COMSOL 5.0 API Changes

Documentation

The COMSOL Multiphysics Programming Reference Manual replaces the COMSOL API for Use with Java® Reference Manual.

Deprecated Methods

The following methods were deprecated in COMSOL 5.0:

Table 1-5: Deprecated Methods and their replacements

Deprecated Method	New Method
com.comsol.model.OptFeature.field()	OptFeature.comp()
com.comsol.model.OptFeature.field(String)	OptFeature.comp(String)
com.comsol.model.Group.identifier()	Group.paramName()
com.comsol.model.Material.identifier()	ModelEntity.tag()
com.comsol.model.MaterialModel. identifier()	ModelEntity.tag()
com.comsol.model.ModelNode.identifier()	ModelEntity.tag()
com.comsol.model.physics.Physics. identifier()	Use tag() instead.
com.comsol.model.physics. MultiphysicsCoupling.identifier()	ModelEntity.tag()
com.comsol.model.Group.identifier(String)	Group.paramName(String)
com.comsol.model.Material. identifier(String)	ModelEntity.tag(String)
com.comsol.model.MaterialModel. identifier(String)	ModelEntity.tag(String)
com.comsol.model.ModelNode. identifier(String)	ModelEntity.tag(String)
com.comsol.model.physics.Physics. identifier(String)	Use tag(string) instead.
com.comsol.model.physics. MultiphysicsCoupling.identifier(String)	ModelEntity.tag(String)
com.comsol.model.ModelEntity.name()	ModelEntity.label()
com.comsol.model.ModelEntity.name(String)	ModelEntity. label(String)
com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity. set(String, int, double)	Use the 0-based version (setIndex) instead.
com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity. set(String, int, double)	Use the 0-based version (setIndex) instead.
com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity. set(String, int, double[])	Use the 0-based version (setIndex) instead.
com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity. set(String, int, int)	Use the 0-based version (setIndex) instead.
com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity. set(String, int, int[])	Use the 0-based version (setIndex) instead.
com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity. set(String, int, int, double)	Use the 0-based version (setIndex) instead.
com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity. set(String, int, int, int)	Use the 0-based version (setIndex) instead.
com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity. set(String, int, int, String)	Use the 0-based version (setIndex) instead.
com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity. set(String, int, String)	Use the 0-based version (setIndex) instead.
com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity. set(String, int, String[]	Use the 0-based version (setIndex) instead.