JavaFX Tutorial - Java ChoiceBox .setConverter (StringConverter < T > value)

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Syntax

ChoiceBox.setConverter(StringConverter < T > value) has the following syntax.

public final void setConverter(StringConverter < T > value)

Example

In the following code shows how to use ChoiceBox.setConverter(StringConverter < T > value) method.

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.ChoiceBox;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.StringConverter;
import javafx.util.converter.NumberStringConverter;
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public class Main extends Application {
  ObservableList<String> cursors = FXCollections.observableArrayList("a","b","c"); 
    @Override
    public void start(Stage stage) {
      ChoiceBox<String> choiceBox = new ChoiceBox<String>(cursors);
          
      StringConverter sc = new NumberStringConverter();
      
      choiceBox.setConverter(sc);
      
      VBox box = new VBox();
      box.getChildren().add(choiceBox);
      final Scene scene = new Scene(box,300, 250);
      scene.setFill(null);
      stage.setScene(scene);
      stage.show();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }
}

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