Thread: Problem with Populating a List

Hello. I am required to create a list of names in a form as part of a GUI. All the codes for creating the GUI have been done, the code for creating the form, scroll pane and a predefined list called M256JList.

The constuctor of the class required had been created, I just add my code to make parts of it do stuff. The first was to create a method, and then add code to the constructor.

First the method:

  //The methods in this section are concerned with the Borrow book screen
 
    /**
     * Populates the list of members.
     * Displays the membership numbers and
     * names of library members in ascending membership number order.
     * The first member is selected by default.
     */
    public void displayMembers()
    {
       initComponents();
       library = new LibraryCoord();
       Collection<Member> Member = library.getMembers();
       memberList.setListData(Member);
       memberList.setSelectedIndex(0);      
    }

The constuctor with my added code:

/** Creates new form LibraryGUI */
    public LibraryGUI()
    {
        initComponents();
        library = new LibraryCoord();
 
        // test fixture, adding members and books to library
        library = new LibraryCoord();
        library.addMember("Phil Archer");
        library.addMember("Nigel Pargetter");
        library.addMember("Jill Archer");
 
 
        library.addBook("Elements", "Euclid", Category.MATHS, 1);
        library.addBook("The Principia", "Newton", Category.MATHS, 2);
        library.addBook("The Design of Everyday Things", "Norman", Category.TECHNOLOGY, 3);
        library.addBook("The Art of Computer Programming", "Knuth",  Category.COMPUTING, 4);
 
        // TO DO (b)(ii)
 
        jScrollPane1.setViewportView(memberList);
 
    }

The TO DO code is my addition.

What is supposed to happen is that when I run the project the members' details are displayed in memberList, however this is not the case. What I get is the form with a list of lists i.e. list1, list2 etc.

What have i done wrong?

You haven't given us enough info. There's no way for us to know what the method displayMembers() is supposed to be doing.

Post a short, runnable program that demonstrates the problem.

Originally Posted by GregBrannon

You haven't given us enough info. There's no way for us to know what the method displayMembers() is supposed to be doing.

Post a short, runnable program that demonstrates the problem.

The method is meant to add the details from a list to a 'List box'. I guess the contstuctor adds the details to the display as well. The only progam I use to run it is NetBean so the provided constructor and method are run from it.

As I understand it. The isea is to add the collection of library objects to the list object using setListData() and set the first element in the list to be selected by default.

I hope that helps.