Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition

Useful Methods of the JList Class

Return value Method name and argument list

void addListSelectionListener(

ListSelectionListener handler )

registers an event handler for ItemEvents fired by this list.

int getSelectedIndex( )

returns the index of the selected item.The index of the first item

in the list is 0.

void setSelectedIndex( int index )

selects the item at index.The index of the first item in the list is 0.

void setSelectionMode( int selectionMode )

sets the number of selections that can be made at one time.The

following static int constants of the ListSelectionModel interface

can be used to set the selection mode:

SINGLE_SELECTION—one selection allowed ...