Deprecated API

Contents

• Deprecated Packages
• Deprecated Interfaces
• Deprecated Classes
• Deprecated Annotation Types
• Deprecated Fields
• Deprecated Methods

Deprecated Packages

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

Deprecated Interfaces

Interface and Description
org.gradle.api.tasks.CompatibilityAdapterForTaskInputs The interface is only here to allow plugins built against Gradle 2.x to run and it will be removed in Gradle 5.0.
org.gradle.api.tasks.CompatibilityAdapterForTaskOutputs The interface is only here to allow plugins built against Gradle 2.x to run and it will be removed in Gradle 5.0.

Deprecated Classes

Class and Description
org.gradle.api.dsl.ConventionProperty This class will be removed in Gradle 5.0.

Deprecated Annotation Types

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

Deprecated Fields

Field and 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.

Deprecated Methods

Method and Description
org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaBasePlugin.configureForSourceSet(SourceSet, AbstractCompile)
org.gradle.api.Task.dependsOnTaskDidWork() Build logic should not depend on this information about a task. Instead, declare task inputs and outputs to allow Gradle to optimize task execution.
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskInputFilePropertyBuilder.dir(Object) Use TaskInputs.dir(Object) directly instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskOutputFilePropertyBuilder.dir(Object) Use TaskOutputs.dir(Object) instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskInputFilePropertyBuilder.file(Object) Use TaskInputs.file(Object) directly instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskOutputFilePropertyBuilder.file(Object) Use TaskOutputs.file(Object) instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskInputFilePropertyBuilder.files(Object...) Use TaskInputs.files(Object...) directly instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskOutputFilePropertyBuilder.files(Object...) Use TaskOutputs.files(Object...) instead.
org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.JDepend.getClassesDir() Replaced by JDepend.getClassesDirs().
org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSetOutput.getClassesDir() Use SourceSetOutput.getClassesDirs() or SourceDirectorySet.getOutputDir()
org.gradle.tooling.model.idea.IdeaModuleDependency.getDependencyModule()
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskInputFilePropertyBuilder.getFiles() Use TaskInputs.getFiles() directly instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskOutputFilePropertyBuilder.getFiles() Use TaskOutputs.getFiles() instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskInputFilePropertyBuilder.getHasInputs() Use TaskInputs.getHasInputs() directly instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskOutputFilePropertyBuilder.getHasOutput() Use TaskOutputs.getHasOutput() instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskInputFilePropertyBuilder.getHasSourceFiles() Use TaskInputs.getHasSourceFiles() directly instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskInputFilePropertyBuilder.getProperties() Use TaskInputs.getProperties() directly instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskInputFilePropertyBuilder.getSourceFiles() Use TaskInputs.getSourceFiles() directly instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.scala.ScalaDocOptions.getStyleSheet() Scaladoc does not support to set a stylesheet any more (Scala 2.11).
org.gradle.tooling.model.eclipse.EclipseProjectDependency.getTargetProject()
org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.Test.getTestClassesDir() Use Test.getTestClassesDirs().
org.gradle.StartParameter.isTaskOutputCacheEnabled() Use StartParameter.isBuildCacheEnabled()
org.gradle.api.Task.leftShift(Closure) Use Task.doLast(Closure action)
org.gradle.plugins.ide.idea.IdeaPlugin.performPostEvaluationActions()
org.gradle.plugins.ide.eclipse.EclipsePlugin.performPostEvaluationActions()
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskInputFilePropertyBuilder.properties(Map) Use TaskInputs.properties(Map) directly instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskInputFilePropertyBuilder.property(String, Object) Use TaskInputs.property(String, Object) directly instead.
org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.JDepend.setClassesDir(File) Replaced by JDepend.getClassesDirs().
org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSetOutput.setClassesDir(File) Set the output directory for the particular AbstractCompile task
org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSetOutput.setClassesDir(Object) Set the output directory for the particular AbstractCompile task
org.gradle.api.reporting.ConfigurableReport.setDestination(Object) Replaced by ConfigurableReport.setDestination(java.io.File) and ConfigurableReport.setDestination(org.gradle.api.provider.Provider).
org.gradle.api.tasks.scala.ScalaDocOptions.setStyleSheet(File) Scaladoc does not support to set a stylesheet any more (Scala 2.11).
org.gradle.StartParameter.setTaskOutputCacheEnabled(boolean) Use StartParameter.setBuildCacheEnabled(boolean)
org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.Test.setTestClassesDir(File) Use Test.setTestClassesDirs(FileCollection).
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskOutputFilePropertyBuilder.upToDateWhen(Closure) Use TaskOutputs.upToDateWhen(Closure) instead.
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskOutputFilePropertyBuilder.upToDateWhen(Spec) Use TaskOutputs.upToDateWhen(Spec) instead.