Deprecated API

Contents

• Classes
• Fields
• Methods

Deprecated Classes

Class	Description
org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PreferencesPlaceholderConfigurer	as of 5.2, along with PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer
org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer	as of 5.2; use org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer instead which is more flexible through taking advantage of the Environment and PropertySource mechanisms.
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader	as of 5.3, in favor of Spring's common bean definition formats and/or custom reader implementations

Deprecated Fields

Field	Description
org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory.AUTOWIRE_AUTODETECT	as of Spring 3.0: If you are using mixed autowiring strategies, prefer annotation-based autowiring for clearer demarcation of autowiring needs.
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition.AUTOWIRE_AUTODETECT	as of Spring 3.0: If you are using mixed autowiring strategies, use annotation-based autowiring for clearer demarcation of autowiring needs.

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiate(Class<T>)	as of Spring 5.0, following the deprecation of Class.newInstance() in JDK 9