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.
org.openqa.selenium.internal.Locatable Use Locatable instead.
org.openqa.selenium.internal.Lock Scheduled for deletion in 3.7
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)
org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.FirefoxDriverProvider No longer used.
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...)
org.openqa.selenium.internal.SocketLock No longer used. Scheduled for deletion in 3.7
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.remote.CapabilityType.ENABLE_PERSISTENT_HOVERING
org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver.IE_USE_PRE_PROCESS_PROXY Use InternetExplorerDriver.IE_USE_PER_PROCESS_PROXY (the one without the typo);
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.FirefoxOptions.addCapabilities(Capabilities) Use FirefoxOptions.merge(Capabilities).
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxOptions.addTo(DesiredCapabilities) Use MutableCapabilities.merge(Capabilities).
org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverProvider.canCreateDriverInstances() All providers should be able to create driver instances.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverProvider.canCreateDriverInstances() All providers should be able to create driver classes.
org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions.getExperimentalOption(String) Getters are not needed in browser Options classes.
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxBinary.getExtraEnv() No replacement. Environment should be configured in DriverService instance.
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.Capabilities.isJavascriptEnabled() Use is(SUPPORTS_JAVASCRIPT) instead
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.remote.DesiredCapabilities.phantomjs() PhantomJS is no longer actively developed, and support will eventually be dropped.
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxBinary.setEnvironmentProperty(String, String)
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxOptions.setLogLevel(Level) Use FirefoxOptions.setLogLevel(FirefoxDriverLogLevel)
org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions.textToBePresentInElement(By, String) Use ExpectedConditions.textToBePresentInElementLocated(By, String) instead
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxOptions.toCapabilities() No replacement. We are already Capabilities.

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
org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver(Capabilities) Use ChromeDriver.ChromeDriver(ChromeOptions) instead.
org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver(ChromeDriverService, Capabilities) Use ChromeDriver.ChromeDriver(ChromeDriverService, ChromeOptions) instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverProvider(Capabilities, String) Replace with a call to DefaultDriverProvider.createProvider(Capabilities, String)
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver(Capabilities) Use FirefoxDriver.FirefoxDriver(FirefoxOptions).
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver(GeckoDriverService, Capabilities) Use FirefoxDriver.FirefoxDriver(GeckoDriverService, FirefoxOptions).
org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver(Capabilities) Use InternetExplorerDriver.InternetExplorerDriver(InternetExplorerOptions)
org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver(int) Create an InternetExplorerDriverService and then use that to create a RemoteWebDriver.RemoteWebDriver(org.openqa.selenium.remote.CommandExecutor, Capabilities) with a DriverCommandExecutor.
org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver(InternetExplorerDriverService, Capabilities) Use InternetExplorerDriver.InternetExplorerDriver(InternetExplorerDriverService, InternetExplorerOptions)
org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver(InternetExplorerDriverService, Capabilities, int) Create an InternetExplorerDriverService and then use that to create a RemoteWebDriver.RemoteWebDriver(org.openqa.selenium.remote.CommandExecutor, Capabilities) with a DriverCommandExecutor.
org.openqa.selenium.opera.OperaDriver(Capabilities) Use OperaDriver.OperaDriver(OperaOptions) instead.
org.openqa.selenium.opera.OperaDriver(OperaDriverService, Capabilities) Use OperaDriver.OperaDriver(OperaDriverService, OperaOptions) instead.
org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariDriver(Capabilities) Use SafariDriver.SafariDriver(SafariOptions) instead.