Deprecated API

Contents

• Deprecated Classes
• Deprecated Annotation Types
• Deprecated Fields
• Deprecated Methods
• Deprecated Constructors

Deprecated Classes

Class and Description
org.springframework.test.annotation.AbstractAnnotationAwareTransactionalTests as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests)
org.springframework.test.jpa.AbstractAspectjJpaTests as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests)
org.springframework.test.AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests)
org.springframework.test.jpa.AbstractJpaTests as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests)
org.springframework.test.context.junit38.AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests as of Spring 3.1, in favor of using AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests
org.springframework.test.web.AbstractModelAndViewTests as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests) or ModelAndViewAssert with JUnit 4 and TestNG.
org.springframework.test.AbstractSingleSpringContextTests as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests)
org.springframework.test.AbstractSpringContextTests as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests)
org.springframework.test.AbstractTransactionalDataSourceSpringContextTests as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests)
org.springframework.test.context.junit38.AbstractTransactionalJUnit38SpringContextTests as of Spring 3.1, in favor of using AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests
org.springframework.test.AbstractTransactionalSpringContextTests as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests)
org.springframework.test.AssertThrows favor use of JUnit 4's @Test(expected=...) support
org.springframework.test.ConditionalTestCase as of Spring 3.0, in favor of using the listener-based test context framework (AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests)
org.springframework.test.jdbc.SimpleJdbcTestUtils as of Spring 3.1.3; use JdbcTestUtils instead.

Deprecated Annotation Types

Annotation Type and Description
org.springframework.test.annotation.ExpectedException as of Spring 3.1 in favor of using built-in support for declaring expected exceptions in the underlying testing framework (e.g., JUnit, TestNG, etc.)
org.springframework.test.annotation.NotTransactional as of Spring 3.0, in favor of moving the non-transactional test method to a separate (non-transactional) test class or to a @BeforeTransaction or @AfterTransaction method.

Deprecated Fields

Field and Description
org.springframework.test.context.testng.AbstractTransactionalTestNGSpringContextTests.simpleJdbcTemplate As of Spring 3.2, use AbstractTransactionalTestNGSpringContextTests.jdbcTemplate instead.
org.springframework.test.context.junit4.AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests.simpleJdbcTemplate As of Spring 3.2, use AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests.jdbcTemplate instead.

Deprecated Methods

Method and Description
org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener.dirtyContext(TestContext) as of Spring 3.2.2, use #dirtyContext(TestContext, HierarchyMode) instead.
org.springframework.test.annotation.AbstractAnnotationAwareTransactionalTests.findUniqueProfileValueSourceFromContext(ApplicationContext) Use @ProfileValueSourceConfiguration instead.
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.StatusResultMatchers.isDestinationLocked() matching the deprecation of HttpStatus.DESTINATION_LOCKED
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.StatusResultMatchers.isInsufficientSpaceOnResource() matching the deprecation of HttpStatus.INSUFFICIENT_SPACE_ON_RESOURCE
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.StatusResultMatchers.isMethodFailure() matching the deprecation of HttpStatus.METHOD_FAILURE
org.springframework.test.context.TestContext.markApplicationContextDirty() as of Spring 3.2.2; use TestContext.markApplicationContextDirty(DirtiesContext.HierarchyMode) instead.

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor and Description
org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfigurationAttributes(Class, String[], Class[], boolean, Class) as of Spring 3.2, use ContextConfigurationAttributes.ContextConfigurationAttributes(Class, String[], Class[], boolean, Class[], boolean, String, Class) instead
org.springframework.test.context.web.WebMergedContextConfiguration(Class, String[], Class[], Set>>, String[], String, ContextLoader) as of Spring 3.2.2, use WebMergedContextConfiguration.WebMergedContextConfiguration(Class, String[], Class[], Set, String[], String, ContextLoader, CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate, MergedContextConfiguration) instead.