Remove deprecations.

src/Datasource/ConnectionManager.php

@@ -135,29 +135,4 @@ public static function get($name, $useAliases = true) {
 		return static::$_registry->load($name, static::$_config[$name]);
 	}
 
-/**
- * Gets a reference to a DataSource object
- *
- * @param string $name The name of the DataSource, as defined in app/Config/datasources.php
- * @return DataSource Instance
- * @throws \Cake\Error\MissingDatasourceConfigException
- * @deprecated Will be removed in 3.0 stable.
- */
-	public static function getDataSource($name) {
-		return static::get($name);
-	}
-
-/**
- * Dynamically creates a DataSource object at runtime, with the given name and settings
- *
- * @param string $name The DataSource name
- * @param array $config The DataSource configuration settings
- * @return DataSource A reference to the DataSource object, or null if creation failed
- * @deprecated Will be removed in 3.0 stable
- */
-	public static function create($name = '', array $config = array()) {
-		static::config($name, $config);
-		return static::get($name);
-	}
-
 }

src/Validation/Validation.php

@@ -103,20 +103,6 @@ public static function lengthBetween($check, $min, $max) {
 		return ($length >= $min && $length <= $max);
 	}
 
-/**
- * Alias of Validator::lengthBetween() for backwards compatibility.
- *
- * @param string $check Value to check for length
- * @param int $min Minimum value in range (inclusive)
- * @param int $max Maximum value in range (inclusive)
- * @return bool Success
- * @see Validator::lengthBetween()
- * @deprecated 2.6 Use Validator::lengthBetween() instead.
- */
-	public static function between($check, $min, $max) {
-		return self::lengthBetween($check, $min, $max);
-	}
-
 /**
  * Returns true if field is left blank -OR- only whitespace characters are present in its value
  * Whitespace characters include Space, Tab, Carriage Return, Newline

src/View/Helper/TextHelper.php

@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ public function stripLinks($text) {
  *
  * ### Options:
  *
- * - `ellipsis` Will be used as Ending and appended to the trimmed string (`ending` is deprecated)
+ * - `ellipsis` Will be used as Ending and appended to the trimmed string
  * - `exact` If false, $text will not be cut mid-word
  * - `html` If true, HTML tags would be handled correctly
  *

tests/test_app/TestApp/Template/Posts/test_nocache_tags.ctp

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use Cake\Core\Configure;
 </p>
 <?php
 if (!empty($filePresent)):
- 	$connected = ConnectionManager::getDataSource('default');
+ 	$connected = ConnectionManager::get('default');
 ?>
 <p>
 	<span class="notice">