A Vector class also stores elements similar to ArrayList,but Vector is Synchronized.Vector class implements the List interface.The underlying Data Structure is re-sizable array or growable array. Every method present in the Vector class is synchronized and vector object is Thread-safe.
Creating Vector Class:
1) Vector v=new Vector();//creates an empty vector object with default initital capacity 10
(OR)
2) Vector v=new Vector(int initialCapacity);//creates a vector 'object' with the specified capacity.Whenever an element is added to the initial capacity,the capacity of the vector is doubled.
Like this: new capacity=currentcapcity*2
(OR)
3) Vector v=new Vector(int initialCapacity,int incrementCapacity)
Vector specific methods:
boolean add(E e) --------> Appends the element e to the end of the list
void add(int i,E element)--------> inserts the element e at the specified index 'i'in the list
void addElement(Object 0)------>inserts the element to the vector and increses the vector size by 1,This method is synchronized.
To REMOVE objects:
element remove(int index) -----> This method removes the element at the specified position in the vector.This method also returns the element which was removed from the Vector.
boolean remove(Object o) ------> This method removes the first occurrence of the specified element object from the vector,if it is present
void clear() -----> This method removes all the elements from the vector.
To Access Elements:
Object get(int index) -----> This method returns the element available at the specified position in the vector
int size() -----> This method returns the number of elements present in the Vector.
Example:
import java.util.*;
class VectorDemo
{
public static void main(String arg[])
{
Vector v = new Vector();
System.out.println(v.capacity());
for (int i = 0;i
{
v.addElement(i);
}
System.out.println(v.capacity());
v.addElement("Aa");
System.out.println(v.capacity());
System.out.println(v);
}
}
Output:
Example 2:
This example shows creating a vector with Integer elements
import java.util.*;
class VectorTest
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
VectorInteger>v=new VectorInteger>();
//take an int type array
int x[]={12,23,34,45,55};
for(int i=0;i
{
v.add(x[i]);
}
//retrieve the elements using get()
System.out.println("vector elements");
for(int i=0;i
{
System.out.println(v.get(i));
}
//retrieve using ListIterator
System.out.println("Elements using ListIterator");
ListIterator li=v.listIterator();
System.out.println("In forward direction:");
while(li.hasNext())
System.out.println(li.next()+"\t");
System.out.println("Backward Direction:");
while(li.hasPrevious())
System.out.println(li.previous()+"\t");
}
}
Output:
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Creating Vector Class:
1) Vector v=new Vector();//creates an empty vector object with default initital capacity 10
(OR)
2) Vector v=new Vector(int initialCapacity);//creates a vector 'object' with the specified capacity.Whenever an element is added to the initial capacity,the capacity of the vector is doubled.
Like this: new capacity=currentcapcity*2
(OR)
3) Vector v=new Vector(int initialCapacity,int incrementCapacity)
Vector specific methods:
boolean add(E e) --------> Appends the element e to the end of the list
void add(int i,E element)--------> inserts the element e at the specified index 'i'in the list
void addElement(Object 0)------>inserts the element to the vector and increses the vector size by 1,This method is synchronized.
To REMOVE objects:
element remove(int index) -----> This method removes the element at the specified position in the vector.This method also returns the element which was removed from the Vector.
boolean remove(Object o) ------> This method removes the first occurrence of the specified element object from the vector,if it is present
void clear() -----> This method removes all the elements from the vector.
To Access Elements:
Object get(int index) -----> This method returns the element available at the specified position in the vector
int size() -----> This method returns the number of elements present in the Vector.
Example:
import java.util.*;
class VectorDemo
{
public static void main(String arg[])
{
Vector v = new Vector();
System.out.println(v.capacity());
for (int i = 0;i
{
v.addElement(i);
}
System.out.println(v.capacity());
v.addElement("Aa");
System.out.println(v.capacity());
System.out.println(v);
}
}
Output:
Example 2:
This example shows creating a vector with Integer elements
import java.util.*;
class VectorTest
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
VectorInteger>v=new VectorInteger>();
//take an int type array
int x[]={12,23,34,45,55};
for(int i=0;i
{
v.add(x[i]);
}
//retrieve the elements using get()
System.out.println("vector elements");
for(int i=0;i
{
System.out.println(v.get(i));
}
//retrieve using ListIterator
System.out.println("Elements using ListIterator");
ListIterator li=v.listIterator();
System.out.println("In forward direction:");
while(li.hasNext())
System.out.println(li.next()+"\t");
System.out.println("Backward Direction:");
while(li.hasPrevious())
System.out.println(li.previous()+"\t");
}
}
Output:
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