Java JList Select fillSelectionListFromString(JList aListComponent, String theList, boolean removeQuotes)

Description

Selects items in a JList component using a String representation of the to-be selected contents

Example of input argument theList with !removeQuotes : ["123","456","789"]
Example of input argument theList with removeQuotes: [123,456,789]

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
aListComponent	the JList component where the data has to be inserted in.
theList	the String representation of the selected items in a JList component
removeQuotes	removes/does not remove quotes from each individual value in the theList input

Declaration

static public void fillSelectionListFromString(JList aListComponent,
        String theList, boolean removeQuotes)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  w w w .j  a v  a 2  s .  c o m
 * LofarUtils.java
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import javax.swing.JList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Selects items in a JList component using a String representation of the to-be selected contents<br><br>
     * Example of input argument theList with !removeQuotes : ["123","456","789"]<br>
     * Example of input argument theList with removeQuotes: [123,456,789]
     *
     * @param aListComponent the JList component where the data has to be inserted in.
     * @param theList the String representation of the selected items in a JList component
     * @param removeQuotes removes/does not remove quotes from each individual value in the theList input
     */
    static public void fillSelectionListFromString(JList aListComponent,
            String theList, boolean removeQuotes) {
        String aList = theList;
        if (aList.startsWith("[")) {
            aList = aList.substring(1, aList.length());
        }
        if (aList.endsWith("]")) {
            aList = aList.substring(0, aList.length() - 1);
        }
        if (!aList.equals("")) {
            String[] aS = aList.split("\\,");
            String[] toBeSelectedValues = new String[aS.length];
            for (int i = 0; i < aS.length; i++) {
                if (removeQuotes) {
                    toBeSelectedValues[i] = aS[i].substring(1,
                            aS[i].length() - 1);
                } else {
                    toBeSelectedValues[i] = aS[i];
                }
            }
            int[] toBeSelectedIndices = new int[toBeSelectedValues.length];
            int aValueIndex = 0;
            if (toBeSelectedValues.length > 0) {
                for (String aValue : toBeSelectedValues) {

                    for (int in = 0; in < aListComponent.getModel()
                            .getSize(); in++) {
                        String aCorrType = (String) aListComponent
                                .getModel().getElementAt(in);
                        if (aValue.equals(aCorrType)) {
                            toBeSelectedIndices[aValueIndex] = in;
                        }
                    }
                    aValueIndex++;
                }
                aListComponent.setSelectedIndices(toBeSelectedIndices);

            } else {
                aListComponent.clearSelection();
            }
        }
    }
}