Deprecated API

Contents

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

Deprecated Interfaces

org.springframework.web.bind.BindInitializer
since Spring 1.2.7: prefer direct ServletRequestDataBinder usage, potentially in combination with a PropertyEditorRegistrar

org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionParser
as of Spring 2.0: superseded by BeanDefinitionDocumentReader

Deprecated Classes

org.springframework.aop.framework.AdvisorChainFactoryUtils
as of Spring 2.0.3, in favor of DefaultAdvisorChainFactory. This utility class will be removed in Spring 2.1.

org.springframework.web.bind.BindUtils
since Spring 1.2.7: prefer direct ServletRequestDataBinder usage, potentially in combination with a PropertyEditorRegistrar

org.springframework.context.event.ConsoleListener
since Spring 1.2.7: doesn't serve any purpose

org.springframework.aop.support.DynamicMethodMatcherPointcutAdvisor
since 2.0, in favor of using DefaultPointcutAdvisor with a runtime DynamicMethodMatcherPointcut

org.springframework.aop.framework.HashMapCachingAdvisorChainFactory
as of Spring 2.0.3, in favor of AdvisedSupport's built-in caching. This class will be removed in Spring 2.1.

org.springframework.web.bind.RequestUtils
as of Spring 2.0: use ServletRequestUtils instead

org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ResourceFactoryBean
in favor of implicit String-to-Resource conversion through the automatically registered ResourceEditor

Deprecated Fields

org.springframework.core.task.SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor.DEFAULT_THREAD_NAME_PREFIX
as of Spring 2.0.3, since the default thread name prefix is now taken from the concrete class (could be a subclass)

org.springframework.validation.BindException.ERROR_KEY_PREFIX
in favor of BindingResult.MODEL_KEY_PREFIX

org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper.INCLUDE_CONTEXT_PATH_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTE
as of Spring 2.0, in favor of WebUtils.INCLUDE_CONTEXT_PATH_ATTRIBUTE

org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper.INCLUDE_SERVLET_PATH_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTE
as of Spring 2.0, in favor of WebUtils.INCLUDE_SERVLET_PATH_ATTRIBUTE

org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper.INCLUDE_URI_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTE
as of Spring 2.0, in favor of WebUtils.INCLUDE_REQUEST_URI_ATTRIBUTE

Deprecated Methods

org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest.addRole(String)
in favor of addUserRole

org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.createBeanDefinition(String, String, ConstructorArgumentValues, MutablePropertyValues, ClassLoader)
in favor of createBeanDefinition(String, String, ClassLoader)

org.springframework.scheduling.timer.TimerFactoryBean.createTimer(boolean)
as of Spring 2.0.1, in favor of TimerFactoryBean.createTimer(String, boolean)

org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.doTypeConversionIfNecessary(Object, Class)
in favor of convertIfNecessary

org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport.findDecoratorForNode(Node)
as of Spring 2.0.2; there should be no need to call this directly.

org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.findMatchingBeans(Class)
as of Spring 2.0.1: Override findAutowireCandidates instead

org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport.findParserForElement(Element)
as of Spring 2.0.2; there should be no need to call this directly.

org.springframework.validation.DataBinder.getErrors()
in favor of DataBinder.getBindingResult(). Use the BindException.BindException(BindingResult) constructor to create a BindException instance if still needed.

org.springframework.web.servlet.view.xslt.AbstractXsltView.getParameters()
as of Spring 2.0.4, in favor of the AbstractXsltView.getParameters(HttpServletRequest) variant

org.springframework.aop.framework.AopProxyUtils.getTargetClass(Object)
as of Spring 2.0.3, in favor of AopUtils.getTargetClass

org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.MultiActionController.initBinder(ServletRequest, ServletRequestDataBinder)
as of Spring 2.0: use initBinder(HttpServletRequest, ServletRequestDataBinder) instead

org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.isAssignable(Class, Class)
as of Spring 2.0, in favor of ClassUtils.isAssignable

org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.isAssignable(Class, Object)
as of Spring 2.0, in favor of ClassUtils.isAssignableValue

org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ShadowingClassLoader.isClassNameExcludedFromShadowing(String)
in favor of ShadowingClassLoader.isEligibleForShadowing(java.lang.String)

org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAutoProxyCreator.isInfrastructureClass(Class, String)
in favor of isInfrastructureClass(beanClass)

org.springframework.remoting.jaxrpc.JaxRpcPortClientInterceptor.performJaxRpcCall(MethodInvocation)
as of Spring 2.0.3, in favor of the performJaxRpcCall variant with an explicit Service argument

org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClientTemplate.queryForPaginatedList(String, int)
as of iBATIS 2.3.0

org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClientOperations.queryForPaginatedList(String, int)
as of iBATIS 2.3.0

org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClientTemplate.queryForPaginatedList(String, Object, int)
as of iBATIS 2.3.0

org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClientOperations.queryForPaginatedList(String, Object, int)
as of iBATIS 2.3.0

org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory.registerCustomEditor(Class, PropertyEditor)
as of Spring 2.0.7, in favor of ConfigurableBeanFactory.addPropertyEditorRegistrar(org.springframework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistrar)

org.springframework.jmx.export.MBeanExporter.setAutodetect(boolean)
in favor of MBeanExporter.setAutodetectModeName(String)

org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomEditorConfigurer.setCustomEditors(Map)
as of Spring 2.0.7, in favor of CustomEditorConfigurer.setPropertyEditorRegistrars(org.springframework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistrar[])

org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean.setFilterConfig(FilterConfig)
as of Spring 2.0; to be removed in Spring 2.1

org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.setParserClass(Class)
as of Spring 2.0: superseded by "documentReaderClass"

org.springframework.ui.freemarker.FreeMarkerConfigurationFactory.setTemplateLoaders(TemplateLoader[])
as of Spring 2.0.1, in favor of the "preTemplateLoaders" and "postTemplateLoaders" properties

org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.setValidating(boolean)
as of Spring 2.0: superseded by "validationMode"

org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.BaseCommandController.suppressValidation(HttpServletRequest)
as of Spring 2.0.4, in favor of the BaseCommandController.suppressValidation(HttpServletRequest, Object) variant

Deprecated Constructors

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException(Resource, String, String)
as of Spring 2.0, in favor of the constructor variant with a resource description argument

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException(Resource, String, String, Throwable)
as of Spring 2.0, in favor of the constructor variant with a resource description argument