A Vector class is a Threadsafe

[PavanPL KalyanK]

A vector which says that it is a it is a Thread safe data structure.

But when i referred to the API none of its methods are synchronized like add , addElement ---.

Please let me know how a Vector class is Thread safe when none of its methods are synchronized.(Correct me if i am wrong)

[Ryan Beckett]

Unlike the new collection implementations, Vector is synchronized.

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[Campbell Ritchie]

It does say in the API that

Unlike the new collection implementations, Vector is synchronized.

[PavanPL KalyanK]

Campbell thanks for the prompt response ,, but I did not get the answer.

My Question is " Are the methods of a Vector are synchronized "?

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

PavanPL KalyanK wrote:
Please let me know how a Vector class is Thread safe when none of its methods are synchronized.(Correct me if i am wrong)

Just because the "synchronized" keyword doesn't show up in Sun's Javadocs doesn't mean the method implementation isn't synchronized. Have a look at the actual source code.

[PavanPL KalyanK]

Hey Ernest Friedman-Hill , thanks.