Deprecated API

Contents

• Packages
• Interfaces
• Classes
• Exceptions
• Annotation Types
• Fields
• Methods
• Constructors

Packages

Package	Description
org.gradle.api.dsl	This package will be removed in Gradle 5.0.

Interfaces

Interface	Description
org.gradle.api.artifacts.transform.VariantTransform	Use TransformSpec instead.
org.gradle.api.plugins.osgi.OsgiManifest
org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.FindBugsReports	FindBugs is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 9 and above.
org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.FindBugsXmlReport	FindBugs is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 9 and above.
org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.JDependReports	JDepend is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 8 and above.
org.gradle.api.tasks.CompatibilityAdapterForTaskInputs	The interface is only here to allow plugins built against Gradle <4.3 to run and it will be removed in Gradle 6.0.
org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.CompilerArgumentProvider	Use CommandLineArgumentProvider directly.

Classes

Class	Description
org.gradle.api.artifacts.transform.ArtifactTransform	Use TransformAction instead.
org.gradle.api.dsl.ConventionProperty	This class will be removed in Gradle 5.0.
org.gradle.api.plugins.announce.AnnouncePlugin	This plugin will be removed in the next major version.
org.gradle.api.plugins.announce.AnnouncePluginExtension
org.gradle.api.plugins.announce.BuildAnnouncementsPlugin	This plugin will be removed in the next major version.
org.gradle.api.plugins.osgi.OsgiPlugin
org.gradle.api.plugins.osgi.OsgiPluginConvention
org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.FindBugs	FindBugs is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 9 and above.
org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.FindBugsExtension	FindBugs is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 9 and above.
org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.FindBugsPlugin	FindBugs is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 9 and above.
org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.JDepend	JDepend is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 8 and above.
org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.JDependExtension	JDepend is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 8 and above.
org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.JDependPlugin	JDepend is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 8 and above.

Exceptions

Exceptions	Description
org.gradle.api.artifacts.transform.ArtifactTransformException

Annotation Types

Annotation Type	Description
org.gradle.api.Nullable	Use Nullable instead.

Fields

Field	Description
org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin.COMPILE_CONFIGURATION_NAME	Users should prefer JavaPlugin.API_CONFIGURATION_NAME or JavaPlugin.IMPLEMENTATION_CONFIGURATION_NAME.
org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin.RUNTIME_CONFIGURATION_NAME	Consumers should use JavaPlugin.RUNTIME_ELEMENTS_CONFIGURATION_NAME instead.
org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin.TEST_RUNTIME_CONFIGURATION_NAME	Use JavaPlugin.TEST_RUNTIME_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME instead.

Methods

Method	Description
org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.DependencyHandler.registerTransform(Action<? super VariantTransform>)	use DependencyHandler.registerTransform(Class, Action) instead.
org.gradle.api.artifacts.repositories.IvyArtifactRepository.layout(String, Action<? extends RepositoryLayout>)	use IvyArtifactRepository.layout(String) or IvyArtifactRepository.patternLayout(Action)
org.gradle.api.artifacts.result.ComponentSelectionReason.getDescription()	Use ComponentSelectionReason.getDescriptions() instead
org.gradle.api.artifacts.result.ResolvedComponentResult.getVariant()	Use ResolvedComponentResult.getVariants() instead}
org.gradle.api.DefaultTask.newInputDirectory()	Replaced by ObjectFactory.directoryProperty()
org.gradle.api.DefaultTask.newInputFile()	Replaced by ObjectFactory.fileProperty()
org.gradle.api.DefaultTask.newOutputDirectory()	Replaced by ObjectFactory.directoryProperty()
org.gradle.api.DefaultTask.newOutputFile()	Replaced by ObjectFactory.fileProperty()
org.gradle.api.file.ProjectLayout.configurableFiles(Object...)	Please use ObjectFactory.fileCollection() instead.
org.gradle.api.file.ProjectLayout.directoryProperty()	Replaced by ObjectFactory.directoryProperty()
org.gradle.api.file.ProjectLayout.fileProperty()	Replaced by ObjectFactory.fileProperty()
org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePluginConvention.getDistsDir()
org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePluginConvention.getLibsDir()
org.gradle.api.plugins.ExtensionContainer.getSchema()
org.gradle.api.plugins.PluginCollection.add(T)	Use PluginManager.apply(Class) instead.
org.gradle.api.plugins.PluginCollection.addAll(Collection<? extends T>)	Use PluginManager.apply(Class) instead.
org.gradle.api.plugins.PluginCollection.clear()	plugins cannot be removed.
org.gradle.api.plugins.PluginCollection.remove(Object)	plugins cannot be removed.
org.gradle.api.plugins.PluginCollection.removeAll(Collection<?>)	plugins cannot be removed.
org.gradle.api.publish.maven.tasks.AbstractPublishToMaven.getLoggingManagerFactory()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getAppendix()	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveAppendix()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveName()	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveFileName()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getArchivePath()	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveFile()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getBaseName()	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveBaseName()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getClassifier()	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveClassifier()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getDestinationDir()	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getDestinationDirectory()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getExtension()	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveExtension()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getVersion()	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveVersion()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.setAppendix(String)	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveAppendix()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.setArchiveName(String)	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveFileName()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.setBaseName(String)	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveBaseName()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.setClassifier(String)	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveClassifier()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.setDestinationDir(File)	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getDestinationDirectory()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.setExtension(String)	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveExtension()
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.setVersion(String)	Use AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveVersion()
org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.JavaCompile.getEffectiveAnnotationProcessorPath()	Use CompileOptions.getAnnotationProcessorPath() instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSetOutput.isLegacyLayout()	This method always returns false starting from Gradle 5.0.
org.gradle.language.scala.tasks.AbstractScalaCompile.getEffectiveAnnotationProcessorPath()	Use CompileOptions.getAnnotationProcessorPath() instead.
org.gradle.plugin.devel.tasks.ValidateTaskProperties.setClasses(FileCollection)	Use ValidateTaskProperties.getClasses().setFrom instead.
org.gradle.plugin.devel.tasks.ValidateTaskProperties.setClasspath(FileCollection)	Use ValidateTaskProperties.getClasspath().setFrom instead.
org.gradle.plugins.signing.Sign.getInputFiles()
org.gradle.plugins.signing.Sign.getOutputFiles()
org.gradle.StartParameter.isInteractive()	This flag is no longer used and simply defaults to 'false'.
org.gradle.StartParameter.isRecompileScripts()	This flag is no longer used.
org.gradle.StartParameter.setInteractive(boolean)	This flag is no longer used.
org.gradle.StartParameter.setRecompileScripts(boolean)	This flag is no longer used and simply defaults to 'false'.
org.gradle.testing.jacoco.plugins.JacocoPlugin.configureDefaultOutputPathForJacocoMerge()	This method will be made private in a future version of Gradle.
org.gradle.testing.jacoco.plugins.JacocoTaskExtension.isAppend()	The Jacoco plugin now deletes the old coverage file before task execution, so the data will never be appended to an existing coverage file from another task. Use JacocoMerge to merge different execution files or use JacocoReportBase.setExecutionData(FileCollection) to generate a report from multiple execution files at once. Append is set to true for the agent since this allows multiple JVMs spawned by one task to write to the same destination file.
org.gradle.testing.jacoco.plugins.JacocoTaskExtension.setAppend(boolean)
org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoReportBase.setAdditionalClassDirs(FileCollection)	Use getAdditionalClassDirs().setFrom(...)
org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoReportBase.setAdditionalSourceDirs(FileCollection)	Use getAdditionalSourceDirs().setFrom(...)
org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoReportBase.setClassDirectories(FileCollection)	Use getClassDirectories().setFrom(...)
org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoReportBase.setExecutionData(FileCollection)	Use getExecutionData().setFrom(...)
org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoReportBase.setSourceDirectories(FileCollection)	Use getSourceDirectories().setFrom(...)
org.gradle.tooling.model.idea.IdeaContentRoot.getGeneratedSourceDirectories()	Use IdeaContentRoot.getSourceDirectories() in combination with IdeaSourceDirectory.isGenerated() instead.
org.gradle.tooling.model.idea.IdeaContentRoot.getGeneratedTestDirectories()	Use IdeaContentRoot.getTestDirectories() in combination with IdeaSourceDirectory.isGenerated() instead.

Constructors

Constructor	Description
org.gradle.api.artifacts.transform.ArtifactTransformException(File, AttributeContainer, Class<? extends ArtifactTransform>, Throwable)
org.gradle.api.plugins.osgi.OsgiPluginConvention(ProjectInternal)	Creating instances of this class is deprecated. These should be created by the OSGi plugin only.
org.gradle.testfixtures.ProjectBuilder()