Java – Convert Vector to List example

Earlier we shared Vector to ArrayList and Vector to Array conversion. In this tutorial we are gonna see how to convert a Vector to List. The steps are as follows:
1) Create a Vector and populate it
2) Convert it to a List by calling Collections.list(vector.elements()) which returns a List object.

Example

To explain the logic we are assuming that Vector is having elements of String type(). However if you want to have a different type then just change the generics in the below code.

import java.util.Vector;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Collections;
public class VectorToList {
 
  public static void main(String[] args) {
 
     // Step1: Creating a Vector of String elements
     Vector<String> vector = new Vector<String>();
 
     // Step2: Populating Vector
     vector.add("Tim");
     vector.add("Rock");
     vector.add("Hulk");
     vector.add("Rick");
     vector.add("James");
 
    // Step3: Displaying Vector elements
    System.out.println("Vector Elements :");
    for (String str : vector){
       System.out.println(str);
    }
 
    // Step4: Converting Vector to List
    List<String> list = Collections.list(vector.elements());
 
    // Step 5: Displaying List Elements
    System.out.println("\nList Elements :");
    for (String str2 : list){
       System.out.println(str2);
    }
 }
}

Output:

Vector Elements :
Tim
Rock
Hulk
Rick
James

List Elements :
Tim
Rock
Hulk
Rick
James

As you can see both Vector and List are having same elements after conversion.

References

• Vector Javadoc
• Collections Javadoc