Deprecated API

Contents

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

Deprecated Classes

Class and Description
org.apache.catalina.util.ConcurrentDateFormat Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10. Use ConcurrentDateFormat
org.apache.jasper.el.ELResolverImpl
org.apache.jasper.el.ExpressionEvaluatorImpl
org.apache.jasper.el.ExpressionImpl
org.apache.jasper.el.FunctionMapperImpl
org.apache.catalina.mbeans.JmxRemoteLifecycleListener The features provided by this listener are now available in the remote JMX capability included with the JRE. This listener will be removed in Tomcat 10 and may be removed from Tomcat 9.0.x some time after 2020-12-31.
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.cpdsadapter.PStmtKeyCPDS Use PStmtKey.
org.apache.tomcat.util.compat.TLS Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.jasper.el.VariableResolverImpl
org.apache.tomcat.util.http.parser.Vary Use TokenList.

Deprecated Fields

Field and Description
org.apache.coyote.http11.Constants.CLOSE_BYTES Unused. Will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.catalina.mapper.MappingData.contextPath Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.Constants.FORM_PRINCIPAL_NOTE Unused. Will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.catalina.connector.Response.format Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10
org.apache.catalina.connector.Request.formats Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10
org.apache.catalina.connector.Request.GMT_ZONE Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.tomcat.jni.OS.IS_NETWARE Hard-coded to false since there has not been a supported Netware platform for many years. This will be removed in Tomcat 10 onwards
org.apache.coyote.http11.Constants.KEEPALIVE Unused. Will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.coyote.http11.Constants.KEEPALIVE_BYTES Unused. Will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleMBeanBase.mserver
org.apache.catalina.filters.CorsFilter.REQUEST_HEADER_VARY Unused. Will be removed in Tomcat 10
org.apache.tomcat.util.http.FastHttpDateFormat.RFC1123_DATE Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.sessionContext
org.apache.catalina.Globals.SSI_FLAG_ATTR Unused. This is no longer used as the CGIO servlet now has generic handling for when it is used as an include. This will be removed in Tomcat 10
org.apache.tomcat.jni.SSL.SSL_OP_PKCS1_CHECK_1 Unsupported in the current version of OpenSSL
org.apache.tomcat.jni.SSL.SSL_OP_PKCS1_CHECK_2 Unsupported in the current version of OpenSSL

Deprecated Methods

Method and Description
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.addMessageDestinationRef(MessageDestinationRef) This will be removed in Tomcat 10. Use StandardContext.getNamingResources() instead
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketWrapperBase.awaitReadComplete(long, TimeUnit)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketWrapperBase.awaitWriteComplete(long, TimeUnit)
org.apache.catalina.Manager.changeSessionId(Session) Use Manager.rotateSessionId(Session). Will be removed in Tomcat 10
org.apache.catalina.ha.session.DeltaManager.changeSessionId(Session, boolean) Will be removed in Tomcat 10
org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.PooledConnection.checkUser(String, String) use PooledConnection.shouldForceReconnect(String, String) method kept since it was public, to avoid changing interface.
org.apache.catalina.core.NamingContextListener.containerEvent(ContainerEvent) The ContainerListener interface and implementing methods will be removed from this class for Tomcat 10 onwards.
org.apache.catalina.ha.session.DeltaManager.deserializeDeltaRequest(DeltaSession, byte[]) Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10. Calling this method may result in a deadlock. See: https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=62841
org.apache.catalina.connector.Response.encodeRedirectUrl(String) As of Version 2.1 of the Java Servlet API, use encodeRedirectURL() instead.
org.apache.catalina.filters.CsrfPreventionFilter.CsrfResponseWrapper.encodeRedirectUrl(String)
org.apache.catalina.connector.Response.encodeUrl(String) As of Version 2.1 of the Java Servlet API, use encodeURL() instead.
org.apache.catalina.filters.CsrfPreventionFilter.CsrfResponseWrapper.encodeUrl(String)
org.apache.catalina.Context.findErrorPage(String) Unused. Will be removed in Tomcat 10. Use Context.findErrorPage(Throwable) instead.
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.findErrorPage(String)
org.apache.catalina.mbeans.ContextMBean.findErrorPage(String) Unused. Will be removed in Tomcat 10. Use ContextMBean.findErrorPage(Throwable) instead.
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.findMessageDestinationRef(String) This will be removed in Tomcat 10. Use StandardContext.getNamingResources() instead
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.findMessageDestinationRefs() This will be removed in Tomcat 10. Use StandardContext.getNamingResources() instead
org.apache.catalina.Context.findStatusPage(int) Unused. Will be removed in Tomcat 10. Use Context.findErrorPage(int) instead.
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.findStatusPage(int)
org.apache.catalina.Context.findStatusPages() Unused. Will be removed in Tomcat 10. Use Context.findErrorPages() instead.
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.findStatusPages()
org.apache.tomcat.util.http.FastHttpDateFormat.formatDate(long, DateFormat) Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.getAcceptorThreadCount() Will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractEndpoint.getAcceptorThreadCount() Will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.DelegatingResultSet.getBigDecimal(int, int) Use DelegatingResultSet.getBigDecimal(int)
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.DelegatingCallableStatement.getBigDecimal(int, int) Use DelegatingCallableStatement.getBigDecimal(int) or DelegatingCallableStatement.getBigDecimal(String)
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.DelegatingResultSet.getBigDecimal(String, int) Use DelegatingResultSet.getBigDecimal(String)
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.getEnableAutoCommitOnReturn() Use BasicDataSource.getAutoCommitOnReturn().
org.apache.catalina.filters.ExpiresFilter.getExpirationDate(ExpiresFilter.XHttpServletResponse) Will be removed in Tomcat 10. Use ExpiresFilter.getExpirationDate(HttpServletRequest, XHttpServletResponse)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.getExpressionEvaluator()
org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspContextWrapper.getExpressionEvaluator()
org.apache.tomcat.util.file.ConfigFileLoader.getInputStream(String)
org.apache.catalina.ha.session.DeltaManager.getNewDeltaSession() Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.coyote.CompressionConfig.getNoCompressionStrongETag() Will be removed in Tomcat 10 where it will be hard-coded to true
org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Protocol.getNoCompressionStrongETag()
org.apache.coyote.http2.Http2Protocol.getNoCompressionStrongETag()
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractEndpoint.Handler.getOpenSockets() Unused, will be removed in Tomcat 10, replaced by AbstractEndpoint.getConnections
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol.getPollerThreadCount() This getter will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint.getPollerThreadCount() Will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.catalina.realm.RealmBase.getPrincipal(String, GSSCredential) This will be removed in Tomcat 10 onwards. Use RealmBase.getPrincipal(GSSName, GSSCredential) instead.
org.apache.catalina.connector.Request.getRealPath(String) As of version 2.1 of the Java Servlet API, use ServletContext.getRealPath().
org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Protocol.getRejectIllegalHeaderName() Now an alias for AbstractHttp11Protocol.getRejectIllegalHeader(). Will be removed in Tomcat 10 onwards.
org.apache.coyote.ajp.AbstractAjpProtocol.getRequiredSecret() Replaced by AbstractAjpProtocol.getSecret(). Will be removed in Tomcat 11 onwards
org.apache.catalina.Realm.getRoles(Principal) This will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContextFacade.getServlet(String) As of Java Servlet API 2.1, with no direct replacement.
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext.getServlet(String)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspCServletContext.getServlet(String) This method has been deprecated with no replacement
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContextFacade.getServletNames() As of Java Servlet API 2.1, with no direct replacement.
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext.getServletNames()
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspCServletContext.getServletNames() This method has been deprecated with no replacement
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContextFacade.getServlets() As of Java Servlet API 2.1, with no direct replacement.
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext.getServlets()
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspCServletContext.getServlets() This method has been deprecated with no replacement
org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSessionFacade.getSessionContext() As of Version 2.1, this method is deprecated and has no replacement.
org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.getSessionContext() As of Version 2.1, this method is deprecated and has no replacement. It will be removed in a future version of the Java Servlet API.
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.DelegatingResultSet.getUnicodeStream(int) Use DelegatingResultSet.getCharacterStream(int)
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.DelegatingResultSet.getUnicodeStream(String) Use DelegatingResultSet.getCharacterStream(String)
org.apache.tomcat.util.file.ConfigFileLoader.getURI(String)
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.managed.DataSourceXAConnectionFactory.getUsername() Use DataSourceXAConnectionFactory.getUserName().
org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSessionFacade.getValue(String) As of Version 2.2, this method is replaced by StandardSessionFacade.getAttribute(java.lang.String).
org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.getValue(String) As of Version 2.2, this method is replaced by getAttribute()
org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSessionFacade.getValueNames() As of Version 2.2, this method is replaced by StandardSessionFacade.getAttributeNames()
org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.getValueNames() As of Version 2.2, this method is replaced by getAttributeNames()
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.getVariableResolver()
org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspContextWrapper.getVariableResolver()
org.apache.catalina.tribes.transport.AbstractRxTask.isDoRun() Will be removed in Tomcat 10
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PoolableConnectionFactory.isEnableAutoCommitOnReturn() Use PoolableConnectionFactory.isAutoCommitOnReturn().
org.apache.catalina.connector.Request.isRequestedSessionIdFromUrl() As of Version 2.1 of the Java Servlet API, use isRequestedSessionIdFromURL() instead.
org.apache.catalina.filters.CorsFilter.isValidOrigin(String) This will be removed in Tomcat 10 Use RequestUtil.isValidOrigin(String)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContextFacade.log(Exception, String) As of Java Servlet API 2.1, use log(String, Throwable) instead
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext.log(Exception, String)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspCServletContext.log(Exception, String) Use log(String,Throwable) instead
org.apache.catalina.ha.deploy.FileMessageFactory.main(String[])
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.pool2.impl.CallStackUtils.newCallStack(String, boolean) use CallStackUtils.newCallStack(String, boolean, boolean)
org.apache.tomcat.util.http.FastHttpDateFormat.parseDate(String, DateFormat[]) Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10 Use FastHttpDateFormat.parseDate(String)
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.pool2.PoolUtils.prefill(KeyedObjectPool<K, V>, Collection<K>, int) Use KeyedObjectPool.addObjects(Collection, int).
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.pool2.PoolUtils.prefill(KeyedObjectPool<K, V>, K, int) Use KeyedObjectPool.addObjects(Object, int).
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.pool2.PoolUtils.prefill(ObjectPool<T>, int) Use ObjectPool.addObjects(int).
org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.printResources(PrintWriter, String, Context, String, Class<?>, StringManager) Use ManagerServlet.printResources(PrintWriter, String, javax.naming.Context, String, StringManager) This method will be removed in Tomcat 10.x onwards
org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSessionFacade.putValue(String, Object) As of Version 2.2, this method is replaced by StandardSessionFacade.setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)
org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.putValue(String, Object) As of Version 2.2, this method is replaced by setAttribute()
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.removeMessageDestinationRef(String) This will be removed in Tomcat 10. Use StandardContext.getNamingResources() instead
org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSessionFacade.removeValue(String) As of Version 2.2, this method is replaced by StandardSessionFacade.removeAttribute(java.lang.String)
org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.removeValue(String) As of Version 2.2, this method is replaced by removeAttribute()
org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet.render(String, WebResource, String) Use DefaultServlet.render(HttpServletRequest, String, WebResource, String) instead
org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet.renderHtml(String, WebResource, String) Unused. Will be removed in Tomcat 10
org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet.renderXml(String, WebResource, Source, String) Unused. Will be removed in Tomcat 10
org.apache.tomcat.util.IntrospectionUtils.replaceProperties(String, Hashtable<Object, Object>, IntrospectionUtils.PropertySource[]) Use IntrospectionUtils.replaceProperties(String, Hashtable, PropertySource[], ClassLoader)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspContextWrapper.resolveVariable(String)
org.apache.jasper.JspC.scanFiles(File) This will be removed in Tomcat 10. Use JspC.scanFiles()
org.apache.catalina.ha.session.DeltaManager.serializeDeltaRequest(DeltaSession, DeltaRequest) Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10. Calling this method may result in a deadlock. See: https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=62841
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.setAcceptorThreadCount(int) Will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractEndpoint.setAcceptorThreadCount(int) Will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.catalina.tribes.transport.AbstractRxTask.setDoRun(boolean) Will be removed in Tomcat 10
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PoolableConnectionFactory.setEnableAutoCommitOnReturn(boolean) Use PoolableConnectionFactory.setAutoCommitOnReturn(boolean).
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.setEnableAutoCommitOnReturn(boolean) Use BasicDataSource.setAutoCommitOnReturn(boolean).
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PoolableConnectionFactory.setMaxOpenPrepatedStatements(int) Use PoolableConnectionFactory.setMaxOpenPreparedStatements(int).
org.apache.tomcat.jni.SSLContext.setNextProtos(long, String) use SSLContext.setNpnProtos(long, String[], int)
org.apache.coyote.CompressionConfig.setNoCompressionStrongETag(boolean) Will be removed in Tomcat 10 where it will be hard-coded to true
org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Protocol.setNoCompressionStrongETag(boolean)
org.apache.coyote.http2.Http2Protocol.setNoCompressionStrongETag(boolean)
org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.CharChunk.setOptimizedWrite(boolean) Unused code. This is now a NO-OP and will be removed without replacement in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol.setPollerThreadCount(int) This setter will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint.setPollerThreadCount(int) Will be removed in Tomcat 10.
org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Protocol.setRejectIllegalHeaderName(boolean) Now an alias for AbstractHttp11Protocol.setRejectIllegalHeader(boolean). Will be removed in Tomcat 10 onwards.
org.apache.coyote.ajp.AbstractAjpProtocol.setRequiredSecret(String) Replaced by AbstractAjpProtocol.setSecret(String). Will be removed in Tomcat 11 onwards
org.apache.catalina.connector.Response.setStatus(int, String) As of Version 2.1 of the Java Servlet API, this method has been deprecated due to the ambiguous meaning of the message parameter.
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.DelegatingPreparedStatement.setUnicodeStream(int, InputStream, int) Use setAsciiStream(), setCharacterStream() or setNCharacterStream()
org.apache.jasper.JspC.setWebXmlFragment(String) Will be removed in Tomcat 10. Use JspC.setWebXmlInclude(String)
org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.CharChunk.substract()
org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.ByteChunk.substract()
org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.ByteChunk.substract(byte[], int, int)
org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.ByteChunk.substract(ByteBuffer) Use ByteChunk.subtract(ByteBuffer). This method will be removed in Tomcat 10
org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.CharChunk.substract(char[], int, int)
org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.ByteChunk.substractB()

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor and Description
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.BasicAuthenticator.BasicCredentials(ByteChunk, Charset) Unused. Will be removed in Tomcat 10. Use 3-arg constructor
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PStmtKey(String) Use PStmtKey.PStmtKey(String, String, String).
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PStmtKey(String, int, int) Use PStmtKey.PStmtKey(String, String, String, int, int).
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PStmtKey(String, String) Use PStmtKey.PStmtKey(String, String, String).
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PStmtKey(String, String, int) Use PStmtKey.PStmtKey(String, String, String, int).
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PStmtKey(String, String, int[]) Use PStmtKey.PStmtKey(String, String, String, int[]).
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PStmtKey(String, String, int, int) Use @link PStmtKey.PStmtKey(String, String, String, int, int).
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PStmtKey(String, String, int, int, int) Use PStmtKey.PStmtKey(String, String, String, int, int, int).
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PStmtKey(String, String, int, int, int, PoolingConnection.StatementType) Use PStmtKey.PStmtKey(String, String, String, int, int, int, PoolingConnection.StatementType)
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PStmtKey(String, String, int, int, PoolingConnection.StatementType) Use PStmtKey.PStmtKey(String, String, String, int, int, PoolingConnection.StatementType).
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PStmtKey(String, String, PoolingConnection.StatementType) Use PStmtKey.PStmtKey(String, String, String, PoolingConnection.StatementType).
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PStmtKey(String, String, PoolingConnection.StatementType, Integer) Use PStmtKey.PStmtKey(String, String, String, PoolingConnection.StatementType, Integer)
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.PStmtKey(String, String, String[]) Use PStmtKey.PStmtKey(String, String, String, String[]).