src/share/classes/com/sun/mirror/declaration/MethodDeclaration.java

@@ -34,15 +34,21 @@
  * Represents a method of a class or interface.
  * Note that an
  * {@linkplain AnnotationTypeElementDeclaration annotation type element}
  * is a kind of method.
  *
+ * @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
+ * standardized annotation processing API.  The replacement for the
+ * functionality of this interface is included in {@link
+ * javax.lang.model.element.ExecutableElement}.
+ *
  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
  * @author Scott Seligman
  * @since 1.5
  */
-
+@Deprecated
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public interface MethodDeclaration extends ExecutableDeclaration {
 
     /**
      * Returns the formal return type of this method.
      * Returns {@link VoidType} if this method does not return a value.