Converting a 2 dimensional array to a Vector => Basic problem

[Meghna ks]

Hi ,
I have a 2 dimensional array as shown below. How do I convert this to a Vector ?!! I know its a basic problem, but don't seem to find a soln. at the moment.
public static final String orders_columns[][] = {
{ "Severity" , "VARCHAR" },
{ "AlarmID" , "VARCHAR" },
{ "IP" , "VARCHAR" },
{ "Date & Time", "DATE" },
{ "Description", "VARCHAR" },
};
Thanks
Meghna.

[Art Metzer]

Hi, Meghna.
The code you'll want to focus on here is in toVector():

import java.util.*;
 
public class Converter {
 
    public static final String orders_columns[][] = {
        { "Severity" , "VARCHAR" },
        { "AlarmID" , "VARCHAR" },
        { "IP" , "VARCHAR" },
        { "Date & Time", "DATE" },
        { "Description", "VARCHAR" },
    };
 
<font color="blue">
    public static Vector toVector() {
 
        Vector v = new Vector();
 
        for ( int i = 0; i < orders_columns.length; ++i ) {
 
            for ( int j = 0; j < orders_columns[i].length; ++j ) {
 
                v.add( orders_columns[i][j] );
            }
        }
 
        return v;
    }
</font>
 
    public void show( Vector vector ) {
 
        Object o = null;
 
        for ( int k = 0; k < vector.size(); ++k ) {
 
            if ( ( o = vector.elementAt( k ) ) instanceof String ) {
 
                System.out.print( k + ": " );
                System.out.println( (String) o );
            }
        }
    }
 
    public static void main( String[] args ) {
 
        Converter c = new Converter();
        c.show( c.toVector() );
    }
}

This code returns

0: Severity
1: VARCHAR
2: AlarmID
3: VARCHAR
4: IP
5: VARCHAR
6: Date & Time
7: DATE
8: Description
9: VARCHAR

Good luck.
Art