Problems accessing object variables in a Vector

Question

Hello all... perhaps someone can help:-
I have a Vector - "ToolList" - which contains objects - "Tools". These tools have characteristics like: "ToolName", "Weight", "Dimensions".
I'm trying to get the "ToolName" of each object listed in a ComboBox but I can't even access the "ToolName", farless list them in a combobox!
How can this done?
Ray.

Answer 1

Hello all... perhaps someone can help:-
I have a Vector - "ToolList" - which contains objects
- "Tools". These tools have characteristics like:
"ToolName", "Weight", "Dimensions".
I'm trying to get the "ToolName" of each object listed
in a ComboBox but I can't even access the "ToolName",
farless list them in a combobox!I think I understand what you want. You want the name of the tool to appear in the combo box, but you're getting some garbage about Tools, right?
When you add an object (or a vector of objects) to a ComboBox, it'll use the toString() method of those objects to get a String to display.
So... in your Tools class, make a method
public String toString()
    return ToolName;
}HTH,
Radish21
PS Conventionally variable names start with lowerCase, as do methods. Only classes start with UpperCase.