Get Selected Item Of AWT Choice Or Combobox Example

/*
	Get Selected Item Of AWT Choice Or Combobox Example 
	This java example shows how to get selected item of a choice or combobox 
	using Java AWT Choice class.
*/
 
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Choice;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
 
/*
<applet code="GetSelectedItemExample" width=200 height=200>
</applet>
*/
 
public class GetSelectedItemExample extends Applet implements ItemListener{
 
	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);
 
		//add item listener
		language.addItemListener(this);
 
	}
 
	public void paint(Graphics g){
		/*
		 * To get selected item, use
		 * String getSelectedItem()
		 * method of AWT Choice class.
		 */
		g.drawString(language.getSelectedItem(),10, 70);
	}
 
	public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent arg0) {
		repaint();		
	}
}