/* 
 * Using vectors: an example
 *
 * Laura Toma
 * csci 210
 *
 */

import java.util.Vector;
import java.util.Scanner;

class VectorExample {


    public static void main(String[] args) {
	
	/* create a new vector; we could specify an initial size, if
	 * we have a good guess; in this case we don't. Note that we
	 * don't know the type of the elements in v; Java will accept
	 * anything
	 */
	Vector v = new Vector ();
	
	/* the preferred way (does not generate warnings) is to specify
	 * the type of the elements in the vector. 
	 * 
	 * Vector<T> v = new Vector<T>(); 
	 * 
	 * this tells java it is a vector if elements of some type T
	 * In our case: v is a vector of Strings
	 * Vector<String> v = new Vector<String>();
	 */

	//create a scanner to read from standard input (terminal)
	Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
	System.out.println("Enter words, all on one line. Press retyrn when done: ");
	
	//read a line from user 
	String line = sc.nextLine();

	//we'd like to split the line into words, so we create a
	//scanner to read fro the line
	Scanner linesc = new Scanner (line); 
	while (linesc.hasNext()) {
	    String nextWord = linesc.next(); 
	    v.add(nextWord);
	    //these are debugging prints
	    //System.out.print("next token: " + nextToken + ": adding to vector. ");
	    //System.out.println("size=" + v.size());
	}

	//when printing a Vector, the method toString is called.
	//Vector overrides toString() to print a lits of its elements
	System.out.println("The vector is: " + v);
	System.out.println("size=" + v.size() + " capacity=" + v.capacity());
    }

}