# Deprecated API

## Contents

- Packages
- Interfaces
- Classes
- Exceptions
- Annotation Types
- Fields
- Methods
- Constructors

- Packages
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  org.gradle.api.dsl | This package will be removed in Gradle 5.0.

- Interfaces
  Interface | Description
  --- | ---
  org.gradle.api.artifacts.transform.VariantTransform | Use `TransformSpec` instead.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.osgi.OsgiManifest |
  org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.FindBugsReports | FindBugs is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 9 and above.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.FindBugsXmlReport | FindBugs is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 9 and above.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.JDependReports | JDepend is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 8 and above.
  org.gradle.api.tasks.CompatibilityAdapterForTaskInputs | The interface is only here to allow plugins built against Gradle <4.3 to run and it will be removed in Gradle 6.0.
  org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.CompilerArgumentProvider | Use `CommandLineArgumentProvider` directly.

- Classes
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  org.gradle.api.artifacts.transform.ArtifactTransform | Use `TransformAction` instead.
  org.gradle.api.dsl.ConventionProperty | This class will be removed in Gradle 5.0.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.announce.AnnouncePlugin | This plugin will be removed in the next major version.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.announce.AnnouncePluginExtension |
  org.gradle.api.plugins.announce.BuildAnnouncementsPlugin | This plugin will be removed in the next major version.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.osgi.OsgiPlugin |
  org.gradle.api.plugins.osgi.OsgiPluginConvention |
  org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.FindBugs | FindBugs is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 9 and above.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.FindBugsExtension | FindBugs is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 9 and above.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.FindBugsPlugin | FindBugs is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 9 and above.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.JDepend | JDepend is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 8 and above.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.JDependExtension | JDepend is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 8 and above.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.JDependPlugin | JDepend is unmaintained and does not support bytecode compiled for Java 8 and above.

- Exceptions
  Exceptions | Description
  --- | ---
  org.gradle.api.artifacts.transform.ArtifactTransformException |

- Annotation Types
  Annotation Type | Description
  --- | ---
  org.gradle.api.Nullable | Use `Nullable` instead.

- Fields
  Field | Description
  --- | ---
  org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin.COMPILE_CONFIGURATION_NAME | Users should prefer `JavaPlugin.API_CONFIGURATION_NAME` or `JavaPlugin.IMPLEMENTATION_CONFIGURATION_NAME`.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin.RUNTIME_CONFIGURATION_NAME | Consumers should use `JavaPlugin.RUNTIME_ELEMENTS_CONFIGURATION_NAME` instead.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin.TEST_RUNTIME_CONFIGURATION_NAME | Use `JavaPlugin.TEST_RUNTIME_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME` instead.

- Methods
  Method | Description
  --- | ---
  org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.DependencyHandler.registerTransform​(Action<? super VariantTransform>) | use `DependencyHandler.registerTransform(Class, Action)` instead.
  org.gradle.api.artifacts.repositories.IvyArtifactRepository.layout​(String, Action<? extends RepositoryLayout>) | use `IvyArtifactRepository.layout(String)` or `IvyArtifactRepository.patternLayout(Action)`
  org.gradle.api.artifacts.result.ComponentSelectionReason.getDescription() | Use `ComponentSelectionReason.getDescriptions()` instead
  org.gradle.api.artifacts.result.ResolvedComponentResult.getVariant() | Use `ResolvedComponentResult.getVariants()` instead}
  org.gradle.api.DefaultTask.newInputDirectory() | Replaced by `ObjectFactory.directoryProperty()`
  org.gradle.api.DefaultTask.newInputFile() | Replaced by `ObjectFactory.fileProperty()`
  org.gradle.api.DefaultTask.newOutputDirectory() | Replaced by `ObjectFactory.directoryProperty()`
  org.gradle.api.DefaultTask.newOutputFile() | Replaced by `ObjectFactory.fileProperty()`
  org.gradle.api.file.ProjectLayout.configurableFiles​(Object...) | Please use `ObjectFactory.fileCollection()` instead.
  org.gradle.api.file.ProjectLayout.directoryProperty() | Replaced by `ObjectFactory.directoryProperty()`
  org.gradle.api.file.ProjectLayout.fileProperty() | Replaced by `ObjectFactory.fileProperty()`
  org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePluginConvention.getDistsDir() |
  org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePluginConvention.getLibsDir() |
  org.gradle.api.plugins.ExtensionContainer.getSchema() |
  org.gradle.api.plugins.PluginCollection.add​(T) | Use `PluginManager.apply(Class)` instead.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.PluginCollection.addAll​(Collection<? extends T>) | Use `PluginManager.apply(Class)` instead.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.PluginCollection.clear() | plugins cannot be removed.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.PluginCollection.remove​(Object) | plugins cannot be removed.
  org.gradle.api.plugins.PluginCollection.removeAll​(Collection<?>) | plugins cannot be removed.
  org.gradle.api.publish.maven.tasks.AbstractPublishToMaven.getLoggingManagerFactory() |
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getAppendix() | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveAppendix()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveName() | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveFileName()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getArchivePath() | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveFile()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getBaseName() | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveBaseName()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getClassifier() | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveClassifier()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getDestinationDir() | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getDestinationDirectory()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getExtension() | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveExtension()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.getVersion() | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveVersion()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.setAppendix​(String) | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveAppendix()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.setArchiveName​(String) | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveFileName()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.setBaseName​(String) | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveBaseName()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.setClassifier​(String) | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveClassifier()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.setDestinationDir​(File) | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getDestinationDirectory()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.setExtension​(String) | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveExtension()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.setVersion​(String) | Use `AbstractArchiveTask.getArchiveVersion()`
  org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.JavaCompile.getEffectiveAnnotationProcessorPath() | Use `CompileOptions.getAnnotationProcessorPath()` instead.
  org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSetOutput.isLegacyLayout() | This method always returns false starting from Gradle 5.0.
  org.gradle.language.scala.tasks.AbstractScalaCompile.getEffectiveAnnotationProcessorPath() | Use `CompileOptions.getAnnotationProcessorPath()` instead.
  org.gradle.plugin.devel.tasks.ValidateTaskProperties.setClasses​(FileCollection) | Use `ValidateTaskProperties.getClasses()`.setFrom instead.
  org.gradle.plugin.devel.tasks.ValidateTaskProperties.setClasspath​(FileCollection) | Use `ValidateTaskProperties.getClasspath()`.setFrom instead.
  org.gradle.plugins.signing.Sign.getInputFiles() |
  org.gradle.plugins.signing.Sign.getOutputFiles() |
  org.gradle.StartParameter.isInteractive() | This flag is no longer used and simply defaults to 'false'.
  org.gradle.StartParameter.isRecompileScripts() | This flag is no longer used.
  org.gradle.StartParameter.setInteractive​(boolean) | This flag is no longer used.
  org.gradle.StartParameter.setRecompileScripts​(boolean) | This flag is no longer used and simply defaults to 'false'.
  org.gradle.testing.jacoco.plugins.JacocoPlugin.configureDefaultOutputPathForJacocoMerge() | This method will be made private in a future version of Gradle.
  org.gradle.testing.jacoco.plugins.JacocoTaskExtension.isAppend() | The Jacoco plugin now deletes the old coverage file before task execution, so the data will never be appended to an existing coverage file from another task. Use `JacocoMerge` to merge different execution files or use `JacocoReportBase.setExecutionData(FileCollection)` to generate a report from multiple execution files at once. Append is set to true for the agent since this allows multiple JVMs spawned by one task to write to the same `destination file`.
  org.gradle.testing.jacoco.plugins.JacocoTaskExtension.setAppend​(boolean) |
  org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoReportBase.setAdditionalClassDirs​(FileCollection) | Use `getAdditionalClassDirs().setFrom(...)`
  org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoReportBase.setAdditionalSourceDirs​(FileCollection) | Use `getAdditionalSourceDirs().setFrom(...)`
  org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoReportBase.setClassDirectories​(FileCollection) | Use `getClassDirectories().setFrom(...)`
  org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoReportBase.setExecutionData​(FileCollection) | Use `getExecutionData().setFrom(...)`
  org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoReportBase.setSourceDirectories​(FileCollection) | Use `getSourceDirectories().setFrom(...)`
  org.gradle.tooling.model.idea.IdeaContentRoot.getGeneratedSourceDirectories() | Use `IdeaContentRoot.getSourceDirectories()` in combination with `IdeaSourceDirectory.isGenerated()` instead.
  org.gradle.tooling.model.idea.IdeaContentRoot.getGeneratedTestDirectories() | Use `IdeaContentRoot.getTestDirectories()` in combination with `IdeaSourceDirectory.isGenerated()` instead.

- Constructors
  Constructor | Description
  --- | ---
  org.gradle.api.artifacts.transform.ArtifactTransformException​(File, AttributeContainer, Class<? extends ArtifactTransform>, Throwable) |
  org.gradle.api.plugins.osgi.OsgiPluginConvention​(ProjectInternal) | Creating instances of this class is deprecated. These should be created by the OSGi plugin only.
  org.gradle.testfixtures.ProjectBuilder() |