Setting default value for a jcombobox based on the value not the index

Question

I am trying to set the default value for my combobox to the current year. One way I thought of doing it was to get the index of the value representing the current year and then use setSelectedInex to make it the default. Any ideas?
The relevent section of code is below.
GregorianCalendar gregorianCalendar = new GregorianCalendar();
int year = gregorianCalendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
String currentyear = year + "";
int startyears = 2000;
int numyears = 25;
JComboBox endyearcombobox = new JComboBox();
endyearcombobox.setBorder( BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.DARK_GRAY));
endyearcombobox.setFont(standardfont);
endyearcombobox.addActionListener( new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent event ) {
endyearcombobox = ( JComboBox )event.getSource();
endyear = endyearcombobox.getSelectedItem();
boolean same = endyear.equals(oldItem);
oldItem = endyear;
String[] endyearlist = new String[numyears];
for(int i = startyears; i < startyears+numyears; i++){
String item = new Integer(i).toString();
endyearcombobox.addItem(item);
Thanks
Ged

Answer 1

Thanks mate,
That was what I was looking for. I still had a little more manipulation to do, but sent me on the right track and have got it working now. I don't know why I didn't think of it in the first place.
Ged