Deprecated APIs

A deprecated API is a class or class member from a previous version of the Java Platform that we recommend you no longer use because of the availability of improved APIs.

The following is the list of deprecated APIs as of JDK 1.2 Beta 2.

See also:
Why JavaSoft is Deprecating Thread.stop, Thread.suspend and Thread.resume

Deprecated Classes

Constructors, methods and fields inside the deprecated classes are not explicitly listed here.

java.io.LineNumberInputStream :

LineNumberInputStream is deprecated.

java.io.StringBufferInputStream :

StringBufferInputStream is deprecated.

java.security.Certificate :

Certificate is deprecated.

Deprecated Class Members

java.awt.BorderLayout :

addLayoutComponent() is deprecated.

java.awt.CardLayout :

addLayoutComponent() is deprecated.

java.awt.CheckboxGroup :

getCurrent() is deprecated.

java.awt.CheckboxGroup :

setCurrent() is deprecated.

java.awt.Choice :

countItems() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

getPeer() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

enable() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

enable() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

disable() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

show() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

show() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

hide() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

location() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

move() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

size() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

resize() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

resize() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

bounds() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

reshape() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

preferredSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

minimumSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

layout() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

inside() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

locate() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

deliverEvent() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

postEvent() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

handleEvent() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

mouseDown() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

mouseDrag() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

mouseUp() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

mouseMove() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

mouseEnter() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

mouseExit() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

keyDown() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

keyUp() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

action() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

gotFocus() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

lostFocus() is deprecated.

java.awt.Component :

nextFocus() is deprecated.

java.awt.Container :

countComponents() is deprecated.

java.awt.Container :

insets() is deprecated.

java.awt.Container :

layout() is deprecated.

java.awt.Container :

preferredSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.Container :

minimumSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.Container :

deliverEvent() is deprecated.

java.awt.Container :

locate() is deprecated.

java.awt.FontMetrics :

getMaxDecent() is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

DEFAULT_CURSOR is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

CROSSHAIR_CURSOR is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

TEXT_CURSOR is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

WAIT_CURSOR is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

SW_RESIZE_CURSOR is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

SE_RESIZE_CURSOR is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

NW_RESIZE_CURSOR is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

NE_RESIZE_CURSOR is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

N_RESIZE_CURSOR is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

S_RESIZE_CURSOR is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

W_RESIZE_CURSOR is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

E_RESIZE_CURSOR is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

HAND_CURSOR is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

MOVE_CURSOR is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

setCursor() is deprecated.

java.awt.Frame :

getCursorType() is deprecated.

java.awt.Graphics :

getClipRect() is deprecated.

java.awt.List :

countItems() is deprecated.

java.awt.List :

addItem() is deprecated.

java.awt.List :

addItem() is deprecated.

java.awt.List :

clear() is deprecated.

java.awt.List :

delItem() is deprecated.

java.awt.List :

isSelected() is deprecated.

java.awt.List :

allowsMultipleSelections() is deprecated.

java.awt.List :

setMultipleSelections() is deprecated.

java.awt.List :

preferredSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.List :

preferredSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.List :

minimumSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.List :

minimumSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.List :

delItems() is deprecated.

java.awt.Menu :

countItems() is deprecated.

java.awt.MenuBar :

countMenus() is deprecated.

java.awt.MenuComponent :

getPeer() is deprecated.

java.awt.MenuComponent :

postEvent() is deprecated.

java.awt.MenuContainer :

postEvent() is deprecated.

java.awt.MenuItem :

enable() is deprecated.

java.awt.MenuItem :

enable() is deprecated.

java.awt.MenuItem :

disable() is deprecated.

java.awt.Polygon :

getBoundingBox() is deprecated.

java.awt.Polygon :

inside() is deprecated.

java.awt.Rectangle :

reshape() is deprecated.

java.awt.Rectangle :

move() is deprecated.

java.awt.Rectangle :

resize() is deprecated.

java.awt.Rectangle :

inside() is deprecated.

java.awt.ScrollPane :

layout() is deprecated.

java.awt.Scrollbar :

getVisible() is deprecated.

java.awt.Scrollbar :

setLineIncrement() is deprecated.

java.awt.Scrollbar :

getLineIncrement() is deprecated.

java.awt.Scrollbar :

setPageIncrement() is deprecated.

java.awt.Scrollbar :

getPageIncrement() is deprecated.

java.awt.TextArea :

insertText() is deprecated.

java.awt.TextArea :

appendText() is deprecated.

java.awt.TextArea :

replaceText() is deprecated.

java.awt.TextArea :

preferredSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.TextArea :

preferredSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.TextArea :

minimumSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.TextArea :

minimumSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.TextField :

setEchoCharacter() is deprecated.

java.awt.TextField :

preferredSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.TextField :

preferredSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.TextField :

minimumSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.TextField :

minimumSize() is deprecated.

java.awt.Window :

postEvent() is deprecated.

java.awt.geom.AffineTransform :

prepend() is deprecated.

java.awt.geom.AffineTransform :

append() is deprecated.

java.awt.image.BufferedImage :

getGraphics() is deprecated.

java.awt.swing.AbstractButton :

getLabel() is deprecated.

java.awt.swing.AbstractButton :

setLabel() is deprecated.

java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream :

toString() is deprecated.

java.io.DataInputStream :

readLine() is deprecated.

java.io.ObjectInputStream :

readLine() is deprecated.

java.io.PrintStream :

PrintStream() is deprecated.

java.io.PrintStream :

PrintStream() is deprecated.

java.io.StreamTokenizer :

StreamTokenizer() is deprecated.

java.lang.Character :

isJavaLetter() is deprecated.

java.lang.Character :

isJavaLetterOrDigit() is deprecated.

java.lang.Character :

isSpace() is deprecated.

java.lang.ClassLoader :

defineClass() is deprecated.

java.lang.Runtime :

getLocalizedInputStream() is deprecated.

java.lang.Runtime :

getLocalizedOutputStream() is deprecated.

java.lang.SecurityManager :

inCheck is deprecated.

java.lang.SecurityManager :

getInCheck() is deprecated.

java.lang.SecurityManager :

classDepth() is deprecated.

java.lang.SecurityManager :

classLoaderDepth() is deprecated.

java.lang.SecurityManager :

inClass() is deprecated.

java.lang.SecurityManager :

inClassLoader() is deprecated.

java.lang.String :

String() is deprecated.

java.lang.String :

String() is deprecated.

java.lang.String :

getBytes() is deprecated.

java.lang.System :

getenv() is deprecated.

java.lang.Thread :

stop() is deprecated.

java.lang.Thread :

stop() is deprecated.

java.lang.Thread :

suspend() is deprecated.

java.lang.Thread :

resume() is deprecated.

java.lang.ThreadGroup :

stop() is deprecated.

java.lang.ThreadGroup :

suspend() is deprecated.

java.lang.ThreadGroup :

resume() is deprecated.

java.net.Socket :

Socket() is deprecated.

java.net.Socket :

Socket() is deprecated.

java.rmi.registry.RegistryHandler :

registryStub() is deprecated.

java.rmi.registry.RegistryHandler :

registryImpl() is deprecated.

java.security.Identity :

addCertificate() is deprecated.

java.security.Identity :

removeCertificate() is deprecated.

java.security.Identity :

certificates() is deprecated.

java.security.Signature :

setParameter() is deprecated.

java.security.Signature :

getParameter() is deprecated.

java.security.SignatureSpi :

engineSetParameter() is deprecated.

java.security.SignatureSpi :

engineGetParameter() is deprecated.

java.sql.Date :

Date() is deprecated.

java.sql.Date :

getHours() is deprecated.

java.sql.Date :

getMinutes() is deprecated.

java.sql.Date :

getSeconds() is deprecated.

java.sql.Date :

setHours() is deprecated.

java.sql.Date :

setMinutes() is deprecated.

java.sql.Date :

setSeconds() is deprecated.

java.sql.Time :

getYear() is deprecated.

java.sql.Time :

getMonth() is deprecated.

java.sql.Time :

getDay() is deprecated.

java.sql.Time :

getDate() is deprecated.

java.sql.Time :

setYear() is deprecated.

java.sql.Time :

setMonth() is deprecated.

java.sql.Time :

setDate() is deprecated.

java.sql.Timestamp :

Timestamp() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

Date() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

Date() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

Date() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

Date() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

UTC() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

parse() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

getYear() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

setYear() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

getMonth() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

setMonth() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

getDate() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

setDate() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

getDay() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

getHours() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

setHours() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

getMinutes() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

setMinutes() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

getSeconds() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

setSeconds() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

toLocaleString() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

toGMTString() is deprecated.

java.util.Date :

getTimezoneOffset() is deprecated.