Deprecated API

Contents

• Deprecated Methods
• Deprecated Constructors

Deprecated Methods

Method and Description
java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(byte[], int, int) Replaced by defineClass(String, byte[], int, int)
java.lang.String.getBytes(int, int, byte[], int) This method does not properly convert characters into bytes. As of JDK 1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the String.getBytes() method, which uses the platform's default charset.
java.lang.Character.isSpace(char) Replaced by isWhitespace(char).
java.io.ObjectInputStream.readLine() This method does not properly convert bytes to characters. see DataInputStream for the details and alternatives.
java.io.DataInputStream.readLine() This method does not properly convert bytes to characters. As of JDK 1.1, the preferred way to read lines of text is via the BufferedReader.readLine() method. Programs that use the DataInputStream class to read lines can be converted to use the BufferedReader class by replacing code of the form: DataInputStream d = new DataInputStream(in); with: BufferedReader d = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
java.net.URLStreamHandler.setURL(URL, String, String, int, String, String) Use setURL(URL, String, String, int, String, String, String, String);
java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.toString(int) This method does not properly convert bytes into characters. As of JDK 1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the toString(String enc) method, which takes an encoding-name argument, or the toString() method, which uses the platform's default character encoding.
java.io.ObjectOutputStream.PutField.write(ObjectOutput) This method does not write the values contained by this PutField object in a proper format, and may result in corruption of the serialization stream. The correct way to write PutField data is by calling the ObjectOutputStream.writeFields() method.

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor and Description
java.lang.String(byte[], int) This method does not properly convert bytes into characters. As of JDK 1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the String constructors that take a Charset, charset name, or that use the platform's default charset.
java.lang.String(byte[], int, int, int) This method does not properly convert bytes into characters. As of JDK 1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the String constructors that take a Charset, charset name, or that use the platform's default charset.