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If you didnt' like my last question, maybe you'll like this one...

I need to store class instances in a Vector. How do I do that? I tried, but Vector changes everything to an Object. How do I keep my own data types?

or else I'm just not understanding what's going on...

I have to work with things of type FileMonitor. So I have some method return types as FileMonitor. The Java compiler complains, and says that the returned type, an Object (from Vector) is not a FileMonitor.

Any ideas? Come on, there must be at least a few Java junkies here on TR...

Typecast the Object to the correct type using (class name) when getting them from the vector.

And you're posting these questions in the Back Porch, and not Developer's Den, because...?

Vector doesn't "change" anything -- it uses object as a way to have a loosely typed collection. You may want to look into "generics" to find a way to create a more strongly typed collection. Though if you're throwing several different kinds of isntances into it (which would be a bad idea anyway) that won't help.

Caveat: it's been a while since I did any Java, and I've been doing C# since, so my memory could be somewhat muddled.

Moved to the Developer's Den.

Kevin