some simple Java GUI skills

just learned a little Java gui skills. I think I need to write down these codes so that I can review them in future.

• the default code for jList is like this:

        jListPerson.setModel(new javax.swing.AbstractListModel() {
            String[] strings = { "Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3", "Item 4", "Item 5" };
            public int getSize() { return strings.length; }
            public Object getElementAt(int i) { return strings[i]; }
        });
        jScrollPane1.setViewportView(jListPerson);

if we want to show something from our data, we could do it in this way:

        DefaultListModel dlm = new DefaultListModel();
        for (healthInfo.Person item : healthInfo.SampleData.getSamplePersonList()) {
        	dlm.addElement(item.getNameList().get(0).getFormattedName());
        }
        jListPerson.setModel(dlm);
        jScrollPane1.setViewportView(jListPerson);

• how to create a new window when you click a button

        jButtonAdd.setText("Add");
        jButtonAdd.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                jButtonAddActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

	private void jButtonAddActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
        // TODO add your handling code here:
		AddPerson addPerson = new AddPerson();
		addPerson.setVisible(true);
		addPerson.pack();
    }

• how to pass some values to a new window's text field? Just overload that window's constructor, and then use jTextField.setText()
• show what we want to show in jComboBox

    	ArrayList<Integer> numOfItem = new ArrayList<Integer>();
    	for (int i = 1; i <= nameList.size(); i++)
    		numOfItem.add(new Integer(i));
    	jComboBoxNameE.setModel(new javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel(numOfItem.toArray()));

Note when we create the array, the type of that array must be class type, cannot be a primitive type, "int" is not acceptable in this case.

• other 

jComboBox.getSelectedIndex()
jComboBox.setSelectedIndex(int )