adding elements to a JList

ok...im feeling kinda dumb at the moment. in another program i used just a regular List where you could just say something like:

List.add(someString);

but now, i decided to use JList in combination with the BreezySwing gui package (mainly for school). so JList does not have the same methods as does List so i was wondering how i would go about adding elements to my list and have them displayed.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutor...ents/list.html

yea, i've looked at that but i still cant seem to make it work lol

Code:

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private JList nameList;
private DefaultListModel listModel;

// some code

nameList = addList(1,5,1,5); //just putting a blank list in the GUI (shows up at least)

// more code

listModel = new DefaultListModel();
String name = "";

if(buttonObj == addNameButton) // odd way of checking if the button was clicked but works =P
{
        name = nameField.getText();
        listModel.addElement(name);
        nameList = new JList(listModel); //doesnt add anything to the list                       
}

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so for some reason that doesnt work...havent been able to figure it out yet.

because you've created a new list model that isn't associated at all with the list you're using.

Code:

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nameList = new JList(listModel);
listModel.addElement(name);

or

nameList.getModel().addElement(name);

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