Vector.get() vs. Vector.elementAt()?

Question

The API docs say they're identical. As I understand, the get() method is from the List interface. Is elementAt() from Vectors prior to 1.2?
Curious...

Answer 1

When in doubt, go to the source code...
public synchronized Object elementAt(int index) {
     if (index >= elementCount) {
     throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(index + " >= " + elementCount);
     /* Since try/catch is free, except when the exception is thrown,
     put in this extra try/catch to catch negative indexes and
     display a more informative error message. This might not
     be appropriate, especially if we have a decent debugging
     environment - JP. */
     try {
     return elementData[index];
     } catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
     throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(index + " < 0");
public synchronized Object get(int index) {
     if (index >= elementCount)
     throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
     return elementData[index];
Looks like elementAt() is a little better, if you happen to have problems with the method call...
Hope this helps