Avoid using the deprecated com.ibm.websphere.product classes

This rule flags deprecated classes in the com.ibm.websphere.product packages.

• com.ibm.websphere.product.metadata.WASComponent
• com.ibm.websphere.product.metadata.WASComponentUpdate
• com.ibm.websphere.product.metadata.WASMaintenancePackage
• com.ibm.websphere.product.WASProductException
• com.ibm.websphere.product.history.WASHistoryException
• com.ibm.websphere.product.history.WASHistory

Use these guidelines to migrate the affected classes.

Use the com.ibm.websphere.product.WASDirectoryException class instead of:

• com.ibm.websphere.product.WASProductException
• com.ibm.websphere.product.history.WASHistoryException

Use the com.ibm.websphere.product.WASDirectory class instead of:

• com.ibm.websphere.product.history.WASHistory

Do not use these classes. All public methods in these classes now return either null objects or empty lists.

• com.ibm.websphere.product.metadata.WASComponent
• com.ibm.websphere.product.metadata.WASComponentUpdate

Do not use this class:

• com.ibm.websphere.product.metadata.WASMaintenancePackage

For more information, see the

• com.ibm.websphere.product Java API documentation.
• Deprecated features list in the documentation.