Java Swing Tutorial - Java ComboBoxModel .getSelectedItem ()

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Syntax

ComboBoxModel.getSelectedItem() has the following syntax.

Object getSelectedItem()

Example

In the following code shows how to use ComboBoxModel.getSelectedItem() method.

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import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;

import javax.swing.AbstractListModel;
import javax.swing.ComboBoxModel;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("ArrayListComboBoxModel");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    Collection<Object> col = System.getProperties().values();
    ArrayList<Object> arrayList = new ArrayList<Object>(col);
    ArrayListComboBoxModel model = new ArrayListComboBoxModel(arrayList);

    JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox(model);

    frame.add(comboBox, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    frame.setSize(300, 225);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}

class ArrayListComboBoxModel extends AbstractListModel implements ComboBoxModel {
  private Object selectedItem;

  private ArrayList anArrayList;

  public ArrayListComboBoxModel(ArrayList arrayList) {
    anArrayList = arrayList;
  }

  public Object getSelectedItem() {
    return selectedItem;
  }

  public void setSelectedItem(Object newValue) {
    selectedItem = newValue;
  }

  public int getSize() {
    return anArrayList.size();
  }

  public Object getElementAt(int i) {
    return anArrayList.get(i);
  }
}

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