Deprecated API

Contents

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

Deprecated Interfaces

Interface and Description
org.openide.awt.Actions.SubMenuModel used by deprecated Actions.SubMenu
org.openide.awt.SpinButtonListener Obsoleted by javax.swing.JSpinner in JDK 1.4

Deprecated Classes

Class and Description
org.openide.awt.Actions.SubMenu Extends deprecated JMenuPlus. Instead create a regular JMenu and add items to it (or use DynamicMenuContent).
org.openide.awt.Actions.ToolbarButton extends deprecated ToolbarButton
org.openide.awt.Actions.ToolbarToggleButton extends deprecated ToolbarToggleButton
org.openide.awt.EqualFlowLayout This class is a relic of NetBeans 2.0. It is not used anywhere in the NetBeans codebase, but is retained for backward compatibility in the case it is used elsewhere.
org.openide.awt.JInlineMenu since org.openide.awt 6.5 JInlineMenu is a simple implementation of DynamicMenuContent, it doesn't update when visible and doesn't handle the separators itself anymore.
org.openide.awt.JMenuPlus doesn't do anything special anymore - since org.openide.awt 6.5
org.openide.awt.JPopupMenuPlus - doesn't do anything special anymore. (since org.openide.awt 6.5)
org.openide.awt.ListPane This class does nothing interesting which cannot be done in a more reliable, scalable way with a JTable.
org.openide.awt.SpinButton Obsoleted by javax.swing.JSpinner in JDK 1.4
org.openide.awt.SpinButton.RepeatThread Made visible only because it was (by mistake) visible from public signatures. No need to use it.
org.openide.awt.SpinButtonAdapter Obsoleted by javax.swing.JSpinner in JDK 1.4
org.openide.awt.SplittedPanel This class does nothing interesting that cannot be done with a JSplitPane. Use a JSplitPane instead.
org.openide.awt.SplittedPanel.EmptySplitter This class does nothing interesting that cannot be done with a JSplitPane. Use a JSplitPane instead.
org.openide.awt.SplittedPanel.SplitChangeEvent This class does nothing interesting that cannot be done with a JSplitPane. Use a JSplitPane instead.
org.openide.awt.ToolbarButton This class was a workaround for JDK 1.2 era Windows Look and feel issues. All implementation code has been removed. It is here only for backward compatibility.
org.openide.awt.ToolbarToggleButton This class was a workaround for JDK 1.2 era Windows Look and feel issues. All implementation code has been removed. It is here only for backward compatibility.
org.openide.awt.UndoRedo.Empty Use UndoRedo.NONE rather than instantiating this.

Deprecated Fields

Field and Description
org.openide.awt.MouseUtils.PopupMouseAdapter.DEFAULT_THRESHOLD Obsoleted as of 3.4, PopupMouseAdapter now uses isPopupTrigger properly. Threshold does nothing, please use default constructor without treshold.

Deprecated Methods

Method and Description
org.openide.awt.Actions.connect(AbstractButton, SystemAction) Use Actions.connect(AbstractButton, Action) instead.
org.openide.awt.Actions.connect(JCheckBoxMenuItem, BooleanStateAction, boolean) Please use Actions.connect(javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem, javax.swing.Action, boolean). Have your action to implement properly Action.getValue(java.lang.String) for Action.SELECTED_KEY
org.openide.awt.Actions.connect(JMenuItem, SystemAction, boolean) Use Actions.connect(JMenuItem, Action, boolean) instead.
org.openide.awt.MouseUtils.isLeftMouseButton(MouseEvent) Offers no advantages over the standard SwingUtilities.isLeftMouseButton(java.awt.event.MouseEvent).
org.openide.awt.MouseUtils.isRightMouseButton(MouseEvent) Offers no advantages over the standard SwingUtilities.isRightMouseButton(java.awt.event.MouseEvent).
org.openide.awt.HtmlBrowser.setFactory(HtmlBrowser.Factory) Use Lookup instead to register factories
org.openide.awt.Actions.setMenuText(AbstractButton, String, boolean) Use either AbstractButton.setText(java.lang.String) or Mnemonics.setLocalizedText(AbstractButton, String) as appropriate.

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor and Description
org.openide.awt.Actions() should not be used
org.openide.awt.Actions.CheckboxMenuItem(BooleanStateAction, boolean) use CheckboxMenuItem(javax.swing.Action, boolean). Have your action to implement properly Action.getValue(java.lang.String) for Action.SELECTED_KEY
org.openide.awt.MouseUtils.PopupMouseAdapter(int) Obsoleted as of 3.4, by class rewrite to use isPopupTrigger. This constructor now just delegates to super constructor, please use default constructor instead.