Remove deprecated API in Vaadin 25.0

[mshabarov]

The following classes/methods/feature flags have to be removed in Vaadin 25.0:

Deprecated Classes

1. HTML Components

   • Label class in com.vaadin.flow.component.html (marked for removal in version 24.1)
   • LabelElement class in com.vaadin.flow.component.html.testbench (marked for removal in version 24.1)

2. Router Related

   • ClientRoutesProvider interface in com.vaadin.flow.router.internal (marked for removal)

3. Security Related

   • ViewAccessChecker class in com.vaadin.flow.server.auth (marked for removal in version 24.3) and ViewAccessCheckerTest
   • SpringViewAccessChecker class in com.vaadin.flow.spring (marked for removal in version 24.3) and related test class SpringViewAccessCheckerTest
   • ViewAccessCheckerInitializer class in com.vaadin.flow.spring.security (marked for removal in version 24.3)
   • setSharedObjects method in VaadinStatelessSecurityConfigurer

4. Spring Related

   • SpringVaadinSession class in com.vaadin.flow.spring (marked for removal)

5. Maven Plugin Related

   • Fragment class in com.vaadin.flow.plugin.maven (marked for removal)

Deprecated Methods

1. UI Class Methods

   • Methods in com.vaadin.flow.component.UI:
     • doInit(VaadinRequest) (replaced by doInit(VaadinRequest, int, String))
     • Methods marked with @deprecated(forRemoval=true) as "not enabled for client side"

2. ValueContext Methods

   • Multiple constructors and methods in com.vaadin.flow.data.binder.ValueContext (replaced by versions with binder reference)

3. ReactAdapterComponent Methods

   • readFromJson(String, Class) (replaced by readFromJson(JsonNode, Class))
   • readFromJson(String, TypeReference) (replaced by readFromJson(JsonNode, TypeReference))
   • writeToString(Object) (replaced by writeToJson(Object))

4. Router Methods

   • Methods in com.vaadin.flow.router.Router
   • Methods in com.vaadin.flow.router.NavigationEvent
   • Methods in com.vaadin.flow.router.ErrorNavigationEvent
   • parsePathToSegments(String) in com.vaadin.flow.router.LocationUtil (replaced by parsePathToSegments(String, boolean))
   • Constructor in com.vaadin.flow.router.MenuData (replaced by a different constructor)

5. Configuration Methods

   • Methods in com.vaadin.flow.spring.VaadinConfigurationProperties:
     • getBlacklistedPackages() (replaced by getBlockedPackages())
     • setBlacklistedPackages(List) (replaced by setBlockedPackages(List))
     • getWhitelistedPackages() (replaced by getAllowedPackages())
     • setWhitelistedPackages(List) (replaced by setAllowedPackages(List))
   • Method in com.vaadin.flow.server.AbstractConfiguration

6. PolymerUtils Methods
- Multiple methods in com.vaadin.client.PolymerUtils marked as "not in use anywhere and can be removed"

7. BuildFrontendUtil Methods

   • updateBuildFile(File, boolean) in com.vaadin.flow.plugin.base.BuildFrontendUtil (replaced by updateBuildFile(PluginAdapterBuild, boolean))
   • getClasspathElements(MavenProject) in BuildDevBundleMojo and in FlowModeAbstractMojo.

8. Security Methods

   • Method getViewAccessChecker in com.vaadin.flow.spring.security.VaadinWebSecurity related to ViewAccessChecker (marked for removal in version 24.3)

9. Options

   • withWebpack in Options
   • isEnableWebpackConfigUpdate in Options

10. UI

• connectClient method
• leaveNavigation method

11. Feature Flags

• SYSTEM_PROPERTY_PREFIX variable
• FORM_FILLER_ADDON flag

12. Other Methods - [ ] Method in com.vaadin.flow.dom.ElementConstants (replaced by ARIA_LABEL_ATTRIBUTE_NAME) - [ ] Constructor in com.vaadin.flow.server.menu.AvailableViewInfo (marked for removal)

• Method in com.vaadin.flow.server.InitParameters
• Method initDevModeHandler in DevModeInitializer
• Method getOwner in ShortcutRegistration
• Methods in TypeScriptBootstrapModifier
• Methods in FrontendDependenciesScannerFactory
• Method inlineImports in CssBundler

NOTE Polymer API is already deprecated, but we have to keep it as we still support Polymer.
The list above can be supplemented with other findings.

[mcollovati]

Should the following deprecations also be removed?

• NodeUpdater.DEP_NAME_FLOW_DEPS = "@vaadin/flow-deps";
• NodeUpdater.DEP_NAME_FLOW_JARS = "@vaadin/flow-frontend";
• Ui.getRouter
• Component.getTranslation
• ComponentTracker.findJavaFile
• FrontendTools constructors
• FrontendDependencies constructors
• Options.enableNpmFileCleaning