Article:		The Ox Documentation Tool
Subject:		Vectors, arg!
Date:		2004-02-05 09:07:32
From:		Mike Fitzgerald
Response to: Vectors, arg!
What do you suggest instead of Vector?

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• Vectors, arg!
  2004-02-24 14:22:39 Mike Fitzgerald [Reply]
  
  Following is some feedback I got from Dave Kearns of Mentor Graphics on using Vector:

  
  "The sl.addElement(jf.getInputStream(je)) call is a synchronized call, but the code block around it is not, so potentially, another thread could invoke that method. Maybe it should be synchronized so it would be re-entrant, or safe from unexpected call from a second thread. However, there are not any static variables in the function, and it doesn't look like a function that is going to get called repeatedly. My guess is that it would get called one time. So - so what that you're using a vector? ... A vector is a convenient data structure to use. If you look at the underlying implementation, it's as solid as a linked list (since that's what it ACTUALLY is), but saves you the hassle of having to grow the thing yourself to add new items. I think some people think of Vectors as being a structure that only a BASIC or COBOL coder would use. I've used them many, many times in Java, saved myself lots of time by doing so, and never had a problem."