Get Selected Item From Single Select AWT List Example

/*
Get Selected Item From Single Select AWT List Example
This java example shows how to get selected item of single 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="GetSelectedItemFromSingleSelectExample" width=200 height=200>
</applet>
*/
public class GetSelectedItemFromSingleSelectExample extends Applet implements ItemListener{
List list = null;
public void init(){
//create a single select list
list = new List(5, false);
//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 item from a single select list, use
* String getSelectedItem()
* method of AWT List class.
*
* NOTE : getSelectedItem method returns null if no items were selected or
* multiple items were selected.
*/
g.drawString("Selected Item: "+ list.getSelectedItem(), 10, 120);
}
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent arg0) {
repaint();
}
}