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Alternatives to Deprecated Methods in the AWT

This section lists all the deprecated AWT methods and their 1.1 replacements. A script named updateAWT can make the simplest replacements for you. See How to Convert Your Program for instructions and examples of using the script.

A table similar to this one is in Simple Name Changes in the AWT. That table contains a bit less information than this one, and it's alphabetized by the 1.1 column to help you easily undo incorrect changes that the script has made.

In the following table, method names in bold font are the preferred method names. Some of the valid 1.1 substitutes for event-handling methods are less preferable than other 1.1 solutions. For example, although gotFocus can be replaced by processFocusEvent, we'd rather you replaced it with focusGained implemented in a FocusListener, as described in How to Convert Event-Handling Code.

Deprecated Method	Class Where Deprecated	1.1 Replacement
action	Component	See How to Convert Event-Handling Code for examples of handling action events.
allowsMultipleSelections	List	isMultipleMode
appendText	TextArea	append
bounds	Component	getBounds
clear	List	removeAll
countComponents	Container	getComponentCount
countItems	Choice, List, Menu	getItemCount
countMenus	MenuBar	getMenuCount
deliverEvent	Component, Container	dispatchEvent
disable()	MenuItem	setEnabled(false)
enable()	Component, MenuItem	setEnabled(true)
enable(expression)	Component	setEnabled(expression)
getBoundingBox	Polygon	getBounds
getClipRect	Graphics	getClipBounds
getCurrent	CheckboxGroup	getSelectedCheckbox
getCursorType	Frame	getCursor method in Component
getLineIncrement	Scrollbar	getUnitIncrement
getPageIncrement	Scrollbar	getBlockIncrement
getPeer	Component	No replacement.
getVisible	Scrollbar	getVisibleAmount
gotFocus	Component	processFocusEvent See How to Convert Event-Handling Code for information on preferred ways to handle events.
handleEvent	Component	processEvent See How to Convert Event-Handling Code for information on preferred ways to handle events.
hide	Component	setVisible(false)
insertText	TextArea	insert
insets	Container	getInsets
inside	Component, Polygon, Rectangle	contains
isSelected	List	isIndexSelected
keyDown	Component	processKeyEvent See How to Convert Event-Handling Code for information on preferred ways to handle events.
keyUp	Component	processKeyEvent See How to Convert Event-Handling Code for information on preferred ways to handle events.
layout	Component, Container, ScrollPane	doLayout
locate	Component, Container	getComponentAt
location	Component	getLocation
lostFocus	Component	processFocusEvent See How to Convert Event-Handling Code for information on preferred ways to handle events.
minimumSize	Component, Container, TextArea, TextField	getMinimumSize
mouseDown	Component	processMouseEvent See How to Convert Event-Handling Code for information on preferred ways to handle events.
mouseDrag	Component	processMouseMotionEvent See How to Convert Event-Handling Code for information on preferred ways to handle events.
mouseEnter	Component	processMouseEvent See How to Convert Event-Handling Code for information on preferred ways to handle events.
mouseExit	Component	processMouseEvent See How to Convert Event-Handling Code for information on preferred ways to handle events.
mouseMove	Component	processMouseMotionEvent See How to Convert Event-Handling Code for information on preferred ways to handle events.
mouseUp	Component	processMouseEvent See How to Convert Event-Handling Code for information on preferred ways to handle events.
move	Component, Rectangle	setLocation
nextFocus	Component, Container, Window	transferFocus
postEvent	Component, Window	dispatchEvent
preferredSize	Component, Container, TextArea, TextField	getPreferredSize
replaceText	TextArea	replaceRange
reshape	Component, Rectangle	setBounds
resize	Component, Rectangle	setSize
setCurrent	CheckboxGroup	setSelectedCheckbox
setCursor	Frame	setCursor method in Component
setEchoCharacter	TextField	setEchoChar
setLineIncrement	Scrollbar	setUnitIncrement
setMultipleSelections	List	setMultipleMode
setPageIncrement	Scrollbar	setBlockIncrement
show()	Component	setVisible(true)
show(expression)	Component	setVisible(expression)
size	Component	getSize

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