Populate JCombobox with SimpleTable data

Question

I have a table set up like so:

Table Roles:

super("ROLES", // Name
            true,   // Can insert
            true,   // Can modify
            true,   // Can delete
            true,   // Supports events
            "system_table_data/roles.dat",   // don't Journal to disk
            1, // Read Access Level
            1, // Write Access Level (controlled via GUI)
            // Field Info
            new Object[][] {// Key    Name               Type         Read  Write  Insert  Modify
                           {PK_FIELD, "ROLE_ID",         "ROLE_ID",   YES,  YES,    NO,     NO},  // 0 BYTE
                           {NM_FIELD, "ROLE_NAME",       "STRING_80", YES,  YES,    YES,    YES}, // 1 
                           {NM_FIELD, "SHIFT_PATTERN_ID","SHIFT_PAT", YES,  YES,    YES,    YES}, // 2 BYTE
                           {NM_FIELD, "START_DATE",      "CS_TIME",   YES,  YES,    YES,    YES}, // 3
                           }
           );

and

Table Shift Pattern:

super("PATTERNS", // Name
            true,   // Can insert
            true,   // Can modify
            true,   // Can delete
            true,   // Supports events
            "system_table_data/patterns.dat",   // don't Journal to diskmember_hna
            1, // Read Access Level
            1, // Write Access Level (controlled via GUI)
            // Field Info
            new Object[][] {// Key    Name               Type         Read  Write  Insert  Modify
                           {PK_FIELD, "NAME_ID",    "PATNAME_ID",     YES,  YES,    NO,     NO},  // 0
                           {NM_FIELD, "NAME",       "STRING_80",      YES,  YES,    NO,    YES},  // 1
                           }
           );

I am using JTables and pop out dialog boxes with fields to populate the tables and storing the information in tables such as these two.

It is all in a tabbed pane: a tab for Roles and a tab for the Shift pattern.

In the Roles pane, the dialog box has a combobox that should be populated by the name of the Shift Patterns, I want to know of a way to do this?

sorry out of ideas from your question, a.m. description, DYM each from JComboBoxes has different model, data, items and structure e.i. ???? — mKorbel, Jan 07 '13 at 13:50
There's an example using JPA [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2531942/230513). — trashgod, Jan 07 '13 at 17:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 07 '13 at 14:05

Rather than having straight Object[] why not have a custom class like Pattern[] with a toString() method and then just create a JComboBox(Object[]) with the Pattern[]? ( API Link ) It would then use the toString() method to display the pattern text as the selection and you can get the selected Pattern and do whatever you need with it.

Populate JCombobox with SimpleTable data

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