src/share/classes/java/lang/SecurityManager.java

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       *
       * @exception  SecurityException if the caller does not have
       *             permission to access members.
       * @exception  NullPointerException if the <code>clazz</code> argument is
       *             <code>null</code>.
+      *
+      * @deprecated This method relies on the caller being at a stack depth
+      *             of 4 which is error-prone and cannot be enforced by the runtime.
+      *             This method will be modified to throw {@code SecurityException}
+      *             in a future release.  Use the {@link #checkPermission} 
+      *             method instead to perform the appropriate permission check.
+      *
       * @see java.lang.reflect.Member
       * @since JDK1.1
       * @see        #checkPermission(java.security.Permission) checkPermission
       */
+     @Deprecated
      public void checkMemberAccess(Class<?> clazz, int which) {
          if (clazz == null) {
              throw new NullPointerException("class can't be null");
          }
          if (which != Member.PUBLIC) {