Deprecated API

Contents

• Deprecated Classes
• Deprecated Methods
• Deprecated Constructors

Deprecated Classes

Class and Description
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.document.AbstractExcelView as of Spring 4.2, in favor of AbstractXlsView and its AbstractXlsxView and AbstractXlsxStreamingView variants
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.document.AbstractJExcelView as of Spring 4.0, since JExcelAPI is an abandoned project (no release since 2009, with serious bugs remaining)
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.AbstractSpringPreparerFactory as of Spring 4.2, in favor of Tiles 3
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter in Spring 3.2 in favor of RequestMappingHandlerAdapter
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerExceptionResolver as of Spring 3.2, in favor of ExceptionHandlerExceptionResolver
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping in Spring 3.2 in favor of RequestMappingHandlerMapping
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.SimpleSpringPreparerFactory as of Spring 4.2, in favor of Tiles 3
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.SpringBeanPreparerFactory as of Spring 4.2, in favor of Tiles 3
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.SpringLocaleResolver as of Spring 4.2, in favor of Tiles 3
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.SpringWildcardServletTilesApplicationContext as of Spring 4.2, in favor of Tiles 3
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesConfigurer as of Spring 4.2, in favor of Tiles 3
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesView as of Spring 4.2, in favor of Tiles 3
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesViewResolver as of Spring 4.2, in favor of Tiles 3

Deprecated Methods

Method and Description
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.checkAndPrepare(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, boolean)
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.MvcUriComponentsBuilder.fromMethod(Method, Object...) as of 4.2 this is deprecated in favor of the overloaded method that also accepts a controllerType.
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.isAlwaysMustRevalidate()
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.isUseCacheControlHeader()
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.isUseCacheControlNoStore()
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.isUseExpiresHeader()
org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractHandlerMethodMapping.registerHandlerMethod(Object, Method, T) as of 4.2 you can invoke the public methods AbstractHandlerMethodMapping.registerMapping(Object, Object, Method) and AbstractHandlerMethodMapping.unregisterMapping(Object) during initialization or at runtime, i.e. after initialization is complete.
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.setAlwaysMustRevalidate(boolean) in favor of WebContentGenerator.setCacheSeconds(int) or WebContentGenerator.setCacheControl(org.springframework.http.CacheControl).
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.setUseCacheControlHeader(boolean) in favor of WebContentGenerator.setCacheSeconds(int) or WebContentGenerator.setCacheControl(org.springframework.http.CacheControl).
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.setUseCacheControlNoStore(boolean) in favor of WebContentGenerator.setCacheSeconds(int) or WebContentGenerator.setCacheControl(org.springframework.http.CacheControl).
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.WebContentGenerator.setUseExpiresHeader(boolean) in favor of WebContentGenerator.setCacheSeconds(int) or WebContentGenerator.setCacheControl(org.springframework.http.CacheControl).

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor and Description
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.MvcUriComponentsBuilder.MethodArgumentBuilder(Method) as of 4.2 deprecated in favor of alternative constructors that accept the controllerType.