JSpinner.getEditor() has the following syntax.
public JComponent getEditor()
In the following code shows how to use JSpinner.getEditor() method.
import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.GridLayout; /*from w w w . j av a 2s . c om*/ import javax.swing.Icon; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JSpinner; import javax.swing.SpinnerListModel; import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent; import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener; public class Main extends JFrame { public Main() { super("JSpinner Icon Test"); setSize(300, 80); setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); Container c = getContentPane(); c.setLayout(new GridLayout(0, 2)); Icon nums[] = new Icon[] { new ImageIcon("1.gif"), new ImageIcon("2.gif"), new ImageIcon("3.gif"), new ImageIcon("4.gif"), new ImageIcon("5.gif"), new ImageIcon("6.gif") }; JSpinner s1 = new JSpinner(new SpinnerListModel(nums)); s1.setEditor(new IconEditor(s1)); System.out.println(s1.getEditor()); c.add(new JLabel(" Icon Spinner")); c.add(s1); setVisible(true); } public static void main(String args[]) { new Main(); } } class IconEditor extends JLabel implements ChangeListener { JSpinner spinner; Icon icon; public IconEditor(JSpinner s) { super((Icon) s.getValue(), CENTER); icon = (Icon) s.getValue(); spinner = s; spinner.addChangeListener(this); } public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent ce) { icon = (Icon) spinner.getValue(); setIcon(icon); } public JSpinner getSpinner() { return spinner; } public Icon getIcon() { return icon; } }