Vector <Object>

hi,
im trying to put an object into a vector but when i try to print the elements of the vector, it shows different characters.....
this is a sample of what ive done
public class Try { public static void main(String args[]){ Vector<Student> sVector = new Vector<Student>(); Student student = new Student("David", 1); sVector.add(student); System.out.println("Elements of vector:" +sVector); } } class Student { String name; int number = 0; public Student(String name, int number){ this.name = name; this.number = number; } } it prints : "Elements of vector:[Student@19821f]"

what did i do wrong? the name doesnt show up. does it mean that the vector has different elements in it?
please help me im a total noob

Hi pong,

What do you expect to be printed?

pong lai pong wrote:Vector<Student> sVector = new Vector<Student>(); Student student = new Student("David", 1); sVector.add(student); System.out.println("Elements of vector:" +sVector);
it prints : "Elements of vector:[Student@19821f]"
what did i do wrong? the name doesnt show up. does it mean that the vector has different elements in it?
please help me im a total noob

sVector is a Vector
You are printing Vector but not Student Name.

I wanted to seee the name David and he student number which is 1....because im gonna manipulate it later...
but i dont know how to access it

You'll need to override the toString() method in class Student to print out something useful. Otherwise it will inherit the implementation from the super class, which in this case is Object. This implementation returns the class name, followed by an @ and the hexadecimal representation of the hash code.

so how can i print/access the student name, number??

pong lai pong wrote:so how can i print/access the student name, number??

The following tutorial gives your an example
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/usingobject.html
I recommend you to start reading from Chapter 1 to understand more about Java