re. the Enumeration interface.

[Steve R. Burrus]

Is the Enumeration interface archaic/deprecated by now??? If so, just
what are the proper methods that should be used now for whatever
replaced it some time ago???!!! I am trying to use Enumeration in a
particular servlet right now, but get compiler errors when it's
referenced in the servlet.

 

[Paul Lutus]

Is the Enumeration interface archaic/deprecated by now???

Define "by now". It is not deprecated as of Java 1.4.2.

If so, just
what are the proper methods that should be used now for whatever
replaced it some time ago???!!!

That depends. What are you trying to do?

I am trying to use Enumeration in a
particular servlet right now, but get compiler errors when it's
referenced in the servlet.

Oh, so you got the dreaded "compiler error" error? No? Then what specific
compiler error did you actually get, from what source code?

 

[Michael Borgwardt]

Is the Enumeration interface archaic/deprecated by now??? If so, just
what are the proper methods that should be used now for whatever
replaced it some time ago???!!! I am trying to use Enumeration in a
particular servlet right now, but get compiler errors when it's
referenced in the servlet.

Even though it has been replaced by Iterators, Enumeration is not
officially deprecated and its usage as such should produce neither
compiler errors nor warnings.

 

[Steve Cassidy]

Is the Enumeration interface archaic/deprecated by now??? If so, just

particular servlet right now, but get compiler errors when it's referenced
in the servlet.

The compiler may not be be able to find the Enumeration class. Try includng
import java.util.Enumeration; or
import java.util.*; at the top you your class, or in the code try declaring
the enumeration as java.util.Enumeration rather than just Enumeration. The
import statement just lets you reference classes without putting their
package names in front. If you look at the top of your servlet code, you'll
probably see import javax.servlet.http.* - this is what's letting you
reference HttpServletRequest etc in your doGet() declaration rather than
having to type out javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest. That's what
"import" is for. HTH.

 

[iamfractal]

Is the Enumeration interface archaic/deprecated by now??? If so, just
what are the proper methods that should be used now for whatever
replaced it some time ago???!!! I am trying to use Enumeration in a
particular servlet right now, but get compiler errors when it's
referenced in the servlet.

I don't know why you're getting compiler errors; this certainly should
not happen due to an interface's deprecation (not that it has been).

Javadoc for Enumeration:
"NOTE: The functionality of this interface is duplicated by the
Iterator interface. In addition, Iterator adds an optional remove
operation, and has shorter method names. New implementations should
consider using Iterator in preference to Enumeration. "


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