core_message (subsystem) Upgrade notes

5.2

Removed

• • The following methods have been removed from public/message/classes/api.php:
    • \core_message\api::search_users_in_course()
    • \core_message\api::search_users()
    • \core_message\api::get_contacts()
    • \core_message\api::get_contacts_with_unread_message_count()
    • \core_message\api::get_non_contacts_with_unread_message_count()
    • \core_message\api::get_messages()
    • \core_message\api::get_most_recent_message()
    • \core_message\api::get_profile()
    • \core_message\api::delete_conversation()
    • \core_message\api::mark_all_read_for_user()
    • \core_message\api::can_post_message()
    • \core_message\api::is_user_non_contact_blocked()
    • \core_message\api::is_user_blocked()
    • \core_message\api::get_individual_conversations_between_users()
    • \core_message\api::create_conversation_between_users()
  • The following methods have been removed from public/message/classes/helper.php:
    • \core_message\helper::get_messages()
    • \core_message\helper::create_messages()
    • \core_message\helper::get_conversations_legacy_formatter()

  For more information see MDL-87426

5.1

Added

• The web service core_message_get_member_info additionally returns cancreatecontact which is a boolean value for a user's permission to add a contact.

  For more information see MDL-72123

• The contexturl property to \core\message\message instances can now contain \core\url values in addition to plain strings

  For more information see MDL-83080

4.5

Changed

• The \core_message\helper::togglecontact_link_params() method now accepts a new optional $isrequested parameter to indicate the status of the contact request.

  For more information see MDL-81428

Deprecated

• The core_message/remove_contact_button template is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

  For more information see MDL-81428

Removed

• Final deprecation of the MESSAGE_DEFAULT_LOGGEDOFF, and MESSAGE_DEFAULT_LOGGEDIN constants.

  For more information see MDL-73284