Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Michael Rauscher" Subject: Re: extending JComboBox b Message-ID: X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.gui Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui In-Reply-To: <45b5940b$0$28066$4c368faf@roadrunner.com> References: <45b5940b$0$28066$4c368faf@roadrunner.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 26 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:29:26 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303918166 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:29:26 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:29:26 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.gui:766 To: comp.lang.java.gui 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 --- * 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