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Steve Nicol
Steve Nicol

Reputation: 31

What does a striked through method means in Eclipse?

I'm using Eclipse to develop a Java program. But in my program I have some methods in Eclipse which are striked through. What does it mean ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3463

Answers (3)

Razib
Razib

Reputation: 11173

All those methods/class which eclipse found start with @Deprecated annotation is displayed with a strike through.

A method is made deprecated to discourage the user/client of the method not to use it. Because this method might be remover from the later release of the API/package. In this case the there may be an alternative method to use. A good java doc should contains what to use in alternate of the deprecated method.

Upvotes: 1

James Wierzba
James Wierzba

Reputation: 17568

It is a deprecated method. From the documentation:

A program element annotated @Deprecated is one that programmers are discouraged from using, typically because it is dangerous, or because a better alternative exists.

Upvotes: 0

Steve Evo
Steve Evo

Reputation: 26

It means that your method are deprecated. You may find another way to do the same thing

Upvotes: 1

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