Deprecated API

Contents

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

Terminally Deprecated Elements

Element	Description
org.eclipse.pde.core.IModelProviderEvent.ENVIRONMENT_CHANGED	Since the 4.4 Luna release, target platform changes are not tracked as model events
org.eclipse.pde.core.IModelProviderEvent.TARGET_CHANGED	Since the 4.4 Luna release, target platform changes are not tracked as model events
org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin.PluginRegistry.findModel(String, String, int, PluginRegistry.PluginFilter)	If no filter is passed use PluginRegistry.findModel(String, String, VersionMatchRule), else filter the Stream returned by PluginRegistry.findModels(String, String, VersionMatchRule).
org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin.PluginRegistry.findModel(String, VersionRange, PluginRegistry.PluginFilter)	If no filter is passed use PluginRegistry.findModel(String, VersionRange), else filter the Stream returned by PluginRegistry.findModels(String, VersionRange).
org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin.PluginRegistry.findModel(BundleDescription)	Instead use PluginRegistry.findModel(Resource)
org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin.PluginRegistry.findModels(String, String, int, PluginRegistry.PluginFilter)	Instead use PluginRegistry.findModels(String, String, VersionMatchRule) and filter the returned Stream if a filter is passed.
org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin.PluginRegistry.findModels(String, VersionRange, PluginRegistry.PluginFilter)	Instead use PluginRegistry.findModels(String, VersionRange) and filter the returned Stream if a filter is passed.
org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin.PluginRegistry.PluginFilter	Instead use Predicate and filter the stream returned by PluginRegistry.findModels(String, String, VersionMatchRule) or PluginRegistry.findModels(String, VersionRange)
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IBundleProjectService.newHost(String, VersionRange)	Instead use IBundleProjectService.newHost(String, VersionRange)
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IBundleProjectService.newPackageImport(String, VersionRange, boolean)	Instead use IBundleProjectService.newPackageImport(String, VersionRange, boolean)
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IBundleProjectService.newRequiredBundle(String, VersionRange, boolean, boolean)	Instead use IBundleProjectService.newRequiredBundle(String, VersionRange, boolean, boolean)
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IHostDescription.getVersionRange()	Instead use IHostDescription.version()
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IPackageImportDescription.getVersionRange()	Instead use IPackageImportDescription.version()
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IRequiredBundleDescription.getVersionRange()	Instead use IRequiredBundleDescription.version()
org.eclipse.pde.core.target.TargetBundle.STATUS_INVALID_MANIFEST	not used anymore

Deprecated Interfaces

Interface	Description
org.eclipse.pde.ui.target.ITargetLocationEditor	use ITargetLocationHandler instead
org.eclipse.pde.ui.target.ITargetLocationUpdater	use ITargetLocationHandler instead

Deprecated Classes

Class	Description
org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin.PluginRegistry.PluginFilter	Instead use Predicate and filter the stream returned by PluginRegistry.findModels(String, String, VersionMatchRule) or PluginRegistry.findModels(String, VersionRange)
org.eclipse.pde.ui.templates.ChoiceOption	see RadioChoiceOption and ComboChoiceOption

Deprecated Fields

Field	Description
org.eclipse.pde.core.IModelProviderEvent.ENVIRONMENT_CHANGED	Since the 4.4 Luna release, target platform changes are not tracked as model events
org.eclipse.pde.core.IModelProviderEvent.TARGET_CHANGED	Since the 4.4 Luna release, target platform changes are not tracked as model events
org.eclipse.pde.core.target.TargetBundle.STATUS_INVALID_MANIFEST	not used anymore
org.eclipse.pde.launching.AbstractPDELaunchConfiguration.shouldVMAddModuleSystem	This field was wrongly added and is no longer used.
org.eclipse.pde.launching.IPDELauncherConstants.DESELECTED_WORKSPACE_PLUGINS	Use IPDELauncherConstants.DESELECTED_WORKSPACE_BUNDLES
org.eclipse.pde.launching.IPDELauncherConstants.SELECTED_TARGET_PLUGINS	Use IPDELauncherConstants.SELECTED_TARGET_BUNDLES
org.eclipse.pde.launching.IPDELauncherConstants.SELECTED_WORKSPACE_PLUGINS	Use IPDELauncherConstants.SELECTED_WORKSPACE_BUNDLES
org.eclipse.pde.launching.IPDELauncherConstants.TARGET_BUNDLES	Use IPDELauncherConstants.SELECTED_TARGET_BUNDLES
org.eclipse.pde.launching.IPDELauncherConstants.TRACING_SELECTED_PLUGIN	This option is no longer supported in the launch config. A recent selection is stored in dialog settings.
org.eclipse.pde.launching.IPDELauncherConstants.USEFEATURES	As of 3.6 the feature-based self-hosting option is not supported
org.eclipse.pde.launching.IPDELauncherConstants.VMINSTALL	use IJavaLaunchConfigurationConstants.ATTR_JRE_CONTAINER_PATH
org.eclipse.pde.launching.IPDELauncherConstants.WORKSPACE_BUNDLES	Use IPDELauncherConstants.SELECTED_WORKSPACE_BUNDLES

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin.IPluginModelBase.getBuildModel()	This method has always returned null. Since 3.7, use PluginRegistry.createBuildModel(IPluginModelBase) instead.
org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin.IPluginModelBase.getNLLookupLocation()	The URL returned is not encoded. If the file path contains special characters such as # this URL cannot be used for opening streams. Instead use ISharedPluginModel.getInstallLocation() and create the URL using an encoding tool such as URIUtil. Deprecated in 4.3.
org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin.PluginRegistry.findModel(String, String, int, PluginRegistry.PluginFilter)	If no filter is passed use PluginRegistry.findModel(String, String, VersionMatchRule), else filter the Stream returned by PluginRegistry.findModels(String, String, VersionMatchRule).
org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin.PluginRegistry.findModel(String, VersionRange, PluginRegistry.PluginFilter)	If no filter is passed use PluginRegistry.findModel(String, VersionRange), else filter the Stream returned by PluginRegistry.findModels(String, VersionRange).
org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin.PluginRegistry.findModel(BundleDescription)	Instead use PluginRegistry.findModel(Resource)
org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin.PluginRegistry.findModels(String, String, int, PluginRegistry.PluginFilter)	Instead use PluginRegistry.findModels(String, String, VersionMatchRule) and filter the returned Stream if a filter is passed.
org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin.PluginRegistry.findModels(String, VersionRange, PluginRegistry.PluginFilter)	Instead use PluginRegistry.findModels(String, VersionRange) and filter the returned Stream if a filter is passed.
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IBundleProjectDescription.setBundleClassath(IBundleClasspathEntry[])	use IBundleProjectDescription.setBundleClasspath(IBundleClasspathEntry[])
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IBundleProjectService.newHost(String, VersionRange)	Instead use IBundleProjectService.newHost(String, VersionRange)
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IBundleProjectService.newPackageExport(String, Version, boolean, String[])	Instead use IBundleProjectService.newPackageExport(String, Version, boolean, Collection)
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IBundleProjectService.newPackageImport(String, VersionRange, boolean)	Instead use IBundleProjectService.newPackageImport(String, VersionRange, boolean)
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IBundleProjectService.newRequiredBundle(String, VersionRange, boolean, boolean)	Instead use IBundleProjectService.newRequiredBundle(String, VersionRange, boolean, boolean)
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IHostDescription.getName()	Instead use IHostDescription.name()
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IHostDescription.getVersionRange()	Instead use IHostDescription.version()
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IPackageExportDescription.getFriends()	Instead use IPackageExportDescription.friends()
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IPackageExportDescription.getName()	Instead use IPackageExportDescription.name()
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IPackageExportDescription.getVersion()	Instead use IPackageExportDescription.version()
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IPackageImportDescription.getName()	Instead use IPackageImportDescription.name()
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IPackageImportDescription.getVersionRange()	Instead use IPackageImportDescription.version()
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IRequiredBundleDescription.getName()	Instead use IRequiredBundleDescription.name()
org.eclipse.pde.core.project.IRequiredBundleDescription.getVersionRange()	Instead use IRequiredBundleDescription.version()
org.eclipse.pde.launching.AbstractPDELaunchConfiguration.updatePDELaunchConfigModuleSystem(boolean)	This method was wrongly added and is no longer used. It is a no-op now.
org.eclipse.pde.launching.JUnitLaunchConfigurationDelegate.getClasspath(ILaunchConfiguration)
org.eclipse.pde.ui.launcher.AbstractLauncherTab.createStartingSpace(Composite, int)

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor	Description
org.eclipse.pde.ui.launcher.PluginsTab(boolean)	As of 3.6 the feature-based workspace launch option is no longer available, so there is no need to set this flag