Java Vector class

Vector class implements a dynamic array. And ArrayList and similar, but they are different:

• Vector is synchronized access.
• Vector contains many of the traditional methods, which do not belong to the set framework.

Vector is mainly used in the size of the array is not known beforehand, or just need someone to change the situation of the array size.

Vector class supports four constructor.

The first constructor creates a default vector, the default size is 10:

Vector()

The second constructor creates a vector of the specified size.

Vector(int size)

The third constructor creates a vector of the specified size, and the increment specified by incr. Increments the number of vector elements in increments of.

Vector(int size,int incr)

Fourth constructor creates a vector that contains a collection of c elements:

Vector(Collection c)

In addition to the parent class method inherited from outer Vector also defines the following methods:

Examples

The following program illustrates this collection supports several methods:

import java.util.*;

public class VectorDemo {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
      // initial size is 3, increment is 2
      Vector v = new Vector(3, 2);
      System.out.println("Initial size: " + v.size());
      System.out.println("Initial capacity: " +
      v.capacity());
      v.addElement(new Integer(1));
      v.addElement(new Integer(2));
      v.addElement(new Integer(3));
      v.addElement(new Integer(4));
      System.out.println("Capacity after four additions: " +
          v.capacity());

      v.addElement(new Double(5.45));
      System.out.println("Current capacity: " +
      v.capacity());
      v.addElement(new Double(6.08));
      v.addElement(new Integer(7));
      System.out.println("Current capacity: " +
      v.capacity());
      v.addElement(new Float(9.4));
      v.addElement(new Integer(10));
      System.out.println("Current capacity: " +
      v.capacity());
      v.addElement(new Integer(11));
      v.addElement(new Integer(12));
      System.out.println("First element: " +
         (Integer)v.firstElement());
      System.out.println("Last element: " +
         (Integer)v.lastElement());
      if(v.contains(new Integer(3)))
         System.out.println("Vector contains 3.");
      // enumerate the elements in the vector.
      Enumeration vEnum = v.elements();
      System.out.println("\nElements in vector:");
      while(vEnum.hasMoreElements())
         System.out.print(vEnum.nextElement() + " ");
      System.out.println();
   }
}

The above examples compiled results are as follows:

Initial size: 0
Initial capacity: 3
Capacity after four additions: 5
Current capacity: 5
Current capacity: 7
Current capacity: 9
First element: 1
Last element: 12
Vector contains 3.

Elements in vector:
1 2 3 4 5.45 6.08 7 9.4 10 11 12