Deprecated API

Deprecated Classes

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Copydir
The copydir task is deprecated since Ant 1.2. Use copy instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Copyfile
The copyfile task is deprecated since Ant 1.2. Use copy instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Deltree
The deltree task is deprecated since Ant 1.2. Use delete instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Exec
delegate to Execute instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Jikes
merged into the class Javac.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.JikesOutputParser
use Jikes' exit value to detect compilation failure.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.KeySubst
KeySubst is deprecated since Ant 1.1. Use Filter + Copy instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.net.MimeMail
Use EmailTask instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Rename
The rename task is deprecated since Ant 1.2. Use move instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.RenameExtensions
Use <move> instead

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.TaskOutputStream
use LogOutputStream instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.Test
testlet has been abandoned in favor of JUnit by the Avalon community

Deprecated Fields

org.apache.tools.ant.types.DataType.checked
The user should not be directly referencing variable. Please use DataType.setChecked(boolean) or DataType.isChecked() instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.DEFAULTEXCLUDES
use the getDefaultExcludes method instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.Task.description
You should not be accessing this variable directly.

org.apache.tools.ant.types.DataType.description
The user should not be directly referencing variable. Please use DataType.setDescription(java.lang.String) or DataType.getDescription() instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Tar.FAIL
Tar.FAIL is deprecated and is replaced with Tar.TarLongFileMode.FAIL

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Tar.GNU
Tar.GNU is deprecated and is replaced with Tar.TarLongFileMode.GNU

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.JAVA_1_0
use org.apache.tools.ant.util.JavaEnvUtils instead

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.JAVA_1_1
use org.apache.tools.ant.util.JavaEnvUtils instead

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.JAVA_1_2
use org.apache.tools.ant.util.JavaEnvUtils instead

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.JAVA_1_3
use org.apache.tools.ant.util.JavaEnvUtils instead

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.JAVA_1_4
use org.apache.tools.ant.util.JavaEnvUtils instead

org.apache.tools.ant.Task.location
You should not be accessing this variable directly. Please use the Task.getLocation() method.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Tar.OMIT
Tar.OMIT is deprecated and is replaced with Tar.TarLongFileMode.OMIT

org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent.project
You should not be directly accessing this variable directly. You should access project object via the getProject() or setProject() accessor/mutators.

org.apache.tools.ant.types.DataType.ref
The user should not be directly referencing variable. Please use DataType.getRefid() instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.Task.target
You should not be accessing this variable directly. Please use the Task.getOwningTarget() method.

org.apache.tools.ant.Task.taskName
You should not be accessing this variable directly. Please use the Task.getTaskName() method.

org.apache.tools.ant.Task.taskType
You should not be accessing this variable directly. Please use the Task.getTaskType() method.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Tar.TRUNCATE
Tar.TRUNCATE is deprecated and is replaced with Tar.TarLongFileMode.TRUNCATE

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Tar.WARN
Tar.WARN is deprecated and is replaced with Tar.TarLongFileMode.WARN

org.apache.tools.ant.Task.wrapper
You should not be accessing this variable directly. Please use the Task.getWrapper() method.

Deprecated Methods

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.compilers.DefaultCompilerAdapter.addExtdirsToClasspath(Path)
use org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path#addExtdirs instead

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.addFilter(String, String)
Use getGlobalFilterSet().addFilter(token,value)

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTask.addSysproperty(Environment.Variable)
since ant 1.6

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Tar.archiveIsUpToDate(String[])
use the two-arg version instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configure(Object, AttributeList, Project)
Use IntrospectionHelper for each property

org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(Project, File)
Use the non-static parse method

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.copyFile(File, File)

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.copyFile(File, File, boolean)

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.copyFile(File, File, boolean, boolean)

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.copyFile(File, File, boolean, boolean, boolean)

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.copyFile(String, String)

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.copyFile(String, String, boolean)

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.copyFile(String, String, boolean, boolean)

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.copyFile(String, String, boolean, boolean, boolean)

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.MacroInstance.createDynamicElement(String)

org.apache.tools.ant.IntrospectionHelper.createElement(Project, Object, String)
This is not a namespace aware method.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.jdepend.JDependTask.createSourcespath()

org.apache.tools.ant.util.CollectionUtils.equals(Dictionary, Dictionary)

org.apache.tools.ant.util.CollectionUtils.equals(Vector, Vector)

org.apache.tools.ant.RuntimeConfigurable.getAttributes()

org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.getContextClassLoader()
Use LoaderUtils.getContextClassLoader()

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.getFilters()
Use getGlobalFilterSet().getFilterHash()

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.getJavaVersion()
use org.apache.tools.ant.util.JavaEnvUtils instead

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.jdepend.JDependTask.getSourcespath()

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.TraXLiaison.getSystemId(File)
use org.apache.tools.ant.util.JAXPUtils#getSystemId instead

org.apache.tools.ant.AntClassLoader.initializeClass(Class)
use Class.forName with initialize=true instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.parsePropertyString(String, Vector, Vector)
Use PropertyHelper

org.apache.tools.ant.util.CollectionUtils.putAll(Dictionary, Dictionary)

org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.replaceProperties(Project, String)
Use project.replaceProperties()

org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.replaceProperties(Project, String, Hashtable)
Use PropertyHelper

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.resolveFile(String, File)

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.net.FTP.setAction(String)
setAction(String) is deprecated and is replaced with setAction(FTP.Action) to make Ant's Introspection mechanism do the work and also to encapsulate operations on the type in its own class.

org.apache.tools.ant.RuntimeConfigurable.setAttributes(AttributeList)

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.ReplaceRegExp.setByLine(String)
- use setByLine(boolean)

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.FixCRLF.setCr(FixCRLF.AddAsisRemove)
use setEol instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.setDefaultTarget(String)
use setDefault

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Unpack.setDest(String)
setDest(String) is deprecated and is replaced with setDest(File) to make Ant's Introspection mechanism do the work and also to encapsulate operations on the type in its own class.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ear.setEarfile(File)
Use setDestFile(destfile) instead

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javadoc.setExtdirs(String)
Use the Javadoc.setExtdirs(Path) version.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Zip.setFile(File)
Use setDestFile(File) instead

org.apache.tools.ant.Project.setFileLastModified(File, long)

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.ANTLR.setGlib(String)
since ant 1.6

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Jar.setJarfile(File)
Use setDestFile(File) instead

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Tar.setLongfile(String)
setLongFile(String) is deprecated and is replaced with setLongFile(Tar.TarLongFileMode) to make Ant's Introspection mechanism do the work and also to encapsulate operations on the mode in its own class.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.SendEmail.setMailport(Integer)
Use EmailTask.setMailport(int) instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecuteJava.setOutput(PrintStream)
manage output at the task level

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Copy.setPreserveLastModified(String)
setPreserveLastModified(String) has been deprecated and replaced with setPreserveLastModified(boolean) to consistently let the Introspection mechanism work.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.DefBase.setReverseLoader(boolean)
stop using this attribute

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Unpack.setSrc(String)
setSrc(String) is deprecated and is replaced with setSrc(File) to make Ant's Introspection mechanism do the work and also to encapsulate operations on the type in its own class.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Tar.setTarfile(File)
for consistency with other tasks, please use setDestFile()

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.PathConvert.setTargetos(String)
use the method taking a TargetOs argument instead

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Available.setType(String)
setType(String) is deprecated and is replaced with setType(Available.FileDir) to make Ant's Introspection mechanism do the work and also to encapsulate operations on the type in its own class.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Tstamp.CustomFormat.setUnit(String)
setUnit(String) is deprecated and is replaced with setUnit(Tstamp.Unit) to make Ant's Introspection mechanism do the work and also to encapsulate operations on the unit in its own class.

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.splash.SplashTask.setUseproxy(boolean)
use org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.SetProxy

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Property.setUserProperty(boolean)
This was never a supported feature and has been deprecated without replacement

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.War.setWarfile(File)
Use setDestFile(File) instead

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Zip.setZipfile(File)
Use setDestFile(File) instead.

org.apache.tools.ant.types.CommandlineJava.size()
please dont use this -it effectively creates the entire command.

Deprecated Constructors

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecuteWatchdog(int)
Use constructor with a long type instead. (1.4.x compatibility)

org.apache.tools.ant.Main(String[])