No doubt. Then it sounds like the error is in the release notes, yes? There's an
additional post in the TSS thread that the JavaDoc class comment for
ActionErrors includes:

Each individual error is described by an ActionError object...

Which, strictly speaking, is inaccurate since you can also add ActionMessage
objects.

Quoting Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> ...an old discussion...
> 
> http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29679
> 
> Regards,
> Matthias
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Germuska [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 7:09 PM
> > To: Struts Developers List
> > Subject: Re: Release notes error?
> > 
> > 
> > The class has not been deprecated because it is part of the public 
> > API of the ActionForm class, which is obviously routinely subclassed 
> > for Struts apps.
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > At 12:23 PM -0400 9/1/04, Kris Schneider wrote:
> > >This thread on TSS:
> > >
> > >http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=28428
> > >
> > >points out an error in the release notes (or perhaps the JavaDoc)
> > >concerning the
> > >deprecation of ActionErrors. From the "What's new?" section:
> > >
> > >Although not removed, in many cases you should replace the 
> > deprecated 
> > >ActionErrors with the preferred ActionMessages to ensure correct 
> > >operation.
> > >
> > >Before submitting a bug report, I just want to verify where 
> > the bug is. 
> > >Should the release notes use ActionError/ActionMessage instead of 
> > >ActionErrors/ActionMessages? Should the JavaDoc for ActionErrors be 
> > >changed so that the class really is deprecated (currently, only its 
> > >methods and fields are deprecated)? Should the paragraph 
> > quoted above 
> > >be changed to:
> > >
> > >Although not deprecated, in many cases you should replace
> > >ActionErrors with the
> > >preferred ActionMessages to ensure correct operation.
> > >
> > >Depending on what needs to be changed, I may have been premature in
> > >my response
> > >to the thread ;-). Of course, it would have been more fun to 
> > fire something
> > >back at "graham o'regan", but I've always been impressed 
> > with the professional
> > >attitude of the Struts developers in the face of public idiocy.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Kris Schneider <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >D.O.Tech       <http://www.dotech.com/>
> > >
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> > -- 
> > Joe Germuska            
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> > back; I'll know I'm in the wrong place."
> >     - Carlos Santana

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