I've added comments below...
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> From: Nic Ferrier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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I was planning on doing that once I saw the responses to my original
post.
> That's a point of view but there is stuff that you can do with
> Collections that you can't do with Dictionary (ordering and
> different views of the data).
> The classes are also more robust from a threading point of view.
I agree completely. I much prefer the 1.2 collections to Hashtable and
Vector.
> Before API 2.1 came out this list was polled for JDK version and the
> vote was pretty unanimous (then) for JDK1.2.
Oops, I missed that. How long ago was it? (I'd like to go check the
archives.)
> Lastly note that the proposed changes won't break very many servlets
> (_)practically_ none at all).
I understand that. My biggest concern was the requirement for 1.2.
Right now, it is possible to develop and run servlets on a wide
variety of platforms, including Mac, BSD and some embedded systems. I
think the last is an important area for servlets, as many standalone
devices are now configured using HTTP/HTML. Supporting servlets is a
powerful addition to that.
But if servlets move to JDK 1.2 only, none of that will work. The
number of platforms (not installed base) that support 1.2 robustly is
tiny. You can count them on your fingers.
That is not platform independence. It is barely even vendor
independent.
- Paul Philion
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