I'll go ahead a store a "starter" EnumerationUtils class tomorrow.
As far as Sun goes, I wonder if they did do that internally and got some "now my pretty code has compile warnings all over the place" feedback. Or perhaps Sun feels "self-deprecation" is too much of an admission of guilt WRT now not so great design choices... Not marking these deprecated can't make Java any easier to teach, that's certain. Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: __matthewHawthorne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 19:50 > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: [collections] New class EnumerationUtils? > > As you've pointed out, since there are already a few classes for working > with Enumerations, I don't think it's such a bad idea to create > EnumerationUtils in order to suit your needs. I say +1, go for it. > > Sometimes I wonder why Sun never deprecated Hashtable, Vector, and > Enumeration... this "unofficial deprecation" thing doesn't make sense to > me. > > > > > David Graham wrote: > > --- Gary Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>The 2.1 Enumeration classes are: > >> > >>org.apache.commons.collections.iterators.EnumerationIterator > >> Adapter to make Enumeration instances appear to be Iterator > >>instances. > >> > >>org.apache.commons.collections.iterators.IteratorEnumeration > >> Adapter to make an Iterator instance appear to be an Enumeration > >>instance. > >> > >>So perhaps the "anti Enumeration" stance is more feeling than policy ;-) > >> > >>It seems that in a lot of cases, Enumerations enumerate over collection > >>types of things as in ResourceBundle.getKeys() for example. > >> > >>Which is why (to me) an EnumerationUtils class seems at home here. > >> > >>More thoughts? > > > > > > Unfortunately, even though the dreaded Enumeration interface has been > > unofficially deprecated, important APIs like Servlet depend on it. I > > think anything that makes it easier to to deal with these legacy > > Enumerations is a good thing. > > > > David > > > > > >>Gary > >> > >> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: Stephen Colebourne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 11:56 > >>>To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > >>>Subject: Re: [collections] New class EnumerationUtils? > >>> > >>>Yes, we are pretty much anti Enumeration. There are some methods here > >> > >>and > >> > >>>there though. > >>>Stephen > >>> > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "__matthewHawthorne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 7:36 PM > >>>Subject: Re: [collections] New class EnumerationUtils? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>The only problem is that Enumerations aren't really a part of the > >>>>collections framework. Of course, this is just a technicality... > >> > >>but it > >> > >>>>may be the reason that a EnumerationUtils class hasn't been created. > >>>> > >>>>Cany anyone else confirm this? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Gary Gregory wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>Hello, > >>>>> > >>>>>In 2.1, I have code like: > >>>>> > >>>>>java.util.ResourceBundle resourceBundle = ... > >>>>>List keysList = IteratorUtils.toList(new > >>>>>EnumerationIterator(resourceBundle.getKeys())); > >>>>> > >>>>>Do we want an EnumerationUtils class, which, for now (a la XP) > >> > >>would > >> > >>>have a > >>> > >>>>>toList() method and grow from there? > >>>>> > >>>>>Thanks, > >>>>>Gary > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears > > http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
