Deprecated API

Contents

• Deprecated Interfaces
• Deprecated Classes
• Deprecated Exceptions
• Deprecated Fields
• Deprecated Methods
• Deprecated Constructors

Deprecated Interfaces

Interface and Description
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.CoprocessorService Since 2.0. Will be removed in 3.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.HasMasterServices Since 2.0.0 to be removed in 3.0.0. The hope is that by 3.0.0 we will not need this facility as CoreCoprocessors are integated into core.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.HasRegionServerServices Since 2.0.0 to be removed in 3.0.0. The hope is that by 3.0.0 we will not need this facility as CoreCoprocessors are integated into core.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.HbckErrorReporter Since 2.3.0. To be removed in hbase4. Use HBCK2 instead. Remove when HBaseFsck is removed.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.procedure.MetaProcedureInterface only used for RecoverMetaProcedure. Should be removed along with RecoverMetaProcedure.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coordination.SplitLogManagerCoordination since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter, see SplitWALManager
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coordination.SplitLogWorkerCoordination since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter, see SplitWALManager

Deprecated Classes

Class and Description
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.assignment.AssignProcedure Do not use any more.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.DelimitedKeyPrefixRegionSplitPolicy since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionSplitRestriction, instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.assignment.GCMergedRegionsProcedure 2.3.0 Use GCMultipleMergedRegionsProcedure.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.HBaseFsck For removal in hbase-4.0.0. Use HBCK2 instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.KeyPrefixRegionSplitPolicy since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionSplitRestriction, instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.assignment.MoveRegionProcedure Do not use any more.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.handler.OpenRegionHandler Keep it here only for compatible
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.procedure.RecoverMetaProcedure Do not use any more, leave it here only for compatible. The recovery work will be done in ServerCrashProcedure directly, and the initial work for meta table will be done by InitMetaProcedure.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.assignment.RegionTransitionProcedure Do not use any more.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rsgroup.RSGroupAdminClient Keep it here only for tests, using Admin instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rsgroup.RSGroupAdminEndpoint Keep it here only for compatibility with old client, all the logics have been moved into core of HBase.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.SplitLogCounters since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter, see SplitWALManager
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.SplitLogManager since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter, see SplitWALManager.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.SplitLogTask since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter, see SplitWALManager
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.SplitLogWorker since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter, see SplitWALRemoteProcedure
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.cleaner.TimeToLiveProcedureWALCleaner Since 2.3.0, will be removed in 4.0.0. We will not use the procedure wal to store procedure any more.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.assignment.UnassignProcedure Do not use any more.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.handler.WALSplitterHandler since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter, see SplitWALManager
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coordination.ZkCoordinatedStateManager since 2.4.0 and in 3.0.0, to be removed in 4.0.0, replaced by procedure-based distributed WAL splitter (see SplitWALManager) which doesn't use this zk-based coordinator.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ZKDataMigrator Since 2.0.0. To be removed in hbase-3.0.0.

Deprecated Exceptions

Exceptions and Description
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RowTooBigException since 0.99.0. Use RowTooBigException instead.

Deprecated Fields

Field and Description
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit.COMPACTION Since 2.3.0. Make it protected, internal-use only. Use WALEdit.isCompactionMarker(Cell)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit.FLUSH Since 2.3.0. Make it protected, internal-use only.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit.METAROW Since 2.3.0. Not used.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.KeyPrefixRegionSplitPolicy.PREFIX_LENGTH_KEY_DEPRECATED
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit.REGION_EVENT Since 2.3.0. Remove. Not for external use. Not used.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ServerRegionReplicaUtil.REGION_REPLICA_REPLICATION_PEER Since 3.0.0, leave here only for implementing compatibility code.

Deprecated Methods

Method and Description
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndMutate(byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, Mutation) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.checkAndMutate(byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, TimeRange, Mutation)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndMutate(byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, TimeRange, Mutation) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndMutate(byte[], Filter, Mutation) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.checkAndMutate(byte[], Filter, TimeRange, Mutation)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndMutate(byte[], Filter, TimeRange, Mutation) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndRowMutate(byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, RowMutations) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.checkAndRowMutate(byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, TimeRange, RowMutations)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndRowMutate(byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, TimeRange, RowMutations) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndRowMutate(byte[], Filter, RowMutations) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.checkAndRowMutate(byte[], Filter, TimeRange, RowMutations)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region.checkAndRowMutate(byte[], Filter, TimeRange, RowMutations) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Region.checkAndMutate(CheckAndMutate) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.access.AccessController.checkPermissions(RpcController, AccessControlProtos.CheckPermissionsRequest, RpcCallback<AccessControlProtos.CheckPermissionsResponse>) since 2.2.0 and will be removed 4.0.0. Use Admin.hasUserPermissions(List) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.ObserverContextImpl.createAndPrepare(E)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WAL.getEarliestMemStoreSeqNum(byte[]) Since version 1.2.0. Removing because not used and exposes subtle internal workings. Use WAL.getEarliestMemStoreSeqNum(byte[], byte[])
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterWalManager.getFailedServersFromLogFolders() With proc-v2, we can record the crash server with procedure store, so do not need to scan the wal directory to find out the splitting wal directory any more. Leave it here only because RecoverMetaProcedure(which is also deprecated) uses it.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionServerServices.getFlushPressure()
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileScanner.getKeyString() Since hbase-2.0.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALSplitUtil.getMaxRegionSequenceId(Configuration, RegionInfo, ConcurrentMapUtils.IOExceptionSupplier<FileSystem>, ConcurrentMapUtils.IOExceptionSupplier<FileSystem>) Only for compatibility, will be removed in 4.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALSplitUtil.getMutationsFromWALEntry(AdminProtos.WALEntry, CellScanner, Pair<WALKey, WALEdit>, Durability) Since 3.0.0, will be removed in 4.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MetaTableAccessor.getRegion(Connection, byte[]) use MetaTableAccessor.getRegionLocation(Connection, byte[]) instead
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.getRegionDir(Path, String) For tests only; to be removed.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreFileReader.getScanner(boolean, boolean) since 2.0.0 and will be removed in 3.0.0. Do not write further code which depends on this call. Instead use getStoreFileScanner() which uses the StoreFileScanner class/interface which is the preferred way to scan a store with higher level concepts.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreFileReader.getScanner(boolean, boolean, boolean) since 2.0.0 and will be removed in 3.0.0. Do not write further code which depends on this call. Instead use getStoreFileScanner() which uses the StoreFileScanner class/interface which is the preferred way to scan a store with higher level concepts. n * should we cache the blocks? n * use pread (for concurrent small readers) n * is scanner being used for compaction?
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils.getTableStoreFilePathMap(FileSystem, Path, PathFilter, ExecutorService, HbckErrorReporter) Since 2.3.0. Will be removed in hbase4. Used FSUtils.getTableStoreFilePathMap(FileSystem, Path, PathFilter, ExecutorService, ProgressReporter)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils.getTableStoreFilePathMap(Map<String, Path>, FileSystem, Path, TableName, PathFilter, ExecutorService, HbckErrorReporter) Since 2.3.0. For removal in hbase4. Use ProgressReporter override instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.access.AccessController.getUserPermissions(RpcController, AccessControlProtos.GetUserPermissionsRequest, RpcCallback<AccessControlProtos.GetUserPermissionsResponse>) since 2.2.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Admin.getUserPermissions(GetUserPermissionsRequest) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileScanner.getValueString() Since hbase-2.0.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.access.AccessController.grant(RpcController, AccessControlProtos.GrantRequest, RpcCallback<AccessControlProtos.GrantResponse>) since 2.2.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Admin.grant(UserPermission, boolean) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.access.AccessController.hasPermission(RpcController, AccessControlProtos.HasPermissionRequest, RpcCallback<AccessControlProtos.HasPermissionResponse>) since 2.2.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Admin.hasUserPermissions(String, List) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.initialize() use HRegion.createHRegion() or HRegion.openHRegion()
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit.isMetaEditFamily(byte[]) Since 2.3.0. Do not expose. Make protected.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.token.TokenUtil.obtainToken(AsyncConnection) External users should not use this method. Please post on the HBase dev mailing list if you need this method. Internal HBase code should use ClientTokenUtil instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.token.TokenUtil.obtainToken(Configuration) Since 2.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.token.TokenUtil.obtainToken(Connection) External users should not use this method. Please post on the HBase dev mailing list if you need this method. Internal HBase code should use ClientTokenUtil instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.token.TokenUtil.obtainToken(Connection, User) External users should not use this method. Please post on the HBase dev mailing list if you need this method. Internal HBase code should use ClientTokenUtil instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postAppend(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Append, Result) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postAppend(ObserverContext, Append, Result, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postCheckAndDelete(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, Delete, boolean) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postCheckAndDelete(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], Filter, Delete, boolean) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postCheckAndPut(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, Put, boolean) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postCheckAndPut(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], Filter, Put, boolean) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postDelete(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Delete, WALEdit, Durability) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postDelete(ObserverContext, Delete, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postIncrement(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Increment, Result) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postIncrement(ObserverContext, Increment, Result, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionCoprocessorHost.postInstantiateDeleteTracker(DeleteTracker) Since 2.0 with out any replacement and will be removed in 3.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postInstantiateDeleteTracker(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, DeleteTracker) Since 2.0 with out any replacement and will be removed in 3.0
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postMutationBeforeWAL(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, RegionObserver.MutationType, Mutation, Cell, Cell) since 2.2.0 and will be removedin 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postIncrementBeforeWAL(ObserverContext, Mutation, List) or RegionObserver.postAppendBeforeWAL(ObserverContext, Mutation, List) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postPut(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Put, WALEdit, Durability) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.postPut(ObserverContext, Put, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionServerObserver.postReplicateLogEntries(ObserverContext<RegionServerCoprocessorEnvironment>) As of release 2.0.0 with out any replacement. This is maintained for internal usage by AccessController. Do not use these hooks in custom co-processors.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.postStoreFileReaderOpen(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, FileSystem, Path, FSDataInputStreamWrapper, long, CacheConfig, Reference, StoreFileReader) For Phoenix only, StoreFileReader is not a stable interface.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionCoprocessorHost.postWALRestore(RegionInfo, WALKey, WALEdit) Since hbase-2.0.0. No replacement. To be removed in hbase-3.0.0 and replaced with something that doesn't expose IntefaceAudience.Private classes.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.WALObserver.postWALWrite(ObserverContext<? extends WALCoprocessorEnvironment>, RegionInfo, WALKey, WALEdit) Since hbase-2.0.0. To be replaced with an alternative that does not expose InterfaceAudience classes such as WALKey and WALEdit. Will be removed in hbase-3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preAppend(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Append) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preAppend(ObserverContext, Append, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preAppendAfterRowLock(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Append) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preBatchMutate(ObserverContext, MiniBatchOperationInProgress) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndDelete(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, Delete, boolean) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndDelete(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], Filter, Delete, boolean) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndDeleteAfterRowLock(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, Delete, boolean) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutateAfterRowLock(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate,CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndDeleteAfterRowLock(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], Filter, Delete, boolean) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutateAfterRowLock(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate,CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndPut(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, Put, boolean) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndPut(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], Filter, Put, boolean) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutate(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate, CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndPutAfterRowLock(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], byte[], byte[], CompareOperator, ByteArrayComparable, Put, boolean) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutateAfterRowLock(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate,CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preCheckAndPutAfterRowLock(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, byte[], Filter, Put, boolean) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preCheckAndMutateAfterRowLock(ObserverContext, CheckAndMutate,CheckAndMutateResult) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preDelete(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Delete, WALEdit, Durability) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preDelete(ObserverContext, Delete, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preIncrement(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Increment) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preIncrement(ObserverContext, Increment, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preIncrementAfterRowLock(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Increment) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.preBatchMutate(ObserverContext, MiniBatchOperationInProgress) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionCoprocessorHost.prePrepareTimeStampForDeleteVersion(Mutation, Cell, byte[], Get) In hbase-2.0.0. Will be removed in hbase-3.0.0. Added explicitly for a single Coprocessor for its needs only. Will be removed.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.prePrepareTimeStampForDeleteVersion(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Mutation, Cell, byte[], Get) Since hbase-2.0.0. No replacement. To be removed in hbase-3.0.0 and replaced with something that doesn't expose IntefaceAudience.Private classes.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.prePut(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, Put, WALEdit, Durability) since 3.0.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use RegionObserver.prePut(ObserverContext, Put, WALEdit) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionServerObserver.preReplicateLogEntries(ObserverContext<RegionServerCoprocessorEnvironment>) As of release 2.0.0 with out any replacement. This is maintained for internal usage by AccessController. Do not use these hooks in custom co-processors.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.RegionObserver.preStoreFileReaderOpen(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment>, FileSystem, Path, FSDataInputStreamWrapper, long, CacheConfig, Reference, StoreFileReader) For Phoenix only, StoreFileReader is not a stable interface.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionCoprocessorHost.preWALRestore(RegionInfo, WALKey, WALEdit) Since hbase-2.0.0. No replacement. To be removed in hbase-3.0.0 and replaced with something that doesn't expose IntefaceAudience.Private classes.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.WALObserver.preWALWrite(ObserverContext<? extends WALCoprocessorEnvironment>, RegionInfo, WALKey, WALEdit) Since hbase-2.0.0. To be replaced with an alternative that does not expose InterfaceAudience classes such as WALKey and WALEdit. Will be removed in hbase-3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ZKDataMigrator.queryForTableStates(ZKWatcher) Since 2.0.0. To be removed in hbase-3.0.0.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.Reference.readFields(DataInput) Writables are going away. Use the pb serialization methods instead. Remove in a release after 0.96 goes out. This is here only to migrate old Reference files written with Writables before 0.96.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RSRpcServices.replay(RpcController, AdminProtos.ReplicateWALEntryRequest) Since 3.0.0, will be removed in 4.0.0. Not used any more, put here only for compatibility with old region replica implementation. Now we will use replicateToReplica method instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.access.AccessController.revoke(RpcController, AccessControlProtos.RevokeRequest, RpcCallback<AccessControlProtos.RevokeResponse>) since 2.2.0 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use Admin.revoke(UserPermission) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.token.TokenUtil.toToken(AuthenticationProtos.Token) External users should not use this method. Please post on the HBase dev mailing list if you need this method. Internal HBase code should use ClientTokenUtil instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.token.TokenUtil.toToken(Token<AuthenticationTokenIdentifier>) External users should not use this method. Please post on the HBase dev mailing list if you need this method. Internal HBase code should use ClientTokenUtil instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.procedure.MasterProcedureScheduler.waitMetaExclusiveLock(Procedure<?>) only used for RecoverMetaProcedure. Should be removed along with RecoverMetaProcedure.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.procedure.MasterProcedureScheduler.wakeMetaExclusiveLock(Procedure<?>) only used for RecoverMetaProcedure. Should be removed along with RecoverMetaProcedure.

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor and Description
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion(Path, WAL, FileSystem, Configuration, RegionInfo, TableDescriptor, RegionServerServices) Use other constructors.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.Reference() need by pb serialization
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit(boolean) since 2.0.1 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use WALEdit(int, boolean) instead.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit(int) since 2.0.1 and will be removed in 4.0.0. Use WALEdit(int, boolean) instead.