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Question: Can anyone tell me why the Java Vector class is called a ''Vector''?

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Question: Can anyone tell me why the Java Vector class is called a "Vector"?
I come from the engineering world, so I am trying to make some sense out of the name.

Answer: "Vector" is a common name for an array of one dimension. I think that it was designed to be accessed in only one direction - from start to end. Of course, you can write code to iterate backwards...
But the enumeration it goes you don't have a getPrev() method, only a getNext():

for (Enumeration e = v.elements() ; e.hasMoreElements() Wink

{
System.out.println(e.nextElement());
}

So a Vector has dimension (number of elements) and direction (in terms of access). Are you agree?
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