Populating Swing JComboBox from Enum

Question

I would like to populate a java.swing JComboBox with values from an Enum.

e.g.

public enum Mood { HAPPY, SAD, AWESOME; }

and have these three values populate a readonly JComboBox.

Thanks!

Answer 1

try:

new JComboBox(Mood.values());

Answer 2

The solution proposed by @Pierre is good. Usually you use a DefaultComboBoxModel or a ComboBoxModel or bindings to the ComboBoxModel for more complex stuff.

By default a JComboBox is not editable.