Deprecated API

Contents

• Interfaces
• Classes
• Methods
• Annotation Interface Elements

Deprecated Interfaces

Interface	Description
de.danielbechler.diff.access.ExclusionAware	This was a shortcut to extract the "exclude" flag from the ObjectDiffProperty annotation. Since we found a better way to do that, it is not needed anymore and will be removed in future versions.

Deprecated Classes

Class	Description
de.danielbechler.diff.path.NodePathValueHolder	The ConfigNode provides a much more powerful way to store values for NodePaths.

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
de.danielbechler.diff.access.ExclusionAware.isExcludedByAnnotation()
de.danielbechler.diff.introspection.ObjectDiffProperty.excluded()	Please use ObjectDiffProperty.inclusion() instead. When used in conjunction with ObjectDiffProperty.inclusion(), the latter one will win over ObjectDiffProperty.excluded().
de.danielbechler.diff.node.CategoryFilteringVisitor.includeOnly(String)	This method is confusing. The name implies only nodes with the given category will be included, but that's not the case. Instead every previously included category will also be included. On top of that every excluded category will remain excluded. This method will be removed in future versions until the feature is explicitly requested.
de.danielbechler.diff.node.DiffNode.isExcluded()	This method was a shortcut to extract the "exclude" flag from the ObjectDiffProperty annotation. Since we found a better way to do that, it is not needed anymore and will be removed in future versions. The name is also misleading. It implies that here lies the truth about the exclusion, but only the InclusionService can tell for sure. This flag is just only little piece of the puzzle.
de.danielbechler.diff.selector.CollectionItemElementSelector.getItem()	Low-level API. Don't use in production code. May be removed in future versions.
de.danielbechler.diff.selector.MapKeyElementSelector.getKey()	Low-level API. Don't use in production code. May be removed in future versions.

Deprecated Annotation Interface Elements

Annotation Interface Element	Description
de.danielbechler.diff.introspection.ObjectDiffProperty.excluded()	Please use ObjectDiffProperty.inclusion() instead. When used in conjunction with ObjectDiffProperty.inclusion(), the latter one will win over ObjectDiffProperty.excluded().