the Chromium logo

The Chromium Projects
Blink (Rendering Engine) >

Deprecating Features

How To Measure Usage and Notify Developers

  1. Add your feature to web_feature.mojom's WebFeature.
  2. Add a clever deprecation message to the big switch in [UseCounter::deprecationMessage](https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/WebKit/Source/core/frame/Deprecation.cpp?type=cs&q=Deprecation::DeprecationMessage%5C(&l=295).
  3. Instrument your code by:
    • Adding [DeprecateAs](https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/third_party/WebKit/Source/bindings/IDLExtendedAttributes.md#DeprecateAs_m_a_c)=[your enum value here] to the feature's IDL definition (see these examples).
    • Adding a call to [Deprecation::CountDeprecation](https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/WebKit/Source/core/frame/Deprecation.h?type=cs&l=43) somewhere relevant (as we're dong for the UserMediaRequest.

Note that DeprecateAs is intended to replace MeasureAs in the IDL file. Specifying both is redundant.