Problem with Vector.contains

Question

Hello,
I wrote this code but it doens't work; but it should
public class Word {
     public Word(String v) { _value = new String (v); }
     public Word() { _value ="";  }
     String _value = null;
     public boolean equals(Object obj) {
          if(this == obj)
               return true;
          if((obj == null) || (obj.getClass() != this.getClass()))
               return false;
          Word word = (Word)obj;
          return _value != null && _value.equals(word._value);                         
     public int hashCode() {
          int hash = 7;
          //hash = 31 * hash + num;
          hash = 31 * hash + (null == _value ? 0 : _value.hashCode());
          return hash;
public class MyDictionary {     
     private Vector<Word> _words = new Vector<Word>();     
     Vector<Word> getWord() { return _words; }
//other class
MyDictionary dic = new MyDictionary();
                                List< String > _testDoc = new ArrayList< String > ();
                                //fill _testDoc
                                Iterator<String> iter = _testDoc.iterator(); /
                                for (int i=0; iter.hasNext(); i++ ) {
                           if ( dic.getWord().contains( new Word( iter.next() ) )) {
                            System.out.println("......................................");
                                 }I assure you (because I saw it) that _testDoc has words contained in dic; instes that if is never executed; probably I'm missing something simple....
thanks
Edited by: mickey0 on Aug 17, 2009 10:45 AM

Answer 1

mickey0 wrote:
Hello,
I wrote this code but it doens't work; but it shouldIf it "doesn't work", then it's not supposed to work.
mickey0 wrote:
I assure you (because I saw it) that _testDoc has words contained in dic; instes that if is never executed; Can you post an SSCCE that shows this?
mickey0 wrote:
probably I'm missing something simple....This remark contradicts your earlier claim that it should work.