JComboBox and ArrayList

[Thomas Richards]

Ok so i have an ArrayList and i want to populate a JComboBox with its contents. I know i could do the following...

String [] arrayCats = theGame.categorys.toArray (new String[ theGame.categorys.size () ]);

However this isnt working! I have changed my code to declare the new JComboBox in the constructor (where im creating the GUI etc).

Help! I cant progress any more without being able to do this eek!

Thanks in advance

[Gregg Bolinger]

Just to narrow down the problem a bit, if you did the following:

String[] stringAr = {"Gregg", "Thomas"};
JComboBox b = new JComboBox(stringAr);

Does it work?

[Thomas Richards]

Yep if i add b to the form then gregg and thomas are displayed in the box.

[Thomas Richards]

That doesnt solve the problem though

[Gregg Bolinger]

So my guess is that something isn't working with the following:

theGame.categorys.toArray (new String[ theGame.categorys.size () ]);

What are categorys? And shouldn't it be categories? What if instead of using the toArray method you iterated over the categorys and put them in a new array?

[Thomas Richards]

The categories ( ) is a container if you will, for some questions that fall into that category.

The Categories are held in their own ArrayList and it all cascades down

Categories list > Question List > Answer List.

I shall try to itterate through the categories and putting them in a new array in the morning. (I live in the UK so im tired after a full day of this).

Thanks for your help i shall be posting again tommorow