Deprecated API

Contents

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

Deprecated Classes

org.springframework.web.portlet.mvc.AbstractCommandController
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of annotated controllers

org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractCommandController
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of annotated controllers

org.springframework.test.AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests)

org.springframework.web.portlet.mvc.AbstractFormController
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of annotated controllers

org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractFormController
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of annotated controllers

org.springframework.test.web.AbstractModelAndViewTests
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests)

org.springframework.test.AbstractSingleSpringContextTests
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests)

org.springframework.test.AbstractSpringContextTests
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests)

org.springframework.test.AbstractTransactionalDataSourceSpringContextTests
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests)

org.springframework.test.AbstractTransactionalSpringContextTests
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests)

org.springframework.web.portlet.mvc.AbstractWizardFormController
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of annotated controllers

org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractWizardFormController
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of annotated controllers

org.springframework.web.servlet.view.xslt.AbstractXsltView
since Spring 2.5; superseded by XsltView and its more flexible XsltView.locateSource(java.util.Map) mechanism

org.springframework.web.portlet.mvc.BaseCommandController
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of annotated controllers

org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.BaseCommandController
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of annotated controllers

org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.CancellableFormController
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of annotated controllers

org.springframework.core.task.support.ConcurrentExecutorAdapter
as of Spring 3.0 since TaskExecutor itself implements the Executor interface now

org.springframework.test.ConditionalTestCase
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests)

org.springframework.web.portlet.mvc.SimpleFormController
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of annotated controllers

org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleFormController
as of Spring 3.0, in favor of annotated controllers

Deprecated Fields

org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.COMMAND_NAME_VARIABLE_NAME
as of Spring 2.5, in favor of FormTag.MODEL_ATTRIBUTE_VARIABLE_NAME

Deprecated Methods

org.springframework.ui.ModelMap.addAllObjects(Collection)
as of Spring 2.5, in favor of ModelMap.addAllAttributes(Collection)

org.springframework.ui.ModelMap.addAllObjects(Map)
as of Spring 2.5, in favor of ModelMap.addAllAttributes(Map)

org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder.addConstructorArg(Object)
since Spring 2.5, in favor of BeanDefinitionBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(java.lang.Object)

org.springframework.ui.ModelMap.addObject(Object)
as of Spring 2.5, in favor of ModelMap.addAttribute(Object)

org.springframework.ui.ModelMap.addObject(String, Object)
as of Spring 2.5, in favor of ModelMap.addAttribute(String, Object)

org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory.createConcurrentMap(int)
as of Spring 3.0, for usage on JDK 1.5 or higher

org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory.createConcurrentMapIfPossible(int)
as of Spring 3.0, for usage on JDK 1.5 or higher

org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.createContextLoader()
in favor of simply subclassing ContextLoaderListener itself (which extends ContextLoader, as of Spring 3.0)

org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory.createCopyOnWriteSet()
as of Spring 3.0, for usage on JDK 1.5 or higher

org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory.createIdentityMapIfPossible(int)
as of Spring 2.5, for usage on JDK 1.4 or higher

org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory.createLinkedMapIfPossible(int)
as of Spring 2.5, for usage on JDK 1.4 or higher

org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory.createLinkedSetIfPossible(int)
as of Spring 2.5, for usage on JDK 1.4 or higher

org.springframework.remoting.rmi.RmiClientInterceptorUtils.doInvoke(MethodInvocation, Remote)
as of Spring 2.5, in favor of RmiClientInterceptorUtils.invokeRemoteMethod(org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation, java.lang.Object)

org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.execute(HibernateCallback, boolean)
as of Spring 2.5, in favor of HibernateTemplate.executeWithNativeSession(org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateCallback)

org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClientTemplate.executeWithListResult(SqlMapClientCallback)
as of Spring 3.0 - not really needed anymore with generic SqlMapClientTemplate.execute(org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClientCallback) method

org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClientTemplate.executeWithMapResult(SqlMapClientCallback
as of Spring 3.0 - not really needed anymore with generic SqlMapClientTemplate.execute(org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClientCallback) method

org.springframework.test.annotation.AbstractAnnotationAwareTransactionalTests.findUniqueProfileValueSourceFromContext(ApplicationContext)
Use @ProfileValueSourceConfiguration instead.

org.springframework.aop.config.AopNamespaceUtils.forceAutoProxyCreatorToUseClassProxying(BeanDefinitionRegistry)
since Spring 2.5, in favor of AopConfigUtils.forceAutoProxyCreatorToUseClassProxying(BeanDefinitionRegistry)

org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.getContextLoader()
in favor of simply subclassing ContextLoaderListener itself (which extends ContextLoader, as of Spring 3.0)

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.remoting.rmi.RmiClientInterceptorUtils.invoke(MethodInvocation, Remote, String)
as of Spring 2.5, in favor of RmiClientInterceptorUtils.invokeRemoteMethod(org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation, java.lang.Object)

org.springframework.core.JdkVersion.isAtLeastJava14()
as of Spring 3.0 which requires Java 1.5+

org.springframework.core.JdkVersion.isAtLeastJava15()
as of Spring 3.0 which requires Java 1.5+

org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.isPresent(String)
as of Spring 2.5, in favor of ClassUtils.isPresent(String, ClassLoader)

org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition.overrideFrom(AbstractBeanDefinition)
since Spring 2.5, in favor of AbstractBeanDefinition.overrideFrom(BeanDefinition)

org.springframework.aop.config.AopNamespaceUtils.registerAutoProxyCreatorIfNecessary(ParserContext, Object)
since Spring 2.5, in favor of AopNamespaceUtils.registerAutoProxyCreatorIfNecessary(ParserContext, Element) and AopConfigUtils.registerAutoProxyCreatorIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionRegistry, Object)

org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateOperations.saveOrUpdateAll(Collection)
as of Spring 2.5, in favor of individual saveOrUpdate or merge usage

org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder.setFactoryBean(String, String)
since Spring 2.5, in favor of preparing this on the raw BeanDefinition object

org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder.setResourceDescription(String)
since Spring 2.5, in favor of preparing this on the raw BeanDefinition object

org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder.setSingleton(boolean)
since Spring 2.5, in favor of BeanDefinitionBuilder.setScope(java.lang.String)

org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition.setSingleton(boolean)
since Spring 2.5, in favor of AbstractBeanDefinition.setScope(java.lang.String)

org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder.setSource(Object)
since Spring 2.5, in favor of preparing this on the raw BeanDefinition object

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

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.support.AbstractBeanDefinition(AbstractBeanDefinition)
since Spring 2.5, in favor of AbstractBeanDefinition.AbstractBeanDefinition(BeanDefinition)

org.springframework.jdbc.CannotGetJdbcConnectionException(String, ClassNotFoundException)
since Spring 2.5, in favor of throwing an IllegalStateException in case of the driver not being found

org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource(String, String, String, String)
since Spring 2.5. DriverManagerDataSource is primarily intended for accessing pre-registered JDBC drivers. If you need to register a new driver, consider using SimpleDriverDataSource instead.

org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition(Class, boolean)
since Spring 2.5, in favor of AbstractBeanDefinition.setScope(java.lang.String)

org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition(Class, MutablePropertyValues, boolean)
since Spring 2.5, in favor of AbstractBeanDefinition.setScope(java.lang.String)

org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.SingleConnectionDataSource(String, String, String, String, boolean)
since Spring 2.5. Driver parameter usage is generally not recommended for a SingleConnectionDataSource. If you insist on using driver parameters directly, set up the Driver class manually before invoking this DataSource.