Set the Multiple Selected Items in a JList in Java

Description

The following code shows how to
set the Multiple Selected Items in a JList.

Example

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import
 java.awt.FlowLayout;

import
 javax.swing.JFrame;
import
 javax.swing.JList;
import
 javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import
 javax.swing.ListSelectionModel;

public
 
class
 Main {

  String languages[] = { 
"Java"
, 
"Perl"
, 
"Python"
, 
"C++"
, 
"Basic"
, 
"C#"
 };

  JList jlst = 
new
 JList(languages);

  Main() {
    JFrame jfrm = 
new
 JFrame(
"Use JList"
);
    jfrm.setLayout(
new
 FlowLayout());
    jfrm.setSize(200, 160);
    jfrm.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    jlst.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.MULTIPLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION);

    
int
 start = 1;
    
int
 end = 3;
    jlst.setSelectionInterval(start, end);
    
    jfrm.add(
new
 JScrollPane(jlst));
    jfrm.setSize(300, 300);
    jfrm.setVisible(true);
  }

  
public
 
static
 
void
 main(String args[]) {
    
new
 Main();
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.