Summary

Mark deprecated javax.security.auth.Policy API with forRemoval=true

Problem

The javax.security.auth.Policy class has been deprecated since 1.4 and superseded/replaced by java.security.Policy. It is no longer necessary to retain this class and it should be removed in a future release.

Solution

add forRemoval=true

Specification

diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/javax/security/auth/Policy.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/javax/security/auth/Policy.java
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/javax/security/auth/Policy.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/javax/security/auth/Policy.java
@@ -152,11 +152,12 @@
  *
  * These two APIs provide callers the means to query the
  * Policy for Principal-based Permission entries.
+ * This class is subject to removal in a future version of Java SE.
  *
  * @since 1.4
  * @see java.security.Security security properties
  */
-@Deprecated(since="1.4")
+@Deprecated(since="1.4", forRemoval=true)
 public abstract class Policy {

     private static Policy policy;