Deprecated API

Contents

• Terminally Deprecated
• Classes
• Methods
• Constructors

Terminally Deprecated Elements

Element	Description
org.springframework.test.context.aot.AotContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration)	as of Spring Framework 6.2.4, in favor of AotContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration, RuntimeHints); to be removed in Spring Framework 8.0
org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration)	as of Spring Framework 6.2.4, in favor of AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration, RuntimeHints); to be removed in Spring Framework 8.0
org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration)	as of Spring Framework 6.2.4, in favor of AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration, RuntimeHints); to be removed in Spring Framework 8.0
org.springframework.test.context.web.AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration)	as of Spring Framework 6.2.4, in favor of AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration, RuntimeHints); to be removed in Spring Framework 8.0
org.springframework.test.http.HttpHeadersAssert.doesNotContainsHeaders(String...)	in favor of HttpHeadersAssert.doesNotContainHeaders(String...)
org.springframework.test.util.JsonPathExpectationsHelper(String, Object...)	in favor of calling String.formatted(Object...) upfront
org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.ExchangeResult.getRawStatusCode()	in favor of ExchangeResult.getStatus(), for removal in 7.0
org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.JsonPathAssertions.value(Consumer<T>, Class<T>)	in favor of JsonPathAssertions.value(Class, Consumer)
org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.JsonPathAssertions.value(Matcher<? super T>, Class<T>)	in favor of JsonPathAssertions.value(Class, Matcher)
org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient.BodyContentSpec.jsonPath(String, Object...)	in favor of calling String.formatted(Object...) upfront

Deprecated Classes

Class	Description
org.springframework.test.util.JsonExpectationsHelper	in favor of using JSONAssert directly or the JsonComparator abstraction

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
org.springframework.mock.http.server.reactive.MockServerHttpRequest.method(String, String, Object...)	as of Spring Framework 6.0 in favor of MockServerHttpRequest.method(HttpMethod, String, Object...)
org.springframework.mock.web.MockPageContext.getExpressionEvaluator()
org.springframework.mock.web.MockPageContext.getVariableResolver()
org.springframework.mock.web.reactive.function.server.MockServerRequest.methodName()
org.springframework.test.context.aot.AotContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration)	as of Spring Framework 6.2.4, in favor of AotContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration, RuntimeHints); to be removed in Spring Framework 8.0
org.springframework.test.context.ContextLoader.loadContext(String...)	as of Spring Framework 6.0, in favor of methods defined in the SmartContextLoader SPI
org.springframework.test.context.ContextLoader.processLocations(Class<?>, String...)	as of Spring Framework 6.0, in favor of methods defined in the SmartContextLoader SPI
org.springframework.test.context.MergedContextConfiguration.getPropertySourceLocations()	since 6.1 in favor of MergedContextConfiguration.getPropertySourceDescriptors()
org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration)	as of Spring Framework 6.2.4, in favor of AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration, RuntimeHints); to be removed in Spring Framework 8.0
org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContext(String...)	as of Spring Framework 6.0, in favor of AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContext(MergedContextConfiguration)
org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration)	as of Spring Framework 6.2.4, in favor of AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration, RuntimeHints); to be removed in Spring Framework 8.0
org.springframework.test.context.web.AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration)	as of Spring Framework 6.2.4, in favor of AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.loadContextForAotProcessing(MergedContextConfiguration, RuntimeHints); to be removed in Spring Framework 8.0
org.springframework.test.http.HttpHeadersAssert.doesNotContainsHeaders(String...)	in favor of HttpHeadersAssert.doesNotContainHeaders(String...)
org.springframework.test.web.client.match.ContentRequestMatchers.json(String, boolean)	in favor of ContentRequestMatchers.json(String, JsonCompareMode)
org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.ExchangeResult.getRawStatusCode()	in favor of ExchangeResult.getStatus(), for removal in 7.0
org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.JsonPathAssertions.value(Consumer<T>, Class<T>)	in favor of JsonPathAssertions.value(Class, Consumer)
org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.JsonPathAssertions.value(Matcher<? super T>, Class<T>)	in favor of JsonPathAssertions.value(Class, Matcher)
org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient.BodyContentSpec.json(String, boolean)	in favor of WebTestClient.BodyContentSpec.json(String, JsonCompareMode)
org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient.BodyContentSpec.jsonPath(String, Object...)	in favor of calling String.formatted(Object...) upfront
org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient.Builder.exchangeStrategies(Consumer<ExchangeStrategies.Builder>)	as of 5.1.13 in favor of WebTestClient.Builder.codecs(Consumer)
org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient.RequestBodySpec.syncBody(Object)	as of Spring Framework 5.2 in favor of WebTestClient.RequestBodySpec.bodyValue(Object)
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.client.MockMvcWebTestClient.ControllerSpec.useTrailingSlashPatternMatch(boolean)	as of 6.0, see PathPatternParser.setMatchOptionalTrailingSeparator(boolean)
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.request(String, URI)	in favor of MockMvcRequestBuilders.request(HttpMethod, URI)
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.ContentResultMatchers.json(String, boolean)	in favor of ContentResultMatchers.json(String, JsonCompareMode)
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.StatusResultMatchers.isCheckpoint()	in favor of StatusResultMatchers.isEarlyHints()
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.StatusResultMatchers.isDestinationLocked()	matching the deprecation of HttpStatus.DESTINATION_LOCKED
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.StatusResultMatchers.isInsufficientSpaceOnResource()	matching the deprecation of HttpStatus.INSUFFICIENT_SPACE_ON_RESOURCE
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.StatusResultMatchers.isMethodFailure()	matching the deprecation of HttpStatus.METHOD_FAILURE
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.StatusResultMatchers.isMovedTemporarily()	in favor of StatusResultMatchers.isFound()
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.StatusResultMatchers.isRequestEntityTooLarge()	matching the deprecation of HttpStatus.REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.StatusResultMatchers.isRequestUriTooLong()	matching the deprecation of HttpStatus.REQUEST_URI_TOO_LONG
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.StatusResultMatchers.isUseProxy()	matching the deprecation of HttpStatus.USE_PROXY
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.ResultMatcher.matchAll(ResultMatcher...)	as of Spring Framework 5.3.10, in favor of ResultActions.andExpectAll(ResultMatcher...)
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.StandaloneMockMvcBuilder.setUseSuffixPatternMatch(boolean)	as of 5.2.4. See class-level note in RequestMappingHandlerMapping on the deprecation of path extension config options.
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.StandaloneMockMvcBuilder.setUseTrailingSlashPatternMatch(boolean)	as of 6.0, see PathPatternParser.setMatchOptionalTrailingSeparator(boolean)

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor	Description
org.springframework.test.context.MergedContextConfiguration(Class<?>, String[], Class<?>[], Set<Class<? extends ApplicationContextInitializer<?>>>, String[], String[], String[], Set<ContextCustomizer>, ContextLoader, CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate, MergedContextConfiguration)	since 6.1 in favor of MergedContextConfiguration(Class, String[], Class[], Set, String[], List, String[], Set, ContextLoader, CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate, MergedContextConfiguration)
org.springframework.test.context.MergedContextConfiguration(Class<?>, String[], Class<?>[], Set<Class<? extends ApplicationContextInitializer<?>>>, String[], String[], String[], ContextLoader, CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate, MergedContextConfiguration)	since 6.1 in favor of MergedContextConfiguration(Class, String[], Class[], Set, String[], List, String[], Set, ContextLoader, CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate, MergedContextConfiguration)
org.springframework.test.context.web.WebMergedContextConfiguration(Class<?>, String[], Class<?>[], Set<Class<? extends ApplicationContextInitializer<?>>>, String[], String[], String[], String, ContextLoader, CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate, MergedContextConfiguration)	since 6.1 in favor of WebMergedContextConfiguration(Class, String[], Class[], Set, String[], List, String[], Set, String, ContextLoader, CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate, MergedContextConfiguration)
org.springframework.test.context.web.WebMergedContextConfiguration(Class<?>, String[], Class<?>[], Set<Class<? extends ApplicationContextInitializer<?>>>, String[], String[], String[], Set<ContextCustomizer>, String, ContextLoader, CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate, MergedContextConfiguration)	since 6.1 in favor of WebMergedContextConfiguration(Class, String[], Class[], Set, String[], List, String[], Set, String, ContextLoader, CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate, MergedContextConfiguration)
org.springframework.test.util.JsonPathExpectationsHelper(String, Object...)	in favor of calling String.formatted(Object...) upfront