java class

[mickey]

Hello,
I'm new to java and I have this problem:

public class Name {
   String name = null;   
}
 
Vector<Name> gn = new Vector<Name>();
gn.add (new Name("mike") ); // for 10 times
String name = "Sam";
int idx = gn.indexOf( new Name( name )); //this not work

public class Name {
   String name = null;   
}

Vector<Name> gn = new Vector<Name>();
gn.add (new Name("mike") ); // for 10 times
String name = "Sam";
int idx = gn.indexOf( new Name( name )); //this not work

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Now the problem is probably clear to you; I need to retrieve the idx having that class. Any helps?

thanks,

[caduel]

My java is getting rusty, but I think you need to implement equals for your class. Otherwise you end up comparing pointers which are different for each call of new.

HTH

[tjm]

in addition to implementing equals ( previous reply ) you need a constructor for Name that will set the name member variable.

class Name {
...
public Name(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
...
}