Vector vec = new Vector();
String str = "test a string object";
vec.add(str); // vectors can only add objects not primitives, so if u have to
                    // add an int u fist need to create an Integer object to
                    // encapsulate that value.

str = "another str object";
vec.add(str);
// and so on and so forth
//...

// here's how u get objects from vectors...
Iterator itr; //declaration of iterator can go in the declaration part of the
                 // for loop, but then we can't use this variable outside the scope
                 // of the for loop.

String str2;

for (itr = vec.iterator(); itr.hasNext(); str2 = (String) itr.next())
    System.out.println(str2);

//here's an alternative syntax..
itr = vec.iterator();
while(itr.hasNext())
    System.out.println((String) itr.next());