Deprecated API

Contents

• Deprecated Classes
• Deprecated Methods
• Deprecated Constructors

Deprecated Classes

Class and Description
org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.GzipResourceResolver as of 5.1, in favor of using EncodedResourceResolver
org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter as of 5.0 WebMvcConfigurer has default methods (made possible by a Java 8 baseline) and can be implemented directly without the need for this adapter

Deprecated Methods

Method and Description
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.applyCacheSeconds(HttpServletResponse, int, boolean) as of 4.2, in favor of WebContentGenerator.applyCacheControl(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse, org.springframework.http.CacheControl)
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.cacheForSeconds(HttpServletResponse, int) as of 4.2, in favor of WebContentGenerator.applyCacheControl(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse, org.springframework.http.CacheControl)
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.cacheForSeconds(HttpServletResponse, int, boolean) as of 4.2, in favor of WebContentGenerator.applyCacheControl(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse, org.springframework.http.CacheControl)
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.checkAndPrepare(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, boolean) as of 4.2, since the lastModified flag is effectively ignored, with a must-revalidate header only generated if explicitly configured
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.checkAndPrepare(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, int, boolean) as of 4.2, since the lastModified flag is effectively ignored, with a must-revalidate header only generated if explicitly configured
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.isAlwaysMustRevalidate() as of 4.2, in favor of WebContentGenerator.getCacheControl()
org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.LocaleChangeInterceptor.isLanguageTagCompliant() as of 5.1 since it always returns true now
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.isUseCacheControlHeader() as of 4.2, in favor of WebContentGenerator.getCacheControl()
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.isUseCacheControlNoStore() as of 4.2, in favor of WebContentGenerator.getCacheControl()
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.isUseExpiresHeader() as of 4.2, in favor of WebContentGenerator.getCacheControl()
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.preventCaching(HttpServletResponse) as of 4.2, in favor of WebContentGenerator.applyCacheControl(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse, org.springframework.http.CacheControl)
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.setAlwaysMustRevalidate(boolean) as of 4.2, in favor of WebContentGenerator.setCacheControl(org.springframework.http.CacheControl)
org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.LocaleChangeInterceptor.setLanguageTagCompliant(boolean) as of 5.1 since it only accepts true now
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.setUseCacheControlHeader(boolean) as of 4.2, since going forward, the HTTP 1.1 cache-control header will be required, with the HTTP 1.0 headers disappearing
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.setUseCacheControlNoStore(boolean) as of 4.2, in favor of WebContentGenerator.setCacheControl(org.springframework.http.CacheControl)
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.setUseExpiresHeader(boolean) as of 4.2, since going forward, the HTTP 1.1 cache-control header will be required, with the HTTP 1.0 headers disappearing
org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ContentNegotiationConfigurer.useJaf(boolean) as of 5.0, in favor of ContentNegotiationConfigurer.useRegisteredExtensionsOnly(boolean) which has reverse behavior

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor and Description
org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerMappingIntrospector(ApplicationContext) as of 4.3.12, in favor of HandlerMappingIntrospector.setApplicationContext(org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext)