Thread: How can I put a JComboBox inside an array and display it?

I am writing a program for a college assignment, creating objects and storing them in an array, other options will be there too.
I am trying to figure out how to use JComboBoxes, to give the user set options, instead of:

Please select an option:
Press 1 for x
Press 2 for y
________

How can I go about having a JComboBox put into the message [] and then display it? Other windows displayed to the user would have probably 2 or 3 JComboBoxes, so if I can get it sorted for the one, I can for the others....I hope.

public void menuArmourOrWeapon()
	{
		int option = 0;
		String msgInfo = new String("Please choose which type of item you wish to add.");
		String msgArmour = new String("1. Armour");
		String msgWeapon = new String("2. Weapon");
		JTextField input = new JTextField("");
 
		Object message[] = new Object[5];
 
		message[0] = myIcon;
		message[1] = msgInfo;
		message[2] = msgArmour;
		message[3] = msgWeapon;
		message[4] = input;
 
		int response = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, message, "Item Data Entry", JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION, JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, anIcon);
 
		    if(response == JOptionPane.CANCEL_OPTION)
		    {
		    }
		    else
		    {
		    	try
		    	{
		    		option = Integer.parseInt(input.getText());
 
		    			if(option == 1)
		    			{
		    				augment(option);
		    			}
		    			else if (option == 2)
		    			{	
		    				augment(option);
		    			}
		    	}
		    	catch (Exception e)
		    	{
		    		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Data Input Error" + e + "\nPlease Try Again");
		    	}
		    }
	}

Thank you Norm. I have got that working.
Now is there any way that I can have more than the one drop down box with this, as it will only take the one array for the options?


Edit:
The window I need to display would have

String
JTextField
String
JTextField
JComboBox
JComboBox
JComboBox

There would be an extra JComboBox, depending on previous selections. It might be easier to put each JComboBox on it's own, but if I can avoid that, it would be good.

Thank you again, Norm. So I found some code online to help me with that, so it seems I am almost sorted.
Just one more problem. I am having trouble setting all the options for the drop down.
Using

labelItem.setText(this.selectionValues[0]);

as below, I know is only setting the first element to labelItem. But if I try to use

labelItem.setText(this.selectionValues.toString);

I get

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: [Ljava.lang.Object; cannot be cast to [Ljava.lang.String;

I also had the memory location showing up as the only option in the drop down, but I haven't been able to get it again.

So, how do I get my pesky array of Strings, to display in my drop down box?

public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object selectionValues, int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) 
    {
        this.selectionValues = (String[]) selectionValues;
 
        labelItem.setText(this.selectionValues[0]);
 
        if (isSelected)
        {
            labelItem.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
            labelItem.setForeground(Color.YELLOW);
        }
        else 
        {
            labelItem.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
            labelItem.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
        }
 
        return this;
    }
}

It was the toString without the () that was screwing me over.
Thank you again.