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Never use deprecated fields, methods, or classes in new code. The Java SE 6 documentation provides a [complete list|http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/deprecated-list.html] of deprecated APIs \[[API 2006|AA. Bibliography#APIReferences#API 06]\]. Java also provides a {{@deprecated}} annotation to indicate the deprecation of specific fields, methods, and classes.  For instance, many methods of {{java.util.Date}}, such as {{Date.getYear()}}, have been explicitly deprecated.  Rule [THI05-J. Do not use Thread.stop() to terminate threads] describes issues that can result from using the deprecated {{Thread.stop()}} method.

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Obsolete fields, methods, and classes should not be used.  Java lacks any annotation that indicates obsolescence; nevertheless, several classes and methods are documented as obsolete. For instance, the {{java.util.Dictionary}} class is marked as obsolete; new code should use {{java.util.Map<K,V>}} instead \[[API 2006|AA. Bibliography#APIReferences#API 06]\].

Obsolete Methods and Classes

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[ISO/IEC TR 24772:2010

http://www.aitcnet.org/isai/]

Deprecated language features [MEM]

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MITRE CWE

CWE-589. Call to non-ubiquitous API

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[[API 2006

AA. Bibliography#API References#API 06]]

[Deprecated API

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/deprecated-list.html], [Dictionary

http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Dictionary.html]

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[[SDN 2008

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Bug database, [Bug ID 4264153

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4264153]

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