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.util.JsonPathExpectationsHelper(String, Object...)	in favor of calling String.formatted(Object...) upfront
org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.StandaloneMockMvcBuilder.setRemoveSemicolonContent(boolean)	use of PathMatcher and UrlPathHelper is deprecated for use at runtime in web modules in favor of parsed patterns with PathPatternParser.

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.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.web.client.match.ContentRequestMatchers.json(String, boolean)	in favor of ContentRequestMatchers.json(String, JsonCompareMode)
org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient.BodyContentSpec.json(String, boolean)	in favor of WebTestClient.BodyContentSpec.json(String, JsonCompareMode)
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.setup.StandaloneMockMvcBuilder.setRemoveSemicolonContent(boolean)	use of PathMatcher and UrlPathHelper is deprecated for use at runtime in web modules in favor of parsed patterns with PathPatternParser.

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