Tim Peierls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 13:59, Gus Mueller wrote: >> > I was wondering if anyone saw any problems with using a >> > Dictionary instead of a Hastable in XmlRpc.java >> > josh lucas wrote: > > >> afaik, we are still trying to stay compatible with 1.1 and thus >> can't use Dictionary... > > Dictionary is since 1.0 but is marked as obsolete. So we wouldn't > want to use it, not because we are trying to stay compatible > with 1.1 but because we want to stay compatible with _later_ > JDKs. The interface Gus Mueller should really be asking for > is java.util.Map, which is indeed not present in 1.1.
Probably a SortedMap or derivative. > I've been raising the 1.1 compatibility issue every year or so, > and the last time I did, Dan Rall got a tentative consensus that > XML-RPC could drop 1.1 compatibility. But no one came forth with a > patch (myself included). Yeah, we can drop it if anyone wants to submit a patch. I'm still a bit unsure about how this will affect use from applets, but as a 1.2 plug-in is available, I'm hoping it won't be a major issue.
