public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // Looks like C++...
        Vector<String> v1 = new Vector<String>();

        // works like Java...
        v1.add("Foo");
        v1.add("Bar");
        v1.add(1, "Baz");

        // ... but no casting needed when extracting elements.
        String baz = v1.elementAt(1);
        
        // Adding a mere Object to a Vector of Strings is an error,
        // and it's caught at compile-time.
        v1.add(new Object());
    }
}