Preferred way of getting the selected item of a JComboBox

Question

HI,

Which is the correct way to get the value from a JComboBox as a String and why is it the correct way. Thanks.

String x = JComboBox.getSelectedItem().         


        

Answer 1

String x = JComboBox.getSelectedItem().toString();

will convert any value weather it is Integer, Double, Long, Short into text on the other hand,

String x = String.valueOf(JComboBox.getSelectedItem());

will avoid null values, and convert the selected item from object to string