Deprecated API

Contents

• Classes
• Fields
• Methods
• Constructors

Deprecated Classes

Class	Description
org.apache.commons.cli.BasicParser	Since 1.3, use the DefaultParser instead.
org.apache.commons.cli.GnuParser	Since 1.3, use the DefaultParser instead.
org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter	Use HelpFormatter.
org.apache.commons.cli.OptionBuilder	Since 1.3, use Option.builder(String) instead.
org.apache.commons.cli.Parser	Since 1.3, the two-pass parsing with the flatten method is not enough flexible to handle complex cases.
org.apache.commons.cli.PosixParser	Since 1.3, use the DefaultParser instead.

Deprecated Fields

Field	Description
org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser.stopAtNonOption	Use DefaultParser.nonOptionAction instead. This field is unused, and left for binary compatibility reasons.
org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter.defaultArgName	Scope will be made private for next major version - use get/setArgName methods instead.
org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter.defaultDescPad	Scope will be made private for next major version - use get/setDescPadding methods instead.
org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter.defaultLeftPad	Scope will be made private for next major version - use get/setLeftPadding methods instead.
org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter.defaultLongOptPrefix	Scope will be made private for next major version - use get/setLongOptPrefix methods instead.
org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter.defaultNewLine	Scope will be made private for next major version - use get/setNewLine methods instead.
org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter.defaultOptPrefix	Scope will be made private for next major version - use get/setOptPrefix methods instead.
org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter.defaultSyntaxPrefix	Scope will be made private for next major version - use get/setSyntaxPrefix methods instead.
org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter.defaultWidth	Scope will be made private for next major version - use get/setWidth methods instead.

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine.Builder.build()	Use CommandLine.Builder.get().
org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine.getOptionObject(char)	due to System.err message; use CommandLine.getParsedOptionValue(char) instead.
org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine.getOptionObject(String)	due to System.err message; use CommandLine.getParsedOptionValue(String) instead.
org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser.Builder.build()	Use DefaultParser.Builder.get().
org.apache.commons.cli.Option.addValue(String)	Unused.
org.apache.commons.cli.Option.Builder.build()	Use Option.Builder.get().
org.apache.commons.cli.Option.setType(Object)	Since 1.3, use Option.setType(Class) instead.
org.apache.commons.cli.OptionBuilder.withType(Object)	Since 1.3, use OptionBuilder.withType(Class) instead.
org.apache.commons.cli.PatternOptionBuilder.getValueClass(char)	Use PatternOptionBuilder.getValueType(char).
org.apache.commons.cli.TypeHandler.createFiles(String)	Without replacement.
org.apache.commons.cli.TypeHandler.createNumber(String)
org.apache.commons.cli.TypeHandler.createObject(String)	Use TypeHandler.createValue(String, Class).
org.apache.commons.cli.TypeHandler.createValue(String, Object)	Use TypeHandler.createValue(String, Class).
org.apache.commons.cli.TypeHandler.openFile(String)	Use TypeHandler.createValue(String, Class).

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor	Description
org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine.Builder()	Use CommandLine.builder().
org.apache.commons.cli.DeprecatedAttributes.Builder()	Use DeprecatedAttributes.builder().
org.apache.commons.cli.PatternOptionBuilder()	Will be private or class will be final.