Changelog
Deprecations
This is a deprecation roadmap which lists all current deprecation targets and will be updated from release to release. This lists the year when a specific method or class will be removed.
Note
Deprecations on interfaces also affect the implementing classes!
2018
OCP\App::setActiveNavigationEntry has been deprecated in favour of \OCP\INavigationManager
OCP\BackgroundJob::registerJob has been deprecated in favour of OCP\BackgroundJob\IJobList
OCP\Contacts functions has been deprecated in favour of \OCP\Contacts\IManager
OCP\DB functions have been deprecated in favour of the ones in \OCP\IDBConnection
OCP\Files::tmpFile has been deprecated in favour of \OCP\ITempManager::getTemporaryFile
OCP\Files::tmpFolder has been deprecated in favour of \OCP\ITempManager::getTemporaryFolder
\OCP\IServerContainer::getDb has been deprecated in favour of \OCP\IServerContainer::getDatabaseConnection
\OCP\IServerContainer::getHTTPHelper has been deprecated in favour of \OCP\Http\Client\IClientService
Legacy applications not using the AppFramework are now likely to use the deprecated OCP\JSON and OCP\Response code:
\OCP\JSON has been completely deprecated in favour of the AppFramework. Developers shall use the AppFramework instead of using the legacy OCP\JSON code. This allows testable controllers and is highly encouraged.
\OCP\Response has been completely deprecated in favour of the AppFramework. Developers shall use the AppFramework instead of using the legacy OCP\JSON code. This allows testable controllers and is highly encouraged.
Diverse OCP\Users function got deprecated in favour of OCP\IUserManager:
OCP\Users::getUsers has been deprecated in favour of OCP\IUserManager::search
OCP\Users::getDisplayName has been deprecated in favour of OCP\IUserManager::getDisplayName
OCP\Users::getDisplayNames has been deprecated in favour of OCP\IUserManager::searchDisplayName
OCP\Users::userExists has been deprecated in favour of OCP\IUserManager::userExists
Various static OCP\Util functions have been deprecated:
OCP\Util::linkToRoute has been deprecated in favour of \OCP\IURLGenerator::linkToRoute
OCP\Util::linkTo has been deprecated in favour of \OCP\IURLGenerator::linkTo
OCP\Util::imagePath has been deprecated in favour of \OCP\IURLGenerator::imagePath
OCP\Util::isValidPath has been deprecated in favour of \OCP\IURLGenerator::imagePath
OCP\AppFramework\IAppContainer: methods getCoreApi and log
OCP\AppFramework\IApi: full class
2017
OCP\IDb: This interface and the implementing classes will be removed in favor of OCP\IDbConnection. Various layers in between have also been removed to be consistent with the PDO classes. This leads to the following changes:
Replace all calls on the db using getInsertId with lastInsertId
Replace all calls on the db using prepareQuery with prepare
The __construct method of OCP\AppFramework\Db\Mapper no longer requires an instance of OCP\IDb but an instance of OCP\IDbConnection
The execute method on OCP\AppFramework\Db\Mapper no longer returns an instance of OC_DB_StatementWrapper but an instance of PDOStatement
2016
The following methods have been moved into the OCP\Template::<method> class instead of being namespaced directly:
OCP\image_path
OCP\mimetype_icon
OCP\preview_icon
OCP\publicPreview_icon
OCP\human_file_size
OCP\relative_modified_date
OCP\html_select_options
OCP\simple_file_size has been deprecated in favour of OCP\Template::human_file_size
The OCP\PERMISSION_<permission> and OCP\FILENAME_INVALID_CHARS have been moved to OCP\Constants::<old name>
The OC_GROUP_BACKEND_<method> and OC_USER_BACKEND_<method> have been moved to OC_Group_Backend::<method> and OC_User_Backend::<method> respectively
OCP\AppFramework\Controller: methods params, getParams, method, getUploadedFile, env, cookie, render