Vector and Hashmap with the same Content

Question

Hi Folks
I have the following Problem, i want to set the same Content in a Vector as in an existing HashMap (both static!)
These are my trials, both did not work.
1.)
static Hashmap hashMap = new HashMap();
static Vector vector = new Vector(hashMap.values());
2.)
public static Vector getElements()
          HashMap cache = hashMap;
          Collection c = cache.values();
          Set set = cache.keySet();
          Iterator it = set.iterator();
          Vector cache1 = new Vector();
          while(it.hasNext())
               String key = (String)it.next();
               Element element = (Element)cache.get(key);
               Element element2 = new Element();
element2.setAttribut(element.getAttribut())
               cache1.add(element2);
          cache = cache1;
          return cache;
Does someone has advice??
greetings
Thomas

Answer 1

Hi,
why not simply make your method return the local vector (cache1) instead of using additional code ?
By the way: I'm surprised because the method should return a Vector but instead returns a HashMap. Are you sure your code compiles ?
Hope this helped,
Regards.