Summary

Deprecate the jdeps -profile option.

Problem

Compact profiles are defined in Java SE 8 and becomes legacy in Java SE 9, with modules. By default jdeps shows the types and their modules that a class depend on. jdeps -profile option shows which compact profile of the types that a class depends on instead. Given modules have been introduced for many releases, this option can be deprecated and removed in a future release to reduce the maintenance.

Solution

Deprecate -profile option. A warning message is generated if the -profile option is used.

Specification

The man page will be updated to include the following text for the option:

This option is deprecated and may be removed in a future release.

A message with similar content will be generated if the option is used when invoking jdeps.