JDK-4172216 : StringEnumeration, RestartableEnumeration
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.util:collections
  • Affected Version: 1.2.0
  • Priority: P5
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: windows_95
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 1998-09-09
  • Updated: 2021-03-03
  • Resolved: 1998-09-17
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Description

Name: diC59631			Date: 09/09/98


public interface StringEnumeration extends Enumeration {
public boolea hasMoreTokens();
public String nextToken();
}

public interface RestartableEnumeration extends Enumeration {
public void mark();
public void reset();
}
(Review ID: 38530)
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Comments
EVALUATION StringEnumeration would be subsumed by the incorporation of a parameterized typing facility (like GJ's) into Java. We considered adding a mark/reset facility to Iterator when the 1.2 Collections facility was being designed, but we ended up deciding that it was not sufficiently useful to justify inclusion in so fundamental an interface. joshua.bloch@Eng 1998-09-16
16-09-1998