DeprecatedAttribute (Java SE 26 & JDK 26)
Description: declaration: module: java.base, package: java.lang.classfile.attribute, interface: DeprecatedAttribute
Keywords: java.lang.classfile.attribute.DeprecatedAttribute interface

# Interface DeprecatedAttribute

All Superinterfaces:
  `Attribute<DeprecatedAttribute>, ClassElement, ClassFileElement, FieldElement, MethodElement`

public sealed interface DeprecatedAttribute extends Attribute<DeprecatedAttribute>, ClassElement, MethodElement, FieldElement
Models the `Deprecated` attribute (JVMS 4.7.15), which indicates this structure has been superseded.

This attribute can appear on classes, methods, and fields, and permits multiple instances in a structure. It has no data dependency.

This attribute was introduced in the Java SE Platform version 1.1, major version 45.

API Note:
  When this attribute is present, the `Deprecated` annotation should also be present in the `RuntimeVisibleAnnotations` attribute to provide more obvious alerts. The reference implementation of the system Java compiler emits this attribute without the annotation when a `@deprecated` tag is present in the documentation comments without the annotation.
See Java Virtual Machine Specification:
  4.7.15 The `Deprecated` Attribute
Since:
  24
See Also:
  - `Attributes.deprecated()`
  - `Deprecated`

- ## Method Summary

  Static Methods
  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `static DeprecatedAttribute`
  `of()`
  Returns a `Deprecated` attribute.

  ### Methods declared in interface Attribute

  `attributeMapper, attributeName`
  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `AttributeMapper<DeprecatedAttribute>`
  `attributeMapper()`
  Returns the `AttributeMapper` associated with this attribute.
  `Utf8Entry`
  `attributeName()`
  Returns the name of the attribute.

- ## Method Details

  - ### of

    static DeprecatedAttribute of()
    Returns a `Deprecated` attribute.
    Returns:
      a `Deprecated` attribute