Thanks! Completely understand.
-brad w. On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 6:37 PM Michael Bien <mbie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Brad, > > the @Deprecated annotation itself is old, however the attributes > since/forRemoval are newer (probably JDK11 if I remember correctly). > > This means that this will only work in modules which have their bytecode > level set to 11 (there aren't many). > > Javac of JDK 17 on your system is doing its job, its just that the > modules ask for java 8 compatibility so it can't allow those attributes. > > hope this helps, > michael > > > > On 05.02.23 01:14, Brad Walker wrote: > > I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure something out when I use the > > @Deprecaed > > annotation. > > > > For example, if I do the following in JarClassLoader.java, line 866 > > > > /** Delete any temporary JARs we were holding on to. > > * Also close any other JARs in our list. > > */ > > * @Deprecated(since="9", forRemoval=true)* > > @Override > > protected void finalize() throws Throwable { > > super.finalize(); > > > > doCloseJar(); > > > > if (dead) { > > LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "#21114: closing and deleting > > temporary JAR {0}", file); > > if (file.isFile() && !file.delete()) { > > LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "(but failed to delete {0})", > > file); > > } > > } > > } > > > > I get the following error: > > > > -do-compile: > > [depend] Deleted 12 out of date files in 0 seconds > > [nb-javac] Compiling 18 source files to > > /home/bwalker/src/netbeans/platform/o.n.bootstrap/build/classes > > [nb-javac] Ignoring source, target and bootclasspath as release has > been > > set > > [repeat] > > > /home/bwalker/src/netbeans/platform/o.n.bootstrap/src/org/netbeans/JarClassLoader.java:866: > > error: cannot find symbol > > [repeat] @Deprecated(since="9", forRemoval=true) > > [repeat] ^ > > [repeat] symbol: method since() > > [repeat] location: @interface Deprecated > > [repeat] > > > /home/bwalker/src/netbeans/platform/o.n.bootstrap/src/org/netbeans/JarClassLoader.java:866: > > error: cannot find symbol > > [repeat] @Deprecated(since="9", forRemoval=true) > > [repeat] ^ > > [repeat] symbol: method forRemoval() > > [repeat] location: @interface Deprecated > > [repeat] 2 errors > > [nbmerge] Failed to build target: all-o.n.bootstrap > > > > Which says to me that it's compiling with javac for 1.8. > > > > Yet my path is set to use the version 17 of javac.. > > > > [bwalker@fedora netbeans]$ javac -version > > javac 17.0.5 > > [bwalker@fedora netbeans]$ > > > > Ideas about where I should look for clues? > > > > -brad w. > > > >