Java tutorial
import javax.swing.JOptionPane; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { int option = JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(null, "Title", "Message", JOptionPane.DEFAULT_OPTION, JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE, null, State.values(), State.values()[0]); if (option == JOptionPane.CLOSED_OPTION) { System.out.println("user closed the JOptionPane without selecting"); } else { State state = State.values()[option]; doAction(state); System.out.println("code to do something based selected state"); } } private static void doAction(State state) { System.out.println("The user has selected to " + state); } } enum State { AHEAD("Go Ahead"), BACK("Go Back"), FORWARD("Go Forward"), CLOSE("Close Me"); private State(String text) { this.text = text; } private String text; public String getText() { return text; } @Override public String toString() { return text; } }