I think that what NetBeans does is what you need.
From wherever you want, you can create a DefaultComboBoxModel
object and then invoke comboBox.setModel(defaultComboBox);
Here is a very small example of what I think you want to do: when the user clicks the button "Change data" the comboBox is filled with data from an array (method actionPerformed
).
public class TestJComboBox extends JFrame {
private JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox();
public TestJComboBox() {
JButton changeComboBoxData = new JButton("Change data");
changeComboBoxData.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
DefaultComboBoxModel cbm = new DefaultComboBoxModel(
new String[] { "hola", "adios" });
comboBox.setModel(cbm);
}
});
super.setLayout(new BorderLayout(10, 10));
super.setSize(100, 100);
super.add(changeComboBoxData, BorderLayout.NORTH);
super.add(comboBox, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new TestJComboBox().setVisible(true);
}
}