stl vector + iterator operation

I wrote a simple 'base' class and I then had a vector of 'base' objects.I then created 10 base objects.I then wanted to ouput the contents of it using a iterator.How do i do it? i get error.

Code:

class base{  /*simple base class*/
private:
	int status;
public:
	int getStatus(){
		return status;
	}
	base(int num){
		status =num;
	}
};

int main(void){

	vector<base> the_vector;
	vector<base>::iterator the_iterator;

	/*INPUT AND CREATE BASE OBJECTS OF VALUES 1 to 10*/
	for( int i=1; i < 11; i++ ){
		base a(i);
		the_vector.push_back(a);
	}
	
	/*OUTPUT 1 to 10*/
	the_iterator = the_vector.begin();
	while( the_iterator != the_vector.end() ) {
		cout<<the_vector.getStatus()<<endl;  //ERROR LINE
		the_iterator++;
	}
}

it must be a silly error i guess.
thanx

the_iterator->getStatus()

And the standard way to iterate over a container is

Code:

for(iterator_type it = container.begin(); it != container.end(); ++it) {
}