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ChrisW
ChrisW

Reputation: 15

JComboBox listing a String from an ArrayList of objects

I have an ArrayList that is getting objects that contain user information from a file

once the load is complete, I need the name property from each object to be loaded into a JComboBox, so that the user can choose the username to continue.

this conversion from an ArrayList<object> user --> String[] strName is where I'm having trouble

any help would be greately appreciated!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 446

Answers (2)

Tom
Tom

Reputation: 44821

There's a good tutorial on how to work with combo boxes here.

ArrayList<User> users;
int nUsers = users.size();
String[] userNames = new String[nUsers];
for (int i=0;i <nUsers; ++i) {
    User user = users.get(i);
    userNames[i] = user.getName();
}
JComboBox userList = new JComboBox(userNames);

If the list is ArrayList<Object> then you'll need to either:

// call toString on the object...
userNames[i] = String.valueOf(user);
// or cast it if you know the type
User user = (User)users.get(i);

Upvotes: 0

MadProgrammer
MadProgrammer

Reputation: 347184

String[] values = list.toArray(new String[list.size()]);

You could just as easily loop through the ArrayList and use the DefaultComboBoxModel's addElement method

Upvotes: 2

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