Overview (Old Enumeration API)

Old Enumeration API
Package	Description
org.openide.util.enum	A set of old, deprecated utility classes for working with enumerations.

This module contains utility classes to work with, create, compose or filter enumerations. However as these classes reside in enum package, they cannot be referenced when using javac's -source 1.5.

What is New (see all changes)?

Jun 7 '04 enum package deprecated and replaced by Enumerations factory class
enum is a keyword in JDK 1.5 and as such it should not be used. That is the reason why we had to deprecated our org.openide.util.enum package. We are providing replacements of the original classes in form of factory methods org.openide.util.Enumerations.
Oct 19 '00 Default filter enumeration accepts any non-null value
FilterEnumeration is no longer abstract. The default implementation accepts all non-null values.

Use Cases

Most of the functionality is deprecated, so it is better to go and use the replacement API in org-openide-util.jar.

Exported Interfaces

This table lists all of the module exported APIs with defined stability classifications. It is generated based on answers to questions about the architecture of the module. Read them all...

Group of java interfaces

Interface Name	In/Out	Stability	Specified in What Document?
OldEnumerationsAPI	Exported	Deprecated	is deprecated and replaced with the Enumerations class.

Implementation Details

Where are the sources for the module?

The sources for the module are in the NetBeans Mercurial repositories.

What do other modules need to do to declare a dependency on this one, in addition to or instead of a plain module dependency?

Nothing.

Read more about the implementation in the answers to architecture questions.

Old Enumeration APIDeprecated