If you put /** @deprecated */ on a local variable declaration without any modifiers, it will not be noticed, and will thereby persist until the next declaration that might notice it.

For example, in the following example, Train.class will be marked deprecated:
---------------
class Toy {
    void m() {
/** @deprecated */
int x = 1;

    }
}

class Train {
}
--------------------------


However, if the declaration of x is marked final, the @deprecated flag
will be seen and cleared. Thus, in this version, Train.class will NOT be
marked deprecated:
---------------
class Toy {
    void m() {
/** @deprecated */
final int x = 1;

    }
}

class Train {
}
--------------------------


Verify results by compiling the two examples and checking the class file
with a utility like jdec from the JCK team.
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