JComboBox.setSelectedItem() doesn't work

[Kunal Lakhani]

sae.getClassAdmitted() //prints the correct value (as fetch from db)
sae.getSection() //prints the correct value (as fetch from db)
sae.getRollNo() //prints the correct value (as fetch from db)

But the code following this, doesn't get those values selected in the JComboBox

classAdmittedjc.setSelectedItem(sae.getClassAdmitted());
sectionjc.setSelectedItem(sae.getSection());
rollNojc.setSelectedItem(sae.getRollNo());

What is the mistake here?

[Rob Spoor]

Are you sure the objects you want to set as selected items are a) members of the combo boxes' contents, and b) are equal to a member of those combo boxes, as returned by the equals(Object) method?

[Kunal Lakhani]

Thanks for your reply Rob.

classAdmittedjc.setSelectedItem(sae.getClassAdmitted()); 

sae.getClassAdmitted() returns '2', which is in the combo boxes' contents.

b) are equal to a member of those combo boxes, as returned by the equals(Object) method?

I didn't understood this

[Paul Clapham]

Do you mean to say that sae.getClassAdmitted() returns a char value '2' and that the combo box contains Character objects, one of which contains that value? Or did you mean something else when you put the single quotes around the 2?

[Kunal Lakhani]

Sorry, my fault

Actually combo box contains String objects, and the value returned by sae.getClassAdmitted() is of String type, i.e "2".