import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

/*
 * ComboBoxDemo.java is a 1.4 application that uses these additional files:
 *   images/Bird.gif
 *   images/Cat.gif
 *   images/Dog.gif
 *   images/Rabbit.gif
 *   images/Pig.gif
 */

public class JComboBoxDemo extends JApplet   
{
	private Display canvas;

	public void init ( )   
	{		
		canvas = new Display ( );
		getContentPane().add ( canvas, BorderLayout.CENTER );
	}
}

class Display extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
    JLabel picture;

    public Display ( )   
    {
        setLayout(new BorderLayout());

        String[] petStrings = { "Bird", "Cat", "Dog", "Rabbit", "Pig" };

        //Create the combo box, select the item at index 4.
        //Indices start at 0, so 4 specifies the pig.
        JComboBox petList = new JComboBox(petStrings);
        petList.setSelectedIndex(4);
        petList.addActionListener(this);

        //Set up the picture.
        picture = new JLabel();
        picture.setFont(picture.getFont().deriveFont(Font.ITALIC));
        picture.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
        updateLabel(petStrings[petList.getSelectedIndex()]);
        picture.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,0,0,0));

        //The preferred size is hard-coded to be the width of the
        //widest image and the height of the tallest image + the border.
        //A real program would compute this.
        picture.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(177, 122+10));

        //Lay out the demo.
        add(petList, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
        add(picture, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
        setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20,20,20,20));
    }

    /** Listens to the combo box. */
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) 
    {
        JComboBox cb = (JComboBox)e.getSource();
        String petName = (String)cb.getSelectedItem();
        updateLabel(petName);
    }

    protected void updateLabel(String name) {
        ImageIcon icon = createImageIcon("images/" + name + ".gif");
        picture.setIcon(icon);
        picture.setToolTipText("A drawing of a " + name.toLowerCase());
        if (icon != null) {
            picture.setText(null);
        } else {
            picture.setText("Image not found");
        }
    }

    /** Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid. */
    protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path) {
        java.net.URL imgURL = JComboBoxDemo.class.getResource(path);
        if (imgURL != null) {
            return new ImageIcon(imgURL);
        } else {
            System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path);
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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