Java: Out with the Old, In with the New

Question

Java is nearing version 7. It occurs to me that there must be plenty of textbooks and training manuals kicking around that teach methods based on older versions of Java, whe

Answer 1

Here is one that I see:

String.split() versus StringTokenizer.

StringTokenizer is not recommended for new code, but I still see people use it.

As for compatibility, Sun makes a huge effort to have Java be backwards and forwards compatible. That partially accounts for why generics are so complex. Deprecation is also supposed to help ease transitions from old to new code.