Deprecated API

Deprecated Classes

org.apache.struts.action.ActionBase
Application action classes should now extend Action directly, rather than this class.

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMappingBase
Now that ActionMapping is a class, you should use it intead

org.apache.struts.util.BeanUtils
At some point after Struts 1.0 final, will be replaced by an equivalent class in the Jakarta Commons Beanutils package.

org.apache.struts.util.ConvertUtils
At some point after Struts 1.0 final, will be replaced by an equivalent class in the Jakarta Commons Beanutils package.

org.apache.struts.util.ErrorMessages
Use org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors instead

org.apache.struts.util.FastArrayList
At some point after Struts 1.0 final, will be replaced by an equivalent class in the Jakarta Commons Collections package.

org.apache.struts.util.FastHashMap
At some point after Struts 1.0 final, will be replaced by an equivalent class in the Jakarta Commons Collections package.

org.apache.struts.util.FastTreeMap
At some point after Struts 1.0 final, will be replaced by an equivalent class in the Jakarta Commons Collections package.

org.apache.struts.util.PropertyUtils
At some point after Struts 1.0 final, will be replaced by an equivalent class in the Jakarta Commons Beanutils package.

org.apache.struts.action.ValidatingActionForm
Application ActionForm beans should now extend ActionForm directly, and override the validate() method if they wish to provide such services

Deprecated Fields

org.apache.struts.upload.MultipartElement.data
This should never be used.

Deprecated Methods

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.createFormInstance()
Creation of ActionForm instances is now the responsibility of the controller servlet

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.getActionClass()
Use getType() instead

org.apache.struts.upload.MultipartElement.getData()
Use the getFile method to get a File representing the data for this element

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.getFormAttribute()
Use getAttribute() instead

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.getFormClass()
Use the bean name to look up the corresponding ActionFormBean instead

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.getFormPrefix()
Use getPrefix() instead

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.getFormScope()
Use getScope() instead

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.getFormSuffix()
Use getSuffix() instead

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.getInputForm()
Use getInput() instead

org.apache.struts.action.Action.perform(ActionServlet, ActionMapping, ActionForm, HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse)
Use the new perform() method without a servlet argument

org.apache.struts.action.Action.perform(ActionServlet, ActionMapping, ActionForm, ServletRequest, ServletResponse)
Use the new perform() method without a servlet argument

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.setActionClass(String)
Use setType(String) instead

org.apache.struts.upload.MultipartElement.setData(byte[])
Use the setFile method to set the file that represents the data of this element

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.setFormAttribute(String)
Use setAttribute(String) instead

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.setFormClass(String)
Modify the corresponding ActionFormBean instead

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.setFormPrefix(String)
Use setPrefix(String) instead

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.setFormScope(String)
Use setScope(String) instead

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.setFormSuffix(String)
Use setSuffix(String) instead

org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping.setInputForm(String)
Use setInput(String) instead

org.apache.struts.taglib.bean.IncludeTag.setName(String)
use setPage(String) instead

org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm.validate()
This is the Struts 0.5 version of validation -- use the validate(ActionMapping,HttpServletRequest) method instead

Deprecated Constructors

org.apache.struts.upload.MultipartElement(String, String, String, byte[])
Use the constructor that takes an File as an argument as opposed to a byte array argument, which can cause memory problems