Thread: Type magic

I used a DefaultListModel to populate a JList.

Example: dlm.addElement(s); where s=String

When I retrieve a value from the JList using the index of dlm, it works great
When I output text -- "JList points to : " + lm.elementAt(idx) -- this also works great

When I attempt -- s = lm.elementAt(idx); javac flags me with:

incompatible types
found : java.lang.Object
required: java.lang.String

is there a handy method for getting my String back? A few times in the past I have gotten into similar type issues where I pick up some output and go to its type, at which class there is a method that sounds like it may get closer, but it only outputs to class x ... and so on, and never do get what I needed in the first place. Hoping I missed something simple.



TIA

Is SSCCE same as Java source in whole program form?

Oops!


Object o = lm.elementAt(idx);
sGet = o.toString();
jlabChoose.setText("JList points to : " + sGet);


thanks for the offer, sorry for the bother. I can't believe this has been holding me up. Seems like a klug way to go about things, but I don't mean to sound ungrateful to Gosling & the crew.