How can I suppress javac warnings about deprecated api?

Question

When I compile, javac outputs:

Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.`

Answer 1

Two possible ways:

1. don't use deprecated API
2. Use @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")

Answer 2

@SuppressWarnings("deprecation") is not working for me, instead I've used

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")

Answer 3

With Java 6, neither the @Depreated annotation, nor a comiler flag will help you here. The only solution that worked for me was to put a javadoc comment with the @deprecated (small caps) tag on the deprecated method:

/**
  * @deprecated overriding deprecated method
  */
@Override
public javax.xml.bind.Validator createValidator() throws JAXBException {...}

(The example is from a class that derives from JAXBContext.)

(I didn't import the deprecated Validator class to avoid a warning on the import statement.)