What are the improvements to the @Deprecated annotation in Java 9?

Any element that can be annotated with @Deprecated indicates that that specific element is no longer used due to the following reasons

• Using it is risky and may cause mistake.
• May not be compatible in future versions.
• may be removed in future versions.
• Better and more efficient solutions have replaced it.

Java 9 adds two new elements: since and forRemoval attributes.

1) since: This element specifies the deprecated version of the annotated API element.

2) forRemoval: indicates the annotated Elements of the API element can be removed in future releases and the API can be migrated.

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