--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/mirror/util/SourcePosition.java	Fri Jul 24 14:47:01 2009 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/mirror/util/SourcePosition.java	Sun Jul 26 21:27:11 2009 -0700
@@ -32,11 +32,20 @@
 /**
  * Represents a position in a source file.
  *
+ * @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
+ * standardized annotation processing API.  There is no direct
+ * replacement for the functionality of this interface since the
+ * standardized {@link javax.annotation.processing.Messager Messager}
+ * API implicitly takes a source position argument via any element,
+ * annotation mirror, or annotation value passed along with the
+ * message.
+ *
  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
  * @author Scott Seligman
  * @since 1.5
  */
-
+@Deprecated
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public interface SourcePosition {
 
     /**