Deprecated API

Contents

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

Deprecated Interfaces

Interface and Description
com.thoughtworks.selenium.CommandProcessor The RC interface will be removed in Selenium 3.0. Please migrate to using WebDriver.
com.thoughtworks.selenium.Selenium The RC interface will be removed in Selenium 3.0. Please migrate to using WebDriver.

Deprecated Classes

Class and Description
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.ButtonReleaseAction Use Actions.release()
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.ClickAction Use Actions.click(WebElement)
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.ClickAndHoldAction Use Actions.clickAndHold(WebElement)
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.ContextClickAction Use Actions.contextClick(WebElement)
com.thoughtworks.selenium.DefaultSelenium The RC interface will be removed in Selenium 3.0. Please migrate to using WebDriver.
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.DoubleClickAction Use Actions.doubleClick(WebElement)
com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor The RC interface will be removed in Selenium 3.0. Please migrate to using WebDriver.
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.KeyDownAction Use Actions.keyDown(WebElement, CharSequence)
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.KeyUpAction Use Actions.keyUp(CharSequence)
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.MoveMouseAction Use Actions.moveToElement(WebElement)
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.MoveToOffsetAction Use Actions.moveToElement(WebElement, int, int)
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.PauseAction 'Pause' is considered to be a bad design practice.
com.thoughtworks.selenium.SeleneseTestBase The RC interface will be removed in Selenium 3.0. Please migrate to using WebDriver.
com.thoughtworks.selenium.SeleneseTestCase Please consider updating to junit 4 or above
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.SendKeysAction Use Actions.sendKeys(WebElement, CharSequence...)
com.thoughtworks.selenium.Wait The RC interface will be removed in Selenium 3.0. Please migrate to using WebDriver.

Deprecated Fields

Field and Description
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.ACCEPT_UNTRUSTED_CERTIFICATES
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.ASSUME_UNTRUSTED_ISSUER
org.openqa.selenium.remote.CapabilityType.ENABLE_PERSISTENT_HOVERING
org.openqa.selenium.remote.BrowserType.OPERA Use OPERA_BLINK
org.openqa.selenium.remote.CapabilityType.PAGE_LOADING_STRATEGY Use PAGE_LOAD_STRATEGY instead

Deprecated Methods

Method and Description
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile.areNativeEventsEnabled()
org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverFactory.hasMappingFor(Capabilities) This method is used in tests only and subject to be removed from the interface
org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions.numberOfwindowsToBe(int) please use ExpectedConditions.numberOfWindowsToBe(int) instead
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities.opera() Use #operaBlink
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions.pause(long) 'Pause' is considered to be a bad design practice.
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile.setEnableNativeEvents(boolean)
org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions.textToBePresentInElement(By, String) Use ExpectedConditions.textToBePresentInElementLocated(By, String) instead

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor and Description
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions(Keyboard) Use the new interactions API.
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions(Keyboard, Mouse) Use the new interactions APIs.
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.GeckoDriverService.Builder(FirefoxBinary) Use method usingFirefoxBinary instead