Is java.util.Observable used anywhere?

Question

Was chatting to a colleague about the design of Javas libraries. I mentioned I\'d always found it funny that the AWT/Swing classes called that essentially provide an Observa

Answer 1

Observer and Observable are still used in a lot of Eclipse wizard code for detecting when the stuff in input boxes changes, so the wizard itself can be updated. I've had to work with some of this stuff, changing it for our own needs.. :)