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Deprecation: #84307 - Protected methods and properties in NewContentElementController
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See :issue:`84307`

Description
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This file is about third party usage of :php:`TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Controller\ContentElement\NewContentElementController`.

A series of class properties has been set to protected.
They will throw deprecation warnings if called public from outside:

* [not scanned] :php:`id`
* :php:`sys_language`
* :php:`R_URI`
* :php:`colPos`
* :php:`uid_pid`
* [not scanned] :php:`modTSconfig`
* [not scanned] :php:`doc`
* [not scanned] :php:`content`
* :php:`access`
* [not scanned] :php:`config`

All methods not used as entry points by :php:`TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Http\RouteDispatcher` will be
removed or set to protected in v10 and throw deprecation warnings if used from a third party:

* [not scanned] :php:`init()`
* [not scanned] :php:`main()`


Impact
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Calling one of the above methods or accessing one of the above properties on an instance of
:php:`NewContentElementController` will throw a deprecation warning in v9 and a PHP fatal in v10.


Affected Installations
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The extension scanner will find most usages, but may also find some false positives. The most
common property and method names like :php:`$content` are not registered and will not be found
if an extension uses that on an instance of :php:`NewContentElementController`.

In general all extensions that set properties or call methods except :php:`mainAction()` or :php:`wizardAction()` are affected.


Migration
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In general, extensions should not instantiate and re-use controllers of the core. Existing
usages should be rewritten to be free of calls like these.

.. index:: Backend, PHP-API, PartiallyScanned
