Deprecated API

Contents

• Classes
• Fields
• Methods
• Constructors

Deprecated Classes

Class	Description
org.apache.fontbox.cff.Type1FontUtil	This class isn't used and will be removed in 4.0.0.
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.shading.IntPoint	the map in question was replaced with an array, so that this class is no longer needed
org.apache.pdfbox.util.SmallMap	will be removed in 4.0.0

Deprecated Fields

Field	Description
org.apache.xmpbox.type.TypeMapping.definedStructuredNamespaces
org.apache.xmpbox.type.TypeMapping.structuredNamespaces

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSName.clearResources()	will be removed in 4.0.0
org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSObject.getGenerationNumber()	will be removed in 4.0.0
org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSObject.getObjectNumber()	will be removed in 4.0.0
org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSString.setForceHexForm(boolean)	to be removed in a future release.
org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSString.setValue(byte[])	to be removed in a future release.
org.apache.pdfbox.pdfparser.BaseParser.isClosing(int)	This unused method will be removed in 4.0.
org.apache.pdfbox.pdfparser.BaseParser.readString(int)	this unused method will be removed in 4.0.
org.apache.pdfbox.pdfparser.PDFParser.load(File)	use Loader.loadPDF(File) instead
org.apache.pdfbox.pdfparser.PDFParser.load(File, String)	use Loader.loadPDF(File, String) instead
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.encryption.RC4Cipher.write(byte[], int, int, OutputStream)	This method will be removed in 4.0.
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.encryption.RC4Cipher.write(byte, OutputStream)	This method will be removed in 4.0.
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFontLike.getHeight(int)	Use getBoundingBox().getHeight() instead.
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.color.PDDeviceNAttributes.getColorants()	user PDDeviceNAttributes.getColorants(PDResources)
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.color.PDIndexed.setBaseColorSpace(PDColorSpace)	This will be removed in 4.0. If you need it, please contact us.
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.color.PDIndexed.setHighValue(int)	This will be removed in 4.0. If you need it, please contact us.
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.shading.TriangleBasedShadingContext.calcPixelTable(Rectangle)	the map was replaced with an array due to a better performance
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.shading.TriangleBasedShadingContext.calcPixelTable(List<ShadedTriangle>, Map<Point, Integer>, Rectangle)	the map was replaced with an array due to a better performance
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream.appendRawCommands(byte[])	Usage of this method is discouraged.
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream.appendRawCommands(double)	Usage of this method is discouraged.
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream.appendRawCommands(float)	Usage of this method is discouraged.
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream.appendRawCommands(int)	Usage of this method is discouraged.
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream.appendRawCommands(String)	Usage of this method is discouraged.
org.apache.pdfbox.tools.TextToPDF.setFontSize(int)	use TextToPDF.setFontSize(float)
org.apache.xmpbox.schema.XMPMediaManagementSchema.getHistory()	This method will be removed in 4.0 because it produces a ClassCastException. Use XMPMediaManagementSchema.getHistoryProperty() instead.
org.apache.xmpbox.schema.XMPMediaManagementSchema.getResourceRefProperty()	call XMPMediaManagementSchema.getDerivedFromProperty().
org.apache.xmpbox.type.PropertiesDescription.getPropertiesName()	use PropertiesDescription.getPropertiesNames()
org.apache.xmpbox.type.TypeMapping.getAssociatedSchemaObject(XMPMetadata, String, String)	This method will be removed in 4.0. If you need it, let us know.
org.apache.xmpbox.type.TypeMapping.getDefinedDescriptionByNamespace(String)
org.apache.xmpbox.type.TypeMapping.getSpecifiedPropertyType(QName)
org.apache.xmpbox.xml.DomHelper.isRdfDescription(Element)	This will be removed in 4.0.
org.apache.xmpbox.xml.PdfaExtensionHelper.populateSchemaMapping(XMPMetadata)	use PdfaExtensionHelper.populateSchemaMapping(org.apache.xmpbox.XMPMetadata, boolean)

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor	Description
org.apache.fontbox.ttf.gsub.CompoundCharacterTokenizer(Pattern)	Use CompoundCharacterTokenizer(java.util.Set)
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.fdf.FDFDocument(COSDocument)	Use FDFDocument(COSDocument, RandomAccessRead)
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.color.PDDeviceN(COSArray)	use PDDeviceN(COSArray, PDResources)
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.color.PDIndexed()	This will be removed in 4.0. If you need it, please contact us.
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.color.PDSeparation(COSArray)	user PDSeparation(COSArray, PDResources)
org.apache.pdfbox.preflight.PreflightDocument(COSDocument, Format, PreflightConfiguration)	use the 4 parameter constructor and pass the source.
org.apache.xmpbox.type.AbstractStructuredType(XMPMetadata, String)	use the longer constructor.