It could still be added in a future rev. setValue was less compelling and obviously correct than Iterator.remove(). I had a version of Map.Entry earlier on which provided provided setValue() along defaults for the required implementations of hashCode() and equals(). The spec for these later two methods is part of the API so defaults seemed appropriate. We essentially didn't implement them to avoid scope creep--none of these were strictly necessary for our other goals. For Iterator.remove() we could get immediate benefit.
Mike On Nov 20 2013, at 14:54 , Remi Forax <[email protected]> wrote: > A good question of one of my student, > why Iterator.remove() is a default method that throws UOE in 8 but > Map.Entry.setValue() is not a default method with the same semantics. > > regards, > Rémi >
