Functional interfaces and deprecated methods

[Jed Wesley-Smith]

Why would that be any better than deprecating the entire interface in
favour of a new one?

cheers,
jed

On 8 February 2013 07:28, Paul Benedict <pbenedict at apache.org> wrote:
> A @FunctionalInterface has one method. If that method needs replacing, is
> it possible to @Deprecate the existing method and introduce a new one? I
> know the spec doesn't allow it now. What are your opinions on whether this
> should be allowed?