Re: Using getSelectedValuesList() instead of the deprecated getSelectedValues()
On Monday, July 16, 2012 4:47:53 PM UTC-7, Jeff Higgins wrote:
Daniel Pitts wrote:
Higgins wrote:
clusardi2k... wrote:
>>> Hello, can anyone give me a simple/complete example to replace
>>> jLst.getSelectedValues() below using jLst.getSelectedValuesList().
>>>
>>> Object str_array [];
>>>
>>> if ( !jLst.isSelectionEmpty() )
>>> {
>>> str_array = jLst.getSelectedValues();
>>>
>>> System.out.println("Selected: " + str_array[0]);
>>> }
>> I think the java.util.List<E> interface has a method to return an array.
>>
> Indeed it does, but that is terrible advice.
str_array = jLst.getSelectedValuesList().toArray();
Is that much better?
>
> jList.getSelectedValuesList().get(0) is equivalent to
> jList.getSelectedValues()[0];
>
What's better is
System.out.println("Selected: " + jLst.getSelectedValuesList().get(0));
with appropriate guards against NPE.
Unless, as markspace points out, the OP actually needs an array for
reasons not in the original post.
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