Deprecated API

Contents

• Interfaces
• Classes
• Fields
• Methods

Deprecated Interfaces

Interface	Description
grails.core.GrailsDomainClass	Use PersistentEntity instead
grails.validation.ConstraintsEvaluator	Use org.grails.datastore.gorm.validation.constraints.eval.ConstraintsEvaluator instead

Deprecated Classes

Class	Description
org.grails.asm.AnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor	As of Spring Framework 5.2, this class has been replaced by SimpleAnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor for internal use within the framework, but there is no public replacement for AnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor.
org.grails.asm.MethodMetadataReadingVisitor	As of Spring Framework 5.2, this class and related classes in this package have been replaced by SimpleAnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor and related classes for internal use within the framework.
org.grails.config.NavigableMapConfig	This class behavior is related to NavigableMap which will be removed in future. Use Config instead.
org.grails.core.DefaultGrailsDomainClass
org.grails.core.metaclass.BaseApiProvider	Use traits instead

Deprecated Fields

Field	Description
grails.core.GrailsApplication.CONFIG_CLASS
grails.core.GrailsApplication.DATA_SOURCE_CLASS
grails.core.GrailsApplication.PROJECT_META_FILE

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
grails.plugins.DefaultGrailsPluginManager.checkForChanges()	Replaced by agent-based reloading, will be removed in a future version of Grails
grails.plugins.GrailsPlugin.doc(String)	Dynamic document generation no longer supported
grails.plugins.GrailsPluginManager.checkForChanges()
grails.util.GrailsClassUtils.getPropertyForGetter(String)	Use GrailsClassUtils.getPropertyForGetter(String, Class) instead because this method has a defect for "is.." method with Boolean return types.
grails.util.GrailsClassUtils.isGetter(String, Class<?>[])	use GrailsClassUtils.isGetter(String, Class, Class[]) instead because this method has a defect for "is.." method with Boolean return types.
org.grails.compiler.injection.ArtefactTypeAstTransformation.doPerformInjectionOnArtefactType(SourceUnit, ClassNode, String)
org.grails.config.CompositeConfig.flatten()
org.grails.config.NavigableMapConfig.flatten()
org.grails.config.PrefixedConfig.flatten()
org.grails.core.AbstractGrailsClass.getPropertyDescriptors()	Use AbstractGrailsClass.getMetaProperties() instead
org.grails.plugins.DefaultGrailsPlugin.doc(String)	Dynamic document generation no longer supported