How many deprecated methods have been removed?

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Scirious - 23 Jun 2006 20:20 GMT

People, how many deprecated methods have really been removed and no longer
exists?

TIA,
Scirious.

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IchBin - 23 Jun 2006 22:08 GMT

> People, how many deprecated methods have really been removed and no longer
> exists?
>
> TIA,
> Scirious.

Here is a list for 1.5.0
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/deprecated-list.html

You just need to google for say:

deprecated list

Thanks in Advance...
IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.awardspace.com
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Scirious - 23 Jun 2006 23:10 GMT

> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/deprecated-list.html

Deprecated methods are supposed not to be used but it is possible to be. I
ask how many methods or items have really been deleted and is not possible
to use even if I want. Not the ones that have been marked as deprecated.

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IchBin - 23 Jun 2006 23:20 GMT

>> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/deprecated-list.html
>
> Deprecated methods are supposed not to be used but it is possible to be. I
> ask how many methods or items have really been deleted and is not possible
> to use even if I want. Not the ones that have been marked as deprecated.

Beats me.. Why the concern? they can't be used..

Thanks in Advance...
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'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"'
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Scirious - 24 Jun 2006 01:40 GMT

> Beats me.. Why the concern? they can't be used..

It's just for curiosity. They can't be used, but do they exist? I know SUN
is very worried about compatibility issues, but sometimes I get worried my
self about how can Java, bytecode spec and JVM improve if they keep always
sopporting deprecated things. I like the compatiblity SUN guarantees among
Java versions but I believe that, at least once and a while, this
compatibility should be broken to make things different, better.

Scirious.

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Fergus Gibson - 28 Jun 2006 11:29 GMT

> It's just for curiosity. They can't be used, but do they exist?

I don't think any deprecated methods have been removed. Methods that are
removed aren't merely deprecated (disapproved of), but are removed. Removal
is far more drastic than deprecation, and removing even one deprecated
method would cause applications written prior to deprecation or removal
would then break.

> I like the
> compatiblity SUN guarantees among Java versions but I believe that,
> at least once and a while, this compatibility should be broken to
> make things different, better.

I'm not sure that removal of deprecated methods would do much to improve
performance, and it would break older applications. I think the cost would
probably be much worse than the benefit.

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