So then sandbox/util/SequencedHashtable can be removed? > -----Original Message----- > From: John McNally [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 12:47 PM > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: Silly Question > > > SequencedHashMap is the consequence of moving > sandbox/util/SequencedHashtable into collections. So there > is no reason to add SequencedHashtable again (this time as > is.) I think what ought to be done is to fix the javadoc in > both classes. > > Remove the "This class is thread-safe" declaration in > SequencedHashMap. > > Add some text to SequencedHashtable to the affect of what > Michael states below and deprecate it. > > john mcnally > > "Michael A. Smith" wrote: > > > > On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Scott Sanders wrote: > > > > Are you asking whether SequencedHashtable should be > committed to > > > > the collections component unaltered? > > > > > > Yes. > > > > I'm not a committer, so weigh my thoughts how you wish: In my > > opinion, no. While a synchronized version may be > worthwhile, I think > > it would be better implemented wrapping the impl in > SequencedHashMap > > using Collections.synchronizedMap. Having it inherit from > Hashtable > > rather than HashMap doesn't really add anything other than > increased > > headache in maintenance (any bug fixes would need to be applied to > > both SequencedHashtable and SequencedHashMap) > > > > > >Asking whether > > > > no-JDK 1.2 collection types can go into the collections > > > >component? > > > > > > Yes. > > > > Again, I'm not a committer, so weigh my thoughts how you wish: The > > commons collections component is attempting to fill "holes left > > unfilled by Sun's implementations"[1]. Non-JDK 1.2-based > collections > > could appropriately fit within that charter, thus should > certainly be > > allowed in the collections component. For example, a Heap > > implementation that orders things based on a priority > specified when > > inserting the item into the heap (requires add(Object o, > int priority) > > which doesn't exist anywhere in the JDK 1.2 collections API). > > > > regards, > > michael > > > > [1] http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/collections.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:commons-dev-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For > additional commands, > e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:commons-dev-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For > additional commands, > e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >
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