[java] Just Want Some Ideas

Original Post

Oct 27, 2005 at 6:25 PM

I have a project for school, that deals with 2d graphics. The user is allowed to create 'n' number of graphics (circle, rect, square). What would be the best way to keep all of these objects in, an array, a vector, hashtable???

Marianne

Oct 27, 2005 at 6:27 PM

if the number doesn't vary, an array. Otherwise, a vector, hashtable, collection, whatever just mess with'em and you'll see ;)

Optus

Oct 27, 2005 at 8:00 PM

What Marianne said. Depending upon the performance desired any of these Collections would work. Shy away from Vector as it's synchronized(unless you need synchronization). Use ArrayList if you have a constant number of objects. Or, you can use a LinkedList, no maximum number of entries, no re-creating the collection to upsize, and pretty dang fast.

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