When and why use Enumeration?

Question

When is it useful to work with a Java class Enumerationand why is it useful to work with it?

Answer 1

Enumerationpretty much out of date. In Javadoc, it is an interface that generates a series of elements one at a time. Successive method calls nextElementreturn successive elements of the series. This is the predecessor Iteratorwhich (for Javadoc)

Iteratorreplaces the EnumerationJava collection structure.