Deprecated API

Contents

• Terminally Deprecated
• Interfaces
• Classes
• Annotation Interfaces
• Fields
• Methods
• Constructors
• Annotation Interface Elements

Terminally Deprecated Elements

Element	Description
com.vaadin.flow.server.frontend.FrontendTools.getWebpackNodeEnvironment()	Webpack is not used anymore, this method is obsolete and have no replacements.
com.vaadin.flow.server.frontend.Options.isCleanNpmFiles()	used internally only for testing, to be removed without a replacement.
com.vaadin.flow.server.StreamReceiver	use UploadHandler instead
com.vaadin.flow.server.StreamResource	use DownloadHandler instead
com.vaadin.flow.server.StreamVariable	use UploadHandler instead
com.vaadin.flow.theme.AbstractTheme.getBaseUrl()	base url will not be translated to the theme url anymore
com.vaadin.flow.theme.AbstractTheme.getThemeUrl()	base url will not be translated to the theme url anymore
com.vaadin.flow.theme.AbstractTheme.translateUrl(String)	No translation of the url will be done in 25

Deprecated Interfaces

Interface	Description
com.vaadin.flow.component.template.internal.DeprecatedPolymerPublishedEventHandler	Polymer template support is deprecated - we recommend you to use LitTemplate instead. Read more details from the Vaadin blog.
com.vaadin.flow.component.template.internal.DeprecatedPolymerTemplate	Polymer template support is deprecated - we recommend you to use LitTemplate instead. Read more details from the Vaadin blog.
com.vaadin.flow.server.StreamVariable	use UploadHandler instead

Deprecated Classes

Class	Description
com.vaadin.flow.internal.BrowserLiveReloadAccess	Use BrowserLiveReloadAccessor instead
com.vaadin.flow.internal.nodefeature.PolymerServerEventHandlers	Polymer template support is deprecated - we recommend you to use LitTemplate instead. Read more details from the Vaadin blog.
com.vaadin.flow.server.StreamReceiver	use UploadHandler instead
com.vaadin.flow.server.StreamResource	use DownloadHandler instead
com.vaadin.flow.shared.BrowserDetails	For browser information users should parse the user-agent using a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java

Deprecated Annotation Interfaces

Annotation Interface	Description
com.vaadin.flow.theme.Theme	As of Vaadin 25, this annotation is deprecated. The theming system has been reworked to use CssImport to load one or more stylesheets and use mechanisms native to HTML, CSS and React (e.g. @import url("morestyles.css") in CSS).

Deprecated Fields

Field	Description
com.vaadin.flow.server.frontend.NodeUpdater.DEP_NAME_FLOW_DEPS
com.vaadin.flow.server.frontend.NodeUpdater.DEP_NAME_FLOW_JARS

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
com.vaadin.flow.component.Component.getTranslation(Object, Locale, Object...)	Use Component.getTranslation(Locale, String, Object...) instead
com.vaadin.flow.component.Component.getTranslation(String, Locale, Object...)	Use Component.getTranslation(Locale, String, Object...) instead
com.vaadin.flow.component.dependency.CssImport.id()
com.vaadin.flow.component.dependency.CssImport.include()
com.vaadin.flow.component.dependency.CssImport.themeFor()	Component styling can be done entirely with normal "light DOM" CSS.
com.vaadin.flow.component.page.Page.executeJs(String, Serializable[])	Use Page.executeJs(String, Object...) instead. This method exists only for binary compatibility.
com.vaadin.flow.dom.Element.callJsFunction(String, Serializable[])	Use Element.callJsFunction(String, Object...) instead. This method exists only for binary compatibility.
com.vaadin.flow.dom.Element.executeJs(String, Serializable[])	Use Element.executeJs(String, Object...) instead. This method exists only for binary compatibility.
com.vaadin.flow.server.frontend.FrontendTools.getWebpackNodeEnvironment()	Webpack is not used anymore, this method is obsolete and have no replacements.
com.vaadin.flow.server.frontend.Options.isCleanNpmFiles()	used internally only for testing, to be removed without a replacement.
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.getBrowserApplication()	use WebBrowser.getUserAgent() method to get user-agent string
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.getBrowserMajorVersion()	use a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java to parse the user agent from WebBrowser.getUserAgent()
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.getBrowserMinorVersion()	use a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java to parse the user agent from WebBrowser.getUserAgent()
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.isAndroid()	use a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java to parse the user agent from WebBrowser.getUserAgent()
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.isChrome()	use a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java to parse the user agent from WebBrowser.getUserAgent()
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.isChromeOS()	use a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java to parse the user agent from WebBrowser.getUserAgent()
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.isEdge()	use a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java to parse the user agent from WebBrowser.getUserAgent()
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.isFirefox()	use a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java to parse the user agent from WebBrowser.getUserAgent()
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.isIE()	use a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java to parse the user agent from WebBrowser.getUserAgent()
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.isLinux()	use a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java to parse the user agent from WebBrowser.getUserAgent()
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.isMacOSX()	use a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java to parse the user agent from WebBrowser.getUserAgent()
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.isOpera()	use a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java to parse the user agent from WebBrowser.getUserAgent()
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.isSafari()	use a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java to parse the user agent from WebBrowser.getUserAgent()
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.isWindows()	use a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java to parse the user agent from WebBrowser.getUserAgent()
com.vaadin.flow.server.WebBrowser.isWindowsPhone()	use a parsing library like ua-parser/uap-java to parse the user agent from WebBrowser.getUserAgent()
com.vaadin.flow.theme.AbstractTheme.getBaseUrl()	base url will not be translated to the theme url anymore
com.vaadin.flow.theme.AbstractTheme.getThemeUrl()	base url will not be translated to the theme url anymore
com.vaadin.flow.theme.AbstractTheme.translateUrl(String)	No translation of the url will be done in 25

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor	Description
com.vaadin.flow.server.frontend.FrontendTools(String, Supplier<String>, String, URI, boolean, boolean, boolean)	use FrontendTools(FrontendToolsSettings) instead, as it simplifies configuring the frontend tools and gives the default values to configuration parameters.

Deprecated Annotation Interface Elements

Annotation Interface Element	Description
com.vaadin.flow.component.dependency.CssImport.id()
com.vaadin.flow.component.dependency.CssImport.include()
com.vaadin.flow.component.dependency.CssImport.themeFor()	Component styling can be done entirely with normal "light DOM" CSS.