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Deprecation Announcement: In this stage the deprecated APIs will be noted in the Release Notes, in the API Reference Manual, and in a compiler warning message. This step will be informational only; the API will not be removed and its behavior will not be changed.
Deprecation: In this stage the deprecated API will be moved or renamed in some way to explicitly indicate that it is deprecated. This will be a syntax-breaking change, with the intent that users must change their code to acknowledge use of the deprecated API. The precise mechanism of the syntax change will be language and context dependent. This breaking change will only occur in a major version release of a product, where the primary version number is updated (cf. https://techsoft3d.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPD/pages/1143800571/HOOPS+Target+General+Availability+Dates#1.2.-RELEASE-PLAN).
Removal: In this stage the deprecated API will be completely removed from the product.
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