Get Selected Indexes From Multi Select AWT List Example

/*
	Get Selected Indexes From Multi Select AWT List Example 
	This java example shows how to get selected indexes of multi select AWT 
	List control.
*/
 
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.List;
import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
 
/*
<applet code="GetSelectedItndexesFromMultiSelectExample" width=200 height=200>
</applet>
*/
 
public class GetSelectedItndexesFromMultiSelectExample extends Applet implements ItemListener{
 
	List list = null;
 
	public void init(){
 
		//create a multi select list
		list = new List(5, true);
 
		//add items to a list	
		list.add("One");
		list.add("Two");
		list.add("Three");
		list.add("Four");
		list.add("Five");
		list.add("Six");
		list.add("Seven");
 
		//add list
		add(list);
 
		//add listener
		list.addItemListener(this);
 
	}
 
	public void paint(Graphics g){
		/*
		 * To get selected indexes from a multi select list, use
		 * String[] getSelectedIndexes()
		 * method of AWT List class.
		 * 
		 * NOTE : getSelectedIndexes returns array of zero length if no
		 * items were selected.
		 */
 
		int[] items = list.getSelectedIndexes();
		String msg = "";
 
		for(int i=0; i < items.length; i++){
			msg = items[i] + " " + msg;
		}
 
		g.drawString("Selected Indexes: "+ msg, 10, 120);
	}
 
	public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent ie) {
		repaint();	
	}
 
}