JDK-8032211 : Don't issue deprecation warnings on import statements
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javac
  • Affected Version: 9
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2014-01-18
  • Updated: 2021-03-20
  • Resolved: 2014-11-24
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JDK 9
9 b42Fixed
Related Reports
CSR :  
CCC-8032211 - Don't issue deprecation warnings on import statements
Relates :  
JDK-6598104 - javac should not warn about imports of deprecated classes
Relates :  
JDK-8042566 - JEP 211: Elide Deprecation Warnings on Import Statements
Relates :  
JDK-8033421 - @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") does not work when overriding deprecated method
Relates :  
JDK-8157773 - javac gives warnings on import of deprecated items
Sub Tasks
JDK-8065613 :  
9.6.4.6: Don't issue deprecation warnings on import statements - Closed
Description
During efforts to rid the JDK code base of lint warnings, it has been observed that the deprecation lint warnings currently issued on import statements are a nuisance and often uninformative.

While use of deprecated types within methods or in method signatures can be suppressed using @SuppressWarning, and annotation *cannot* be used to suppress the deprecation warning on an import. To get a warning-free program that must use deprecated types or method, it is unreasonable to impose a requirement that all references to the deprecated elements must be through a fully qualified name.

Therefore, it would be helpful if the JLS were changed to no longer require a deprecation warning be used for import statements.
Comments
From http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/compiler-dev/2014-October/009069.html Great feedback. I think the import of non-deprecated static members of a deprecated type should continue to generate warnings, so that the use-by-simple-name of the imported static members continues to _not_ generate warnings. It looks like we want to distinguish: import z.Bar; // No warning please, because simple uses of Bar get warnings (unless suppressed). from: import [static] z.Bar.$MEMBER; // Warning please, because simple uses of $MEMBER don't get warnings. That is possible by sharpening the proposed spec change from: * The use is within an import statement. to: * The use is within an import statement that imports the type or member whose declaration is annotated with @Deprecated. To be clear, 'import z.Bar.B;' contains a use of the deprecated type Bar, and the use is NOT within an import statement importing the @Deprecated Bar, so the warning is NOT turned off. For completeness, suppose B's declaration is made @Deprecated, and Bar's declaration is still @Deprecated. 'import z.Bar.B;' contains a use of the deprecated type Bar, and the logic above still applies (warning NOT turned off) ... it also contains a use of the deprecated member B within an import statement importing that very member B, so the warning IS turned off. But don't worry - now that B's declaration is @Deprecated, the simple name 'B' throughout Foo will give a warning.
22-10-2014
From JLS 7, the section on @Deprecated states: "A Java compiler must produce a deprecation warning when a type, method, field, or constructor whose declaration is annotated with the annotation @Deprecated is used (i.e. overridden, invoked, or referenced by name), unless: * The use is within an entity that is itself annotated with the annotation @Deprecated; or * The use is within an entity that is annotated to suppress the warning with the annotation @SuppressWarnings("deprecation"); or * The use and declaration are both within the same outermost class." http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-9.html#jls-9.6.3.6 The specification change would be something like adding another bullet * The use is within an import statement.
18-01-2014