Deprecated API

Contents

• Terminally Deprecated
• Interfaces
• Classes
• Fields
• Methods
• Constructors
• Enum Constants

Terminally Deprecated Elements

Element	Description
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.BugInstance.adjustForDetector(String)
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.DetectorFactory.getPriorityAdjustment()
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.DetectorFactory.setEnabledButNonReporting(boolean)
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.io.IO.close(InputStream)	This method is deprecated and will be removed in or after October 2026. Use try-with resources when creating the stream instead.

Deprecated Interfaces

Interface	Description
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.ba.JavaClassAndMethodChooser

Deprecated Classes

Class	Description
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.AnalysisLocal	This class is not necessary to realize multi-thread model in SpotBugs 4.0. Each detector instance will not run on multiple threads, then only database (or other classes shared by detectors) needs synchronization and they can use normal Java synchronization instead.
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.ba.ch.InterproceduralCallGraph
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.ba.CompoundMethodChooser
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.ba.jsr305.FindBugsDefaultAnnotations
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.ba.npe.MayReturnNullPropertyDatabase
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.ba.NullnessAnnotationDatabase
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.ba.SignatureParser	This signature parser does not support generics, use GenericSignatureParser instead.
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.detect.BuildNonNullAnnotationDatabase	AnnotationDatabases are being phased out, since annotations are now stored directly in the XClass/XMethod/XField objects. Resolving nullness annotations will be handled through the JSR-305 type qualifier code.
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.detect.CheckExpectedWarnings	The annotation based approach is useless for lambdas. Write expectations using edu.umd.cs.findbugs.test.matcher.BugInstanceMatcher matchers in test source directory
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.detect.NoteNonNullAnnotations	AnnotationDatabases are being phased out, since annotations are now stored directly in the XClass/XMethod/XField objects. Resolving nullness annotations will be handled through the JSR-305 type qualifier code.
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.detect.TrainNonNullAnnotations	AnnotationDatabases are being phased out, since annotations are now stored directly in the XClass/XMethod/XField objects. Resolving nullness annotations will be handled through the JSR-305 type qualifier code.

Deprecated Fields

Field	Description
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.ba.AnalysisFeatures.INTERATIVE_OPCODE_STACK_ANALYSIS
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.ba.AnalysisFeatures.NUM_BOOLEAN_ANALYSIS_PROPERTIES	- use Builder instead

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.ba.npe.NullDerefAndRedundantComparisonCollector.foundNullDeref(Location, ValueNumber, IsNullValue, ValueNumberFrame)	Use NullDerefAndRedundantComparisonCollector.foundNullDeref(Location,ValueNumber,IsNullValue,ValueNumberFrame,boolean) instead
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.bcel.BCELUtil.isSynthetic(FieldOrMethod)	You probably don't care for synthetic members, but want to know if the developer added it (think of lambdas), use MemberUtils.isUserGenerated(FieldOrMethod) instead
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.BugInstance.adjustForDetector(String)
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.classfile.ClassDescriptor.toDottedClassName()	use ClassDescriptor.getDottedClassName() instead.
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.classfile.IAnalysisCache.getAnalysisLocals()	This method is not necessary to realize multi-thread model in SpotBugs 4.0. See AnalysisLocal for detail.
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.detect.FindNullDeref.foundNullDeref(Location, ValueNumber, IsNullValue, ValueNumberFrame)	Use FindNullDeref.foundNullDeref(Location,ValueNumber,IsNullValue,ValueNumberFrame,boolean) instead
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.detect.NoiseNullDeref.foundNullDeref(Location, ValueNumber, IsNullValue, ValueNumberFrame)	Use NoiseNullDeref.foundNullDeref(Location,ValueNumber,IsNullValue,ValueNumberFrame,boolean) instead
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.DetectorFactory.getPriorityAdjustment()
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.DetectorFactory.getSpeed()	This attribute is not used actively, and could be removed in future release
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.DetectorFactory.setEnabledButNonReporting(boolean)
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.io.IO.close(InputStream)	This method is deprecated and will be removed in or after October 2026. Use try-with resources when creating the stream instead.
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.log.Profiler.report()	use ProfileSummary.report(java.util.Comparator<java.lang.Class<?>>, java.util.function.Predicate<edu.umd.cs.findbugs.log.Profiler.Profile>, java.io.PrintStream) instead.
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.log.Profiler.report(Comparator<Class<?>>, Profiler.Filter, PrintStream)	use ProfileSummary.report(java.util.Comparator<java.lang.Class<?>>, java.util.function.Predicate<edu.umd.cs.findbugs.log.Profiler.Profile>, java.io.PrintStream) instead.
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.log.Profiler.writeXML(XMLOutput)	use ProfileSummary.writeXML(edu.umd.cs.findbugs.xml.XMLOutput) instead.
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.util.Util.closeSilently(Reader)	Use try-with-resources instead.

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor	Description
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.PluginLoader()
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.PluginLoader(boolean, URL)

Deprecated Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
edu.umd.cs.findbugs.ba.AnnotationDatabase.Target.CLASS