Deprecated vs. Denigrated in JavaDoc?

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Published on 2012-11-02T18:07:36Z Indexed on 2012/11/02 23:16 UTC
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In the JavaDoc for X509Certificate getSubjectDN() it states:

Denigrated, replaced by getSubjectX500Principal().

I am used to seeing Deprecated in the for methods that should not be used any longer, but not Denigrated. I found a bug report about this particular case where it was closed with comment:

This isn't a bug. "Deprecated" is meant to be used only in serious cases.

When we are using a method that is Deprecated, the general suggested action is to stop using the method.

So what is the suggested action when a method is marked as Denigrated?

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