Preferred way of getting the selected item of a JComboBox

Question

HI,

Which is the correct way to get the value from a JComboBox as a String and why is it the correct way. Thanks.

String x = JComboBox.getSelectedItem().         


        

Answer 1

The first method is right.

The second method kills kittens if you attempt to do anything with x after the fact other than Object methods.