Incompatible Changes in IntelliJ Platform and Plugins API 2021.*

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2021.3

IntelliJ Platform 2021.3

Running tests fails with jarFiles is not set for [...] or Created extension classloader is not equal to plugin’s one: Set system property idea.force.use.core.classloader to true.
com.intellij.ui.mac.MacMessages.showMessageDialog(String, String, String[], boolean, Window, int, int, DialogWrapper.DoNotAskOption) method removed: Use com.intellij.ui.mac.MacMessages.showMessageDialog(String, String, String[], boolean, Window, int, int, DoNotAskOption) instead
com.intellij.openapi.ui.MessageDialogBuilder.doNotAsk(DialogWrapper.DoNotAskOption) method removed: Use com.intellij.openapi.ui.MessageDialogBuilder.doNotAsk(DoNotAskOption) instead
com.intellij.ide.util.projectWizard.WizardContext.getWizard() method removed: Use com.intellij.ide.util.projectWizard.WizardContext.getUserData(AbstractWizard.KEY) instead
com.intellij.openapi.ui.TextComponentAccessor.TEXT_FIELD_WITH_HISTORY_WHOLE_TEXT field removed: Use com.intellij.openapi.ui.TextComponentAccessors.TEXT_FIELD_WITH_HISTORY_WHOLE_TEXT instead
com.intellij.execution.process.ColoredOutputTypeRegistry.getAnsiColorKey(int) method removed: Use com.intellij.execution.process.ColoredOutputTypeRegistryImpl.getAnsiColorKey(int) instead
com.intellij.diagnostic.PerformanceWatcher.Snapshot class now interface: Recompile the dependant code or use com.intellij.diagnostic.PerformanceWatcherImpl.SnapshotImpl instead
com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.impl.EditorTabPresentationUtil.getEditorTabTitle(Project, VirtualFile, EditorWindow) method parameter EditorWindow removed: This parameter never needed, but lead to code coupling
com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.impl.EditorTabPresentationUtil.getUniqueEditorTabTitle(Project, VirtualFile, EditorWindow) method parameter EditorWindow removed: This parameter never needed, but lead to code coupling
com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.impl.EditorTabTitleProvider.getEditorTabTitle(Project, VirtualFile, EditorWindow) method parameter EditorWindow removed: This parameter never needed, but lead to code coupling

VCS Log 2021.3

com.intellij.vcs.log.ui.frame.CommitPanel class removed: Removed unnecessary inheritance

Git Plugin 2021.3

git4idea.ui.branch.GitBranchActionsUtilKt.checkoutOrReset(Project, List, String, GitNewBranchOptions) method removed: Method was dropped to avoid supporting outdated behavior
git4idea.ui.branch.GitBranchActionsUtilKt.createNewBranch(Project, List, String, GitNewBranchOptions) method removed: Method was dropped to avoid supporting outdated behavior

2021.2

IntelliJ Platform 2021.2

com.intellij.openapi.editor.impl.event.DocumentEventImpl.translateLineViaDiff(int) method removed: Use persistent range markers instead, see com.intellij.openapi.editor.Document.createRangeMarker(int, int, boolean) with surviveOnExternalChange=true.
com.intellij.openapi.editor.impl.event.DocumentEventImpl.translateLineViaDiffStrict(int) method removed: Use persistent range markers instead, see com.intellij.openapi.editor.Document.createRangeMarker(int, int, boolean) with surviveOnExternalChange=true.
com.intellij.openapi.file.exclude.EnforcedPlainTextFileType class removed: Use com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.PlainTextFileType instead.
com.intellij.openapi.updateSettings.impl.CheckForUpdateResult class removed: Use com.intellij.openapi.updateSettings.impl.PlatformUpdates instead.
com.intellij.openapi.updateSettings.impl.UpdateStrategy.checkForUpdates() method return type changed from com.intellij.openapi.updateSettings.impl.CheckForUpdateResult to com.intellij.openapi.updateSettings.impl.PlatformUpdates: Use com.intellij.openapi.updateSettings.impl.PlatformUpdates instead of com.intellij.openapi.updateSettings.impl.CheckForUpdateResult.
com.intellij.openapi.updateSettings.impl.pluginsAdvertisement.PluginsAdvertiser.Plugin class removed: Use com.intellij.ide.plugins.advertiser.PluginData instead.
com.intellij.ide.plugins.DisabledPluginsState.disablePlugin(PluginId) method removed: Use either com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManagerCore.disablePlugin(PluginId) or com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginEnabler.disablePlugins(Collection) instead.
com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManagerMain.suggestToEnableInstalledDependantPlugins(PluginEnabler, List) method parameter type changed from com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManagerMain.PluginEnabler to com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginEnabler: com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManagerMain.PluginEnabler has been renamed to com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginEnabler.
com.intellij.ssh.ui.unified.SshConfigConfigurable.Visibility class removed: Use com.intellij.ssh.ui.unified.SshConfigVisibility instead.
com.intellij.ssh.ui.unified.SshConfigComboBox.reload(PresentableId, SshConfigConfigurable.Visibility) method parameter type changed from com.intellij.ssh.ui.unified.SshConfigConfigurable.Visibility to com.intellij.ssh.ui.unified.SshConfigVisibility: SshConfigConfigurable.Visibility has been renamed to SshConfigVisibility.
com.intellij.ssh.ui.unified.SshConfigComboBox(Project, Disposable, SshConfigConfigurable.Visibility) constructor parameter type changed from com.intellij.ssh.ui.unified.SshConfigConfigurable.Visibility to com.intellij.ssh.ui.unified.SshConfigVisibility: SshConfigConfigurable.Visibility has been renamed to SshConfigVisibility.
org.jetbrains.uast.UAnnotated.getAnnotations() method removed: Use org.jetbrains.uast.UAnnotated.getUAnnotations() instead.
org.jetbrains.uast.UAnnotated.getUAnnotations() marked abstract: Previously this circularly referenced org.jetbrains.uast.UAnnotated.getAnnotations(), which has been removed.

Performance Testing Plugin 2021.2

com.jetbrains.performancePlugin.CommandProvider.getCommands() method return type changed from java.util.List to java.util.Map: Use java.util.List instead of java.util.Map.

Database Plugin 2021.2

com.intellij.database.dataSource.DatabaseCredentialsAuthProvider.UserWidget class removed: Use com.intellij.database.dataSource.DatabaseCredentialsAuthProviderUi.UserWidget instead.
com.intellij.database.actions.DdlActions.DeleteProvider1 class removed: Use com.intellij.database.actions.DbDeleteProvider.getDeleteProvider() instead.
com.intellij.database.model.RawConnectionConfig.getEffectiveUrl(Project) method removed: Use com.intellij.database.model.RawConnectionConfig.getUrl() instead. Or use com.intellij.database.dataSource.DatabaseConnectionEstablisher.processInterceptors()

GitHub Plugin 2021.2

org.jetbrains.plugins.github.util.GithubAuthData class removed: Use org.jetbrains.plugins.github.authentication.GithubAuthenticationManager instead.
org.jetbrains.plugins.github.util.GithubAuthData$BasicAuth class removed: Use org.jetbrains.plugins.github.authentication.GithubAuthenticationManager instead.
org.jetbrains.plugins.github.util.GithubSettings.getAuthData(GithubAuthData) method removed: Use org.jetbrains.plugins.github.authentication.GithubAuthenticationManager instead.
org.jetbrains.plugins.github.util.GithubSettings.getLogin method removed: Use org.jetbrains.plugins.github.authentication.GithubAuthenticationManager instead.
org.jetbrains.plugins.github.util.GithubSettings.isAuthConfigured method removed: Use org.jetbrains.plugins.github.authentication.GithubAuthenticationManager instead.

Spring Plugin 2021.2

icons.SpringApiIcons class moved to package com.intellij.spring: Use com.intellij.spring.SpringApiIcons instead.
icons.SpringApiIcons.Gutter class moved to package com.intellij.spring: Use com.intellij.spring.SpringApiIcons.Gutter instead.

Python Plugin 2021.2.1

com.jetbrains.python.psi.types.PyTypedDictType.Companion.match(PyTypedDictType, PyDictLiteralExpression, TypeEvalContext) method removed: As the result of the refactoring aimed at fixing https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PY-48799, for dict literals containing only string keys we infer PyTypedDictType now, so there's no need to match dict literals with TypedDicts. There's a new method for comparing the inferred TypedDicts with the given ones: com.jetbrains.python.psi.types.PyTypedDictType.Companion.match(PyType, PyTypedDictType, TypeEvalContext).

2021.1

IntelliJ Platform 2021.1

com.intellij.util.io.PersistentHashMap.isCorrupted method removed: The storage checks for corruption automatically, there is no need of any explicit additional checks.
com.intellij.lang.StdLanguages.JSPX field removed: Add a dependency on the com.intellij.jsp plugin and replace the reference with com.intellij.lang.jspx.JspxLanguageImpl.INSTANCE
com.intellij.lang.StdLanguages.JSP field removed: Add a dependency on the com.intellij.jsp plugin and replace the reference with com.intellij.lang.jsp.NewJspLanguage.getInstance()
com.intellij.ide.actions.searcheverywhere.SEResultsEqualityProvider.compareItems(alreadyFoundItem) method parameter type changed from SearchEverywhereFoundElementInfo to List<SearchEverywhereFoundElementInfo>: New API is more abstract which allows to review all already found items before making "deduplication" decision. Also consider implementing com.intellij.ide.actions.searcheverywhere.AbstractEqualityProvider instead of com.intellij.ide.actions.searcheverywhere.SEResultsEqualityProvider.
com.intellij.ide.actions.searcheverywhere.SEResultsEqualityProvider.SEEqualElementsActionType.SKIP field removed: Enum class SEEqualElementsActionType was converted to sealed class with the same name.
com.intellij.ide.actions.searcheverywhere.SEResultsEqualityProvider.SEEqualElementsActionType.DO_NOTHING field removed: Enum class SEEqualElementsActionType was converted to sealed class with the same name.
com.intellij.ide.actions.searcheverywhere.SEResultsEqualityProvider.SEEqualElementsActionType.Replace field removed: Enum class SEEqualElementsActionType was converted to sealed class with the same name.
org.sqlite.SQLiteConfig.setBusyTimeout(String) method parameter type changed from String to int: Please use updated sqlite-jdbc api.
com.intellij.usages.impl.rules.UsageTypeProvider.getUsageType method PsiElement parameter marked @NotNull: This may break source-compatibility with inheritors written in Kotlin if they declare parameter type as nullable.
com.jetbrains.performancePlugin.CommandProvider.getCommands(Project) method parameter Project removed: Project is now only accessible via com.intellij.openapi.ui.playback.PlaybackContext.getProject() since it may change during script execution.
JSON Widget suppressor EP com.intellij.json.jsonWidgetSuppressor: Override new method JsonWidgetSuppressor.isCandidateForSuppress(VirtualFile, Project) for quick check in EDT before suppressSwitcherWidget() is called on background thread.

HTTP Client Plugin 2021.1

com.intellij.ws.rest.client package removed: Replaced by com.intellij.httpClient.execution in HTTP Client plugin
com.intellij.ws.actions package removed: Replaced by com.intellij.httpClient.actions in HTTP Client plugin
com.intellij.ws.converters package removed: Replaced by com.intellij.httpClient.converters in HTTP Client plugin
com.intellij.ws.http.request package removed: Replaced by com.intellij.httpClient.http.request in HTTP Client plugin

Java UML Plugin 2021.1

Rename of packages to .java. specific variants: A number of packages have been renamed: com.intellij.uml.utils becomes com.intellij.uml.java.utils, com.intellij.uml.project becomes com.intellij.uml.java.project, and com.intellij.uml.jigsaw becomes com.intellij.uml.java.jigsaw.

Kotlin Plugin 2021.1

org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.refactoring.changeSignature.KotlinChangeInfo(KotlinMethodDescriptor, String, KotlinTypeInfo, Visibility, List, KotlinParameterInfo, PsiElement, Collection) constructor parameter type changed from org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Visibility to org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DescriptorVisibility: Visibility has been renamed to DescriptorVisibility.

Go Plugin 2021.1

com.goide.sdk.combobox.GoSdkChooserCombo.getSdk method moved to the superclass: Recompile the dependant code.

Last modified: 07 October 2021