Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!novia!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Brandon McCombs" Subject: Re: extending JComboBox b Message-ID: <45b5aa32$0$28117$4c368faf@roadrunner.com> X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.gui Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 31 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:29:27 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303918167 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:29:27 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:29:27 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.gui:769 To: comp.lang.java.gui 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. --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24