Deprecated API

Contents

• Deprecated Classes
• Deprecated Fields
• Deprecated Methods
• Deprecated Constructors

Deprecated Classes

Class and Description
org.openqa.selenium.json.BeanToJsonConverter Visisibility will be reduced.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.BeanToJsonConverter Use Json.toJson(Object).
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.ButtonReleaseAction Use Actions.release()
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.ClickAction Use Actions.click(WebElement)
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.ClickAndHoldAction Use Actions.clickAndHold(WebElement)
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.ContextClickAction Use Actions.contextClick(WebElement)
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.DoubleClickAction Use Actions.doubleClick(WebElement)
org.openqa.selenium.json.JsonToBeanConverter Visibility will be reduced. Use Json.toType(Object, Type).
org.openqa.selenium.remote.JsonToBeanConverter Use Json.toType(Object, Type).
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.KeyDownAction Use Actions.keyDown(WebElement, CharSequence)
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.KeyUpAction Use Actions.keyUp(CharSequence)
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.MoveMouseAction Use Actions.moveToElement(WebElement)
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.MoveToOffsetAction Use Actions.moveToElement(WebElement, int, int)
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.PauseAction 'Pause' is considered to be a bad design practice.
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.SendKeysAction Use Actions.sendKeys(WebElement, CharSequence...)

Deprecated Fields

Field and Description
org.openqa.selenium.remote.CapabilityType.ENABLE_PERSISTENT_HOVERING
org.openqa.selenium.remote.BrowserType.OPERA Use OPERA_BLINK
org.openqa.selenium.remote.CapabilityType.PAGE_LOADING_STRATEGY Use PAGE_LOAD_STRATEGY instead
org.openqa.selenium.remote.CapabilityType.PLATFORM

Deprecated Methods

Method and Description
org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpClient.close() This responsibility moved to Factory
org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.ApacheHttpClient.close()
org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpClient.execute(HttpRequest, boolean) All call sites found set followRedirects to true. Use HttpClient.execute(HttpRequest).
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities.opera() Use #operaBlink
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities.phantomjs() PhantomJS is no longer actively developed, and support will eventually be dropped.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService.sendOutputTo(OutputStream) Visibility will be restricted to 'protected' soon.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startClient() No longer used, as behaviour is now in CommandExecutor instances.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startClient(Capabilities) No longer used, as behaviour is now in CommandExecutor instances.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.stopClient() No longer used, as behaviour is now in CommandExecutor instances.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.stopClient(Capabilities) No longer used, as behaviour is now in CommandExecutor instances.

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor and Description
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions(Keyboard) Use the new interactions API.
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions(Keyboard, Mouse) Use the new interactions APIs.