I am having problem using methods on class Hashtable in jdb using 1.4,
I get error "Arguments match no method" . I will appreciate if someone
can provide a work-around, besides using the 1.5 debugger.

Consider the following simple (empty) class: public class Empty {public
static void main(String[] args) {}}

Testing with jdb 1.4 results in error as described above:

$ jdb Empty
Initializing jdb ...

Deferring breakpoint Empty.main.
It will be set after the class is loaded.

run Empty
Set uncaught java.lang.Throwable
Set deferred uncaught java.lang.Throwable

VM Started: Set deferred breakpoint Empty.main

Breakpoint hit: "thread=main", Empty.main(), line=1 bci=0
1    public class Empty {public static void main(String[] args) {}}

main[1] print new java.util.Hashtable().get("key")
Arguments match no method
new java.util.Hashtable().get("key") = null
main[1] exit

But jdb from 1.5 works properly:

hpandya@Hemalp /c/java Wed Aug 10 11:54:03 2005
$ jdb5 Empty; bash
Initializing jdb ...

Deferring breakpoint Empty.main.
It will be set after the class is loaded.

run Empty
Set uncaught java.lang.Throwable
Set deferred uncaught java.lang.Throwable

VM Started: Set deferred breakpoint Empty.main

Breakpoint hit: "thread=main", Empty.main(), line=1 bci=0
1    public class Empty {public static void main(String[] args) {}}

main[1] print new java.util.Hashtable().get("key")
new java.util.Hashtable().get("key") = null
main[1] exit
hpandya@Hemalp /c/java Wed Aug 10 11:54:19 2005
$

If I do use debugger from 1.5, will the behavior be same as using the
1.4 debugger if I use it with source compiled with javac 1.4?

Thanks in advance,