Count Number Of Items in a AWT Choice Or Combobox Example

/*
	Count Number Of Items in a AWT Choice Or Combobox Example 
	This java example shows how to count number of items of a choice or
	combobox using getItemCount method of AWT Choice class.
*/
 
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Choice;
import java.awt.Graphics;
 
/*
<applet code="CountNumberOfItems" width=200 height=200>
</applet>
*/
 
public class CountNumberOfItems extends Applet{
 
	Choice language = null;
 
	public void init(){
 
		//create choice or combobox
		language = new Choice();
 
		//add items to the choice
		language.add("Java");
		language.add("C++");
		language.add("VB");
		language.add("Perl");
 
		//add choice or combobox
		add(language);
 
	}
 
	public void paint(Graphics g){
 
		/*
		 * To count number of items in a choice or a combobox, use
		 * int getItemCount() method of AWT Choice class.
		 */
 
		int items = language.getItemCount();
		g.drawString("There are " + items + " items in a combobox", 10, 70);
	}
}