Piren wrote: > Are you sure we're talking about Android here? What's wrong with Vector? > ArrayList is good for most occasions but Vector has its merits... you got > it wrong >
Of course. 'Vector' carries cruft that isn't part of the Collections framework, and 99% of the time you don't want its naive synchronization. > regarding the SimpleAdapter anyhow (they use any implementation of List, > which Vector is.. they dont need ArrayList... the description saying it > needs an ArrayList is a mistake). > I go by the documentation. So sue me. Anyway, you don't refute my point, which is that there is nothing in the docs to indicate you might want to use crappy ol' 'Vector'. > Vector isn't really dead...It can make things simple if you want to deal > with concurrency easily. > Not true. It can give the *illusion* of simplicity without solving your real concurrency problems. For better control, don't use 'Vector', use 'Collections.synchronizedList()' or one of the 'java.util.concurrent' or related types. > Stack is also a subclass of it, so those should count as well :) > Right. Don't use 'Stack' either. > Also, how is Hashtable obsolete for android development? you got any > better alternative for its purposes? I think you're thinking of the C# > classes which are rather obsolete replaced by Dictionary and List... but > unless he's a Mono developer, he's using Java :) > WTF? Why are you ranting about Mono? That's damn random of you. 'java.util.HashMap' has been the preferred alternative since 1998. When did you start to learn Java? Lew wrote: > >> bob wrote: >> >>> It sounds like he may want to call *Collections.sort()* on the backing >>> collection. Probably a *Vector*. >>> >>>> >>>> >> Why do you say "probably" a 'Vector'? The standard Android classes that >> use a collection include >> http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/SimpleAdapter.html >> that uses 'ArrayList', not 'Vector'. I was not able in a brief search to >> find anything in the Android docs >> that would lead a person to use 'Vector'. >> >> It is striking to me how much pernicious life the 'Vector' class has even >> fifteen years after it was declared obsolete. >> >> Ditto 'Hashtable' but somewhat less so. >> > -- Lew -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
