Hi devs,
I just stumbled across this (again) while upgrading some libraries from
4.2.0 to 4.3.0.
As I got some compile errors caused by the change to require
Dictionary<String, ?> instead of just Dictionary for e.g. service
registration (which effectively is a change in contract - breaking API -
in a minor version update), I had a look into the JavaDoc for Dictionary
again and noticed (again) that it had been deprecated for quite some time.
So I have the following questions:
1.) Why breaking compile-time API in a minor version release - at least
for Java 1.5+?
2.) If breaking compile-time anyway why not just clean up at the same
time (Dictionary -> Map)?
3.) Why is Dictionary still being used in r5 (Map is there since Java
1.2 - should be safe to change)?
I would have expected that new methods get introduced in that minor
version update using Map and the other ones marked as deprecated, so
that code maintainers have a grace period where they can test new
features coming with the new release without having to change other
parts of their module.
Thanx for any comments on this.
Cheers,
Ancoron
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