feat!: remove legacy handler

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * [\#9594](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9594) `types/rest` package moved to `testutil/rest`.
 * [\#9432](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9432) `ConsensusParamsKeyTable` moved from `params/keeper` to `params/types`
 * [\#9576](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9576) Add debug error message to `sdkerrors.QueryResult` when enabled
+* [\#9650](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9650) Removed deprecated message handler implementation from the SDK modules.
 
 ### Client Breaking Changes
 

x/auth/module.go

@@ -111,8 +111,10 @@ func (AppModule) Name() string {
 // RegisterInvariants performs a no-op.
 func (AppModule) RegisterInvariants(_ sdk.InvariantRegistry) {}
 
-// Route returns the message routing key for the auth module.
-func (AppModule) Route() sdk.Route { return sdk.Route{} }
+// Deprecated: Route returns the message routing key for the auth module.
+func (AppModule) Route() sdk.Route {
+	panic("this method is deprecated and not implemented by the SDK anymore")
+}
 
 // QuerierRoute returns the auth module's querier route name.
 func (AppModule) QuerierRoute() string {

x/auth/vesting/module.go

@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ func NewAppModule(ak keeper.AccountKeeper, bk types.BankKeeper) AppModule {
 // RegisterInvariants performs a no-op; there are no invariants to enforce.
 func (AppModule) RegisterInvariants(_ sdk.InvariantRegistry) {}
 
-// Route returns the module's message router and handler.
+// Deprecated: Route returns the module's message router and handler.
 func (am AppModule) Route() sdk.Route {
-	return sdk.NewRoute(types.RouterKey, NewHandler(am.accountKeeper, am.bankKeeper))
+	panic("this method is deprecated and not implemented by the SDK anymore")
 }
 
 // QuerierRoute returns an empty string as the module contains no query

x/authz/module/module.go

@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ func (AppModule) Name() string {
 // RegisterInvariants does nothing, there are no invariants to enforce
 func (AppModule) RegisterInvariants(_ sdk.InvariantRegistry) {}
 
-// Route returns the message routing key for the staking module.
+// Deprecated: Route returns the message routing key for the authz module.
 func (am AppModule) Route() sdk.Route {
-	return sdk.NewRoute(authz.RouterKey, nil)
+	panic("this method is deprecated and not implemented by the SDK anymore")
 }
 
 func (am AppModule) NewHandler() sdk.Handler {

x/bank/module.go

@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ func (am AppModule) RegisterInvariants(ir sdk.InvariantRegistry) {
 	keeper.RegisterInvariants(ir, am.keeper)
 }
 
-// Route returns the message routing key for the bank module.
+// Deprecated: Route returns the message routing key for the bank module.
 func (am AppModule) Route() sdk.Route {
-	return sdk.NewRoute(types.RouterKey, NewHandler(am.keeper))
+	panic("this method is deprecated and not implemented by the SDK anymore")
 }
 
 // QuerierRoute returns the bank module's querier route name.

x/capability/module.go

@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@ func (am AppModule) Name() string {
 	return am.AppModuleBasic.Name()
 }
 
-// Route returns the capability module's message routing key.
-func (AppModule) Route() sdk.Route { return sdk.Route{} }
+// Deprecated: Route returns the capability module's message routing key.
+func (AppModule) Route() sdk.Route {
+	panic("this method is deprecated and not implemented by the SDK anymore")
+}
 
 // QuerierRoute returns the capability module's query routing key.
 func (AppModule) QuerierRoute() string { return "" }