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JDeprScan Tool Command Reference

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**NAME**

        jdeprscan - Java deprecation scanner

**SYNOPSIS**

        jdeprscan [options] {dir | jar | class} ...

**OPTIONS**

        --class-path PATH

            Sets the classpath to PATH.

        --for-removal

            Limit reporting to deprecations whose forRemoval element

            is true.

        --full-version

            Prints the full version string of the tool and exits.

        -h

        --help

            Prints a help message and exits.

        -l

        --list

            Prints out the set of deprecated APIs.

        --release 6|7|8|9|10

            Specifies the Java SE release that is the source of

            the list of deprecated APIs. If no --release option is

            provided, the latest release is used.

        -v

        --verbose

            Enables additional output.

        --version

            Prints the version string of the tool and exits.

**DESCRIPTION**

**jdeprscan** scans a class library for uses of deprecated APIs.

**jdeprscan** processes one or more arguments, which can be any

combination of a directory, a jar file, or a class name.

A directory argument must specify a path to a directory hierarchy that

reflects the Java package hierarchy of the classes it contains.

**jdeprscan** will scan each class found in the directory hierarchy

and report information about how those classes use deprecated APIs.

Given a jar file, **jdeprscan** will scan the classes found within

that jar file and report information about how those classes use

deprecated APIs.

Given a class file, **jdeprscan** will scan that class and report

its use of deprecated APIs.

Given a class name, **jdeprscan** will search for that class on the

classpath, scan that class, and report information about how that

class uses deprecated APIs. The class name must use the fully

qualified binary name of the class, as described in the

[Java Language Specification, section 13.1][jls131]. This form uses

the '$' character instead of '.' as the separator for nested class names.

For example, the `Thread.State` enum would be specified using the string

        java.lang.Thread$State

The `--class-path` option specifies the classpath used for

class searching. The classpath is used for classes named on the

command line, as well as for dependencies of the classes in jar file

or directory hierarchy to be scanned.

The `--for-removal` option limits output to uses of deprecated APIs

whose `@Deprecated` annotation includes the `forRemoval` element with

the value `true`. Note: the `forRemoval` attribute of the

`@Deprecated` annotation did not exist prior to Java SE 9, so this

option cannot be used with a release value of 6, 7, or 8.

The `--release` option specifies the Java SE specification version

that determines the set of deprecated APIs for which scanning is

done. This is useful if a deprecation report is desired that lists

uses of deprecated APIs as of a particular release in the past. If no

`--release` option is given, the latest release is used.

The `--list` and `-l` options will list the known set of deprecated

APIs instead of doing any scanning. Since no scanning is done,

no directory, jar, or class arguments should be provided. The set

of deprecated APIs listed is affected by the `--release` and the

`--for-removal` options.

**EXAMPLE OUTPUT**

The output is a report that lists program elements that use deprecated

APIs. Output is subject to change.

        // java.lang.Boolean

        @Deprecated(since="9")

        public Boolean(boolean value)

Running **jdeprscan** over a class that calls these methods will result

in output something like the following:

        class Example uses method java/lang/Boolean.<init>(Z)V deprecated

Running **jdeprscan** with the `--list` option will result in output

including something like the following:

        ...

        @Deprecated(since="9") java.lang.Boolean(boolean)

        ...

**NOTES**

The **jdeprscan** tool operates by opening Java class files and

reading their structures directly, particularly the constant

pool. Because of this, **jdeprscan** can tell _that_ a deprecated API

is used, but it often cannot tell _where_ in the class that API is

used.

The **jdeprscan** tool doesn't follow the same set of rules for

emitting warnings as specified for Java compilers in [JLS section

9.6.4.6][jls9646]. In particular, **jdeprscan** does not respond to

the `@SuppressWarnings` annotation, as that is significant only in

source code, not in class files. In addition, **jdeprscan** emits

warnings even if the usage is within the API element that is

deprecated and when the use and declaration are within the same

outermost class.

[jls9646]: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-9.html#jls-9.6.4.6

[jls131]: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-13.html#jls-13.1