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Getting and Setting the Selected Item in a JComboBox Component

import javax.swing.JComboBox; public class Main {   public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {     String[] items = { "item1", "item2" };     JComboBox cb = new JComboBox(items);     // Get current value     Object obj = cb.getSelectedItem();      // Set a new value     cb.setSelectedItem("item2");     obj = cb.getSelectedItem();      // If the new value is not in the list of valid items, the call is ignored     cb.setSelectedItem("item3");     obj = cb.getSelectedItem();    } }