Re: Trying to get JComboBox to "repopulate" with increased java.util.Vector

From:
Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:59:43 -0800
Message-ID:
<y17zh.17477$5q6.5256@newsfe17.lga>
phillip.s.powell@gmail.com wrote:

package com.ppowell.applications;

import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class Blah
        extends JFrame
        implements
        Serializable {

    private String urlPath;
    private URL url;
    private GridBagConstraints c;
    private JPanel p1;
    private JButton b;
    private String myName = "Blah";

    protected int screenWidth = 0;
    protected int screenHeight = 0;
    protected JComboBox webAddressBox;
    protected Vector<URL> historyURLVector;

    private static boolean hasAddedInitialURL = false;
    private static boolean hasEnteredAdditionalURL = false;

    protected static final String DEFAULT_URL_PATH = "http://
java.net";
    protected static final int DEFAULT_SCREEN_WIDTH =

(int)Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize().getWidth();
    protected static final int DEFAULT_SCREEN_HEIGHT =

(int)Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize().getHeight();
    protected static final int DEFAULT_WEB_ADDRESS_BAR_HEIGHT = 50;

    //-------------------------- --* CONSTRUCTORS
*------------------------------
    public Blah() {
        super();
        setupBlah();
    }

    //--------------------- --* GETTER/SETTER METHODS
*----------------------------
    private int getScreenHeight() {
        return this.screenHeight;
    }

    private int getScreenWidth() {
        return this.screenWidth;
    }

    private URL getURL() {
        return this.url;
    }

    private String getURLPath() {
        return this.urlPath;
    }

    private void setScreenHeight(int screenHeight) {
        this.screenHeight = screenHeight;
    }

    private void setScreenWidth(int screenWidth) {
        this.screenWidth = screenWidth;
    }

    private void setURL(String urlPath) {
        try {
            URL url = new URL(urlPath);
            setURL(url);
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private void setURL(URL url) {
        this.url = url;
    }

    private void setURLPath(String urlPath) {
        this.urlPath = urlPath;
    }

    //--------------- --* END OF GETTER/SETTER METHODS
*-----------------------

    public void addToFrame() {
        setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
        c = new GridBagConstraints();
        c.gridx = 0;
        c.gridy = 0;
        c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
        add(p1, c);
    }

    protected void addToHistoryURLVector() throws Exception {
        URL url;
        if (getURL() == null) {
            url = new URL(getURLPath());
            setURL(url);
        } else {
            url = getURL();
        }
        if (historyURLVector != null && !
                historyURLVector.contains(url)) {
            historyURLVector.add(url);
        } else if (historyURLVector == null) {
            historyURLVector = new Vector<URL>();
            historyURLVector.add(url);
        }
    }

    protected void addToHistoryURLVector(URL url) throws Exception {
        setURL(url);
        addToHistoryURLVector();
    }

    public void addToPanel() {
        layoutTopPanel();
    }

    private void generateJButton() {
        b = new JButton("Go");
        ActionListener listener = new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                processURL();
            }
        };
        // WILL ENTER URL ON CTRL-G
        b.registerKeyboardAction(listener,
                KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_G,
InputEvent.CTRL_MASK, true),
                JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
        // WILL ENTER URL ON CR
        b.registerKeyboardAction(listener,
                KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0, true),
                JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
        b.addActionListener(listener);
        b.setSelected(false);
        // WILL ENTER URL ON ALT-G
        b.setMnemonic('G');
    }

    private void generateJComboBox() {
        if (Blah.hasAddedInitialURL && historyURLVector !=
                null && historyURLVector.size() > 0) {
            webAddressBox = new JComboBox(historyURLVector);
        } else if (Blah.hasAddedInitialURL) {
            webAddressBox = new JComboBox();
        }

        if (getScreenWidth() == 0)
            setScreenWidth(Blah.DEFAULT_SCREEN_WIDTH);
        Dimension dim = new Dimension((int)(getScreenWidth() / 1.14),
                (int)(Blah.DEFAULT_WEB_ADDRESS_BAR_HEIGHT /
                2));
        webAddressBox.setMaximumSize(dim);
        webAddressBox.setPreferredSize(dim);
        webAddressBox.setEditable(true);
        webAddressBox.setBackground(Color.WHITE);

        /** For more info <a href="https://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/
         * lists/advanced-java/1999-September/000508.html">click here</
a> **/
        webAddressBox.setModel(new
                DefaultComboBoxModel(historyURLVector));

    }
    private void initComponents() {
        setTitle(myName);
        if (getScreenWidth() == 0)
            setScreenWidth(Blah.DEFAULT_SCREEN_WIDTH);
        generateJComboBox();
        generateJButton();
        p1 = new JPanel(true);
        addToPanel(); // FOR NOW WILL ONLY ADD JPanel p1
        addToFrame();
        showFrame();
    }

    private void initObjects() {
        if (getURL() == null && getURLPath() == null)
            setURLPath(Blah.DEFAULT_URL_PATH);
        historyURLVector = new Vector<URL>();
        try {
            addToHistoryURLVector();
            Blah.hasAddedInitialURL = true;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private void layoutTopPanel() {
        c = new GridBagConstraints();
        c.gridx = 0;
        c.gridy = 0;
        c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;

        p1.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
        p1.add(new JLabel("Your URL:"), c);

        c.gridx++;
        c.gridy = 0;
        c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
        p1.add(webAddressBox, c); // ADD JComboBox

        c.gridx++;
        c.gridy = 0;
        c.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
        p1.add(b, c); // ADD JBUTTON
        if (getScreenWidth() <= 0)
            setScreenWidth(Blah.DEFAULT_SCREEN_WIDTH);
        p1.setSize(new Dimension(getScreenWidth(),
                Blah.DEFAULT_WEB_ADDRESS_BAR_HEIGHT));
        p1.setOpaque(true);
        p1.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
        p1.setVisible(true);
    }

    protected void processURL() {
        Blah.hasEnteredAdditionalURL = true;
        Blah.hasAddedInitialURL = false;
        setURLPath(webAddressBox.getSelectedItem().toString());
        try {
            addToHistoryURLVector(new URL(getURLPath()));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        generateJComboBox();
        webAddressBox.setSelectedItem(getURL());

        p1.remove(webAddressBox);
        p1.add(webAddressBox, 1);
        p1.revalidate();
        remove(p1);
        add(p1, 0);
        validate();
     }

    private void setupBlah() {
        initObjects();
        initComponents();
    }

    public void showFrame() {
        pack();
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Blah blah = new Blah();
    }

}


Part of your problem is still here:

 > generateJComboBox(); *** you make new JCombBox here ***
 > webAddressBox.setSelectedItem(getURL());
 >
 > p1.remove(webAddressBox); *** you remove it here ***
 > p1.add(webAddressBox, 1); *** you add the some one back here
 > p1.revalidate();
 > remove(p1); *** you remove the panel
 > add(p1, 0); *** and add it back, this does nothing
 > validate();
 >

You are not removing the original JComboBox. That being said it seems
to work for me. If I type in a new url and press <ENTER> it adds it to
the JComboBox.

Your code is a mess. You have way too many methods spread out all over
the place. Just put your GUI creation code into one method or the
constructor. You don't need those getters and setters if your not going
to call them from some other class somewhere and I wouldn't use them in
this class' code.

--

Knute Johnson
email s/nospam/knute/

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