Deprecated API

Contents

• Terminally Deprecated
• Classes
• Fields
• Methods
• Constructors

Terminally Deprecated Elements

Element	Description
org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PreferencesPlaceholderConfigurer	as of 5.2, along with PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer; to be removed in 8.0
org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer	as of 5.2, to be removed in 8.0; use org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer instead which is more flexible through taking advantage of the Environment and PropertySource mechanisms.

Deprecated Classes

Class	Description
org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PreferencesPlaceholderConfigurer	as of 5.2, along with PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer; to be removed in 8.0
org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer	as of 5.2, to be removed in 8.0; use org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer instead which is more flexible through taking advantage of the Environment and PropertySource mechanisms.
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader	in favor of Spring's common bean definition formats and/or custom reader implementations

Deprecated Fields

Field	Description
org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory.AUTOWIRE_AUTODETECT	If you are using mixed autowiring strategies, prefer annotation-based autowiring for clearer demarcation of autowiring needs.
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition.AUTOWIRE_AUTODETECT	If you are using mixed autowiring strategies, use annotation-based autowiring for clearer demarcation of autowiring needs.

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiate(Class<T>)	following the deprecation of Class.newInstance() in JDK 9
org.springframework.beans.factory.aot.InstanceSupplierCodeGenerator.generateCode(RegisteredBean, Executable)	in favor of InstanceSupplierCodeGenerator.generateCode(RegisteredBean, InstantiationDescriptor)
org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyBeanPostProcessorsAfterInitialization(Object, String)	as of 6.1, in favor of implicit post-processing through AutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(Object, String)
org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyBeanPostProcessorsBeforeInitialization(Object, String)	as of 6.1, in favor of implicit post-processing through AutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(Object, String)
org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(Class<?>, int, boolean)	in favor of AutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(Class)
org.springframework.beans.factory.config.SingletonBeanRegistry.getSingletonMutex()	as of 6.2, in favor of lenient singleton locking (with this method returning an arbitrary object to lock on)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyBeanPostProcessorsAfterInitialization(Object, String)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyBeanPostProcessorsBeforeInitialization(Object, String)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(Class<?>, int, boolean)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingletonMutex()
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RegisteredBean.resolveConstructorOrFactoryMethod()	in favor of RegisteredBean.resolveInstantiationDescriptor()

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor	Description
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition(ResolvableType)	as of 6.0.11, in favor of an extra RootBeanDefinition.setTargetType(ResolvableType) call