I agree with you. yeah, there are some new APIs in nio Files that you weren't aware of. But now you have to know go to Files for the "Good API" instead of the old "File" API. Bow to the Gods of backwards compatibility!
The JDBC API is still beyond horrible (is there a decent 3rd party SQL API?). Checked Exceptions still survive. String still lacks many basic features.... and sadly as others have pointed out to get usable APIs you need Apache Commons.
I agree, Oracle needs to do some house cleaning. Some times it's ok to break things. Don't do it too often, but once every 10 years seems ok to me!
The JDBC API is still beyond horrible (is there a decent 3rd party SQL API?). Checked Exceptions still survive. String still lacks many basic features.... and sadly as others have pointed out to get usable APIs you need Apache Commons.
I agree, Oracle needs to do some house cleaning. Some times it's ok to break things. Don't do it too often, but once every 10 years seems ok to me!