Question

I am trying to convert an object (selected item on jList1) to a string but it is returning null.

I have tried:

Object object1 = jList1.getSelectedValue();
String string1 = object.toString();

&

String string1 = jList1.getSelectedValue().toString();

But they are both returning null for me, is there something I am doing wrong?

This is what happens when button1 is pressed:

private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
    Object object1 = jList1.getSelectedValue();
    String string1 = object1.toString();
    System.out.println(string1) 
}

Answer 1

Sorted this myself, not sure what was wrong but I copied the GUI and most of the code (apart from that section causing problems) to a new project re-wrote that part and it worked.