Deprecated APIs: remove DAOcompat compat query conditions

Deprecated in release 2.9.2-RC2

Author: greenrobot-team

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ For more insights into what changed in the ObjectBox C++ core, [check the Object
 - Remove deprecated `SyncServerBuilder` `peer` configuration options, use the `clusterPeer` options instead.
 - Remove deprecated `io.objectbox.DebugFlags`, use `io.objectbox.config.DebugFlags` instead.
 - Remove deprecated `ValidateOnOpenMode` constants, use `ValidateOnOpenModePages` instead.
+- Remove deprecated DAOcompat compatibility query methods. Use the regular query API instead.           
 
 ## 4.3.1 - 2025-08-12
 

objectbox-java/src/main/java/io/objectbox/Property.java

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package io.objectbox;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Date;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -39,9 +38,9 @@
 import io.objectbox.query.PropertyQueryConditionImpl.StringArrayCondition;
 import io.objectbox.query.PropertyQueryConditionImpl.StringCondition;
 import io.objectbox.query.PropertyQueryConditionImpl.StringCondition.Operation;
-import io.objectbox.query.PropertyQueryConditionImpl.StringStringCondition;
-import io.objectbox.query.PropertyQueryConditionImpl.StringLongCondition;
 import io.objectbox.query.PropertyQueryConditionImpl.StringDoubleCondition;
+import io.objectbox.query.PropertyQueryConditionImpl.StringLongCondition;
+import io.objectbox.query.PropertyQueryConditionImpl.StringStringCondition;
 import io.objectbox.query.Query;
 import io.objectbox.query.QueryBuilder.StringOrder;
 
@@ -721,133 +720,6 @@ public PropertyQueryCondition<ENTITY> lessOrEqual(byte[] value) {
         return new ByteArrayCondition<>(this, ByteArrayCondition.Operation.LESS_OR_EQUAL, value);
     }
 
-    //////
-    // Note: The following are deprecated conditions used with DAOcompat only.
-    // They exist so library users need not update their code where new conditions are named differently.
-    //////
-
-    /**
-     * Creates an "equal ('=')" condition for this property.
-     *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #equal} instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public PropertyQueryCondition<ENTITY> eq(Object value) {
-        if (value instanceof Long) {
-            return equal((Long) value);
-        } else if (value instanceof Integer) {
-            return equal((Integer) value);
-        } else if (value instanceof String) {
-            return equal((String) value);
-        } else {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only LONG, INTEGER or STRING values are supported.");
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates an "not equal ('&lt;&gt;')" condition for this property.
-     *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #notEqual} instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public PropertyQueryCondition<ENTITY> notEq(Object value) {
-        if (value instanceof Long) {
-            return notEqual((Long) value);
-        } else if (value instanceof Integer) {
-            return notEqual((Integer) value);
-        } else if (value instanceof String) {
-            return notEqual((String) value);
-        } else {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only LONG, INTEGER or STRING values are supported.");
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates an "IN (..., ..., ...)" condition for this property.
-     *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #oneOf} instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public PropertyQueryCondition<ENTITY> in(Object... values) {
-        // just check the first value and assume all others are of the same type
-        // maybe this is too naive and we should properly check values earlier
-        if (values[0] instanceof Long) {
-            long[] inValues = new long[values.length];
-            for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
-                inValues[i] = (long) values[i];
-            }
-            return oneOf(inValues);
-        } else if (values[0] instanceof Integer) {
-            int[] inValues = new int[values.length];
-            for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
-                inValues[i] = (int) values[i];
-            }
-            return oneOf(inValues);
-        } else {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The IN condition only supports LONG or INTEGER values.");
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates an "IN (..., ..., ...)" condition for this property.
-     *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #oneOf} instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public PropertyQueryCondition<ENTITY> in(Collection<?> inValues) {
-        return in(inValues.toArray());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates an "greater than ('&gt;')" condition for this property.
-     *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #greater} instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public PropertyQueryCondition<ENTITY> gt(Object value) {
-        if (value instanceof Long) {
-            return greater((Long) value);
-        } else if (value instanceof Integer) {
-            return greater((Integer) value);
-        } else if (value instanceof Double) {
-            return greater((Double) value);
-        } else if (value instanceof Float) {
-            return greater((Float) value);
-        } else {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only LONG, INTEGER, DOUBLE or FLOAT values are supported.");
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates an "less than ('&lt;')" condition for this property.
-     *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #less} instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public PropertyQueryCondition<ENTITY> lt(Object value) {
-        if (value instanceof Long) {
-            return less((Long) value);
-        } else if (value instanceof Integer) {
-            return less((Integer) value);
-        } else if (value instanceof Double) {
-            return less((Double) value);
-        } else if (value instanceof Float) {
-            return less((Float) value);
-        } else {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only LONG, INTEGER, DOUBLE or FLOAT values are supported.");
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates an "IS NOT NULL" condition for this property.
-     *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #notNull()} instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public PropertyQueryCondition<ENTITY> isNotNull() {
-        return notNull();
-    }
-
     @Internal
     public int getEntityId() {
         return entity.getEntityId();