Eclipse not removing obsolete classes?

Question

Here is a sample code

public class DeprecatedTest {

    private final List<Object> instances;

    public DeprecatedTest(){
         instances = new ArrayList<Object>();
         instances.add(new Depr());
         instances.add(new Depr1());
         instances.add(new Depr2());
         instances.add(new Depr3());

         Depr depr = new Depr();
         Depr2 depr2 = new Depr2();
     }  

    @Deprecated
    public class Depr{}
    @Deprecated
    public class Depr1{}
    @Deprecated
    public class Depr2{}
    @Deprecated
    public class Depr3{}    
}

Eclipse removes the class name before the instance name (last 2 declarations). But if it is an anonymous class, Eclipse does not remove the initialization of the class after the new operand. This is really inconvenient! Is this customizable?

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SpringSource Tool Suite Version: 2.5.0.M3 Build code: 201008251000

Answer 1

It should be very simple →

• open Settings
• type "out of date" in the search field
• go to Java-> Editor-> Syntax Coloring
• find Java-> Deprecated items in the tree
• Check the Enable box and the Strikethroigh box.

tadaa!