JCombo Box selection index?

[Prajin]

Hi,

If I have JCombo Box with items like "ABC", "XYZ" and "ABC" at 1,2, and 3 index respectively. If I click any of them, then it is supposed to display the respective table.

But if I Click "ABC" of 3rd index then combo box returns the index of first found item, and so table of 1st item. In this way, I'll never get table of "ABC" at 3rd index.

I don't want to add id(which is unique) of each item to combo box so that each item would be unique.

How to overcome this problem?

[Michael Dunn]

see if you can follow the example here

Same value in JComboBox (Swing / AWT / SWT / JFace forum at JavaRanch)

[Prajin]

Ok,
I thought using as object might help me but I didn't had clear idea.
After looking at example, it's better now. I hope it'll work.

- Thanks

[mrp3rf3ct83]

Definitely use objects instead of indexes whenever possible. Use the builder design pattern to develop the code needed to open the respective table after clicking the combobox.