Is there a way to mark something with `@Deprecated...

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[zsmb]

Is there a way to mark something with @Deprecated(level = ERROR, ...), or even HIDDEN, but still use it in my own code somehow? Seems like I can only suppress the WARNING level of deprecation.

[tseisel]

If it's only intended to be used in your own code, you could make the declaration internal, so that only your module can access it, and mark it as Deprecated(level = WARNING) so you remember that it shouldn't be used.
Even better, you could mark the public declaration as Deprecated (any level you want), and move its implementation to a private declaration that you use from your code.

[zsmb]

Thanks for the tips! I did try the private implementation approach, but then I ended up with just having it as internal. The tricky part is that I actually need to use it from another module (of the same library, so this is also sort of internal usage), so now I have a single Java file in that other module with a helper that calls this internal API, since Java code can call into internal declerations... 😅

[zsmb]

Oh, and I threw in @JvmName so that the name of the function doesn't get mangled, and can be called reliably.

[Dico]

I believe you can suppress the deprecation error.

[zsmb]

I found that supress only worked for the WARNING level, and not the stronger ones.