Re: extending JComboBox b

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From	"Brandon McCombs" <brandon.mccombs@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this>
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Michael Rauscher wrote:
> Brandon McCombs schrieb:
>> hello,
>>
>> I've created my own JComboBox and implemented the ActionListener 
> 
> Why?
> 
>> interface for the new class.  I defined the actionPerformed() and all 
>> was well until I realized that calling comboBox.getSelectedItem() no 
>> longer returns anything as long as I define comboBox to be of type 
>> myJComboBox instead of JComboBox.  I assume this is due to JComboBox 
>> already implementing the ActionListener interface and I am essentially 
>> overriding what used to be in actionPerformed() . Is there a method to 
>> call in my actionPerformed() so I can still make the getSelectedItem() 
>> work, something like super() if this was occurring in a constructor? Or 
> 
> Sure: super.actionPerformed(e); where e is a reference to the ActionEvent.
> 
> Bye
> Michael

Yes, that did the trick. Thanks Michael.  For some reason my brain just 
wasn't thinking to fix it that way but at least I was on the right track 
with using super(), just using the wrong train.

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extending JComboBox break "Brandon McCombs" <brandon.mccombs@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:29 +0000
  Re: extending JComboBox b "Andrew Thompson" <andrew.thompson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:29 +0000
    Re: extending JComboBox b "Brandon McCombs" <brandon.mccombs@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:29 +0000
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    Re: extending JComboBox b "Brandon McCombs" <brandon.mccombs@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:29 +0000

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