Deprecated API

Contents

• Deprecated Interfaces
• Deprecated Classes
• Deprecated Exceptions
• Deprecated Fields
• Deprecated Methods
• Deprecated Constructors

Deprecated Interfaces

Interface and Description
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.CoprocessorService Since 2.0. Will be removed in 3.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.HasMasterServices Since 2.0.0 to be removed in 3.0.0. The hope is that by 3.0.0 we will not need this facility as CoreCoprocessors are integated into core.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.HasRegionServerServices Since 2.0.0 to be removed in 3.0.0. The hope is that by 3.0.0 we will not need this facility as CoreCoprocessors are integated into core.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.HbckErrorReporter Since 2.3.0. To be removed in hbase4. Use HBCK2 instead. Remove when HBaseFsck is removed.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.procedure.MetaProcedureInterface only used for RecoverMetaProcedure. Should be removed along with RecoverMetaProcedure.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RowProcessor As of release 2.0.0, this will be removed in HBase 3.0.0. For customization, use Coprocessors instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.SingletonCoprocessorService Since 2.0. Will be removed in 3.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coordination.SplitLogManagerCoordination since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter, see SplitWALManager
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coordination.SplitLogWorkerCoordination since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter, see SplitWALManager

Deprecated Classes

Class and Description
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.assignment.AssignProcedure Do not use any more.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.CoprocessorServiceBackwardCompatiblity
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.DelimitedKeyPrefixRegionSplitPolicy since 2.5.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionSplitRestriction, instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.assignment.GCMergedRegionsProcedure 2.3.0 Use GCMultipleMergedRegionsProcedure.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.HBaseFsck For removal in hbase-4.0.0. Use HBCK2 instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.KeyPrefixRegionSplitPolicy since 2.5.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionSplitRestriction, instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.tool.LoadIncrementalHFiles since 2.2.0, will be removed in 3.0.0. Use BulkLoadHFiles instead. Please rewrite your code if you rely on methods other than the LoadIncrementalHFiles.run(Map, TableName) and LoadIncrementalHFiles.run(String, TableName), as all the methods other than them will be removed with no replacement.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles As of release 2.0.0, this will be removed in HBase 3.0.0. Use LoadIncrementalHFiles instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.tool.LoadIncrementalHFiles.LoadQueueItem since 2.2.0 and will be removed in 3.0.0. Use BulkLoadHFiles instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles.LoadQueueItem As of release 2.0.0, this will be removed in HBase 3.0.0. Use LoadIncrementalHFiles.LoadQueueItem instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MirroringTableStateManager Since 2.0.0. To be removed in 3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.assignment.MoveRegionProcedure Do not use any more.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.hbck.OfflineMetaRepair Since 2.0.0. Will be removed in 3.0.0. We've deprecated this tool in hbase-2+ because it destroyed the hbase2 meta table.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.handler.OpenRegionHandler Keep it here only for compatible
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.procedure.RecoverMetaProcedure Do not use any more, leave it here only for compatible. The recovery work will be done in ServerCrashProcedure directly, and the initial work for meta table will be done by InitMetaProcedure.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.assignment.RegionTransitionProcedure Do not use any more.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.SimpleRpcServer
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.SplitLogCounters since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter, see SplitWALManager
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.SplitLogManager since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter, see SplitWALManager.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.SplitLogTask since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter, see SplitWALManager
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.SplitLogWorker since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter, see SplitWALRemoteProcedure
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.cleaner.TimeToLiveProcedureWALCleaner Since 2.3.0, will be removed in 4.0.0. We will not use the procedure wal to store procedure any more.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.assignment.UnassignProcedure Do not use any more.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.handler.WALSplitterHandler since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter, see SplitWALManager
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coordination.ZkCoordinatedStateManager since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter (see SplitWALManager) which doesn't use this zk-based coordinator.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ZKDataMigrator Since 2.0.0. To be removed in hbase-3.0.0.

Deprecated Exceptions

Exceptions and Description
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RowTooBigException since 0.99.0. Use RowTooBigException instead.

Deprecated Fields

Field and Description
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit.COMPACTION Since 2.3.0. Make it protected, internal-use only. Use WALEdit.isCompactionMarker(Cell)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit.FLUSH Since 2.3.0. Make it protected, internal-use only.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit.METAROW Since 2.3.0. Not used.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.tool.LoadIncrementalHFiles.NAME since 2.2.0, will be removed in 3.0.0, with no replacement. End user should not depend on this value.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.balancer.BaseLoadBalancer.onlySystemTablesOnMaster since 2.4.0, will be removed in 3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.KeyPrefixRegionSplitPolicy.PREFIX_LENGTH_KEY_DEPRECATED
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit.REGION_EVENT Since 2.3.0. Remove. Not for external use. Not used.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.snapshot.SnapshotDescriptionUtils.SNAPSHOT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS_DEFAULT Use SnapshotDescriptionUtils.DEFAULT_MAX_WAIT_TIME instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.snapshot.SnapshotDescriptionUtils.SNAPSHOT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS_KEY Use SnapshotDescriptionUtils.MASTER_SNAPSHOT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.LoadBalancer.SYSTEM_TABLES_ON_MASTER since 2.4.0, will be removed in 3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.LoadBalancer.TABLES_ON_MASTER since 2.4.0, will be removed in 3.0.0.

Deprecated Methods

Method and Description
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.balancer.BaseLoadBalancer.assignMasterSystemRegions(Collection<RegionInfo>, List<ServerName>) since 2.4.0, will be removed in 3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.balancer.BaseLoadBalancer.balanceMasterRegions(Map<ServerName, List<RegionInfo>>) since 2.4.0, will be removed in 3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.RpcServerInterface.call(BlockingService, Descriptors.MethodDescriptor, Message, CellScanner, long, MonitoredRPCHandler) As of release 1.3, this will be removed in HBase 3.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.RpcServerInterface.call(BlockingService, Descriptors.MethodDescriptor, Message, CellScanner, long, MonitoredRPCHandler, long, int) As of release 2.0, this will be removed in HBase 3.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndMutate(byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, Mutation) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.checkAndMutate(byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, TimeRange, Mutation)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndMutate(byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, TimeRange, Mutation) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndMutate(byte[], Filter, Mutation) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.checkAndMutate(byte[], Filter, TimeRange, Mutation)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndMutate(byte[], Filter, TimeRange, Mutation) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndRowMutate(byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, RowMutations) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.checkAndRowMutate(byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, TimeRange, RowMutations)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndRowMutate(byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, TimeRange, RowMutations) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndRowMutate(byte[], Filter, RowMutations) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.checkAndRowMutate(byte[], Filter, TimeRange, RowMutations)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndRowMutate(byte[], Filter, TimeRange, RowMutations) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.access.AccessController.checkPermissions(RpcController, AccessControlProtos.CheckPermissionsRequest, RpcCallback<AccessControlProtos.CheckPermissionsResponse>) since 2.2.0 and will be removed 4.0.0. Use Admin.hasUserPermissions(List) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RpcSchedulerFactory.create(Configuration, PriorityFunction) since 1.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.FifoRpcSchedulerFactory.create(Configuration, PriorityFunction)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.SimpleRpcSchedulerFactory.create(Configuration, PriorityFunction) since 1.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.ObserverContextImpl.createAndPrepare(E)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.TableStateManager.deleteZooKeeper(TableName) Since 2.0.0. To be removed in hbase-3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.FilterWrapper.filterKeyValue(Cell)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WAL.getEarliestMemStoreSeqNum(byte[]) Since version 1.2.0. Removing because not used and exposes subtle internal workings. Use WAL.getEarliestMemStoreSeqNum(byte[], byte[])
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterWalManager.getFailedServersFromLogFolders() With proc-v2, we can record the crash server with procedure store, so do not need to scan the wal directory to find out the splitting wal directory any more. Leave it here only because RecoverMetaProcedure(which is also deprecated) uses it.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionServerServices.getFlushPressure()
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileScanner.getKeyString() Since hbase-2.0.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALKeyImpl.getLogSeqNum() Use WALKeyImpl.getSequenceId()
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALSplitUtil.getMaxRegionSequenceId(Configuration, RegionInfo, ConcurrentMapUtils.IOExceptionSupplier<FileSystem>, ConcurrentMapUtils.IOExceptionSupplier<FileSystem>) Only for compatibility, will be removed in 4.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreFile.getModificationTimeStamp() Since 2.0.0. Will be removed in 3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.getRegionDir(Path, String) For tests only; to be removed.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreFileReader.getScanner(boolean, boolean) since 2.0.0 and will be removed in 3.0.0. Do not write further code which depends on this call. Instead use getStoreFileScanner() which uses the StoreFileScanner class/interface which is the preferred way to scan a store with higher level concepts.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreFileReader.getScanner(boolean, boolean, boolean) since 2.0.0 and will be removed in 3.0.0. Do not write further code which depends on this call. Instead use getStoreFileScanner() which uses the StoreFileScanner class/interface which is the preferred way to scan a store with higher level concepts. should we cache the blocks? use pread (for concurrent small readers) is scanner being used for compaction?
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils.getTableStoreFilePathMap(FileSystem, Path, PathFilter, ExecutorService, HbckErrorReporter) Since 2.3.0. Will be removed in hbase4. Used FSUtils.getTableStoreFilePathMap(FileSystem, Path, PathFilter, ExecutorService, ProgressReporter)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils.getTableStoreFilePathMap(Map<String, Path>, FileSystem, Path, TableName, PathFilter, ExecutorService, HbckErrorReporter) Since 2.3.0. For removal in hbase4. Use ProgressReporter override instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.replication.regionserver.MetricsSink.getTimeStampOfLastAppliedOp() Since 2.0.0. Will be removed in 3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.replication.regionserver.MetricsSource.getTimeStampOfLastShippedOp() Since 2.0.0. Removed in 3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.access.AccessController.getUserPermissions(RpcController, AccessControlProtos.GetUserPermissionsRequest, RpcCallback<AccessControlProtos.GetUserPermissionsResponse>) since 2.2.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Admin.getUserPermissions(GetUserPermissionsRequest) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileScanner.getValueString() Since hbase-2.0.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.access.AccessController.grant(RpcController, AccessControlProtos.GrantRequest, RpcCallback<AccessControlProtos.GrantResponse>) since 2.2.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Admin.grant(UserPermission, boolean) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.access.AccessController.hasPermission(RpcController, AccessControlProtos.HasPermissionRequest, RpcCallback<AccessControlProtos.HasPermissionResponse>) since 2.2.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Admin.hasUserPermissions(String, List) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.initialize() use HRegion.createHRegion() or HRegion.openHRegion()
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.LoadBalancer.isMasterCanHostUserRegions(Configuration) since 2.4.0, will be removed in 3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit.isMetaEditFamily(byte[]) Since 2.3.0. Do not expose. Make protected.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.LoadBalancer.isSystemTablesOnlyOnMaster(Configuration) since 2.4.0, will be removed in 3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.LoadBalancer.isTablesOnMaster(Configuration) since 2.4.0, will be removed in 3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.token.TokenUtil.obtainToken(Configuration) Since 2.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.token.TokenUtil.obtainToken(Connection) External users should not use this method. Please post on the HBase dev mailing list if you need this method. Internal HBase code should use ClientTokenUtil instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.token.TokenUtil.obtainToken(Connection, User) External users should not use this method. Please post on the HBase dev mailing list if you need this method. Internal HBase code should use ClientTokenUtil instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postAppend(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Append, Result) since 2.5.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postAppend(ObserverContext, Append, Result, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postCheckAndDelete(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, Delete, boolean) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postCheckAndDelete(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], Filter, Delete, boolean) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postCheckAndPut(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, Put, boolean) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postCheckAndPut(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], Filter, Put, boolean) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.MasterObserver.postCompletedModifyTableAction(ObserverContext<MasterCoprocessorEnvironment>, TableName, TableDescriptor) Since 2.1. Will be removed in 3.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postDelete(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Delete, WALEdit, Durability) since 2.5.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postDelete(ObserverContext, Delete, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postIncrement(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Increment, Result) since 2.5.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postIncrement(ObserverContext, Increment, Result, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionCoprocessorHost.postInstantiateDeleteTracker(DeleteTracker) Since 2.0 with out any replacement and will be removed in 3.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postInstantiateDeleteTracker(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, DeleteTracker) Since 2.0 with out any replacement and will be removed in 3.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.MasterObserver.postModifyNamespace(ObserverContext<MasterCoprocessorEnvironment>, NamespaceDescriptor) Since 2.1. Will be removed in 3.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.MasterObserver.postModifyTable(ObserverContext<MasterCoprocessorEnvironment>, TableName, TableDescriptor) Since 2.1. Will be removed in 3.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postMutationBeforeWAL(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, RegionObserver.MutationType, Mutation, Cell, Cell) since 2.2.0 and will be removedin 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postIncrementBeforeWAL(ObserverContext, Mutation, List) or RegionObserver.postAppendBeforeWAL(ObserverContext, Mutation, List) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postPut(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Put, WALEdit, Durability) since 2.5.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postPut(ObserverContext, Put, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionServerObserver.postReplicateLogEntries(ObserverContext<RegionServerCoprocessorEnvironment>) As of release 2.0.0 with out any replacement. This is maintained for internal usage by AccessController. Do not use these hooks in custom co-processors.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postStoreFileReaderOpen(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, FileSystem, Path, FSDataInputStreamWrapper, long, CacheConfig, Reference, StoreFileReader) For Phoenix only, StoreFileReader is not a stable interface.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.MasterObserver.postUnassign(ObserverContext<MasterCoprocessorEnvironment>, RegionInfo, boolean) in 2.4.0. replaced by postUnassign(ctx, regionInfo). removed in hbase 3. until then safe to either leave implementation here or move it to the new method. default impl of that method calls this one.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionCoprocessorHost.postWALRestore(RegionInfo, WALKey, WALEdit) Since hbase-2.0.0. No replacement. To be removed in hbase-3.0.0 and replaced with something that doesn't expose IntefaceAudience.Private classes.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.WALObserver.postWALWrite(ObserverContext<? extends WALCoprocessorEnvironment>, RegionInfo, WALKey, WALEdit) Since hbase-2.0.0. To be replaced with an alternative that does not expose InterfaceAudience classes such as WALKey and WALEdit. Will be removed in hbase-3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preAppend(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Append) since 2.5.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preAppend(ObserverContext, Append, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preAppendAfterRowLock(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Append) since 2.5.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preBatchMutate(ObserverContext, MiniBatchOperationInProgress) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndDelete(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, Delete, boolean) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndDelete(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], Filter, Delete, boolean) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndDeleteAfterRowLock(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, Delete, boolean) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutateAfterRowLock(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate,CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndDeleteAfterRowLock(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], Filter, Delete, boolean) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutateAfterRowLock(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate,CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndPut(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, Put, boolean) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndPut(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], Filter, Put, boolean) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndPutAfterRowLock(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, Put, boolean) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutateAfterRowLock(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate,CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndPutAfterRowLock(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], Filter, Put, boolean) since 2.4.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutateAfterRowLock(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate,CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preDelete(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Delete, WALEdit, Durability) since 2.5.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preDelete(ObserverContext, Delete, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preIncrement(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Increment) since 2.5.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preIncrement(ObserverContext, Increment, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preIncrementAfterRowLock(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Increment) since 2.5.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preBatchMutate(ObserverContext, MiniBatchOperationInProgress) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.MasterObserver.preModifyNamespace(ObserverContext<MasterCoprocessorEnvironment>, NamespaceDescriptor) Since 2.1. Will be removed in 3.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.MasterObserver.preModifyTable(ObserverContext<MasterCoprocessorEnvironment>, TableName, TableDescriptor) Since 2.1. Will be removed in 3.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.MasterObserver.preModifyTableAction(ObserverContext<MasterCoprocessorEnvironment>, TableName, TableDescriptor) Since 2.1. Will be removed in 3.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionCoprocessorHost.prePrepareTimeStampForDeleteVersion(Mutation, Cell, byte[], Get) In hbase-2.0.0. Will be removed in hbase-3.0.0. Added explicitly for a single Coprocessor for its needs only. Will be removed.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.prePrepareTimeStampForDeleteVersion(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Mutation, Cell, byte[], Get) Since hbase-2.0.0. No replacement. To be removed in hbase-3.0.0 and replaced with something that doesn't expose IntefaceAudience.Private classes.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.prePut(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Put, WALEdit, Durability) since 2.5.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.prePut(ObserverContext, Put, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionServerObserver.preReplicateLogEntries(ObserverContext<RegionServerCoprocessorEnvironment>) As of release 2.0.0 with out any replacement. This is maintained for internal usage by AccessController. Do not use these hooks in custom co-processors.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preStoreFileReaderOpen(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, FileSystem, Path, FSDataInputStreamWrapper, long, CacheConfig, Reference, StoreFileReader) For Phoenix only, StoreFileReader is not a stable interface.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.MasterObserver.preUnassign(ObserverContext<MasterCoprocessorEnvironment>, RegionInfo, boolean) in 2.4.0. replaced by preUnassign(ctx, regionInfo). removed in hbase 3. until then safe to either leave implementation here or move it to the new method. default impl of that method calls this one.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionCoprocessorHost.preWALRestore(RegionInfo, WALKey, WALEdit) Since hbase-2.0.0. No replacement. To be removed in hbase-3.0.0 and replaced with something that doesn't expose IntefaceAudience.Private classes.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.WALObserver.preWALWrite(ObserverContext<? extends WALCoprocessorEnvironment>, RegionInfo, WALKey, WALEdit) Since hbase-2.0.0. To be replaced with an alternative that does not expose InterfaceAudience classes such as WALKey and WALEdit. Will be removed in hbase-3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.processRowsWithLocks(RowProcessor<?, ?>) As of release 2.0.0, this will be removed in HBase 3.0.0. For customization, use Coprocessors instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.processRowsWithLocks(RowProcessor<?, ?>, long, long) As of release 2.0.0, this will be removed in HBase 3.0.0. For customization, use Coprocessors instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.processRowsWithLocks(RowProcessor<?, ?>, long, long, long) As of release 2.0.0, this will be removed in HBase 3.0.0. For customization, use Coprocessors instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ZKDataMigrator.queryForTableStates(ZKWatcher) Since 2.0.0. To be removed in hbase-3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.Reference.readFields(DataInput) Writables are going away. Use the pb serialization methods instead. Remove in a release after 0.96 goes out. This is here only to migrate old Reference files written with Writables before 0.96.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.access.AccessController.revoke(RpcController, AccessControlProtos.RevokeRequest, RpcCallback<AccessControlProtos.RevokeResponse>) since 2.2.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Admin.revoke(UserPermission) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALKeyImpl.setCompressionContext(CompressionContext) deparcated since hbase 2.1.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WAL.Entry.setCompressionContext(CompressionContext) deparcated since hbase 2.1.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.balancer.BaseLoadBalancer.shouldBeOnMaster(RegionInfo) since 2.4.0, will be removed in 3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.token.TokenUtil.toToken(AuthenticationProtos.Token) External users should not use this method. Please post on the HBase dev mailing list if you need this method. Internal HBase code should use ClientTokenUtil instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.token.TokenUtil.toToken(Token<AuthenticationTokenIdentifier>) External users should not use this method. Please post on the HBase dev mailing list if you need this method. Internal HBase code should use ClientTokenUtil instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.tool.LoadIncrementalHFiles.tryAtomicRegionLoad(ClientServiceCallable<byte[]>, TableName, byte[], Collection<LoadIncrementalHFiles.LoadQueueItem>) as of release 2.3.0. Use BulkLoadHFiles instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.tool.LoadIncrementalHFiles.tryAtomicRegionLoad(Connection, TableName, byte[], Collection<LoadIncrementalHFiles.LoadQueueItem>, boolean) as of release 2.3.0. Use BulkLoadHFiles instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.procedure.MasterProcedureScheduler.waitMetaExclusiveLock(Procedure<?>) only used for RecoverMetaProcedure. Should be removed along with RecoverMetaProcedure.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.procedure.MasterProcedureScheduler.wakeMetaExclusiveLock(Procedure<?>) only used for RecoverMetaProcedure. Should be removed along with RecoverMetaProcedure.

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor and Description
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion(Path, WAL, FileSystem, Configuration, RegionInfo, TableDescriptor, RegionServerServices) Use other constructors.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.Reference() need by pb serialization
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit(boolean) since 2.0.1 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use WALEdit(int, boolean) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit(int) since 2.0.1 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use WALEdit(int, boolean) instead.