All methods of the form createX(java.lang.Object... params) in IChartObjectFactory seem to have been deprecated.

For examples:

• <T extends IChartObject> T create(java.lang.Class<T> objectClass, java.lang.Object... args)
• IShortLineChartObject createShortLine(java.lang.Object... params)
• ISignalUpChartObject createSignalUp(java.lang.Object... params)
• etc.

have all been deprecated.

Does this mean that a user wishing to avoid deprecated methods must necessarily instantiate all chart objects in a two-step process?:

• create
• move and set up properties

Is there a loss of efficiency compared to the deprecated methods?

For example, is...

line = createShortLine(key)
line.move(time,price);
line.setTime(1,time1);
line.setPrice(1,price1);

...just as efficient as the following deprecated code?...

line = factory.createShortLine(key, time, price, time1, price1);

...or is there another way to create an IShortLineChartObject in one shot that is not deprecated?

They were deprecated, because the signature gave no information about the expected parameters, which was both inconvenient and error-prone. With the next version of JForex-API, all of those methods will get replaced with methods that will accept the same parameters, but will have different signature (hence, for the existing strategies this should not cause errors in run-time), for instance:

createRectangle(java.lang.Object... params) 

will get replaced with:

createRectangle(String key, long time1, double price1, long time2, double price2);

and

createVerticalLine(java.lang.Object... params) 

will get replaced with:

createVerticalLine(String key, long time);

etc.