--- a/devtools/apptest.py	Thu Apr 16 17:49:52 2009 +0200
+++ b/devtools/apptest.py	Fri Apr 17 09:59:53 2009 +0200
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 from logilab.common.pytest import nocoverage
 from logilab.common.umessage import message_from_string
 
+from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated_function
+
 from cubicweb.devtools import init_test_database, TestServerConfiguration, ApptestConfiguration
 from cubicweb.devtools._apptest import TestEnvironment
 from cubicweb.devtools.fake import FakeRequest
@@ -218,6 +220,13 @@
     def pactions(self, req, rset, skipcategories=('addrelated', 'siteactions', 'useractions')):
         return [(a.id, a.__class__) for a in self.vreg.possible_vobjects('actions', req, rset)
                 if a.category not in skipcategories]
+
+    def pactions_by_cats(self, req, rset, categories=('addrelated',)):
+        return [(a.id, a.__class__) for a in self.vreg.possible_vobjects('actions', req, rset)
+                if a.category in categories]
+    
+    paddrelactions = deprecated_function(pactions_by_cats)
+
     def pactionsdict(self, req, rset, skipcategories=('addrelated', 'siteactions', 'useractions')):
         res = {}
         for a in self.vreg.possible_vobjects('actions', req, rset):
@@ -225,14 +234,7 @@
                 res.setdefault(a.category, []).append(a.__class__)
         return res
 
-    def paddrelactions(self, req, rset):
-        return [(a.id, a.__class__) for a in self.vreg.possible_vobjects('actions', req, rset)
-                if a.category == 'addrelated']
-
-    def pmainactions(self, req, rset):
-        return [(a.id, a.__class__) for a in self.vreg.possible_vobjects('actions', req, rset)
-                if a.category == 'mainactions']
-               
+    
     def remote_call(self, fname, *args):
         """remote call simulation"""
         dump = simplejson.dumps