Deprecated API

Contents

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

Deprecated Interfaces

Interface and Description
org.springframework.core.ConcurrentMap as of Spring 3.0, since standard ConcurrentMap is available on Java 5+ anyway
org.springframework.core.enums.LabeledEnum as of Spring 3.0, in favor of Java 5 enums.
org.springframework.core.enums.LabeledEnumResolver as of Spring 3.0, in favor of Java 5 enums.

Deprecated Classes

Class and Description
org.springframework.core.enums.AbstractCachingLabeledEnumResolver as of Spring 3.0, in favor of Java 5 enums.
org.springframework.core.enums.AbstractGenericLabeledEnum as of Spring 3.0, in favor of Java 5 enums.
org.springframework.core.enums.AbstractLabeledEnum as of Spring 3.0, in favor of Java 5 enums.
org.springframework.util.CachingMapDecorator as of Spring 3.2, to be removed along with LabeledEnum support
org.springframework.core.enums.LetterCodedLabeledEnum as of Spring 3.0, in favor of Java 5 enums.
org.springframework.core.enums.ShortCodedLabeledEnum as of Spring 3.0, in favor of Java 5 enums.
org.springframework.core.enums.StaticLabeledEnum as of Spring 3.0, in favor of Java 5 enums.
org.springframework.core.enums.StaticLabeledEnumResolver as of Spring 3.0, in favor of Java 5 enums.
org.springframework.core.enums.StringCodedLabeledEnum as of Spring 3.0, in favor of Java 5 enums.

Deprecated Fields

Field and Description
org.springframework.core.env.EnumerablePropertySource.EMPTY_NAMES_ARRAY

Deprecated Methods

Method and Description
org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionServiceFactory.addDefaultConverters(GenericConversionService) in Spring 3.1 in favor of DefaultConversionService.addDefaultConverters(ConverterRegistry)
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.core.CollectionFactory.createCopyOnWriteSet() as of Spring 3.0, for usage on JDK 1.5 or higher
org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionServiceFactory.createDefaultConversionService() in Spring 3.1 in favor of DefaultConversionService.DefaultConversionService()
org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory.createIdentityMapIfPossible(int) as of Spring 2.5, for usage on JDK 1.4 or higher
org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory.createLinkedCaseInsensitiveMapIfPossible(int) as of Spring 3.0, for usage on JDK 1.5 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.util.ClassUtils.forName(String) as of Spring 3.0, in favor of specifying a ClassLoader explicitly: see ClassUtils.forName(String, ClassLoader)
org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor.getElementType() in Spring 3.1 in favor of TypeDescriptor.getElementTypeDescriptor()
org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor.getMapKeyType() in Spring 3.1 in favor of TypeDescriptor.getMapKeyTypeDescriptor()
org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor.getMapValueType() in Spring 3.1 in favor of TypeDescriptor.getMapValueTypeDescriptor()
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.core.JdkVersion.isAtLeastJava16() as of Spring 3.0, in favor of reflective checks for the specific Java 1.6 classes of interest
org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.isPresent(String) as of Spring 2.5, in favor of ClassUtils.isPresent(String, ClassLoader)
org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver.resolveReturnTypeForGenericMethod(Method, Object[]) in favor of resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod in the internal AutowireUtils class in the beans module; we do not expect other use of it!

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor and Description
org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourceArrayPropertyEditor(ResourcePatternResolver) as of 3.1 in favor of ResourceArrayPropertyEditor.ResourceArrayPropertyEditor(ResourcePatternResolver, PropertyResolver)
org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourceArrayPropertyEditor(ResourcePatternResolver, boolean) as of 3.1 in favor of ResourceArrayPropertyEditor.ResourceArrayPropertyEditor(ResourcePatternResolver, PropertyResolver, boolean)
org.springframework.core.io.ResourceEditor(ResourceLoader) as of Spring 3.1 in favor of ResourceEditor.ResourceEditor(ResourceLoader, PropertyResolver)
org.springframework.core.io.ResourceEditor(ResourceLoader, boolean) as of Spring 3.1 in favor of ResourceEditor.ResourceEditor(ResourceLoader, PropertyResolver, boolean)