If a Java element has @Deprecated annotation on it, and also has the @deprecated tag in its Javadoc, then removing only the annotation leaves the deprecated warnings on the referencing source parts. This is okay.
However, removing the @deprecated Javadoc tag won't remove the warnings, and will cause them to linger until the source files with the warning are modified by hand.
If a Java element has
@Deprecatedannotation on it, and also has the@deprecatedtag in its Javadoc, then removing only the annotation leaves the deprecated warnings on the referencing source parts. This is okay.However, removing the
@deprecatedJavadoc tag won't remove the warnings, and will cause them to linger until the source files with the warning are modified by hand.