StringTokenizer 'legacy class'

[js06am]

The API specification for the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 states that the class StringTokenizer is 'a legacy class.' What does this mean?

a.m.

[JosAH]

The API specification for the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 states that the class StringTokenizer is 'a legacy class.' What does this mean?

a.m.

The StringTokenizer class was already there in the old Java 1.0 version. Later,
better tokenizers have been added thanks to the regular expression processing
classes. The class is next to useless and is only retained in the core library
for backward compatibility reasons. It's better not use it because before you
know they stamp this class 'depracated' which 'officially' means that future
versions of Java won't support it anymore.

kind regards,

Jos

[emekadavid]

they'll rather deprecate the class than support its use.

[dmjpro]

remember ...... in JAVA classes r not deprecated but the methods r deprecated and those methods r introduced in new Class.

kind regards.
dmjpro.

[prometheuzz]

remember ...... in JAVA classes r not deprecated but the methods r deprecated and those methods r introduced in new Class.

kind regards.
dmjpro.

That is not true: classes can be (and are*) deprecated.

* http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/...ist.html#class

[dmjpro]

a good thing i came to know today..
thanxxx.

[prometheuzz]

a good thing i came to know today..
thanxxx.

No problem.
; )

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