deprecated

Features, functions or equipment for which future support discontinuation is planned are deprecated. Deprecation is intended to give customers time to plan to use alternatives before the feature, function or equipment is removed.

For example, as a class evolves over releases, its API, methods, and parameters may change. As the old transitions to the new, both versions must be maintained for a period. To deprecate an API, method, class, or parameter, the older version is marked as deprecated, but continues to work.