Trouble adding objects to JComboBox

**MarcusSt0ne** · April 11th, 2013, 01:32 PM

I'm trying to add a string and double value from two text field into an object, then have that object be placed in a combo box.

I have a button that adds an employee object with a (string, double) parameter.

private void btnAddHourlyActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                             
        double hoursWorked = Double.parseDouble(tfHoursWorked.getText());
        String empID = tfEmpID.getText();
        HourlyEmployee hrEmp = new HourlyEmployee(empID, hoursWorked);
        myList.add(hrEmp);
    }

And a combo box that I want to first clear, then add the hrEmp object into it using the payStub() method in my HourlyEmployee class.

private void btnDisplayHourlyActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                                 
        cbEmployeeList.removeAllItems();
        cbEmployeeList.addItem(hrEmp);
    }

Here's my HourlyEmployee class:

/**
 * Class for HourlyEmployee.
 * @author Marcus
 */
public class HourlyEmployee implements Payday {
    private String employeeID;
    private double hoursWorked;
    /**
     * Constructor for an HourlyEmployee object
     * @param inEmployeeID HourlyEmployee ID
     * @param inHoursWorked Number of hours worked by the HourlyEmployee
     */
    public HourlyEmployee (String inEmployeeID, double inHoursWorked) {
        this.employeeID = inEmployeeID;
        this.hoursWorked = inHoursWorked;
    }
    /**
     * Returns the employee and earnings
     * @return a String containing the employee ID and earnings
     */
    @Override
    public String payStub() {
        return "Hourly employee: " + employeeID +  " earned $" + findEarnings();
    }
    /**
     * Returns the employee earnings
     * @return the employee earnings
     */
    @Override
    public double findEarnings() {
        /*
        if (hoursWorked <= 40)
        return hoursWorked * 10.00;
        else
        return (hoursWorked * 15) - 200;
        **/
        if (hoursWorked < 40)
            return hoursWorked * 10;
        else
            return (hoursWorked - 40) * 15 + 40 * 10;
    }
}

And here's the GUI if that helps:

import java.util.ArrayList;
public class PaydayGUI extends javax.swing.JFrame {
    ArrayList<Payday> myList = new ArrayList<>();
    /**
     * Creates new form PaydayGUI
     */
    public PaydayGUI() {
        initComponents();
        tfEmpID.setText("");
        tfHoursWorked.setText("");
        tfSalary.setText("");
    }
 
    /**
     * This method is called from within the constructor to initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is always
     * regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">                          
    private void initComponents() {
 
        jPanel1 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        cleardisplayPanel = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        btnDisplayHourly = new javax.swing.JButton();
        btnDisplayPartTime = new javax.swing.JButton();
        btnDisplayAll = new javax.swing.JButton();
        btnClrAllTxtBoxes = new javax.swing.JButton();
        btnDltAllEmp = new javax.swing.JButton();
        cbEmployeeList = new javax.swing.JComboBox();
        hourlyPartTimePanel = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        hoursWorkedLbl = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        tfHoursWorked = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        salariedPanel = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        salaryLbl = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        tfSalary = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        empIDPanel = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        txtEmployeeID = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        tfEmpID = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        lblEmployeeTracker = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        btnAddHourly = new javax.swing.JButton();
        btnAddPartTime = new javax.swing.JButton();
        btnAddSalaried = new javax.swing.JButton();
 
        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 
        cleardisplayPanel.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Clear and Display"));
 
        btnDisplayHourly.setText("Display Hourly");
        btnDisplayHourly.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                btnDisplayHourlyActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });
 
        btnDisplayPartTime.setText("Display Part Time");
 
        btnDisplayAll.setText("Display All");
 
        btnClrAllTxtBoxes.setText("Clear All Text Boxes");
        btnClrAllTxtBoxes.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                btnClrAllTxtBoxesActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });
 
        btnDltAllEmp.setText("Delete all Employees");
 
        cbEmployeeList.setModel(new javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel(new String[] { "Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3", "Item 4" }));
        cbEmployeeList.addContainerListener(new java.awt.event.ContainerAdapter() {
            public void componentAdded(java.awt.event.ContainerEvent evt) {
                cbEmployeeListComponentAdded(evt);
            }
        });
 
        javax.swing.GroupLayout cleardisplayPanelLayout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(cleardisplayPanel);
        cleardisplayPanel.setLayout(cleardisplayPanelLayout);
        cleardisplayPanelLayout.setHorizontalGroup(
            cleardisplayPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(cleardisplayPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(38, 38, 38)
                .addGroup(cleardisplayPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, false)
                    .addComponent(btnDisplayHourly, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                    .addComponent(btnDisplayPartTime, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                    .addComponent(btnDisplayAll, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addGroup(cleardisplayPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, false)
                    .addComponent(btnClrAllTxtBoxes, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                    .addComponent(btnDltAllEmp, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 181, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                    .addComponent(cbEmployeeList, 0, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                .addGap(66, 66, 66))
        );
        cleardisplayPanelLayout.setVerticalGroup(
            cleardisplayPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(cleardisplayPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(34, 34, 34)
                .addGroup(cleardisplayPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(btnDisplayHourly)
                    .addComponent(cbEmployeeList, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addGroup(cleardisplayPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(btnDisplayPartTime)
                    .addComponent(btnClrAllTxtBoxes))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addGroup(cleardisplayPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(btnDisplayAll)
                    .addComponent(btnDltAllEmp))
                .addContainerGap(23, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
 
        hourlyPartTimePanel.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Hourly and Part Time"));
 
        hoursWorkedLbl.setText("Hours Worked");
 
        tfHoursWorked.setText("jTextField2");
 
        javax.swing.GroupLayout hourlyPartTimePanelLayout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(hourlyPartTimePanel);
        hourlyPartTimePanel.setLayout(hourlyPartTimePanelLayout);
        hourlyPartTimePanelLayout.setHorizontalGroup(
            hourlyPartTimePanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(hourlyPartTimePanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(32, 32, 32)
                .addComponent(hoursWorkedLbl)
                .addGap(47, 47, 47)
                .addComponent(tfHoursWorked, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 78, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addContainerGap(59, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        hourlyPartTimePanelLayout.setVerticalGroup(
            hourlyPartTimePanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(hourlyPartTimePanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(39, 39, 39)
                .addGroup(hourlyPartTimePanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(hoursWorkedLbl)
                    .addComponent(tfHoursWorked, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addContainerGap(45, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
 
        salariedPanel.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Salared"));
 
        salaryLbl.setText("Salary");
 
        tfSalary.setText("jTextField3");
 
        javax.swing.GroupLayout salariedPanelLayout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(salariedPanel);
        salariedPanel.setLayout(salariedPanelLayout);
        salariedPanelLayout.setHorizontalGroup(
            salariedPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(salariedPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(36, 36, 36)
                .addComponent(salaryLbl)
                .addGap(60, 60, 60)
                .addComponent(tfSalary, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 78, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addContainerGap(53, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        salariedPanelLayout.setVerticalGroup(
            salariedPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(salariedPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(39, 39, 39)
                .addGroup(salariedPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(salaryLbl)
                    .addComponent(tfSalary, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addContainerGap(44, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
 
        empIDPanel.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createLineBorder(new java.awt.Color(0, 0, 0)));
 
        txtEmployeeID.setText("Employee ID");
 
        tfEmpID.setText("jTextField1");
        tfEmpID.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                tfEmpIDActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });
 
        javax.swing.GroupLayout empIDPanelLayout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(empIDPanel);
        empIDPanel.setLayout(empIDPanelLayout);
        empIDPanelLayout.setHorizontalGroup(
            empIDPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(empIDPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(31, 31, 31)
                .addComponent(txtEmployeeID, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 70, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addGap(42, 42, 42)
                .addComponent(tfEmpID, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 80, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addContainerGap(20, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        empIDPanelLayout.setVerticalGroup(
            empIDPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(empIDPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(21, 21, 21)
                .addGroup(empIDPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(txtEmployeeID, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 23, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(tfEmpID, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addContainerGap(21, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
 
        lblEmployeeTracker.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Lucida Calligraphy", 1, 14)); // NOI18N
        lblEmployeeTracker.setText("Employee Tracker");
 
        btnAddHourly.setText("Add Hourly");
        btnAddHourly.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                btnAddHourlyActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });
 
        btnAddPartTime.setText("Add Part Time");
        btnAddPartTime.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                btnAddPartTimeActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });
 
        btnAddSalaried.setText("Add Salaried");
        btnAddSalaried.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                btnAddSalariedActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });
 
        javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel1Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel1);
        jPanel1.setLayout(jPanel1Layout);
        jPanel1Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addGap(30, 30, 30)
                        .addComponent(cleardisplayPanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                    .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                            .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addGap(20, 20, 20)
                                .addComponent(hourlyPartTimePanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                                .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                                .addComponent(salariedPanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                            .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addGap(170, 170, 170)
                                .addComponent(empIDPanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                            .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addGap(215, 215, 215)
                                .addComponent(lblEmployeeTracker)))
                        .addGap(0, 0, Short.MAX_VALUE)))
                .addContainerGap())
            .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(52, 52, 52)
                .addComponent(btnAddHourly)
                .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                .addComponent(btnAddPartTime)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addComponent(btnAddSalaried)
                .addGap(110, 110, 110))
        );
        jPanel1Layout.setVerticalGroup(
            jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap(32, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addComponent(lblEmployeeTracker)
                .addGap(40, 40, 40)
                .addComponent(empIDPanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addComponent(salariedPanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(hourlyPartTimePanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(btnAddHourly)
                    .addComponent(btnAddPartTime)
                    .addComponent(btnAddSalaried))
                .addGap(33, 33, 33)
                .addComponent(cleardisplayPanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addGap(30, 30, 30))
        );
 
        javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
        getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addComponent(jPanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addComponent(jPanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
        );
 
        pack();
    }// </editor-fold>                        
 
    private void tfEmpIDActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                        
 
    }                                       
 
    private void btnAddHourlyActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                             
        double hoursWorked = Double.parseDouble(tfHoursWorked.getText());
        String empID = tfEmpID.getText();
        HourlyEmployee hrEmp = new HourlyEmployee(empID, hoursWorked);
        myList.add(hrEmp);
    }                                            
 
    private void btnAddPartTimeActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                               
        double hoursWorked = Double.parseDouble(tfHoursWorked.getText());
        String empID = tfEmpID.getText();
        PartTimeEmployee ptEmp = new PartTimeEmployee(empID, hoursWorked);
        myList.add(ptEmp);
    }                                              
 
    private void btnAddSalariedActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                               
        double salary = Double.parseDouble(tfSalary.getText());
        String empID = tfEmpID.getText();
        SalariedEmployee salEmp = new SalariedEmployee(empID, salary);
        myList.add(salEmp);
    }                                              
 
    private void btnClrAllTxtBoxesActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                                  
        tfEmpID.setText("");
        tfHoursWorked.setText("");
        tfSalary.setText("");
    }                                                 
 
    private void btnDisplayHourlyActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                                 
        cbEmployeeList.removeAllItems();
    }                                                
 
    private void cbEmployeeListComponentAdded(java.awt.event.ContainerEvent evt) {                                              
        // TODO add your handling code here:
    }                                             
 
    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        /* Set the Nimbus look and feel */
        //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Look and feel setting code (optional) ">
        /* If Nimbus (introduced in Java SE 6) is not available, stay with the default look and feel.
         * For details see http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/lookandfeel/plaf.html 
         */
        try {
            for (javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : javax.swing.UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
                if ("Nimbus".equals(info.getName())) {
                    javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
                    break;
                }
            }
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(PaydayGUI.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (InstantiationException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(PaydayGUI.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(PaydayGUI.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(PaydayGUI.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        //</editor-fold>
 
        /* Create and display the form */
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                new PaydayGUI().setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }
    // Variables declaration - do not modify                     
    private javax.swing.JButton btnAddHourly;
    private javax.swing.JButton btnAddPartTime;
    private javax.swing.JButton btnAddSalaried;
    private javax.swing.JButton btnClrAllTxtBoxes;
    private javax.swing.JButton btnDisplayAll;
    private javax.swing.JButton btnDisplayHourly;
    private javax.swing.JButton btnDisplayPartTime;
    private javax.swing.JButton btnDltAllEmp;
    private javax.swing.JComboBox cbEmployeeList;
    private javax.swing.JPanel cleardisplayPanel;
    private javax.swing.JPanel empIDPanel;
    private javax.swing.JPanel hourlyPartTimePanel;
    private javax.swing.JLabel hoursWorkedLbl;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel lblEmployeeTracker;
    private javax.swing.JPanel salariedPanel;
    private javax.swing.JLabel salaryLbl;
    private javax.swing.JTextField tfEmpID;
    private javax.swing.JTextField tfHoursWorked;
    private javax.swing.JTextField tfSalary;
    private javax.swing.JLabel txtEmployeeID;
    // End of variables declaration                   
}

**Norm** · April 11th, 2013, 04:57 PM

Can you make a small, complete program that compiles, executes and shows the problem for testing?

**Chris.Brown.SPE** · April 12th, 2013, 06:51 AM

You've shown a fairly high level of competence already so i'll give it to you. But i would hope that you take the time to understand what i've done and learn from it.

private void btnDisplayHourlyActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                                 
        cbEmployeeList.removeAllItems();
        for(PayDay he : myList){
        	if(he instanceof HourlyEmployee){
        		cbEmployeeList.addItem(he);
        	}
        }
    }

In this action, i've added a loop that goes through your whole list of employees. If the employee is of type HourlyEmployee we add it to the combo box. You then need to override the toString method in your employee classes so that it displays in your combo box correctly. Something like the following.

    @Override
    public String toString() {
    	return employeeID + " " + hoursWorked;
    }

I hope this is what you were looking for. If not we can continue to work through it.

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