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.Killable Nothing implements this interface, and it will be removed
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.firefox.internal.NewProfileExtensionConnection No longer used within the code base. Will be delete in Selenium 3.6
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.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.addDesiredCapabilities(Capabilities) Use FirefoxOptions.addCapabilities(Capabilities)
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxOptions.addRequiredCapabilities(Capabilities) Use FirefoxOptions.addCapabilities(Capabilities)
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile.areNativeEventsEnabled() "Native" events are not supported in FirefoxDriver anymore
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.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.firefox.FirefoxProfile.setEnableNativeEvents(boolean) "Native" events are not supported in FirefoxDriver anymore
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startClient(Capabilities, Capabilities) Use RemoteWebDriver.startClient(Capabilities)
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(Capabilities, Capabilities) Use RemoteWebDriver.startSession(Capabilities) instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.stopClient(Capabilities, Capabilities) Use RemoteWebDriver.stopClient(Capabilities)
org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions.textToBePresentInElement(By, String) Use ExpectedConditions.textToBePresentInElementLocated(By, String) instead
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxOptions.toDesiredCapabilities() Use FirefoxOptions.toCapabilities().
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxOptions.toRequiredCapabilities() Use FirefoxOptions.toCapabilities().

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.remote.server.DefaultDriverProvider(Capabilities, String) Replace with a call to DefaultDriverProvider.createProvider(Capabilities, String)
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver(Capabilities, Capabilities) Prefer FirefoxDriver.FirefoxDriver(FirefoxOptions)
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver(FirefoxBinary) Prefer FirefoxOptions.setBinary(FirefoxBinary).
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver(FirefoxBinary, FirefoxProfile) Prefer FirefoxOptions.setBinary(FirefoxBinary), and FirefoxOptions.setProfile(FirefoxProfile).
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver(FirefoxBinary, FirefoxProfile, Capabilities) Prefer FirefoxOptions.setBinary(FirefoxBinary), FirefoxOptions.setProfile(FirefoxProfile)
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver(FirefoxBinary, FirefoxProfile, Capabilities, Capabilities) Prefer FirefoxOptions.setBinary(FirefoxBinary), FirefoxOptions.setProfile(FirefoxProfile)
org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver(FirefoxProfile) Prefer FirefoxOptions.setProfile(FirefoxProfile).
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, 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.remote.RemoteWebDriver(CommandExecutor, Capabilities, Capabilities) Use RemoteWebDriver.RemoteWebDriver(CommandExecutor, Capabilities).
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver(URL, Capabilities, Capabilities) Use RemoteWebDriver.RemoteWebDriver(CommandExecutor, Capabilities), creating a new HttpCommandExecutor.