jcombobox not working when instantiated with comboboxmodel but works w

[Guest_imported]

Hi,
I instantiated my jcombobox with a comboboxmodel and i get the list of
names in the combo box but nothing happens when i select anyone of
them. But the same thing works when i instantiate the jcombobox with a
string array. everything works fine.
Any idea whats the problem with ComboBoxModel or any way to know the
problem source.

code follows:

ArrayList persons = someDAO.getAllNames();
final PersonListModel plm = new PersonListModel(persons);
final JComboBox personList = new JComboBox(plm);
personList.setEditable(true);

personList.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JComboBox cb = (JComboBox)e.getSource();
String personName = (String)cb.getSelectedItem();
System.out.println("Name = " + personName);
}
});

 

[idarke]

Rather than an ActionListener, try using an ItemListener to detect when the state changes - itemStateChanged( java.awt.event.ItemEvent event ).