Java - How do I get a all the selected values from a JList?

Question

A struggling Java newbie here - help! I'm trying to: - Get all the selected values from a JList - Create an ArrayList from those values

It seems getSelectedValues is deprecated?

Wolters

Answer 1

Until JDK 1.6 (deprecated in 1.7):

• public Object[] getSelectedValues()

New since JDK 1.7:

• public List<E> getSelectedValuesList()

  Returns a list of all the selected items, in increasing order based on their indices in the list.

Nylon

Answer 2

As of JDK1.7 it was replaced with public List<E> getSelectedValuesList(). http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/JList.html#getSelectedValuesList%28%29

Openeyed

Answer 3

use getSelectedValuesList instead.

So, use public List<E> getSelectedValuesList().

It returns:

Returns a list of all the selected items, in increasing order based on their indices in the list.

Guaiacol

Answer 4

Please use getSelectedValuesList. Here is the link to the API documentation getSelectedValuesList.

Lusitania