Pavel,
The stated reason is to discourage use of a 'poor man's collection'. See Java Collections API Design FAQ (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/collections/designfaq.html) under the 'Collection Interface' section. Jason ---------------------------------------- > From: pavel.ra...@oracle.com > Subject: A List from Iterator > Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 17:13:33 +0100 > To: core-libs-dev@openjdk.java.net > > Hi everyone, > > Is there any particular reason why there's no convenience method for > iterators similar to j.u.Collections.list for enumerations? Or at least the > one that adapts Iterator to Enumeration and vice versa. Thanks. > > -Pavel >