Chapter 13, Problem 4AW

Explanation of Solution

Retrieving the selected item:

• User can determine which item is currently selected in a list using “getSelectedValue” method or “getSelectedIndex” method.

Example:

The example for retrieving the selected item in a list is shown below:

//Declare a string variable for fruits name

String fruitsName;

/* Retrieves the currently selected name from fruits list and store it to a string variable "fruitsName" */

fruitsName = (String) fruitsList.getSelectedValue();

From the above code,

• First line for declaring a string variable for fruits name.
• The second line is used to return the selected name from fruits list using “getSelectedValue” method and store it to a string variable “fruitsName”...