EventFiringWebDriver is deprecated

[abendt]

EventFiringWebDriver is marked as deprecated in Selenium 4: https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/support/events/EventFiringWebDriver.html

• The recommended replacement EventFiringDecorator is not stable yet (annotated with @beta): https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/support/events/EventFiringDecorator.html
• As the replacement works a bit differently than the deprecated one this will require some changes how events are setup within FluentLenium

[diemol]

Heads up, the code has been deleted and it won't be in Selenium 4.17

[regulskimichal]

And it's gone

[mkurz]

Can't use FluentLenium 6.0.0 with latest Selenium 4.18.1:

[error] Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/openqa/selenium/support/events/EventFiringWebDriver
[error]     at io.fluentlenium.core.FluentDriver.<init>(FluentDriver.java:94)
[error]     at io.fluentlenium.adapter.IFluentAdapter.initFluent(IFluentAdapter.java:62)
[error]     at io.fluentlenium.adapter.IFluentAdapter.initFluent(IFluentAdapter.java:70)

Needs to be replaced: https://github.com/search?q=repo%3AFluentLenium%2FFluentLenium%20EventFiringWebDriver&type=code

This might help: https://www.selenium.dev/blog/2023/java-removal-of-deprecated-events-classes/

Thanks!

[mkurz]

@filipcynarski if you have time, can you give an update if or when you could work on that? Would you accept contributions so you can cut a new release soon? This is a blocker for us. Thanks!

[mkurz]

Also pinging @abendt, would appreciate a comment, thanks!

[abendt]

hi @mkurz

To me, moving away from EventFiringWebDriver does not look like a small change, as there are some differences in how the EventFiringDecorator replacement works. Personally, I don't have the capacity to work on it; I could only offer to do reviews if you want to work on it.

[filipcynarski]

@mkurz sorry for the late response - I personally don't have the capacity too. It is a bigger refactoring. I can offer code reviews and release management but something more time-consuming is not what I can do at this stage.

[mkurz]

Thanks for the update @abendt and @filipcynarski!

@regulskimichal @diemol you commented here also, do you think you have the capacity to work on this?