Description Mauro Molinari 2007-09-20 04:11:56 EDT

Build ID: I20070625-1500

Steps To Reproduce:
1. Suppose you have:

public class A
{
  /**
   * @deprecated use {@link #b()} instead
   */
  public void a(){}

  public void b(){}

  public void c()
  {
    a();  // (*)
  }
}

2. as of now, the warning given on line marked as (*) is:

The method a() from the type A is deprecated

It would be VERY useful if the warning could include at least the contents of the @deprecation JavaDOC tag, so that the warning would become something like:

The method a() from the type A is deprecated

@deprecated use b() instead

This would inform the developer on what is the reason of the deprecation or the way to avoid using that code.

As of now, if you want to know how to fix the deprecation warning, pressing F2 is not enough: you must go to the declaration of the deprecated method, have a look to its JavaDOC, go back to your client code and fix it.