## Deprecated API

Contents

- Deprecated Classes
- Deprecated Methods
- Deprecated Constructors

Deprecated Classes
org.apache.lucene.index.BalancedSegmentMergePolicy This class is removed in 4.0; use `TieredMergePolicy` instead.
org.apache.lucene.index.FieldNormModifier This class is broken, as it does not correctly take position overlaps into account.

Deprecated Methods
org.apache.lucene.index.MultiPassIndexSplitter.split(IndexReader, Directory[], boolean) use `MultiPassIndexSplitter.split(Version, IndexReader, Directory[], boolean)` instead. This method will be removed in Lucene 4.0.

Deprecated Constructors
org.apache.lucene.index.PKIndexSplitter(Directory, Directory, Directory, Filter) use `PKIndexSplitter.PKIndexSplitter(Version, Directory, Directory, Directory, Filter)` instead. This constructor will be removed in Lucene 4.0.
org.apache.lucene.index.PKIndexSplitter(Directory, Directory, Directory, Term) use `PKIndexSplitter.PKIndexSplitter(Version, Directory, Directory, Directory, Term)` instead. This constructor will be removed in Lucene 4.0.