Deprecated API

Contents

• Interfaces
• Methods
• Constructors

Deprecated Interfaces

Interface	Description
javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionContext	This class has been deprecated for security reasons. We don't want serlvets messing around in other sessions. However convenient that might be.

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest.isRequestedSessionIdFromUrl()	Use isRequestedSessionIdFromURL
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.encodeRedirectUrl(String)	use encodeRedirectURL()
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.encodeUrl(String)	use encodeURL()
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.setStatus(int, String)	only errors should give an extra error message, if you only want to set the status code use setStatus(int).
javax.servlet.http.HttpSession.getSessionContext()	HttpSessionContext has been depricated for security reasons.
javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionContext.getIds()	This method should always return an empty enumeration
javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionContext.getSession(String)	This method should always return null
javax.servlet.ServletContext.getServlet(String)	Always returns null. Since the servlet engine cannot know if a servlet ever gives up the reference to another servlet it could never destroy the servlet after this call. Only the servlet engine should have references to Servlets.
javax.servlet.ServletContext.getServletNames()	Always returns an empty Enumeration. Only the servlet engine should have references to Servlets.
javax.servlet.ServletContext.getServlets()	Always returns an empty Enumeration. Only the servlet engine should have references to Servlets.
javax.servlet.ServletContext.log(Exception, String)	Use log(String, Throwable) which is more general.
javax.servlet.ServletRequest.getRealPath(String)	Should use getRealPath from the current ServletContext.
javax.servlet.UnavailableException.getServlet()

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor	Description
javax.servlet.UnavailableException(int, Servlet, String)
javax.servlet.UnavailableException(Servlet, String)