Deprecated API

Contents

• Terminally Deprecated
• Interfaces
• Classes
• Fields
• Methods
• Constructors

Terminally Deprecated Elements

Element	Description
org.springframework.data.aot.AotContext.introspectBeanDefinition(String)	since 4.0, use AotContext.getBeanFactory() and interact with the bean factory directly.
org.springframework.data.aot.AotContext.introspectBeanDefinition(BeanReference)	since 4.0, use AotContext.getBeanFactory() and interact with the bean factory directly.
org.springframework.data.aot.AotContext.IntrospectedBeanDefinition	since 4.0 as this isn't widely used and can be easily implemented within user code.
org.springframework.data.aot.AotContext.introspectType(String)	since 4.0 as this isn't widely used and can be easily implemented within user code.
org.springframework.data.aot.AotContext.scanPackageForTypes(Collection<Class<? extends Annotation>>, Collection<String>)	since 4.0, use AotContext.getTypeScanner() directly
org.springframework.data.aot.AotContext.TypeIntrospector	since 4.0 as this isn't widely used and can be easily implemented within user code.
org.springframework.data.geo.GeoModule	since 4.0, use GeoJacksonModule instead.
org.springframework.data.repository.aot.generate.AotQueryMethodGenerationContext.getActualReturnType()
org.springframework.data.repository.aot.generate.AotQueryMethodGenerationContext.getActualReturnTypeName()
org.springframework.data.repository.aot.generate.AotQueryMethodGenerationContext.getReturnType()
org.springframework.data.repository.aot.generate.AotQueryMethodGenerationContext.getReturnTypeName()
org.springframework.data.repository.config.AotRepositoryContext.getBasePackages()	since 4.0, use AotRepositoryContext.getConfigurationSource() and call RepositoryConfigurationSource.getBasePackages()
org.springframework.data.repository.config.AotRepositoryContext.getBeanName()	since 4.0, this doesn't really belong in here.
org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryComposition.RepositoryFragments.invoke(Method, Method, Object[])
org.springframework.data.repository.init.Jackson2RepositoryPopulatorFactoryBean	since 4.0, in favor of JacksonRepositoryPopulatorFactoryBean.
org.springframework.data.repository.init.Jackson2ResourceReader	since 4.0, in favor of JacksonResourceReader.
org.springframework.data.util.Predicates.IS_HIBERNATE_MEMBER
org.springframework.data.web.config.SpringDataJacksonConfiguration	since 4.0, in favor of SpringDataJackson3Configuration which uses Jackson 3.
org.springframework.data.web.config.SpringDataJacksonModules	since 4.0, in favor of SpringDataJackson3Configuration which uses Jackson 3.
org.springframework.data.web.ProjectingJackson2HttpMessageConverter	since 4.0, in favor of ProjectingJacksonHttpMessageConverter.

Deprecated Interfaces

Interface	Description
org.springframework.data.aot.AotContext.IntrospectedBeanDefinition	since 4.0 as this isn't widely used and can be easily implemented within user code.
org.springframework.data.aot.AotContext.TypeIntrospector	since 4.0 as this isn't widely used and can be easily implemented within user code.
org.springframework.data.web.config.SpringDataJacksonModules	since 4.0, in favor of SpringDataJackson3Configuration which uses Jackson 3.

Deprecated Classes

Class	Description
org.springframework.data.geo.GeoModule	since 4.0, use GeoJacksonModule instead.
org.springframework.data.repository.init.Jackson2RepositoryPopulatorFactoryBean	since 4.0, in favor of JacksonRepositoryPopulatorFactoryBean.
org.springframework.data.repository.init.Jackson2ResourceReader	since 4.0, in favor of JacksonResourceReader.
org.springframework.data.transaction.ChainedTransactionManager	since 2.5
org.springframework.data.util.NullableUtils	since 4.0 in favor of Nullness fully using JSpecify annotations instead of Spring Framework's own @Nullable and @NonNullApi annotations.
org.springframework.data.web.config.SpringDataJacksonConfiguration	since 4.0, in favor of SpringDataJackson3Configuration which uses Jackson 3.
org.springframework.data.web.ProjectingJackson2HttpMessageConverter	since 4.0, in favor of ProjectingJacksonHttpMessageConverter.

Deprecated Fields

Field	Description
org.springframework.data.util.Predicates.IS_HIBERNATE_MEMBER

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
org.springframework.data.aot.AotContext.introspectBeanDefinition(String)	since 4.0, use AotContext.getBeanFactory() and interact with the bean factory directly.
org.springframework.data.aot.AotContext.introspectBeanDefinition(BeanReference)	since 4.0, use AotContext.getBeanFactory() and interact with the bean factory directly.
org.springframework.data.aot.AotContext.introspectType(String)	since 4.0 as this isn't widely used and can be easily implemented within user code.
org.springframework.data.aot.AotContext.scanPackageForTypes(Collection<Class<? extends Annotation>>, Collection<String>)	since 4.0, use AotContext.getTypeScanner() directly
org.springframework.data.expression.ValueEvaluationContext.getRequiredEvaluationContext()	since 4.0, EvaluationContext is always provided.
org.springframework.data.repository.aot.generate.AotQueryMethodGenerationContext.getActualReturnType()
org.springframework.data.repository.aot.generate.AotQueryMethodGenerationContext.getActualReturnTypeName()
org.springframework.data.repository.aot.generate.AotQueryMethodGenerationContext.getReturnType()
org.springframework.data.repository.aot.generate.AotQueryMethodGenerationContext.getReturnTypeName()
org.springframework.data.repository.config.AotRepositoryContext.getBasePackages()	since 4.0, use AotRepositoryContext.getConfigurationSource() and call RepositoryConfigurationSource.getBasePackages()
org.springframework.data.repository.config.AotRepositoryContext.getBeanName()	since 4.0, this doesn't really belong in here.
org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupport.registerBeanDefinitions(AnnotationMetadata, BeanDefinitionRegistry)	since 2.2, call RepositoryBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupport.registerBeanDefinitions(AnnotationMetadata, BeanDefinitionRegistry, BeanNameGenerator) instead.
org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport.getModulePrefix()	since 3.0, refer to RepositoryConfigurationExtension.getModuleIdentifier() instead and implement either RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport.getModuleName() directly or both methods if the default translation from name to identifier as defined in RepositoryConfigurationExtension.getModuleIdentifier() doesn't suit you.
org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryComposition.RepositoryFragments.invoke(Method, Method, Object[])
org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport.getEntityInformation(Class<T>)	since 4.0, use RepositoryFactorySupport.getEntityInformation(RepositoryMetadata) instead.
org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethod.createParameters(ParametersSource)	since 3.5, use QueryMethod(Method, RepositoryMetadata, ProjectionFactory, Function) instead.
org.springframework.data.util.ReflectionUtils.findRequiredMethod(Class<?>, String, Class<?>...)	since 3.5, use ReflectionUtils.getRequiredMethod(Class, String, Class[]) instead.
org.springframework.data.web.SlicedResourcesAssembler.toEmptyModel(Slice<?>, Class<?>, Optional<Link>)

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor	Description
org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethod(Method, RepositoryMetadata, ProjectionFactory)	since 3.5, use QueryMethod(Method, RepositoryMetadata, ProjectionFactory, Function) instead.