In Java 1.0 and 1.1, the two primary collection classes were Vector and Hashtable, and the Iterator design pattern was implemented in a class called Enumeration.

All the classes released in Java 2 that implement the collection interface contain an iterator () method, which returns an instance of the Iterator. There's nearly universal support for the Iterator ...

Iterator differs from Enumeration because iterator allows the caller to remove the elements while traversing through the collection. Enumeration doesn't have remove method. Enumeration is a legacy ...

The iterator pattern is implemented in Java for all classes which implement a Collection. The Enumeration interface defines the methods by which you can enumerate (obtain one at a time) the elements ...