Merge pull request #8500 from piwik/7838

Deprecated some tracker events

5 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/core/Tracker/Action.php b/core/Tracker/Action.php
index c4c33148a0..b30d695e73 100644
--- a/core/Tracker/Action.php
+++ b/core/Tracker/Action.php
@@ -399,9 +399,12 @@ abstract class Action
         /**
          * Triggered after successfully persisting a [visit action entity](/guides/persistence-and-the-mysql-backend#visit-actions).
          *
+         * This event is deprecated, use [Dimensions](http://developer.piwik.org/guides/dimensions) instead.
+         *
          * @param Action $tracker Action The Action tracker instance.
          * @param array $visitAction The visit action entity that was persisted. Read
          *                           [this](/guides/persistence-and-the-mysql-backend#visit-actions) to see what it contains.
+         * @deprecated
          */
         Piwik::postEvent('Tracker.recordAction', array($trackerAction = $this, $visitAction));
     }
diff --git a/core/Tracker/GoalManager.php b/core/Tracker/GoalManager.php
index 3c9cd0bcf2..7bd5e97f1e 100644
--- a/core/Tracker/GoalManager.php
+++ b/core/Tracker/GoalManager.php
@@ -331,10 +331,13 @@ class GoalManager
          * _Note: Subscribers should be wary of doing any expensive computation here as it may slow
          * the tracker down._
          *
+         * This event is deprecated, use [Dimensions](http://developer.piwik.org/guides/dimensions) instead.
+         *
          * @param array $conversion The conversion entity that was just persisted. See what information
          *                          it contains [here](/guides/persistence-and-the-mysql-backend#conversions).
          * @param array $visitInformation The visit entity that we are tracking a conversion for. See what
          *                                information it contains [here](/guides/persistence-and-the-mysql-backend#visits).
+         * @deprecated
          */
         Piwik::postEvent('Tracker.recordEcommerceGoal', array($conversion, $visitProperties->getProperties()));
     }
@@ -679,8 +682,11 @@ class GoalManager
              * _Note: Subscribers should be wary of doing any expensive computation here as it may slow
              * the tracker down._
              *
+             * This event is deprecated, use [Dimensions](http://developer.piwik.org/guides/dimensions) instead.
+             *
              * @param array $conversion The conversion entity that was just persisted. See what information
              *                          it contains [here](/guides/persistence-and-the-mysql-backend#conversions).
+             * @deprecated
              */
             Piwik::postEvent('Tracker.recordStandardGoals', array($conversion));
         }
@@ -700,11 +706,14 @@ class GoalManager
          *
          * This event can be used to modify conversion information or to add new information to be persisted.
          *
+         * This event is deprecated, use [Dimensions](http://developer.piwik.org/guides/dimensions) instead.
+         *
          * @param array $conversion The conversion entity. Read [this](/guides/persistence-and-the-mysql-backend#conversions)
          *                          to see what it contains.
          * @param array $visitInformation The visit entity that we are tracking a conversion for. See what
          *                                information it contains [here](/guides/persistence-and-the-mysql-backend#visits).
          * @param \Piwik\Tracker\Request $request An object describing the tracking request being processed.
+         * @deprecated
          */
         Piwik::postEvent('Tracker.newConversionInformation', array(&$conversion, $visitInformation, $request));
 
diff --git a/core/Tracker/Visit.php b/core/Tracker/Visit.php
index 915f3cf654..da0959b8b0 100644
--- a/core/Tracker/Visit.php
+++ b/core/Tracker/Visit.php
@@ -204,9 +204,12 @@ class Visit implements VisitInterface
          * This event can be used to modify the visit properties that will be updated before the changes
          * are persisted.
          *
+         * This event is deprecated, use [Dimensions](http://developer.piwik.org/guides/dimensions) instead.
+         *
          * @param array &$valuesToUpdate Visit entity properties that will be updated.
          * @param array $visit The entire visit entity. Read [this](/guides/persistence-and-the-mysql-backend#visits)
          *                     to see what it contains.
+         * @deprecated
          */
         Piwik::postEvent('Tracker.existingVisitInformation', array(&$valuesToUpdate, $this->visitProperties->getProperties()));
 
@@ -267,9 +270,13 @@ class Visit implements VisitInterface
          * This event can be used to modify the visit entity or add new information to it before it is persisted.
          * The UserCountry plugin, for example, uses this event to add location information for each visit.
          *
+         * This event is deprecated, use [Dimensions](http://developer.piwik.org/guides/dimensions) instead.
+         *
          * @param array &$visit The visit entity. Read [this](/guides/persistence-and-the-mysql-backend#visits) to see
          *                      what information it contains.
          * @param \Piwik\Tracker\Request $request An object describing the tracking request being processed.
+         *
+         * @deprecated
          */
         Piwik::postEvent('Tracker.newVisitorInformation', array($this->visitProperties->getProperties(), $this->request));
 
diff --git a/core/Tracker/Visitor.php b/core/Tracker/Visitor.php
index 92036ff974..2619c98987 100644
--- a/core/Tracker/Visitor.php
+++ b/core/Tracker/Visitor.php
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ class Visitor
     {
         return $this->visitorKnown = $isVisitorKnown;
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/Tracker/VisitorRecognizer.php b/core/Tracker/VisitorRecognizer.php
index 4f63017e43..ff91f57d7e 100644
--- a/core/Tracker/VisitorRecognizer.php
+++ b/core/Tracker/VisitorRecognizer.php
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ class VisitorRecognizer
              * events such as 'onExistingVisit'.
              *
              * Plugins can use this event to load additional visit entity properties for later use during tracking.
+             *
+             * This event is deprecated, use [Dimensions](http://developer.piwik.org/guides/dimensions) instead.
+             *
+             * @deprecated 
              */
             $this->eventDispatcher->postEvent('Tracker.getVisitFieldsToPersist', array(&$fields));