Deprecated API

Deprecated Classes

org.eclipse.jface.text.source.AnnotationColumn
use AnnotationRulerColumn instead.

org.eclipse.ui.actions.CreateFileAction
should use NewWizardMenu to populate a New submenu instead (see Navigator view)

org.eclipse.ui.actions.CreateFolderAction
should use NewWizardMenu to populate a New submenu instead (see Navigator view)

org.eclipse.ui.actions.CreateProjectAction
This new experimental API is being temporary deprecated for release 2.0 New project creation should continue to make use of NewProjectAction.

org.eclipse.ui.help.DialogPageContextComputer
nested contexts are no longer supported by the help support system

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.MarkerRulerInfoAction
use MarkerRulerAction instead

org.eclipse.ui.part.MultiPageEditor
Use the class MultiPageEditorPart instead

org.eclipse.ui.actions.OpenNewPageMenu
Workbench no longer exposes the concept of "pages" in the user ui model. See IWorkbench.showPerspective methods.

org.eclipse.ui.actions.OpenNewWindowMenu
See IWorkbench.showPerspective methods.

org.eclipse.ui.actions.OpenPerspectiveMenu
See IWorkbench.showPerspective methods.

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.PropagatingFontFieldEditor
use WorkbenchChainedTextFontFieldEditor

org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.RuleBasedDamagerRepairer
use DefaultDamagerRepairer

org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.RuleBasedPartitioner
use DefaultPartitioner instead

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.SelectMarkerRulerInfoAction
use SelectMarkerRulerAction instead

org.eclipse.ui.help.ViewContextComputer
nested contexts are no longer supported by the help support system

org.eclipse.ui.dialogs.WizardExportPage
use WizardExportResourcePage

org.eclipse.ui.dialogs.WizardImportPage
use WizardResourceImportPage

org.eclipse.ui.dialogs.YesNoCancelListSelectionDialog
Providing Cancel in addition to Yes/No is confusing. It is better to subclass the regular ListSelectionDialog, which uses OK/Cancel, and provide a separate checkbox if necessary.

Deprecated Interfaces

org.eclipse.ui.ICapabilityWizard
use ICapabilityInstallWizard instead. This interface will be deleted for M6 milestone build.

org.eclipse.ui.help.IContextComputer
nested contexts are no longer supported by the help support system

Deprecated Fields

org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.ACTIVE_DESKTOP

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants.ALTERNATE_OPEN_NEW_PERSPECTIVE
Workbench no longer supports alternate key modifier to open a new perspective. Callers should use IWorkbench.showPerspective methods.

org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.FILE_EXPLORER

org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.TitleAreaDialog.INFO_MESSAGE

org.eclipse.ui.views.navigator.ResourceNavigator.NAVIGATOR_VIEW_HELP_ID
No longer used but preserved to avoid an api change.

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants.NO_NEW_PERSPECTIVE
Opening a perspective on project creation is now handled by the New Project & Capabilities wizard.

org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.NO_TIMER

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants.OPEN_NEW_PERSPECTIVE
How a perspective is opened is dependent on user's current context instead of one global preference. Callers should use IWorkbench.showPerspective methods.

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants.OPEN_PERSPECTIVE_PAGE
How a perspective is opened is dependent on user's current context instead of one global preference. Callers should use IWorkbench.showPerspective methods.

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants.OPEN_PERSPECTIVE_REPLACE
How a perspective is opened is dependent on user's current context instead of one global preference. Callers should use IWorkbench.showPerspective methods.

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants.OPEN_PERSPECTIVE_WINDOW
How a perspective is opened is dependent on user's current context instead of one global preference. Callers should use IWorkbench.showPerspective methods.

org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.Token.OTHER
will be removed

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants.PROJECT_OPEN_NEW_PERSPECTIVE
Opening a perspective on project creation is now handled by the New Project & Capabilities wizard.

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants.SHIFT_OPEN_NEW_PERSPECTIVE
Workbench no longer supports shift key modifier to open a new perspective. Callers should use IWorkbench.showPerspective methods.

org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.TitleAreaDialog.WARNING_MESSAGE

Deprecated Methods

org.eclipse.jface.text.source.VerticalRuler.addMouseListener(MouseListener)
will be removed

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage.addPropertyChangeListener(IPropertyChangeListener)
individual views should store a working set if needed and register a property change listener directly with the working set manager to receive notification when the view working set is removed.

org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractTreeViewer.addSelectionListener(Control, SelectionListener)

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkingSetManager.createWorkingSetSelectionDialog(Shell)
use createWorkingSetSelectionDialog(parent, true) instead

org.eclipse.jface.text.TextViewer.deleteText()
use StyledText.invokeAction instead

org.eclipse.help.IHelp.displayHelp(IContext, int, int)
use displayContext(context, x, y)

org.eclipse.help.IHelp.displayHelp(String)
use displayHelpResource(toc) instead

org.eclipse.help.IHelp.displayHelp(String, int, int)
use displayContext(contextId, x, y)

org.eclipse.help.IHelp.displayHelp(String, String)
use displayHelpResource(selectedTopic).

org.eclipse.jface.text.AbstractDocument.fireDocumentPartitioningChanged()
use fireDocumentPartitioningChanged(IRegion) instead

org.eclipse.swt.custom.StyledText.getBidiColoring()
use BidiSegmentListener instead.

org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog.getCancelButton()
Use getButton(IDialogConstants.CANCEL_ID) instead. This method will be removed soon.

org.eclipse.ui.part.MultiPageEditorSite.getDecoratorManager()
use IWorkbench.getDecoratorManager()

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage.getEditorReuseThreshold()

org.eclipse.ui.IPageLayout.getEditorReuseThreshold()

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage.getEditors()
use getEditorReferences() instead

org.eclipse.ui.help.WorkbenchHelp.getHelp(Control)
as context computers are no longer supported

org.eclipse.ui.help.WorkbenchHelp.getHelp(Menu)
as context computers are no longer supported

org.eclipse.ui.help.WorkbenchHelp.getHelp(MenuItem)
as context computers are no longer supported

org.eclipse.core.runtime.model.PluginPrerequisiteModel.getMatch()
- use getMatchByte

org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog.getOKButton()
Use getButton(IDialogConstants.OK_ID) instead. This method will be removed soon.

org.eclipse.ui.views.navigator.ResourceNavigator.getShell()
use getViewSite().getShell()

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.MarkerRulerAction.getVerticalRuler()
use getVerticalRulerInfo instead

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage.getViews()
use getViewReferences() instead.

org.eclipse.jface.text.TextViewer.getWidthInPixels(String)
use getWidthInPixels(int, int) instead

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage.getWorkingSet()
individual views should store a working set if needed

org.eclipse.team.core.Team.isIgnored(IFile)
use isIgnoredHint instead

org.eclipse.jface.action.SubContributionManager.items()
Use getItems(String value) instead.

org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin.loadPreferenceStore()
As of Eclipse 2.0, a basic preference store exists for all plug-ins. This method now exists only for backwards compatibility. It is called as the plug-in's preference store is being initialized. The plug-ins preferences are loaded from the file regardless of what this method does.

org.eclipse.swt.ole.win32.OleControlSite.removeEventListener(OleAutomation, GUID, int, OleListener)
- use OleControlSite.removeEventListener(OleAutomation, int, OleListener)

org.eclipse.jface.text.source.VerticalRuler.removeMouseListener(MouseListener)
will be removed

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage.removePropertyChangeListener(IPropertyChangeListener)
individual views should store a working set if needed and register a property change listener directly with the working set manager to receive notification when the view working set is removed.

org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.save(IProgressMonitor)
Override method saveChanges instead.

org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin.savePreferenceStore()
As of Eclipse 2.0, preferences exist for all plug-ins. The equivalent of this method is Plugin.savePluginPreferences. This method now calls savePluginPreferences, and exists only for backwards compatibility.

org.eclipse.search.ui.ISearchResultView.searchStarted(String, String, ImageDescriptor, IContextMenuContributor, ILabelProvider, IAction, IGroupByKeyComputer, IRunnableWithProgress)
As of build > 20011107, replaced by the new version with additonal parameter

org.eclipse.search.ui.ISearchResultView.searchStarted(String, String, String, ImageDescriptor, IContextMenuContributor, ILabelProvider, IAction, IGroupByKeyComputer, IRunnableWithProgress)
As of build > 20020514, replaced by the new version which provides an action group factory

org.eclipse.swt.custom.StyledText.setBidiColoring(boolean)
use BidiSegmentListener instead.

org.eclipse.ui.editors.text.StorageDocumentProvider.setDocumentContent(IDocument, IEditorInput)
use the encoding based version instead

org.eclipse.ui.editors.text.FileDocumentProvider.setDocumentContent(IDocument, IEditorInput)
use file encoding based version

org.eclipse.ui.editors.text.StorageDocumentProvider.setDocumentContent(IDocument, InputStream)
use encoding based version instead

org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage.setEditorReuseThreshold(int)
use IPageLayout.setEditorReuseThreshold(int openEditors) instead.

org.eclipse.ui.IPageLayout.setEditorReuseThreshold(int)

org.eclipse.jface.text.AbstractInformationControlManager.setEnabled(boolean)
visibility will be changed to protected

org.eclipse.ui.help.WorkbenchHelp.setHelp(Control, IContextComputer)
context computers are no longer supported, clients should implement their own help listener

org.eclipse.ui.help.WorkbenchHelp.setHelp(Control, Object[])
use setHelp with single context id parameter

org.eclipse.ui.help.WorkbenchHelp.setHelp(IAction, IContextComputer)
context computers are no longer supported, clients should implement their own help listener

org.eclipse.ui.help.WorkbenchHelp.setHelp(IAction, Object[])
use setHelp with a single context id parameter

org.eclipse.ui.help.WorkbenchHelp.setHelp(Menu, IContextComputer)
context computers are no longer supported, clients should implement their own help listener

org.eclipse.ui.help.WorkbenchHelp.setHelp(MenuItem, IContextComputer)
context computers are no longer supported, clients should implement their own help listener

org.eclipse.ui.help.WorkbenchHelp.setHelp(MenuItem, Object[])
use setHelp with single context id parameter

org.eclipse.ui.help.WorkbenchHelp.setHelp(Menu, Object[])
use setHelp with single context id parameter

org.eclipse.ui.views.navigator.ResourceNavigator.setLabelDecorator(ILabelDecorator)
use the decorators extension point instead; see IWorkbench.getDecoratorManager()

org.eclipse.core.runtime.model.PluginPrerequisiteModel.setMatch(boolean)
use setMatchByte

org.eclipse.ui.actions.ImportResourcesAction.setSelection(IStructuredSelection)

org.eclipse.ui.actions.ExportResourcesAction.setSelection(IStructuredSelection)

org.eclipse.jface.text.TextViewer.shift(boolean, boolean)
use shift(boolean, boolean, boolean) instead

Deprecated Constructors

org.eclipse.jface.text.source.AnnotationColumn(int)

org.eclipse.jface.viewers.CheckboxTableViewer(Composite)
use newCheckList(Composite, int) or new CheckboxTableViewer(Table) instead (see below for details)

org.eclipse.jface.viewers.CheckboxTableViewer(Composite, int)
use newCheckList(Composite, int) or new CheckboxTableViewer(Table) instead (see above for details)

org.eclipse.ui.actions.CreateFileAction(Shell)
see deprecated tag on class

org.eclipse.ui.actions.CreateFolderAction(Shell)
see deprecated tag on class

org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.DefaultDamagerRepairer(ITokenScanner, TextAttribute)
use DefaultDamagerRepairer(ITokenScanner) instead

org.eclipse.ui.editors.text.FileDocumentProvider.FileSynchronizer(FileEditorInput)
use FileSynchronizer(IFileEditorInput)

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.FindNextAction(ResourceBundle, String, IWorkbenchWindow, boolean)
use FindReplaceAction(ResourceBundle, String, IWorkbenchPart) instead

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.FindReplaceAction(ResourceBundle, String, IWorkbenchWindow)
use FindReplaceAction(ResourceBundle, String, IWorkbenchPart) instead

org.eclipse.ui.actions.GlobalBuildAction(IWorkbench, Shell, int)
use GlobalBuildAction(IWorkbenchWindow, type) instead

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.IncrementalFindAction(ResourceBundle, String, IWorkbenchWindow)
use FindReplaceAction(ResourceBundle, String, IWorkbenchPart) instead

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.MarkerRulerAction(ResourceBundle, String, IVerticalRuler, ITextEditor, String, boolean)
use MarkerRulerAction(ResourceBundle, String, ITextEditor, IVerticalRulerInfo, String, boolean) instead

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.MarkerRulerInfoAction(ResourceBundle, String, IVerticalRulerInfo, ITextEditor, String, boolean)
use super class instead

org.eclipse.ui.part.MultiPageEditor()
Use the class MultiPageEditorPart instead

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.PropagatingFontFieldEditor(String, String, Composite)
use WorkbenchChainedTextFontFieldEditor

org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.RuleBasedDamagerRepairer(RuleBasedScanner, TextAttribute)
use RuleBasedDamagerRepairer(RuleBasedScanner) instead

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.SelectMarkerRulerAction(ResourceBundle, String, IVerticalRuler, ITextEditor)
use SelectMarkerRulerInfoAction(ResourceBundle, String, IVerticalRulerInfo, ITextEditor)

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.SelectMarkerRulerInfoAction(ResourceBundle, String, IVerticalRulerInfo, ITextEditor)
use super class instead

org.eclipse.ui.dialogs.YesNoCancelListSelectionDialog(Shell, Object, IStructuredContentProvider, ILabelProvider, String)
see class comment