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A: The deprecation message you have seen means that the methods you are calling have been marked with a JavaDoc deprecation comment. When a method or class is marked @deprecated it is only advisory, not mandatory, but the advice is given for good reason and should be followed. So long as deprecated methods remain in the public API it is possible to use them, so this approach supports legacy code and gives developers time to amend their applications as necessary.
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