
}

Compiling this in Java 1.6 results in the following:

Syntax error, annotations are only available if source level is 1.5

Any ideas?

Solution

  • You have to tell the compiler to use 1.6:

    javac -source 1.6

    Or equivalent for your IDE/build system (as others have suggested).