[jdom-interest] Push toward a 1.0 API
Jason Hunter
jhunter at servlets.com
Wed Apr 10 23:46:07 PDT 2002
> When the move to JDOM 1.0 API occurs, will the deprecated methods and the
> like be completely removed or kept (as deprecated).
Removed. We've established the pattern of removing deprecated methods
after every beta cycle. That lets you do a relatively easy upgrade
between betas, but during that beta you want to wean yourself off the
deprecated methods.
> I know that removing deprecated methods will break code where people are
> happy to call the deprecated method and ignore the warning b ut the v1.0 is
> the final chance for a "clean" JDOM version before you really do have to
> keep old methods.
No Java API has ever shipped a 1.0 with deprecated methods. We won't
either.
-jh-
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