multiple combo boxes

[simo_mon]

hi i have a gui which has 2 JcomboBox's, and i pass them in a control class which either implements ActionListener or ItemListener

ie

    public class Control implements ActionListener,ItemListener{

          DefaultComboBoxModel clientNumberModel = new DefaultComboBoxModel ();
          DefaultComboBoxModel itemNumberModel = new DefaultComboBoxModel ();

    public Control()
    {
      ......
      // add the data to the models 
      setupComboModels();

    }

     public ActionPerformed(actionEvent e)
     {
           if(e.getActionCommand.equalsIgnoreCade("clientNumber))
           {
                 processClientSelection();

            }
          else
          if(e.getActionCommand.equalsIgnoreCade("itemNumber))
           {
                 processItemSelection();

            }
      }
    }

   public class gui extends JFrame()
   {     
        public gui(Control control)
        {
        .....
        setUpCombos();
        }

        public void setUpCombo's()
        {
              .....
              JcomboBox clientNumbersCombo = new Jcombobox(control.getclientNumbersModel());
               clientNumbersCombo .addActionListener(control);
               clientNumbersCombo .addItemListener(control);

              JcomboBox itemNumbersCombo = new Jcombobox(control.getitemNumbersModel());

              itemNumbersCombo .addActionListener(control);
              itemNumbersCombo .addItemListener(control);
         }
   }

my problem is, that when a user selects from one combo, both combo's fire an event, so if i use the above code you cant differentiate the source, and the above if else statement won't work ?

also if i use the item listener, there is no tag like actionCommand() which you can differentiate the source of the event ?

my solution has been to seperate out into different control objects but that kinda seems the long way round ?

is there a way to easily identify the source of the JcomboBox ?

thanks in advance :)

[simo_mon]

is it weird to answer your own posts ??

to late....

this lets your work out the source of the combo event...

public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent ev) {
		System.out.println(" item changed state ");
		
		Object item = ev.getItem(); 
		JComboBox box = (JComboBox) ev.getSource();
		
		System.out.println(" event action command   " + box.getActionCommand());
		
		
		
		if (ev.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED) 
		{ 
			System.out.println(" the item selected " + item.toString());
			String selectedItem =  item.toString();
			
			if(box.getActionCommand().equalsIgnoreCase("clientNumbersSelection"))
			{
				
				System.out.println("clientNumbersSelection only" );
				
			}
			else if(box.getActionCommand().equalsIgnoreCase("attritionRate"))
			{
				System.out.println("attritionRate only" );
			}
			
		}
		
	}