Jcombobox get text when user type something

[sh4rif]

Hello every one

I have a JComboBox and i want to get the user typed string to search through database

currently i am useing key released event with the following code:

public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
		char c = e.getKeyChar();
		//System.out.println("Key Released" + c);
		String s =  Character.toString(c);
		System.out.println(s);
		//cmbProductName.getEditor().getEditorComponent().getT
		//searchProduct()
		
	}

by using e.getKeyChar() i only get one character what i want the whole string with all the character to search in the database... thanks

sorry for my poor english once again folks...

[sh4rif]

this is full code of the class

import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class Test extends JFrame implements KeyListener{
		
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	
	private Connection con = null;
	private PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
	private ResultSet rs = null;
	private List<Character> list = new ArrayList<Character>();
	private JPanel panel;
	JComboBox<Object> cmbProductName;
	
	public Test() {
		super("Test Combo box");
		list = new ArrayList<Character>();
		
		setSize(300, 200);
		setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		panel = new JPanel(null);
		cmbProductName = new JComboBox<Object>();
		//searchProduct(pName)
		
		cmbProductName.setBounds(10, 20, 150, 20);
		cmbProductName.setEditable(true);
		cmbProductName.getEditor().getEditorComponent().addKeyListener(this);
		//cmbProductName.addKeyListener(this);
		panel.add(cmbProductName);
		add(panel);
		setVisible(true);
	}
	
	
	
	public void searchProduct(String pName){
		String sql = "SELECT `product_id` , `product_name` , `product_type` " +
					 "FROM `supplier_products` " +
					 "WHERE `product_name` LIKE ?";
		con = DeliConnection.openConnection();
		try{
			pstmt = con.prepareStatement(sql);
			pstmt.setString(1, pName);
			rs = pstmt.executeQuery();
			while(rs.next()){
				System.out.println(rs.getString(2));
			}
			rs.close();
			pstmt.close();
		}catch(SQLException e){
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "some errors");
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		DeliConnection.closeConnection(con);
	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args){
		Test t = new Test();
		t.searchProduct("%t%");
		//System.out.println("main");
	}



	@Override
	public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
		//System.out.println("Key Typed");
		
	}



	@Override
	public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
		//System.out.println("Key Pressed");
		
	}



	@Override
	public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
		
		list.add(e.getKeyChar());
		StringBuilder sb  = new StringBuilder();
		sb.append(list.get(0));
		//System.out.println("Key Released" + c);
		//String s =  Character.toString();
		System.out.println(sb);
		//cmbProductName.getEditor().getEditorComponent().getT
		//searchProduct()
		
	}



}

[pbrockway2]

currently i am useing key released event...

That doesn't sound right to me - too complicated!

Have a look at the discussion of combo boxes in Oracle's Tutorial. The second example they give involves an editable combobox and, in the second example, they use an action listener (and getSelectedItem()) to read what the user entered.

Your English is fine! But ask if there's anything in the Tutorial that's difficult to understand.