Java Swing Tutorial - Java JList.getSelectedValuesList()

Syntax

JList.getSelectedValuesList() has the following syntax.

public List < E > getSelectedValuesList()

Example

In the following code shows how to use JList.getSelectedValuesList() method.

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import java.util.List;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener;

public class Main {

  public static void main(final String args[]) {
    final String labels[] = { "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" };
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Selecting JList");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    final JList jlist = new JList(labels);
    JScrollPane scrollPane1 = new JScrollPane(jlist);
    frame.add(scrollPane1);

    ListSelectionListener listSelectionListener = new ListSelectionListener() {
      public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent listSelectionEvent) {
        List objs = jlist.getSelectedValuesList();
      }
    };
    jlist.addListSelectionListener(listSelectionListener);

    frame.setSize(350, 200);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}