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Legacy classes
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kri shan
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Joined: Apr 08, 2004
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Why Vector and HashTable's are called as Legacy classes?
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marc weber
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Joined: Aug 31, 2004
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Legacy: "...Computing - denoting software or hardware that has been superseded but is difficult to replace because of its wide use." ~Oxford
Java's newer collections framework provides alternatives that are generally preferable to Vector and Hashtable. In particular, see ArrayList and HashMap. So although new code (probably) shouldn't be written using Vector and Hashtable, there's still plenty of old code out there keeping these classes alive.
[ February 14, 2005: Message edited by: marc weber ]
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