Can you do Vector addition in Java, natively?

Question

I Know there\'s a \"Vector\" class in java, but it seems to be just a simpler ArrayList type of deal, not an actual, mathematical Vector (as in a magnitude and a direction).

Answer 1

If you are looking to make a vector in 2d space, couldn't you just go with a simple Point2D(x,y) and let the length of your vector define magnitude?

So that Point2D a = new Point2D(1,1); has a magnitude of 1.4, and a NE direction. And a Point2D b = new Point2D(2,2); has the same direction but a magnitude of 2.8...

Addition would then just be: Point2D c = new Point2D(a.x + b.x, a.y + b.y);

In 3d space I would create my own class, or an entirely different data structure depending on you actual problem.

Edit: I hope he has found a solution in the past 3 years..