Why doesn't this work? (multi-type array)

[711groove]

	for (int i = 0 ; i < edits.length - 5 ; i++){
		if (edits[i] instanceof JTextField){
			edits[i].setText(db.dbImport(fields[i]));}
		else{edits[i].setSelectedIndex(db.dbInt(fields[i])-mods[i]);}}

edits[] is an Object[] containing JTextFields and JComboBoxes
fields[] is a String[]
mods[] is an in[]

I get two compile errors:
cannot find symbol method setText(java.lang.String) on line three
cannot find symbol method setSelectedIndex(int) on line four

By all accounts, this SHOULD work. If the entry in edits[] is a JTextfield, it tries to set the text, if it's a JComboBox, it tries to set the index. What's wrong here? My only guess is that Object doesn't know how to interpret methods specific to it's subclasses, and if that's true, then how can I fix it?

Thanks in advance!

[StormyWaters]

try casting the edits to the desired Component like

for (int i = 0 ; i < edits.length - 5 ; i++){
        if (edits[i] instanceof JTextField){
            ((JTextField)edits[i]).setText(db.dbImport(fields[i]));}
        else{
            ((JComboBox)edits[i]).setSelectedIndex(db.dbInt(fields[i])-mods[i]);
        }
}

[711groove]

You, you, you, dear
are my superhero.

It works!