Thank you for clearing my doubt.
Regards,
Tushar
Rob van Oostrum wrote:
> An array is a collection of elements keyed by an index number (or, in the
> case of a multi-dimensional array, multiple index numbers, one for each
> dimension). Elements can be directly accessed by this index.
>
> An Enumeration is a collection of elements specifically designed to optimize
> traversing down a list of elements in optimal fashion. The Enumeration does
> not know how big it is. It has a pointer which points to the current
> element. The Enumeration is only able to return the next element, or tell
> whether or not there is a next element. Therefor, the enumeration can only
> be traversed once and is useless after that.
>
> If you want to determine the size of an Enumeration you'll have to do
> something like this:
>
> int count=0;
> while ( enum.hasMoreElements() )
> {
> enum.nextElement();
> count++;
> }
>
> System.out.println( "Size of enum is " + count );
>
> hope this helps
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Hi,
>
> Pl. can anybody tell me the difference between an Enumeration and an
> Array.
> Is there any function available to get the count of items in the
> Enumeration.
>
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