A deprecated API is an API that we recommend you no longer use,
due to improvements in Java.
While deprecated APIs are currently still implemented, they may
be removed in future implementations, and we recommend using other
APIs. The @deprecated tag denotes a deprecated API.
Deprecated Guide
Deprecated Design Notes
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