如何从jComboBox查询jTable？

Question

I have some data in a jTable and want to query a category (Chairs, Desks, etc.) with a drop down box and a search button. I want to have the user select a category, such as Desks, and click the jButton Available Furniture, and be shown a message like: "There are 5 desks. They are Small Office Desk, Large Office Desk, etc." How can I do this?

Here is a picture of the program with the data so you can see what I mean:

jTable with some information and furniture categories

Answer 1

Maybe the easiest way to do this is to just "filter" the table when you do your search by the keyword.

Read the section from the Swing tutorial on Sorting and Filtering for a working example.

You will just need to modify the code to get the search keyword from a combo box instead of a text field.