Vector

public class Vector
extends AbstractList<E> implements List<E>, RandomAccess, Cloneable, Serializable

java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.util.AbstractCollection<E>
     ↳ java.util.AbstractList<E>
       ↳ java.util.Vector<E>


The Vector class implements a growable array of objects. Like an array, it contains components that can be accessed using an integer index. However, the size of a Vector can grow or shrink as needed to accommodate adding and removing items after the Vector has been created.

Each vector tries to optimize storage management by maintaining a capacity and a capacityIncrement. The capacity is always at least as large as the vector size; it is usually larger because as components are added to the vector, the vector's storage increases in chunks the size of capacityIncrement. An application can increase the capacity of a vector before inserting a large number of components; this reduces the amount of incremental reallocation.

The iterators returned by this class's iterator and listIterator methods are fail-fast: if the vector is structurally modified at any time after the iterator is created, in any way except through the iterator's own remove or add methods, the iterator will throw a ConcurrentModificationException. Thus, in the face of concurrent modification, the iterator fails quickly and cleanly, rather than risking arbitrary, non-deterministic behavior at an undetermined time in the future. The Enumerations returned by the elements method are not fail-fast; if the Vector is structurally modified at any time after the enumeration is created then the results of enumerating are undefined.

Note that the fail-fast behavior of an iterator cannot be guaranteed as it is, generally speaking, impossible to make any hard guarantees in the presence of unsynchronized concurrent modification. Fail-fast iterators throw ConcurrentModificationException on a best-effort basis. Therefore, it would be wrong to write a program that depended on this exception for its correctness: the fail-fast behavior of iterators should be used only to detect bugs.

As of the Java 2 platform v1.2, this class was retrofitted to implement the List interface, making it a member of the Java Collections Framework. Unlike the new collection implementations, Vector is synchronized. If a thread-safe implementation is not needed, it is recommended to use ArrayList in place of Vector.

Summary

Fields

protected int capacityIncrement

The amount by which the capacity of the vector is automatically incremented when its size becomes greater than its capacity.

protected int elementCount

The number of valid components in this Vector object.

protected Object[] elementData

The array buffer into which the components of the vector are stored.

Inherited fields

Public constructors

Vector(int initialCapacity, int capacityIncrement)

Constructs an empty vector with the specified initial capacity and capacity increment.

Vector(int initialCapacity)

Constructs an empty vector with the specified initial capacity and with its capacity increment equal to zero.

Vector()

Constructs an empty vector so that its internal data array has size 10 and its standard capacity increment is zero.

Vector(Collection<? extends E> c)

Constructs a vector containing the elements of the specified collection, in the order they are returned by the collection's iterator.

Public methods

void add(int index, E element)

Inserts the specified element at the specified position in this Vector.

boolean add(E e)

Appends the specified element to the end of this Vector.

boolean addAll(int index, Collection<? extends E> c)

Inserts all of the elements in the specified Collection into this Vector at the specified position.

boolean addAll(Collection<? extends E> c)

Appends all of the elements in the specified Collection to the end of this Vector, in the order that they are returned by the specified Collection's Iterator.

void addElement(E obj)

Adds the specified component to the end of this vector, increasing its size by one.

int capacity()

Returns the current capacity of this vector.

void clear()

Removes all of the elements from this Vector.

Object clone()

Returns a clone of this vector.

boolean contains(Object o)

Returns true if this vector contains the specified element.

boolean containsAll(Collection<?> c)

Returns true if this Vector contains all of the elements in the specified Collection.

void copyInto(Object[] anArray)

Copies the components of this vector into the specified array.

E elementAt(int index)

Returns the component at the specified index.

Enumeration<E> elements()

Returns an enumeration of the components of this vector.

void ensureCapacity(int minCapacity)

Increases the capacity of this vector, if necessary, to ensure that it can hold at least the number of components specified by the minimum capacity argument.

boolean equals(Object o)

Compares the specified Object with this Vector for equality.

E firstElement()

Returns the first component (the item at index 0) of this vector.

void forEach(Consumer<? super E> action)
E get(int index)

Returns the element at the specified position in this Vector.

int hashCode()

Returns the hash code value for this Vector.

int indexOf(Object o)

Returns the index of the first occurrence of the specified element in this vector, or -1 if this vector does not contain the element.

int indexOf(Object o, int index)

Returns the index of the first occurrence of the specified element in this vector, searching forwards from index, or returns -1 if the element is not found.

void insertElementAt(E obj, int index)

Inserts the specified object as a component in this vector at the specified index.

boolean isEmpty()

Tests if this vector has no components.

Iterator<E> iterator()

Returns an iterator over the elements in this list in proper sequence.

E lastElement()

Returns the last component of the vector.

int lastIndexOf(Object o)

Returns the index of the last occurrence of the specified element in this vector, or -1 if this vector does not contain the element.

int lastIndexOf(Object o, int index)

Returns the index of the last occurrence of the specified element in this vector, searching backwards from index, or returns -1 if the element is not found.

ListIterator<E> listIterator(int index)

Returns a list iterator over the elements in this list (in proper sequence), starting at the specified position in the list.

ListIterator<E> listIterator()

Returns a list iterator over the elements in this list (in proper sequence).

boolean remove(Object o)

Removes the first occurrence of the specified element in this Vector If the Vector does not contain the element, it is unchanged.

E remove(int index)

Removes the element at the specified position in this Vector.

boolean removeAll(Collection<?> c)

Removes from this Vector all of its elements that are contained in the specified Collection.

void removeAllElements()

Removes all components from this vector and sets its size to zero.

boolean removeElement(Object obj)

Removes the first (lowest-indexed) occurrence of the argument from this vector.

void removeElementAt(int index)

Deletes the component at the specified index.

boolean removeIf(Predicate<? super E> filter)

Removes all of the elements of this collection that satisfy the given predicate.

void replaceAll(UnaryOperator<E> operator)

Replaces each element of this list with the result of applying the operator to that element.

boolean retainAll(Collection<?> c)

Retains only the elements in this Vector that are contained in the specified Collection.

E set(int index, E element)

Replaces the element at the specified position in this Vector with the specified element.

void setElementAt(E obj, int index)

Sets the component at the specified index of this vector to be the specified object.

void setSize(int newSize)

Sets the size of this vector.

int size()

Returns the number of components in this vector.

void sort(Comparator<? super E> c)

Sorts this list according to the order induced by the specified Comparator.

Spliterator<E> spliterator()

Creates a late-binding and fail-fast Spliterator over the elements in this list.

List<E> subList(int fromIndex, int toIndex)

Returns a view of the portion of this List between fromIndex, inclusive, and toIndex, exclusive.

Object[] toArray()

Returns an array containing all of the elements in this Vector in the correct order.

<T> T[] toArray(T[] a)

Returns an array containing all of the elements in this Vector in the correct order; the runtime type of the returned array is that of the specified array.

String toString()

Returns a string representation of this Vector, containing the String representation of each element.

void trimToSize()

Trims the capacity of this vector to be the vector's current size.

Protected methods

void removeRange(int fromIndex, int toIndex)

Removes from this list all of the elements whose index is between fromIndex, inclusive, and toIndex, exclusive.

Inherited methods

Fields

capacityIncrement

Added in API level 1
protected int capacityIncrement

The amount by which the capacity of the vector is automatically incremented when its size becomes greater than its capacity. If the capacity increment is less than or equal to zero, the capacity of the vector is doubled each time it needs to grow.

elementCount

Added in API level 1
protected int elementCount

The number of valid components in this Vector object. Components elementData[0] through elementData[elementCount-1] are the actual items.

elementData

Added in API level 1
protected Object[] elementData

The array buffer into which the components of the vector are stored. The capacity of the vector is the length of this array buffer, and is at least large enough to contain all the vector's elements.

Any array elements following the last element in the Vector are null.

Public constructors

Vector

Added in API level 1
public Vector (int initialCapacity, 
                int capacityIncrement)

Constructs an empty vector with the specified initial capacity and capacity increment.

Parameters
initialCapacity int: the initial capacity of the vector

capacityIncrement int: the amount by which the capacity is increased when the vector overflows

Throws
IllegalArgumentException if the specified initial capacity is negative

Vector

Added in API level 1
public Vector (int initialCapacity)

Constructs an empty vector with the specified initial capacity and with its capacity increment equal to zero.

Parameters
initialCapacity int: the initial capacity of the vector

Throws
IllegalArgumentException if the specified initial capacity is negative

Vector

Added in API level 1
public Vector ()

Constructs an empty vector so that its internal data array has size 10 and its standard capacity increment is zero.

Vector

Added in API level 1
public Vector (Collection<? extends E> c)

Constructs a vector containing the elements of the specified collection, in the order they are returned by the collection's iterator.

Parameters
c Collection: the collection whose elements are to be placed into this vector

Throws
NullPointerException if the specified collection is null

Public methods

add

Added in API level 1
public void add (int index, 
                E element)

Inserts the specified element at the specified position in this Vector. Shifts the element currently at that position (if any) and any subsequent elements to the right (adds one to their indices).

Parameters
index int: index at which the specified element is to be inserted

element E: element to be inserted

Throws
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range (index < 0 || index > size())

add

Added in API level 1
public boolean add (E e)

Appends the specified element to the end of this Vector.

Parameters
e E: element to be appended to this Vector

Returns
boolean true (as specified by Collection#add)

addAll

Added in API level 1
public boolean addAll (int index, 
                Collection<? extends E> c)

Inserts all of the elements in the specified Collection into this Vector at the specified position. Shifts the element currently at that position (if any) and any subsequent elements to the right (increases their indices). The new elements will appear in the Vector in the order that they are returned by the specified Collection's iterator.

Parameters
index int: index at which to insert the first element from the specified collection

c Collection: elements to be inserted into this Vector

Returns
boolean true if this Vector changed as a result of the call

Throws
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range (index < 0 || index > size())
NullPointerException if the specified collection is null

addAll

Added in API level 1
public boolean addAll (Collection<? extends E> c)

Appends all of the elements in the specified Collection to the end of this Vector, in the order that they are returned by the specified Collection's Iterator. The behavior of this operation is undefined if the specified Collection is modified while the operation is in progress. (This implies that the behavior of this call is undefined if the specified Collection is this Vector, and this Vector is nonempty.)

Parameters
c Collection: elements to be inserted into this Vector

Returns
boolean true if this Vector changed as a result of the call

Throws
NullPointerException if the specified collection is null

addElement

Added in API level 1
public void addElement (E obj)

Adds the specified component to the end of this vector, increasing its size by one. The capacity of this vector is increased if its size becomes greater than its capacity.

This method is identical in functionality to the add(E) method (which is part of the List interface).

Parameters
obj E: the component to be added

capacity

Added in API level 1
public int capacity ()

Returns the current capacity of this vector.

Returns
int the current capacity (the length of its internal data array, kept in the field elementData of this vector)

clear

Added in API level 1
public void clear ()

Removes all of the elements from this Vector. The Vector will be empty after this call returns (unless it throws an exception).

clone

Added in API level 1
public Object clone ()

Returns a clone of this vector. The copy will contain a reference to a clone of the internal data array, not a reference to the original internal data array of this Vector object.

Returns
Object a clone of this vector

contains

Added in API level 1
public boolean contains (Object o)

Returns true if this vector contains the specified element. More formally, returns true if and only if this vector contains at least one element e such that Objects.equals(o, e).

Parameters
o Object: element whose presence in this vector is to be tested

Returns
boolean true if this vector contains the specified element

containsAll

Added in API level 1
public boolean containsAll (Collection<?> c)

Returns true if this Vector contains all of the elements in the specified Collection.

Parameters
c Collection: a collection whose elements will be tested for containment in this Vector

Returns
boolean true if this Vector contains all of the elements in the specified collection

Throws
NullPointerException if the specified collection is null

copyInto

Added in API level 1
public void copyInto (Object[] anArray)

Copies the components of this vector into the specified array. The item at index k in this vector is copied into component k of anArray.

Parameters
anArray Object: the array into which the components get copied

Throws
NullPointerException if the given array is null
IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified array is not large enough to hold all the components of this vector
ArrayStoreException if a component of this vector is not of a runtime type that can be stored in the specified array

See also:

elementAt

Added in API level 1
public E elementAt (int index)

Returns the component at the specified index.

This method is identical in functionality to the get(int) method (which is part of the List interface).

Parameters
index int: an index into this vector

Returns
E the component at the specified index

Throws
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range (index < 0 || index >= size())

elements

Added in API level 1
public Enumeration<E> elements ()

Returns an enumeration of the components of this vector. The returned Enumeration object will generate all items in this vector. The first item generated is the item at index 0, then the item at index 1, and so on. If the vector is structurally modified while enumerating over the elements then the results of enumerating are undefined.

Returns
Enumeration<E> an enumeration of the components of this vector

See also:

ensureCapacity

Added in API level 1
public void ensureCapacity (int minCapacity)

Increases the capacity of this vector, if necessary, to ensure that it can hold at least the number of components specified by the minimum capacity argument.

If the current capacity of this vector is less than minCapacity, then its capacity is increased by replacing its internal data array, kept in the field elementData, with a larger one. The size of the new data array will be the old size plus capacityIncrement, unless the value of capacityIncrement is less than or equal to zero, in which case the new capacity will be twice the old capacity; but if this new size is still smaller than minCapacity, then the new capacity will be minCapacity.

Parameters
minCapacity int: the desired minimum capacity

equals

Added in API level 1
public boolean equals (Object o)

Compares the specified Object with this Vector for equality. Returns true if and only if the specified Object is also a List, both Lists have the same size, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two Lists are equal. (Two elements e1 and e2 are equal if Objects.equals(e1, e2).) In other words, two Lists are defined to be equal if they contain the same elements in the same order.

Parameters
o Object: the Object to be compared for equality with this Vector

Returns
boolean true if the specified Object is equal to this Vector

firstElement

Added in API level 1
public E firstElement ()

Returns the first component (the item at index 0) of this vector.

Returns
E the first component of this vector

Throws
NoSuchElementException if this vector has no components

forEach

Added in API level 24
public void forEach (Consumer<? super E> action)

Parameters
action Consumer

Throws
NullPointerException

get

Added in API level 1
public E get (int index)

Returns the element at the specified position in this Vector.

Parameters
index int: index of the element to return

Returns
E object at the specified index

Throws
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range (index < 0 || index >= size())

hashCode

Added in API level 1
public int hashCode ()

Returns the hash code value for this Vector.

Returns
int the hash code value for this list

indexOf

Added in API level 1
public int indexOf (Object o)

Returns the index of the first occurrence of the specified element in this vector, or -1 if this vector does not contain the element. More formally, returns the lowest index i such that Objects.equals(o, get(i)), or -1 if there is no such index.

Parameters
o Object: element to search for

Returns
int the index of the first occurrence of the specified element in this vector, or -1 if this vector does not contain the element

indexOf

Added in API level 1
public int indexOf (Object o, 
                int index)

Returns the index of the first occurrence of the specified element in this vector, searching forwards from index, or returns -1 if the element is not found. More formally, returns the lowest index i such that (i >= index && Objects.equals(o, get(i))), or -1 if there is no such index.

Parameters
o Object: element to search for

index int: index to start searching from

Returns
int the index of the first occurrence of the element in this vector at position index or later in the vector; -1 if the element is not found.

Throws
IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified index is negative

insertElementAt

Added in API level 1
public void insertElementAt (E obj, 
                int index)

Inserts the specified object as a component in this vector at the specified index. Each component in this vector with an index greater or equal to the specified index is shifted upward to have an index one greater than the value it had previously.

The index must be a value greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the current size of the vector. (If the index is equal to the current size of the vector, the new element is appended to the Vector.)

This method is identical in functionality to the add(int, E) method (which is part of the List interface). Note that the add method reverses the order of the parameters, to more closely match array usage.

Parameters
obj E: the component to insert

index int: where to insert the new component

Throws
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range (index < 0 || index > size())

isEmpty

Added in API level 1
public boolean isEmpty ()

Tests if this vector has no components.

Returns
boolean true if and only if this vector has no components, that is, its size is zero; false otherwise.

iterator

Added in API level 1
public Iterator<E> iterator ()

Returns an iterator over the elements in this list in proper sequence.

The returned iterator is fail-fast.

Returns
Iterator<E> an iterator over the elements in this list in proper sequence

lastElement

Added in API level 1
public E lastElement ()

Returns the last component of the vector.

Returns
E the last component of the vector, i.e., the component at index size() - 1

Throws
NoSuchElementException if this vector is empty

lastIndexOf

Added in API level 1
public int lastIndexOf (Object o)

Returns the index of the last occurrence of the specified element in this vector, or -1 if this vector does not contain the element. More formally, returns the highest index i such that Objects.equals(o, get(i)), or -1 if there is no such index.

Parameters
o Object: element to search for

Returns
int the index of the last occurrence of the specified element in this vector, or -1 if this vector does not contain the element

lastIndexOf

Added in API level 1
public int lastIndexOf (Object o, 
                int index)

Returns the index of the last occurrence of the specified element in this vector, searching backwards from index, or returns -1 if the element is not found. More formally, returns the highest index i such that (i <= index && Objects.equals(o, get(i))), or -1 if there is no such index.

Parameters
o Object: element to search for

index int: index to start searching backwards from

Returns
int the index of the last occurrence of the element at position less than or equal to index in this vector; -1 if the element is not found.

Throws
IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified index is greater than or equal to the current size of this vector

listIterator

Added in API level 1
public ListIterator<E> listIterator (int index)

Returns a list iterator over the elements in this list (in proper sequence), starting at the specified position in the list. The specified index indicates the first element that would be returned by an initial call to next. An initial call to previous would return the element with the specified index minus one.

The returned list iterator is fail-fast.

Parameters
index int: index of the first element to be returned from the list iterator (by a call to next)

Returns
ListIterator<E> a list iterator over the elements in this list (in proper sequence), starting at the specified position in the list

Throws
IndexOutOfBoundsException

listIterator

Added in API level 1
public ListIterator<E> listIterator ()

Returns a list iterator over the elements in this list (in proper sequence).

The returned list iterator is fail-fast.

Returns
ListIterator<E> a list iterator over the elements in this list (in proper sequence)

See also:

remove

Added in API level 1
public boolean remove (Object o)

Removes the first occurrence of the specified element in this Vector If the Vector does not contain the element, it is unchanged. More formally, removes the element with the lowest index i such that Objects.equals(o, get(i)) (if such an element exists).

Parameters
o Object: element to be removed from this Vector, if present

Returns
boolean true if the Vector contained the specified element

remove

Added in API level 1
public E remove (int index)

Removes the element at the specified position in this Vector. Shifts any subsequent elements to the left (subtracts one from their indices). Returns the element that was removed from the Vector.

Parameters
index int: the index of the element to be removed

Returns
E element that was removed

Throws
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range (index < 0 || index >= size())

removeAll

Added in API level 1
public boolean removeAll (Collection<?> c)

Removes from this Vector all of its elements that are contained in the specified Collection.

Parameters
c Collection: a collection of elements to be removed from the Vector

Returns
boolean true if this Vector changed as a result of the call

Throws
ClassCastException if the types of one or more elements in this vector are incompatible with the specified collection (optional)
NullPointerException if this vector contains one or more null elements and the specified collection does not support null elements (optional), or if the specified collection is null

removeAllElements

Added in API level 1
public void removeAllElements ()

Removes all components from this vector and sets its size to zero.

This method is identical in functionality to the clear() method (which is part of the List interface).

removeElement

Added in API level 1
public boolean removeElement (Object obj)

Removes the first (lowest-indexed) occurrence of the argument from this vector. If the object is found in this vector, each component in the vector with an index greater or equal to the object's index is shifted downward to have an index one smaller than the value it had previously.

This method is identical in functionality to the remove(java.lang.Object) method (which is part of the List interface).

Parameters
obj Object: the component to be removed

Returns
boolean true if the argument was a component of this vector; false otherwise.

removeElementAt

Added in API level 1
public void removeElementAt (int index)

Deletes the component at the specified index. Each component in this vector with an index greater or equal to the specified index is shifted downward to have an index one smaller than the value it had previously. The size of this vector is decreased by 1.

The index must be a value greater than or equal to 0 and less than the current size of the vector.

This method is identical in functionality to the remove(int) method (which is part of the List interface). Note that the remove method returns the old value that was stored at the specified position.

Parameters
index int: the index of the object to remove

Throws
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range (index < 0 || index >= size())

removeIf

Added in API level 24
public boolean removeIf (Predicate<? super E> filter)

Removes all of the elements of this collection that satisfy the given predicate. Errors or runtime exceptions thrown during iteration or by the predicate are relayed to the caller.

Parameters
filter Predicate: a predicate which returns true for elements to be removed

Returns
boolean true if any elements were removed

Throws
NullPointerException

replaceAll

Added in API level 24
public void replaceAll (UnaryOperator<E> operator)

Replaces each element of this list with the result of applying the operator to that element. Errors or runtime exceptions thrown by the operator are relayed to the caller.

Parameters
operator UnaryOperator: the operator to apply to each element

Throws
NullPointerException

retainAll

Added in API level 1
public boolean retainAll (Collection<?> c)

Retains only the elements in this Vector that are contained in the specified Collection. In other words, removes from this Vector all of its elements that are not contained in the specified Collection.

Parameters
c Collection: a collection of elements to be retained in this Vector (all other elements are removed)

Returns
boolean true if this Vector changed as a result of the call

Throws
ClassCastException if the types of one or more elements in this vector are incompatible with the specified collection (optional)
NullPointerException if this vector contains one or more null elements and the specified collection does not support null elements (optional), or if the specified collection is null

set

Added in API level 1
public E set (int index, 
                E element)

Replaces the element at the specified position in this Vector with the specified element.

Parameters
index int: index of the element to replace

element E: element to be stored at the specified position

Returns
E the element previously at the specified position

Throws
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range (index < 0 || index >= size())

setElementAt

Added in API level 1
public void setElementAt (E obj, 
                int index)

Sets the component at the specified index of this vector to be the specified object. The previous component at that position is discarded.

The index must be a value greater than or equal to 0 and less than the current size of the vector.

This method is identical in functionality to the set(int, E) method (which is part of the List interface). Note that the set method reverses the order of the parameters, to more closely match array usage. Note also that the set method returns the old value that was stored at the specified position.

Parameters
obj E: what the component is to be set to

index int: the specified index

Throws
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range (index < 0 || index >= size())

setSize

Added in API level 1
public void setSize (int newSize)

Sets the size of this vector. If the new size is greater than the current size, new null items are added to the end of the vector. If the new size is less than the current size, all components at index newSize and greater are discarded.

Parameters
newSize int: the new size of this vector

Throws
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the new size is negative

size

Added in API level 1
public int size ()

Returns the number of components in this vector.

Returns
int the number of components in this vector

sort

Added in API level 24
public void sort (Comparator<? super E> c)

Sorts this list according to the order induced by the specified Comparator.

All elements in this list must be mutually comparable using the specified comparator (that is, c.compare(e1, e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the list).

If the specified comparator is null then all elements in this list must implement the Comparable interface and the elements' natural ordering should be used.

This list must be modifiable, but need not be resizable.

For apps running on and targeting Android versions greater than Nougat (API level > 25), Collections#sort(List) delegates to this method. Such apps must not call Collections#sort(List) from this method. Instead, prefer not overriding this method at all. If you must override it, consider this implementation:

 @Override
 public void sort(Comparator<? super E> c) {
   Object[] elements = toArray();
   Arrays.sort(elements, c);
   ListIterator<E> iterator = (ListIterator<Object>) listIterator();
   for (Object element : elements) {
     iterator.next();
     iterator.set((E) element);
   }
 }
 

Parameters
c Comparator: the Comparator used to compare list elements. A null value indicates that the elements' natural ordering should be used

spliterator

Added in API level 24
public Spliterator<E> spliterator ()

Creates a late-binding and fail-fast Spliterator over the elements in this list.

The Spliterator reports Spliterator#SIZED, Spliterator#SUBSIZED, and Spliterator#ORDERED. Overriding implementations should document the reporting of additional characteristic values.

Returns
Spliterator<E> a Spliterator over the elements in this list

subList

Added in API level 1
public List<E> subList (int fromIndex, 
                int toIndex)

Returns a view of the portion of this List between fromIndex, inclusive, and toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex and toIndex are equal, the returned List is empty.) The returned List is backed by this List, so changes in the returned List are reflected in this List, and vice-versa. The returned List supports all of the optional List operations supported by this List.

This method eliminates the need for explicit range operations (of the sort that commonly exist for arrays). Any operation that expects a List can be used as a range operation by operating on a subList view instead of a whole List. For example, the following idiom removes a range of elements from a List:

      list.subList(from, to).clear();
 
Similar idioms may be constructed for indexOf and lastIndexOf, and all of the algorithms in the Collections class can be applied to a subList.

The semantics of the List returned by this method become undefined if the backing list (i.e., this List) is structurally modified in any way other than via the returned List. (Structural modifications are those that change the size of the List, or otherwise perturb it in such a fashion that iterations in progress may yield incorrect results.)

Parameters
fromIndex int: low endpoint (inclusive) of the subList

toIndex int: high endpoint (exclusive) of the subList

Returns
List<E> a view of the specified range within this List

Throws
IndexOutOfBoundsException if an endpoint index value is out of range (fromIndex < 0 || toIndex > size)
IllegalArgumentException if the endpoint indices are out of order (fromIndex > toIndex)

toArray

Added in API level 1
public Object[] toArray ()

Returns an array containing all of the elements in this Vector in the correct order.

Returns
Object[] an array, whose type is Object, containing all of the elements in this collection

toArray

Added in API level 1
public T[] toArray (T[] a)

Returns an array containing all of the elements in this Vector in the correct order; the runtime type of the returned array is that of the specified array. If the Vector fits in the specified array, it is returned therein. Otherwise, a new array is allocated with the runtime type of the specified array and the size of this Vector.

If the Vector fits in the specified array with room to spare (i.e., the array has more elements than the Vector), the element in the array immediately following the end of the Vector is set to null. (This is useful in determining the length of the Vector only if the caller knows that the Vector does not contain any null elements.)

Parameters
a T: the array into which the elements of the Vector are to be stored, if it is big enough; otherwise, a new array of the same runtime type is allocated for this purpose.

Returns
T[] an array containing the elements of the Vector

Throws
ArrayStoreException if the runtime type of a, <T>, is not a supertype of the runtime type, <E>, of every element in this Vector
NullPointerException if the given array is null

toString

Added in API level 1
public String toString ()

Returns a string representation of this Vector, containing the String representation of each element.

Returns
String a string representation of this collection

trimToSize

Added in API level 1
public void trimToSize ()

Trims the capacity of this vector to be the vector's current size. If the capacity of this vector is larger than its current size, then the capacity is changed to equal the size by replacing its internal data array, kept in the field elementData, with a smaller one. An application can use this operation to minimize the storage of a vector.

Protected methods

removeRange

Added in API level 1
protected void removeRange (int fromIndex, 
                int toIndex)

Removes from this list all of the elements whose index is between fromIndex, inclusive, and toIndex, exclusive. Shifts any succeeding elements to the left (reduces their index). This call shortens the list by (toIndex - fromIndex) elements. (If toIndex==fromIndex, this operation has no effect.)

Parameters
fromIndex int: index of first element to be removed

toIndex int: index after last element to be removed