JDK-8152360 : deprecate javah
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javah
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2016-03-21
  • Updated: 2016-09-16
  • Resolved: 2016-05-25
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JDK 9
9 b121Fixed
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-8166218 - Javah Deprecation
Relates :  
JDK-7150368 - javac should include basic ability to generate native headers
Relates :  
JDK-8157055 - consider unified release notes for deprecated APIs
Description
The javah tool has been superseded by the "javac -h" feature, and so should be deprecated, and eventually removed.
Comments
Suggested message for javah: javah.misc.Deprecation=\ \nwarning:\u0020The javah tool is planned to be removed in the next \n\ major JDK release. The tool has been superseded by the ''-h'' option addedn\ to javac in JDK 8. Users are recommended to migrate to using the javac ''-h''\n\ option; see the javac man page for more information.\n
21-03-2016
Initially, the work to deprecate javah should simply consist of writing out a message when javah is used. Here is an example of such a message, when the apt was deprecated with a view to its removal: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/langtools/file/ce654f4ecfd8/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/apt/resources/apt.properties#l114 apt.misc.Deprecation=\ \nwarning:\u0020The apt tool and its associated API are planned to be\n\ removed in the next major JDK release. These features have been\n\ superseded by javac and the standardized annotation processing API,\n\ javax.annotation.processing and javax.lang.model. Users are\n\ recommended to migrate to the annotation processing features of\n\ javac; see the javac man page for more information.\n
21-03-2016