Searching a Vector of objects

I'm embarassed to ask this question but I haven't figured out the answer myself yet so I need help.
I need to be able to search a Vector (it could be an Array just as easily) by only certain parts of the objects in the vector. So for example I have vector v that contains 10 objects o. Objects o are a very small custom class that each have a name and a number. How do I search the vector for the object o that contains name x?
I tried overriding the equals method of object o and using the IndexOf method of vector v but that did not work.

I'm embarassed to ask this question but I haven't
figured out the answer myself yet so I need help.
I need to be able to search a Vector (it could be an
Array just as easily) by only certain parts of the
objects in the vector. So for example I have vector
v that contains 10 objects o. Objects o are a very
small custom class that each have a name and a
number. How do I search the vector for the object o
that contains name x?Iterate over the Vector and ask each element whether its name is x.
I tried overriding the equals method of object o and
using the IndexOf method of vector v but that did not
work.What does "did not work" mean?

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for eg if we have a set of producers
count =5
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7 8 9 10 11
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Thanks.
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static int q=0;
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Revision: 7916
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-06-17 09:04:51 -0700 (Wed, 17 Jun 2009)
Log Message:
Last of the List PARB changes - selectedItems is now a Vector of Objects and selectedIndices is a Vector of Numbers.
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Doc: Yes
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 else
 System.err.println("n");
 br.close();
 fis.close();
 catch (IOException ex){
 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Fatal Systems Error", "Email Forms: File Error 1",
 JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
 System.exit(0);
 catch (NullPointerException ex){
 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Fatal Systems Error", "Email Forms: File Error 2",
 JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
 System.exit(0);
 setTitle("E-Forms: Login");
 JPanel jpLoginLabels = new JPanel();
 jpLoginLabels.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 1));
 jpLoginLabels.add(new JLabel("Username:"));
 jpLoginLabels.add(new JLabel("Password:"));
 JPanel jpLoginText = new JPanel();
 jpLoginText.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 1));
 jpLoginText.add(jtfUserName = new JTextField(10));
 jpLoginText.add(jpfPassword = new JPasswordField(10));
 JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
 p1.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 p1.add(jpLoginLabels, BorderLayout.WEST);
 p1.add(jpLoginText, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 JPanel p2 = new JPanel();
 p2.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
 p2.add(jbtLogin = new JButton("Login"));
 p2.add(jbtCancel = new JButton("Cancel"));
 getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 getContentPane().add(p1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 getContentPane().add(p2, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
 jbtLogin.addActionListener(this);
 jbtCancel.addActionListener(this);
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 String arg = e.getActionCommand();
 int index = find(jtfUserName.getText().trim(), new String(jpfPassword.getPassword()));
 if (arg == "Cancel") {
 System.exit(0);
 arg = "";
 if (arg == "Login") {
 if (index == -1) {
 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Username/Password Not Found", "Email Forms: Login Error",
 JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
 else {
 if (index == 1 ){
 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Username and Password Found: Admin", "Email Forms: Good",
 JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
 else {
 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Username and Password Found: User", "Email Forms: Good",
 JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
 arg = "";
 public int find(String UName, String PWord) {
 String [] creds = users.get(UName);
 if (creds!=null && creds[0].matches(PWord)) {
 System.out.println("ok");
 if (creds[1].matches("[Yy]"))
 return 1;
 else
 return 0;
 System.err.println("not ok");
 return -1;
}

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