incompatible types error..

[mcajavaprogramer]

Hi Friends.

public int findMenuCheckBox( String s )  
  {  
    int match = -1;      
    for( int i = 0; i < windowMenu.getItemCount(); ++i )  
    {  
      mi = windowMenu.getItem( i );  
      if( mi instanceof JCheckBoxMenuItem )  
      {  
        if( ((JCheckBoxMenuItem)mi).getText().equals( s ) )  
        {  
          match = i;  
          break;  
        }  
      }       
    }  
    return( match );  
  }

Here mi is JCheckBoxMenuItem.
I m getting this error

incompatible types

found   : javax.swing.JMenuItem
required: javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem
      mi = windowMenu.getItem( i );  
                             ^
1 error

[doWhile]

Assuming windowMenu is a JMenu, see the API for getItem - it returns a JMenuItem, not a JCheckBoxMenuItem. And for future reference, if you want help sooner you should be a lot more specific about the context of your post (case in point: I'm guessing that windowMenu is a JMenu - you made NO mention of its data type)